yeh, i also thought about it and found that it should be max 2 haunts in the deck. i'm going to test during this week. and the thing about the bomb seems true, too. never thought about this... -2 Moorland Haunt (-1 Plains) (-1 Island) -1 Midnight Haunting +4 Seachrome Coast +1 Invisible Stalker (don't know whats better)
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the deck seems pretty nice, but i have really no idea of pod decks^^ i would play less 5 and 1 mana creatures and a little more which cost 3 and 4, because these are the beginning of all sacrifice rows. and i can suggest more Razor Hippogriff to bring back Pods and more skaab ruinator (to bring in with pod, sacrifice and play again from your graveyard). oh and i don't see the use of phantasmal image, because you cant use it for the pod, can you?
i like the FaF more, because it gives me card advantage and a tempo boost. SoWaP just helps in damage races (when both players attack unblocked all the time) and SoBaM has this totally unusual mill ability, that even helps player in the new set (snapcaster, self-mill, zombies, flashback, ...) an other thing is the protection. surely, it matters what deck your opponents play, but overall b/g is the best portection in my opinon, because black has removal and green the best creatures. i play actually 3 midnight haunting, but i have to test it longer. 2-3 should be good in any case.
ah, thanks to you. i just totally forgot the timely reinforcments... i'll add them -3 Feeling of Dread +1 Dismember +2 Timely Reinforcments
lol, you will never have this perfect hand and the mill 4 vengevines out of 5 cards... lol
sry, but playing 3x dismember in a mono red deck is pretty suboptimal. you pay 4 life to get something you could also get for a few more mana? honestly, when do you need the 5 "damage"? just play Arc Trail, Red Sun's Zenith, Harvest Pyre, Combust, Chandra's Outrage or more Brimstone Volley.
i would play duress over despise. the rest seems pretty nice
well, i hope you saw i have the midnight haunting what makes some pressure. also, the caw blade without SF Mystic didn't do anymore in the beginning. t1 and t2 i use to ponder and counter. and the not equipable images aren't a problem. they are just so great, i had to play them. copying snapcaster mage (who by the way is a creature i can equip), sun titan or opponent creatures for 2 mana is just great. the other creature choices are simple. titan as finisher, because he brings back snapcaster, image, oblivion ring etc, snapcaster to bring back midnight haunt, a counter or just whatever you want.
yes, i know the stalker is great with the sword, but without he really does nothing... so i don't wanna play him
ah, thx, i search for WUG so i didn't found it. seems much better, thanks
yeah, i thought about it. but had a few problems vs aggro deck while testing (also causal, so they can be really extrem). kitchen finks are really nice to stop aggro, because they give 4 life and block/kill 2 creatures. the splicer kills also like 2 attackers (token survives the first block cause of first strike) but dont give the life.
I have 25 Lands because you never want to have a round without a landdrop, every experienced tournament player (I'm not^^) plays 25 lands in caw blade. Gideon is only 1 time because you don't want to draw him twice. with 5 manacost you can play him only really late, anyway. Nevertheless thx for your comment.
yehh, but i have some good removal with white if I want to, and I think its not good to pay always 4 life. maybe in a more aggressive version of the deck, but not in this.
no, it's causal, i don't play tournaments. And Dismember is much too expensive for a uncommon in my opinion.
sooo, i looked around a little bit and found "Steelsharper's Gift". Do you (as experienced player) think i can use it instead of SF-Mystic, or is the body and the ability to bring it in play that important?
well, now i have an other question: would it be posslibe to play this deck without any equipment (for causal)? because i have 1 "sword of fire and ice" and 1 "umezawa's jitte" but i had to sell them to get the money for the other cards^^
wow, thx for this wall of text ;D really helped me, thanks
Hey, I'm not that experienced and have some questions: 1. how do you win in this deck most of the time? i guess you won't draw the swords that often without SF-mystic. so how do you do it? 2. why deprive and not a 2nd spell pierce? 3. Do you not WANT to put in more planeswalker, or don't you have the money? 4. I do not understand the great thing about inkmoth-nexus. why is it that good, i don't see much use because of infect. 5. I want to play such a deck in causal as budget version. Is it possible to play it without Sun titan, gideon jura and blade spilcer? can you suggest any cards? thank you for your aswers ;-)
thx... i deon't like the hydra so much, because you should have at least 5 mana to play it, and thats just too much in this deck...
great deck, great idea. in here, "Shape Anew" is like a more expensive "Tinker". Tinker is forbidden Legancy and Commander, so I guess this deck will win most of the time ;-)
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