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    • Brass Man
      Brass Man last edited by

      Posting an offbeat list I played to 3-2 finish in a league last weekend. Not running sideboard cards for Delver was an oversight, I expect it would have been an easy 4-1 if I had. The list as posted has a serious problem handling an active [[Young Pyromancer]], even when you're seriously outdrawing your opponent, so a handful of [[Slice and Dice]] (or your favorite Pyromancer removal spell) would go a long way.

      The list can draw a ton of cards, and cascade makes you suprisingly counter resistant, despite not having access to cheap counterspells.

      [[As Foretold]] didn't do much, but it was threatening enough to draw opposing countermagic. I suspect I want more than 0 but less than 4. Reviewing the list in retrospect, Jace, Vryn's Prodigy has less to do here than it usually does, but I'm not sure I want anything else more.

      This definitely could support more [[Null Rod]]s, which might be correct in the meta right now.

      Mana:
      1 Forest
      2 Island
      4 Misty Rainforest
      1 Mountain
      4 Scalding Tarn
      3 Volcanic Island
      3 Tropical Island
      1 Mox Sapphire
      1 Mox Emerald
      1 Mox Ruby
      1 Black Lotus
      
      Cascade Nonsense:
      4 Shardless Agent
      4 Bloodbraid Elf
      4 As Foretold
      4 Ancestral Visions
      
      Draw Spells:
      1 Ancestral Recall
      1 Brainstorm
      2 Preordain
      1 Time Walk
      1 Gush
      1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
      2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
      1 Treasure Cruise
      1 Dig Through Time
      
      Counters:
      1 Mindbreak Trap
      4 Force of Will
      2 Misdirection
      1 Commandeer
      
      Random Hate:
      2 Gorilla Shaman
      1 Abrade
      
      Sideboard:
      2 Mindbreak Trap
      1 Dismember
      2 Shattering Spree
      1 Abrade
      3 Ancient Grudge
      4 Grafdigger's Cage
      1 Tormod's Crypt
      1 Null Rod
      
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      • mdkubiak
        mdkubiak TMD Supporter last edited by

        What made you want to put Cammandeer in your deck? I'm not saying it's wrong, just really curious why that card shone for you.

        What about Sensei's Divining Top to Cascade into the card you'd want?

        "So my gut reaction is that Brian Kelly sounds like your spirit animal" - Andrew "Brassman" Probasco

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        • garbageaggro
          garbageaggro TMD Supporter last edited by

          I think having a critical mass of counterspells that aren't going to be hit by cascades is probably the answer to "why commandeer". Keep in mind if you are way ahead on cards (which this deck is trying to do) then commandeer historically has been a playable one of.

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          • Brass Man
            Brass Man last edited by

            The basic idea is it lets me keep my counterspell count up without having to run cards like [[Flusterstorm]]/[[Pyroblast]] which get cascaded into, and the (sizeable) drawback is mitigated by all of the card draw in the deck. It came into play only once against an [[Ancestral Recall]], but it could have been a [[Misdirection]] instead. It's a concession to the cascade strategy.

            It's definitely a "fun-of", but I was never too disappointed to draw it.

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            • mdkubiak
              mdkubiak TMD Supporter @garbageaggro last edited by

              @garbageaggro and @Brass-Man Yeah, I didn't think about that with the cascade mechanic. It was such an odd thing to see, I was like... what the hell? haha

              Anyway, any thoughts on Divining Top? Sorry, just curious.

              "So my gut reaction is that Brian Kelly sounds like your spirit animal" - Andrew "Brassman" Probasco

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              • W
                walking.dude last edited by

                What would you have used as side board vs delver? The abrades seem at least somewhat useful there.

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                • garbageaggro
                  garbageaggro TMD Supporter last edited by

                  During the stream he talked about [[Slice and Dice]] to blow up young peezy and it's elemental friends. I could also see [[Sudden Demise]]. I am also partial to [[Izzet Staticaster]] personally.

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                  • Brass Man
                    Brass Man @walking.dude last edited by Brass Man

                    @walking-dude The trouble with [[Young Pyromancer]] is: with only [[Shardless Agent]] and [[Bloodbraid Elf]] as kill cards, even a few tokens can really mess you up as blockers. I think you really need something that wipes them out. Like @garbageaggro said, my preference is [[Slice and Dice]], but anything that sweeps their x/1s and keeps your board around would work as well.

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                    • ?
                      A Former User @Brass Man last edited by A Former User

                      @brass-man

                      Umezawa's Jitte doesn't seem like a bad card to hit on cascade that bolsters your creatures and answers tokens. Furthermore, cascading into Stoneforge Mystic is high value. SFM/equipment seems great for this deck all around. (Probably better than JVP)

                      When Mentor was a new card, I played Mentor +4 SFM, and I absolutely slaughtered Delver decks at NYSE that year. Just something to consider, I'm sure it's still true.

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