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      YakuzaXRock @Hrishi last edited by

      @hrishi
      I have not tested any dragon at all, that might be possible. Another possibility in many game situations!

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        YakuzaXRock last edited by YakuzaXRock

        Heres a REAL dragon, even before magic was invented! (or the internet and computers got started) And done live in a championship with nerves too!

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMe-hvCwTRo

        (off-topic)

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          Topical_Island @YakuzaXRock last edited by Topical_Island

          @yakuzaxrock you know... I played an intuitive sacrifice against the former world champ... no big deal.

          Then this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjEmquJhSas

          There is always a bigger dragon round the next bend.

          Brian Kelly Freudian self-analysis of the day:
          I like to express the id that a player would feel without the superego of being like, "oh you have to be nice."

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            YakuzaXRock last edited by

            Ok this is the updated and final version:

            // 60 Maindeck
            // 8 Artifact
            1 Black Lotus
            1 Mox Sapphire
            1 Mox Jet
            1 Mox Emerald
            1 Mox Pearl
            1 Mox Ruby
            1 Sol Ring
            1 Mana Crypt

            // 8 Creature
            4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
            1 Monastery Mentor
            2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
            1 Blightsteel Colossus

            // 17 Instant
            4 Force of Will
            1 Ancestral Recall
            1 Gush
            1 Dig Through Time
            3 Intuition
            4 Mental Misstep
            1 Punishing Fire
            1 Brainstorm
            1 Ancient Grudge

            // 18 Land
            4 Bazaar of Baghdad
            3 Volcanic Island
            1 Polluted Delta
            1 Scalding Tarn
            1 Flooded Strand
            4 Grove of the Burnwillows
            1 Tundra
            1 Tropical Island
            1 Strip Mine
            1 Wasteland

            // 4 Planeswalker
            4 Dack Fayden

            // 5 Sorcery
            1 Time Walk
            1 Gitaxian Probe
            1 Treasure Cruise
            1 Tinker
            1 Life from the Loam

            // 15 Sideboard
            // 1 Artifact
            SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt

            // 13 Instant
            SB: 2 Ancient Grudge
            SB: 4 Pyroblast
            SB: 1 Ray of Revelation
            SB: 3 Red Elemental Blast
            SB: 2 Surgical Extraction
            SB: 1 Punishing Fire

            // 1 Sorcery
            SB: 1 Balance

            1 more punishing fire with different mana base, as its good vs stax and small critters, and works with loam.

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              Dr. J last edited by

              I like this deck! Drawing more cards than your opponent is always fun. 😉

              I wonder, could you cut one of the Squee's? Since you have Intuitions to find them. Also, the sideboard seems soft against Dredge, are the Surgical's enough?

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                YakuzaXRock last edited by YakuzaXRock

                Yeah hmm.

                Well Ive tried more or less squees with the same idea, and also more or less bazaars. But actually you often end up bazaaring or Faydening to find squees, its good to have 4 you do want them. You'll see when you play the deck. Also opponents will counter intuition when they know your deck.

                Yeah a little soft vs dredge, you wanna hold them off with waste+strip til you get jace+´surgery combo going. If you have a lot of dredge in your area you can change it for meta of course as anything.

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                  YakuzaXRock last edited by YakuzaXRock

                  Small detail update:
                  Maindeck
                  +1 volcanic island
                  -1 mana crypt
                  -1 ancient grudge
                  +1 punishing fire

                  sb +1 Stony silence

                  This is because you want those lands for life from the loam!

                  Really like ancient grudge but gotta cut something

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                    YakuzaXRock last edited by YakuzaXRock

                    And another final update, 1 more land basically for -1 punishing fire, to get loam working and that precious white for stony silence:

                    // 60 Maindeck
                    // 7 Artifact
                    1 Black Lotus
                    1 Mox Sapphire
                    1 Mox Jet
                    1 Mox Emerald
                    1 Mox Pearl
                    1 Mox Ruby
                    1 Sol Ring

                    // 7 Creature
                    4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
                    1 Monastery Mentor
                    2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
                    1 Blightsteel Colossus

                    // 17 Instant
                    4 Force of Will
                    1 Ancestral Recall
                    1 Gush
                    1 Dig Through Time
                    3 Intuition
                    4 Mental Misstep
                    1 Punishing Fire
                    1 Brainstorm

                    // 20 Land
                    4 Bazaar of Baghdad
                    4 Volcanic Island
                    2 Polluted Delta
                    1 Scalding Tarn
                    1 Flooded Strand
                    4 Grove of the Burnwillows
                    1 Tundra
                    1 Tropical Island
                    1 Strip Mine
                    1 Wasteland

