TheSwarmer

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Seems like faulty reasoning, is always having a Rec Sage for every Eldest Reborn worth not having a good play and a dead card in hand whenever the opponent isn't on a very specific control deck?

Wildgrowth walker instead of the wall? In general I would either take the deck in a more reanimator oriented direction or just towards one of the many golgari mid builds.

As for liliana... anything at all is better, Eldest Reborn, a kill spell, anything. She is great when you are ahead against an opponent who is trying to answer all your threats, but it is better to either not get that late into the game, or to play a card that is better when behind (Vivien) or to play a card that does what Lili does but better (Journey)

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Posted 03 January 2019 at 07:46 in reply to #621087 on Golgari ETB Standard

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I don't care in the least whether you do or do not mention the source of the decklist. But you apparently do, judging by the contents of your deck description. So why not instead of "I do not own this deck build" mention the one who does? And I am aware of the second meaning of the word "own", but not of a reason to use it with that meaning in mind.

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Posted 03 January 2019 at 07:38 in reply to #621084 on Mardu Reanimate

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The main argument for Ballista is that it was designed as a highly flexible card, the flexibility being paid for by the price. Tron does not care about the price, so in a deck like this you are left with a card that is a win condition, combo disruptor (COCO, Kiki, Pili-Pala), planeswalker killer and a removal spell.

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Posted 03 January 2019 at 07:34 in reply to #621086 on Mono U-tron

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Don't see a reason to go Sultai with a low to the ground value deck. The justification tends to be Snapcaster who is not present. What was the motivation behind blue? (Hand disruption instead of remand, Bobs and more good removal and discard instead of cantrips)

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Posted 02 January 2019 at 17:07 as a comment on Death's Cousin(s)

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Huh? Why play the bad Liliana? Why play bad ETB cards? Why 4 Rec Sage?

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Posted 02 January 2019 at 17:04 as a comment on Golgari ETB Standard

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Sadly, I don't have the time to press the DSH button 50 times to give you a decent critique, so this will have to do:
4 Treasure Mage and low threat density is a very interesting take, one I think I like a lot, though, do you think it a possible issue that there might be a relatively decent number of games in which it makes you more disruptable than you otherwise might be (you tutor, can't play it, get thoughtsiezed)?

Why no walking ballista?

Why no snapcaster? Or the 5/6 snapcaster? (God I am ashamed I forgot the name)

That's as much as 8 minutes allowed me to spit out.

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Posted 02 January 2019 at 17:02 as a comment on Mono U-tron

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Why not link the original? Or the Goldfish video?

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Posted 02 January 2019 at 16:51 as a comment on Mardu Reanimate

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The idea is quite interesting, seems like even Game 1 could leave your opponent wondering what they are playing against if you draw Gavony Township for example.
How has Chalice been working out for you? And why the Bauble?

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Posted 22 December 2018 at 18:51 as a comment on Modern Vraska PRISON SWITCH!

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Yeah xD Let my find all my Bridges and Amalgams

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Posted 16 December 2018 at 10:21 in reply to #620602 on Pauper GB Tortured V.3

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Is this an album?

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Posted 12 December 2018 at 17:54 as a comment on Graveyard Shift

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Precisely, Brownscale merely deepens your graveyard while gaining you life.
Though after having slept on it I don't like any aspect of Rakdos TE better than its Golgari counterpart.

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Posted 04 December 2018 at 07:39 in reply to #620139 on Rakdos Tortured Existence

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As far as points go, that is pretty good one. Though the lack of lifegain, the removal magnet that Aura Gnarlid automatically becomes, the reduced opportunity of a fast kill caused by a lack Of ethereal armor, and the much hindered potential of Shield of the Oversoul makes me wonder whether it is better.

Though I do like your approach. I do like asking whether sacrificing speed and resilience for a different kind of resilience and consistency is worth it.
+1 from me then.

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Posted 30 November 2018 at 19:47 in reply to #620036 on Pauper Green Bogles

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How is this better than GW?

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Posted 29 November 2018 at 17:10 as a comment on Pauper Green Bogles

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No problem, Blessing is an extraordinary card in this regard running just one makes people paranoid and think you have a 'counterspell' for their doom blade with just 1 red open xD

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Posted 01 September 2018 at 13:22 in reply to #617415 on PAUPER: Double Strike

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This is extremely interesting I'll give you that. But how do you protect yourself? I'd expect something like Propaganda or one more card like Evacuaiton, Engulf the Shore or something. But I have no idea how this would play, this is just a suspicion.

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Posted 30 August 2018 at 10:18 as a comment on Kefnet the Mindful Commander

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The only issue I have is that Thallids are slow and vulnerable to... everything. Ergo it is the best and in fact only viable strategy to get as many as you can to ensure the counters will do something.
That siad Morbid Bloom is quite a weak card.
That too being said I agree that the direction is beginning to crystallize a bit.

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Posted 24 August 2018 at 17:16 in reply to #617417 on The Circle of Life (5)

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Ah, I hate to see a deck be so unfocused. Thalids seldom work, when they do it is because you run like 20 of them, and I am talking of the spore counter kind, the others don't count.

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Posted 24 August 2018 at 16:44 as a comment on The Circle of Life (5)

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Hang on, hang on. No Bonesplitter? No Lightning Bolt?
Flayer Husk is great against edict effects.
Apostole's Blessing is great in decks that need their creatures alive.
Brute Force is great when playing with double strike.
Journey to Nowhere is better than arrest.
Wind scarred crag maaaaaybe? Not sure on this one...

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Posted 24 August 2018 at 16:42 as a comment on PAUPER: Double Strike

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Really?
Goryo's Vengeance + Emrakul = the equivalent of slapping someone with a moon, aka winning.
Ensnaring Bridge + Leyline of Sanctity = I AM INVINCIBLE. And once you are Chandra wins the game, slowly, not that that matters when you are invincible.

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Posted 24 August 2018 at 16:38 in reply to #617412 on IMPROVED Sarkhan Reanimate!!

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Remarkable for being under 30$, that much I will give you. But I have severe doubts as to how it would hold up against anything unfair or combo-containing. That concern is why people tend to spend a 100$ at least for a budget deck.
You could however include some discard or Painful Quandary, or make a sideboard that is entirely just white hate cards akin to Rule of Law and Suppression Field.

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Posted 24 August 2018 at 16:24 as a comment on $30 Budget Control Modern

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