{"id":93,"date":"2014-02-24T22:03:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T05:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrischiesa.com\/wp\/?p=93"},"modified":"2014-02-24T22:03:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T05:03:27","slug":"game-day-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chrischiesa.com\/wp\/?p=93","title":{"rendered":"Game Day Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not sure where to go with Game Day. \u00a0Additionally, with GP Phoenix coming up in April, I’ll likely be playing the same deck at Game Day as I will then.<\/p>\n

I’m a playset of Thougthseize away from Black Devotion. \u00a0I would love to play a U\/R combo deck utilizing instants and sorceries to go through my deck, but it’s not good enough to win. \u00a0I’m nowhere close to U\/W or mono-U devotion.<\/p>\n

Mono black is likely the best deck in the format, but it’s hard to get an edge vs the mirror.<\/p>\n

The U\/R combo deck leans heavily on burn, draw and recurring creatures to push through damage. \u00a0There is a prototype a friend came up with:<\/p>\n

x3 Young Pyromancer
\nx4 Satyr Firedancer
\nx2 Spellheart Chimera
\nx4 Chandra’s Phoenix<\/span><\/p>\n

x3 Stormbreath Dragon<\/p>\n

x2 Shock
\nx3 Izzet Charm
\nx3 Turn \/\/ Burn
\nx4 Counterflux
\nx4 Lightning Strike
\nx1 Steam Augury
\nx1 Mizzium Mortars<\/p>\n

x1 Ral Zarek
\nx1 Chandra, Pyromaster<\/p>\n

x4 Steam Vents
\nx4 Temple of Deceit
\nx4 Temple of Malice
\nx6 Mountain
\nx6 Island<\/p>\n

Sideboard
\nx3 Far \/\/ Away
\nx4 Skullcrack
\nx1 Toil \/\/ Trouble
\nx1 Rakdos’s Return
\nx2 Mizzium Mortars
\nx1 Cyclonic Rift
\nx1 Act of Treason
\nx2 Slaughter Games<\/p>\n

I don’t know how much I like it, but it looks like the start of a deck. \u00a0I think Ral Zarek is likely the MVP, giving you the ability to burn or tap much like Ajani Vengeant did back in the day, with the ability to win on the spot with his ultimate. \u00a0Steam Augury is one of those cards that also needs a deck to break it, because Fact or Fiction, You Lose was so amazing in the day and while this isn’t nearly as awesome, it’s still very good. \u00a0It is missing Jace, which I think could be go either way depending on the match up. \u00a0My only concern is that the 4 drop starts getting very filled with 3 Planeswalkers and Steam Augury, but I don’t forsee mono-black putting that much pressure on the deck with all the pinpoint burn to take down their small threats.<\/p>\n

I’ll let you know next Monday what I decided to sleeve up \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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