                    // 4 Planeswalker
                    4 Dack Fayden

                    // 5 Sorcery
                    1 Time Walk
                    1 Gitaxian Probe
                    1 Treasure Cruise
                    1 Tinker
                    1 Life from the Loam

                    // 15 Sideboard
                    // 1 Artifact
                    SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt

                    // 1 Enchantment
                    SB: 1 Stony Silence

                    // 12 Instant
                    SB: 2 Ancient Grudge
                    SB: 4 Pyroblast
                    SB: 1 Ray of Revelation
                    SB: 3 Red Elemental Blast
                    SB: 2 Surgical Extraction

                    // 1 Sorcery
                    SB: 1 Balance

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                      YakuzaXRock last edited by YakuzaXRock

                      And after getting handed by dredge, Im back to a fairly earlier version, this is as tight as it gets:

                      // 60 Maindeck
                      // 7 Artifact
                      1 Black Lotus
                      1 Mox Sapphire
                      1 Mox Jet
                      1 Mox Emerald
                      1 Mox Pearl
                      1 Mox Ruby
                      1 Sol Ring

                      // 7 Creature
                      4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
                      1 Monastery Mentor
                      2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
                      1 Blightsteel Colossus

                      // 16 Instant
                      4 Force of Will
                      1 Ancestral Recall
                      1 Dig Through Time
                      3 Intuition
                      4 Mental Misstep
                      1 Punishing Fire
                      1 Brainstorm

                      // 20 Land
                      4 Bazaar of Baghdad
                      3 Volcanic Island
                      2 Polluted Delta
                      2 Scalding Tarn
                      1 Flooded Strand
                      4 Grove of the Burnwillows
                      1 Tundra
                      1 Tropical Island
                      1 Strip Mine
                      1 Underground Sea

                      // 4 Planeswalker
                      4 Dack Fayden

                      // 6 Sorcery
                      1 Time Walk
                      1 Gitaxian Probe
                      1 Treasure Cruise
                      1 Tinker
                      1 Life from the Loam
                      1 Demonic Tutor

                      // 15 Sideboard
                      // 1 Enchantment
                      SB: 1 Stony Silence

                      // 13 Instant
                      SB: 2 Ancient Grudge
                      SB: 4 Pyroblast
                      SB: 1 Gush
                      SB: 2 Krosan Grip
                      SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
                      SB: 1 Ravenous Trap
                      SB: 2 Rakdos Charm

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                        YakuzaXRock last edited by YakuzaXRock

                        (Testing SB +3 Krosan Grip,
                        Krosan grip helps vs leyline of the void, oath, yawgmoth's bargain etc, rest in peace but also vs Ravager/Ballista that cant activate.)

                        Grip takes care of sensei top too! Krosan destroys tormod's crypts and nihil spellbombs and likes without activation!

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                          Zylvorak @YakuzaXRock last edited by

                          @yakuzaxrock dude idk why but I love your list 😂 maybe because I love drawing cards? I'm not that good at magic and I'm not that good at vintage neither but tonight I'll do my best to pilot your list to the greatest record possible! I'm gonna play it on Cockatrice tho so idk how much relevant my score might be. Prolly zero. But who cares. I know I'll enjoy this night! See you later with the update results man. Keep the bazaar rolling!

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                            Zylvorak @Zylvorak last edited by

                            @zylvorak also...Is the loam engine that important? It looks like it is... If so how do you get your loam engine going with only 1 copy?

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                              Zylvorak @Zylvorak last edited by

                              @zylvorak sorry for the spam... Kinda new to post. But is the reply or quote buttons the only way to post? What if I just want to give an update?What do I click to open the window where to type the text with no reply quotes etc? Just a normal plain message? One more post to add to the bottom of this topic? Sorry for the bad English too, but I do my best!

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                                YakuzaXRock last edited by

                                You use intuition to search for 1 loam, 1 strip mine and then a squee or punishing fire etc.

                                Yeah deck takes some practice to know how to play since there are a lot of options all the time. To the opponent it doesnt look like youre doing much but at your side you draw a ton of cards and keeping things in control until you win.

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                                  YakuzaXRock last edited by YakuzaXRock

                                  If theres a lot of aggro, you can +1 Balance - 1 red elemental blast.

                                  Which i think is alright especially in paper.

                                  Balance is ok vs dredge, you dont lose anything vs bug/survival decks maybe a few random goblin and white weenie but the oath/paradox/mentor matchup gets a little less but oath should still be strong with 2 krosan grip. Paradox is usually a fair matchup anyway.

