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Playing the Unplayable: Blue-Red Control in Classic Constructed
Posted on September 18, 2013 by PlanetWalls
is it just me or is the wrong videos uploaded again?
back to the ol’ hammer mage/moon magus, I see.
these videos are not of you, planetwalls :[
I was looking forward to watching planetwalls
planetwalls is my hero
also bring back travis
Yeah, as I watched this I thought I was going crazy because I have seen this video before. Also, though they sound a little alike, I thought Planet Walls sounded off.
Blurgh!! I had done everything but the most important step. They should work now.
I give you props, always come up with some of the most interesting lists… did get a big laugh at that blooper at the end of your intro video lol I’ve done that before though not with money on the line haha
BOO. I watched every second of every match and I did not get to hear my favorite line in all of Magic videos: the PW “WHAT’S HAPPENING????”
I think trying to slam the Energy Flux against the Smokestack was probably a play that kept you alive longer. You were in a dire spot, but there’s no way he could drop Precursor with the Flux in play, at least without dropping all his artifacts, which would buy you time. Then he’d have a hard time paying next turn too.
Control games against Oath are always fun and very challenging when it comes to permission. Rarely are two games alike.
Enjoyed the card porn!
I enjoyed the videos a lot and liked the high concept behind the deck. A few suggestions, though.
1) I definitely agree that Sensei’s Divining Top should be in there and I would cut Shackles, which I feel doesn’t do enough against a lot of decks (Oath, Dredge, Affinity). Also, I feel like Sower is probably just better if you are going for that effect.
2) Inferno Titan is cute, but probably isn’t good enough. One suggestion I have for the creature matchup is maybe trying something like Bonfire of the Damned. With 4 Brainstorms and Top, you could probably set it up to cast for its miracle cost fairly consistently.
3) I don’t know how you beat Dredge. Maindeck Needle and Cage is good, but only 1 Cage and 1 Crypt in the board? I don’t think you’ll be able to fetch Cage up with Trinket Mage quick enough, not to mention that they’ll be bringing in a bunch of their anti-hate.
Hi Epsilon! Thanks for commenting! I agree on most of your points, particularly (1) and (2). I actually think that the next step for a deck like this is to (probably) board the Hammer Mages and then put a miracle setup in the main. Not sure how I would do this exactly. But then Top definitely belongs in there.
With respect to (3), I just plan on losing to Dredge unless I get lucky. I like having ‘some’ answers and then ways to close out the game, but I don’t need to load up on hate against them. Magus of the Moon is also good against them because it turns off Bazaar, but yes, I would probably have something like a 20% win rate against the deck.