So incredibly excited to win RC Dallas. I really can’t believe it. Shout out to
@Flexslot
for the team and support,
@Nerd_RageGaming
for the community and of course
@Stanley_2099
for the cracked decklist. Slickshot and monstrous rage go brrrrrrr.
Tried my hand at writing an article about Mono Red as we approach
#NRGCHI
and Magic Con. I go over my deck choices and why I don’t play bad cards. Additionally there are some tips and tricks for getting the most out of the deck. Let me know what you think!
Long story short I don’t want to talk about at all:
I lost my passport between my flights so I couldn’t get on the plane to Amsterdam. I got a deferral so I will be back on the pro tour in February.
Good luck to those competing.
3-1 prelim today after a bye and a punt! still enjoying this and here's my current assessment of the cards after a few games. wish i could play another questing druid effect somehow
will be back again tomorrow morning for the 8AM US central time Prelim 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Wrote another standard article ahead of the Dallas RC with the help of
@Stanley_2099
. We go over how best to build Rx Aggro, a couple key cards choices and some tips on gameplay. Let us know what you think. Sideboard guides included at the bottom.
Won my 24 person 2 slot rcq on good old mono red. Decklist and sideboard guide @ . The deck just kills people. Play the monstrous rages 🐻😡 and drop the adversaries. Matchups below.
#teamflexslot
I’m excited to announce that I’ve evolved as a burn player. I have learned that burning people in the face is not as great a feeling as I thought it was. From now on I will be burning their morale with card advantage and impossibly slow gameplay.
Peek at my new list.
Made top 8 of the
#NRGSTL
pioneer 5k. Won my quarters but had to leave. Scooped to a great guy and player Eric Hennig. Hopefully he can win out and get that trophy.
Pros: I’ll have enough free time for food runs between rounds.
Cons: you will have to deal with me for the day
Pros: you won’t have to deal with me while I’m doing food runs
Cons: you will only want food so many times.
With a lot of events coming up for modern, pioneer, and standard I decided to put together a quick deckbuilding guide for those looking to compete. Hope this helps.
Today I told a student waiting outside my class that her friend wouldn’t be there because she was absent. She replied “oh I know she’s sick today. She probably threw up thinking about spending time in your class“.
I got roasted by a 13-year-old and can’t even be mad.
dpalmed a redder shredder for like, 15 damage in game 3 of the finals.
Won a sheet and an invite to DC
Naya burn with 2 surveil lands is cracked. Don’t ask me about the main event. Flexslot link in the comments.
I was able to capitalize on an opponents mistake by casting pwf and bottoming a useless card in order to top deck one of like, 7(?) outs and win a close game 3 (on r2 feature).
Anyways card only does 2 damage. Casting 1 mana time walk in burn/prowess is bad I guess.
I for one can’t wait to get a round 1 bye because a person sitting at home watching coverage forgot to unregister themselves after their flight was canceled.
It’s wild to me how much I have enjoyed playing competitive magic casually at a local level. The people who go to my store are just good too. Makes me feel like I’ve leveled up a lot in the last two years.
I just hope I don’t turn into a full on grinder. Casual fun too good.
Also 4-0'd the Prelim 9-0 on the day.
@Fencingbrick
"Don't tell people to play monstrous rage. I'm pretty sure it completely flips the Ux midrange matchup. You will singlehandedly tank our team's winrate at NRGCHI"
me: "yeah sure, no problem"
#teamflexslot
Happy to finally get my first standard trophy of the season. Mono red is in a good place and Case is a disgusting card. Losses were super close, wins were not.
SB guide and decklist can be found here:
#teamflexslot
First league of standard first trophy. Tried izzet for fun.
If i'm being honest don't play this list. Otter is awkward and i usually wanted something else in it's spot except for the convoke matchup where it's unblockable.
Winning a tournament (I planned to go 2-3 drop) while playing burn (a deck that was 1: good while being cheapish and 2: let me relax and eat between rounds because my matches take 25 minutes) does not qualify me to talk about the matchups, especially SB
Normal people getting their flights delayed because of weather.
Me getting my flight delayed because they can’t find the flight attendants that are supposed to be here.
