Forcing the Will: Cephalid Breakfast

Posted on September 1, 2011 by KillerOwen

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  3. R1G1 when you draw the redcap you don’t need to brainstorm and risk missing a land drop, you could just mill out, then use your second therapy on yourself to discard it.

  4. Hey, thanks for the series, but you should really learn to play a bit tighter. I saw multiple mistakes. You play Brainstorm in your deck, but you really play bad with and without brainstorm in your actual hand. If you have enough mana and you are digging for something you shouldn’t brainstorm at the end of turn, if you do it in your mainphase you will see a card more. In the game against Maverick (G/W) you should have just fetched and not even have played the brainstorm. Just wait until he will kill you the following turn to maximize the effect of your brainstorm. You don’t have to cast it if you have mana left over and a brainstorm in your hand. Wait for a shuffle effect or until it’s time to go off or else you will die. Also never Therapy for Ad Nauseam like you said yourself, they usually play 1, sometimes 2. It’s even easier to go off with a Tutor instead of Ad Nauseam because they can use LED to cast Ad Nauseam from their Tutor, but not if it’s in their hand. If you want I can check out the games again and tell you what you should do differently, add me as a buddy, my name is Dzy and I play a lot of legacy, both IRL and on MODO.

  5. I’m not sure you need Aether Vial in this deck. On the other hand, more enchantment/artifact removal would be useful, as graveyard hate mostly comes in that form.

  7. Not sure you want Peacekeeper against the decks you are bringing it in against. Against Goblins or Zoo, they will be bringing in/leaving in their creature removal to fight your combo, so they will have plenty of answers for Peacekeeper.

    I would bring it in against a deck like Dredge, since they can combo faster than you and probably will not have an answer for it.

  10. haha, m12 just came out!!!!!
    Correct me if im wrong cephalid breakfeast has been a competitve legacy deck for a long time.
    I was wondering if it cheated an emeria or some other extremely powerfull creature into play instead of an actual kill that turn?

  12. Hey all thanks for the responses, and sorry for the delayed response I was out of town for the memorial day weekend.

    @ GO: Thanks for spotting that I totally overlooked that option while I was playing. Now it makes perfect sense, but you know what they say hindsight is 20/20.

    @ Dzy: Thanks for the offer. I will definitely take you up on that sometime. As of late I am busy with work, school, and coaching so I don’t get to test or play as much as I used to. Also thank you for the advice I am always open to hear what others think about my plays, and what I can do to play better in the future.

    @ milegyenanevem: While I agree the deck could indeed use more artifact/enchantment hate I believe the Vials are important in the current format where Stone-Blade decks are all over the place. Being able to get our creatures into play without being countered in extremely important, but then again I strongly suggest each player tweaks the deck to their liking and what they feel most comfortable with.

    @ Doobs: While it’s true Peacekeeper works best vs dredge I find that is also useful vs other aggro type decks even if they’re running removal. Peacekeeper usually ends up being more useful than a single Vial or even Therapy vs Aggro I find, and since were only brining in 1 copy it’s not going to really hinder our deck at all.

    @ apricio: PlanetWalls is correct with both of his statements.

    I will be back next time with a Reanimator article for you guys. Thanks again for all the comments and support!

  13. I don’t think you should have forced the Lackey in R1G2 when you had a plow in your hand. And even if you did, exiling Brainstorm is probably the worst option, as you absolutly needed that card. I think that Daze would have been better (card to exile). Also I minor thing: Brainstorm and Ponder don’t give you card advantage, only library manipulation :)