Who’s Your Daddy?: Sick Day

I feel like I say this to ya a lot, muscle mask; so much so that I am beginning to wonder if your body mass has enveloped your ears, thus making you unable to hear me explain what you often feel you are pointing out.

The Sigil was bad – too literal, slow, and ineffective.

The deck: yes, as I said, I streamlined it to be more competitive, aggressive, and altogether broooooootal. It’s a bunch of weak cards working together to an efficient end – not so much room for frills, thrills, and fancy pills. When other people have Titans, you will quickly discover that your 1/1 for 2 mana don’t match up quite as well. And, as I point out in most of my videos, I usually leave some wiggle room for edits based on preference. I am basing my decisions on my play experiences, but I am not infallible.

Cards you could cut: Darksteel Axe, Gitaxian Probe, Peek, Brainspoil, Phyrexian Arena, Grim Affliction

Throughput was my point with the above choices, but they are rather weak in affect. Then again, I am of the opinion that cost economy can sometimes trump the power of more expensive cards.

Xyx,

This deck is def streamlined, barring the aforementioned wiggle room. I believe I discuss why I chose to go with 2 colors (hence the Ship), rather than a 3 color build (per your Mimeoplasm – which should be used for something far better than poison). I also mention equipment and why I went the down the road I chose. And, to be honest, while some of your suggestions were considerations I opted against (the Assassin, SoFI, and Cloak), others seem off to me (Hex and Repeal – both slow and not really suiting). The curve is low because the early stages of the game usually involve people building up to the “big game,” allowing me to capitalize on the blank boards and get some early counters in. From there you can usually ride out the prolif. What may at first glance seem like a weak build is really just dialed in on this idea of speed and consistency against conventional notions of power.

Lastly, the point of this vid was to explore poison, and talk a little about the controversy. This isn’t one of my fav decks, but as far as infect decks go, it performs rather well. My intent was to showcase that with the backdrop of the controversy – do something a little diff from my usual angle. As I type this I am in Indiana, having visited my gamer buddies (like Kool and AJ), and managing to play some IRL EDH. The go big consensus of which you speak is something that came while I was here, and, I must say, it is something I feel even more strongly about having word battled out with some EDH stalwarts. Mass effect cards, giant bomb guys, etc. don’t necessarily equate victory. I think spot removal is great in EDH for the same reason counter magic is: it usually only takes one good knock to put someone off their strategy. This deck epitomizes this conceit.

With regard to downtime: I have none, really. Working on some content, of course, but I am a busy city dude who makes this because I enjoy them, not for the car wash token with which I am paid.