Happy to finally get my first standard trophy of the season. Mono red is in a good place and Case is a disgusting card. Losses were super close, wins were not.
SB guide and decklist can be found here:
#teamflexslot
Played my last local for the next two months. taking a break from format magic to go play 60 card kitchen table magic with 13 year olds at a summer camp.
Playing that kind of magic again appeals so much to me until I see the guild gates in my hand.
Decided that since I actually use this Twitter account I should have a real photo as my profile pic. Credits to
@jabjabber_
for the picture and caption
It’s wild to me how much I have enjoyed playing competitive magic casually at a local level. The people who go to my store are just good too. Makes me feel like I’ve leveled up a lot in the last two years.
I just hope I don’t turn into a full on grinder. Casual fun too good.
Went 5-1 to lose in the QF today in an rcq in Madison. Beat 2 mirrors, 2 beans, a tron, and lost to timeless amulet and then coffers in the QF. Pretty good day overall. Pretty happy with burn going into NRG Madison.
Accidentally forgot burn at home today so the locals managed to scrape together living end for me tonight.
I drew more cards than i would in a month of playing burn or hammer. It was miserable.
Went 5-3 today with blood burn. Started out strong then lost in the later rounds. Honestly the deck is super fun and definitely has some room for optimization. Excited to see how far I can take it.
Also wotc please give me lava spike or something in pioneer please.
Burn is working to replace eidolon: a 2 mana do nothing enchantment that often deals 0 damage and slows down critical turns while being an awful top deck. It often hurt you more than it helped and is bad.
In unrelated news people think roiling vortex is the go to to replace it.
Went 6-2 today with a loss to scam and a loss to 6 leylines of sanctity.
Got 25/209 and feel pretty good about that. Jammed play with fire today, will jam pwf tomorrow.
At about 1:03:00 for about 3 minutes they talk about losing a league match to blood burn. I'm not 100% sure i was against them but god it's funny to hear people be upset about losing to Pioneer format staple Vampire's Kiss.
We're back for another Pioneer deckfest with
@d00mwake
, who joins us to go over more ways to play Ancient Imperiosaur in Gruul, convoking Meeting of Minds, and making tokens with Elesh Norn. Stream the episode at or wherever you download pods!
If i was a human on innistrad I’d be so pissed to learn about other planes.
“What do you mean you guys aren’t used as ritual blood bags for vampires? Next you’ll tell me don’t even have a Cthulhu in your moon that randomly turns your friends into unspeakable horrors.”
The banning of fury and as a result the fall of 4C and rise of jank may be enough to make Eidolon playable in burn again.
Lack of solitude and leyline binding decks make sure you get your minimum 2 damage.
Or it could still be unplayable. Gonna test tonight.
Got my first every trophy on MTGO. Mono red Obosh is a real deck in Pioneer and people are not ready for it.,
2-1 convoke
2-0 humans
2-0 simic food(?)
2-1 phoenix
2-0 phoenix
The entire deck is 25 tix. You can buy it and play a league for less than a Fury.
decklist below.
Went 4-0 tonight at modern beating domain, yawg, control, and hammer in some VERY close games. I'm excited to show up each week and keep my top spot at the league leaderboard.
Full 75 and sb guide can be found here:
Some kid at my camp is playing Fecundity Skirk prospector goblin storm. Another is just straight up playing legacy burn. The range of decks is wild and cannot be contained.
Played my last local for the next two months. taking a break from format magic to go play 60 card kitchen table magic with 13 year olds at a summer camp.
Playing that kind of magic again appeals so much to me until I see the guild gates in my hand.
People hate on play with fire in burn because it only deals 2 damage yet think swiftspear is a cool card when it deals maybe 3 but probably 1 and a decent amount of the time 0.
@GoneQuazy
My car also stopped working last night as i was going to go to dinner with my family. AAA told me to call a place on tuesday because everything was closed until then.
I appreciate people playing combos that are more interactable like transmorgify and rona. Makes blood burn much better when i get more turns of my opponents taking unimportant game actions against me.
I can’t wait for the red card in this hate cycle to be a 2 mana 1/1 haste that has “sacrifice a kidney: this creature can’t be blocked by target blue or white creature this turn”