Ryan tries out a Mono-Black list that performed decently in a recent Grand Prix, which features the powerful fringe card Agent of the Fates.
Standard Mono-Black Agent of the Fates
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M:tG Cribbs #31: Mono-Black Agent of the Fates in Standard
Posted on February 3, 2014 by RYANCRABBS
RYANCRABBS Ryan Cribbs (RYANCRABBS) is a competitive Magic fan who plays in real life and online. His successes include several 2010 and 2011 Top 8 finishes at 2k events in San Jose and reaching the finals in the Season 5 MOCS. Ryan's latest paper Magic success was placing in the Top 32 at Pro Tour Gatecrash.
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that quadruple thoughtsieze. cool match 1.
Did I miss something or in round 2, game 2 if you had attacked with Mutavault and double Merchant you would have won?
his opponent plussed their jace
M1G1, “I guess we Thoughtseize his Thoughtseize so we can Thoughtseize his Connections next”. I don’t understand the logic of this.
If you instead Thoughtseize his Connections on turn 1, he likely Thoughtseizes your Thoughtseize on his first turn. Net result of cards in hand is identical, except there’s a +4 life swing advantage.
It is more important to not let your opponent see your hand then the two life.
After watching your Introduction: Why not Boon of Erebos instead of Wring Flesh ? I personally really like it in conjunction with Agent of the Fates, regenerating a Deathtoucher can be pretty powerful.
It’s four life (not two) and he uses his mana for the turn. I think it was worth considering.
I feel like maybe diversifying your removal could be nice, bile blight is a pretty good card, and I think you could have it as a 2 of at least (maybe take away 2 doom blades for it) bile blight kills specter, pack rat, and most early threats. Just a thought especially since mono blue and mono black are so popular in standard right now.