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                                    YakuzaXRock last edited by YakuzaXRock

                                    Actually finally decided on this, cut a land again to bring in mana crypt (again!)

                                    This makes gush and loam weaker, but with jace you can use those grips better and Balance/1 mana crypt spell for mentor+intuition better as well. Also dack can use stolen moxes better without stony silence.

                                    // 60 Maindeck
                                    // 8 Artifact
                                    1 Black Lotus
                                    1 Mox Sapphire
                                    1 Mox Jet
                                    1 Mox Emerald
                                    1 Mox Pearl
                                    1 Mox Ruby
                                    1 Sol Ring
                                    1 Mana Crypt

                                    // 8 Creature
                                    4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
                                    1 Monastery Mentor
                                    2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
                                    1 Blightsteel Colossus

                                    // 15 Instant
                                    4 Force of Will
                                    1 Ancestral Recall
                                    1 Dig Through Time
                                    3 Intuition
                                    1 Brainstorm
                                    4 Mental Misstep
                                    1 Punishing Fire
                                    1 Ancient Grudge

                                    // 19 Land
                                    4 Bazaar of Baghdad
                                    3 Volcanic Island
                                    1 Polluted Delta
                                    1 Scalding Tarn
                                    1 Flooded Strand
                                    4 Grove of the Burnwillows
                                    1 Tundra
                                    1 Tropical Island
                                    1 Strip Mine
                                    1 Underground Sea

                                    // 4 Planeswalker
                                    4 Dack Fayden

                                    // 6 Sorcery
                                    1 Time Walk
                                    1 Gitaxian Probe
                                    1 Treasure Cruise
                                    1 Tinker
                                    1 Life from the Loam
                                    1 Demonic Tutor

                                    // 15 Sideboard
                                    // 14 Instant
                                    SB: 1 Ancient Grudge
                                    SB: 4 Pyroblast
                                    SB: 3 Red Elemental Blast
                                    SB: 1 Ravenous Trap
                                    SB: 2 Rakdos Charm
                                    SB: 1 Gush
                                    SB: 3 Krosan Grip

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                                      YakuzaXRock last edited by

                                      Final!!!

                                      // 60 Maindeck
                                      // 8 Artifact
                                      1 Black Lotus
                                      1 Mox Sapphire
                                      1 Mox Jet
                                      1 Mox Emerald
                                      1 Mox Pearl
                                      1 Mox Ruby
                                      1 Sol Ring
                                      1 Mana Crypt

                                      // 8 Creature
                                      4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
                                      1 Monastery Mentor
                                      2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
                                      1 Blightsteel Colossus

                                      // 16 Instant
                                      4 Force of Will
                                      1 Ancestral Recall
                                      1 Dig Through Time
                                      3 Intuition
                                      4 Mental Misstep
                                      1 Punishing Fire
                                      1 Ancient Grudge
                                      1 Brainstorm

                                      // 18 Land
                                      4 Bazaar of Baghdad
                                      4 Volcanic Island
                                      1 Scalding Tarn
                                      1 Flooded Strand
                                      4 Grove of the Burnwillows
                                      1 Tundra
                                      1 Tropical Island
                                      1 Strip Mine
                                      1 Underground Sea

                                      // 4 Planeswalker
                                      4 Dack Fayden

                                      // 6 Sorcery
                                      1 Time Walk
                                      1 Gitaxian Probe
                                      1 Treasure Cruise
                                      1 Tinker
                                      1 Life from the Loam
                                      1 Demonic Tutor

                                      // 15 Sideboard
                                      // 14 Instant
                                      SB: 4 Pyroblast
                                      SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
                                      SB: 1 Rakdos Charm
                                      SB: 3 Krosan Grip
                                      SB: 2 Ancient Grudge
                                      SB: 1 Ravenous Trap
                                      SB: 1 Gush

                                      // 1 Sorcery
                                      SB: 1 Balance/swords to plowshares

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                                        YakuzaXRock @YakuzaXRock last edited by

                                        @yakuzaxrock

                                        // 60 Maindeck
                                        // 8 Artifact
                                        1 Black Lotus
                                        1 Mox Sapphire
                                        1 Mox Jet
                                        1 Mox Emerald
                                        1 Mox Pearl
                                        1 Mox Ruby
                                        1 Sol Ring
                                        1 Mana Crypt

                                        // 8 Creature
                                        4 Squee, Goblin Nabob
                                        1 Monastery Mentor
                                        2 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
                                        1 Blightsteel Colossus

                                        // 16 Instant
                                        4 Force of Will
                                        1 Ancestral Recall
                                        1 Dig Through Time
                                        3 Intuition
                                        4 Mental Misstep
                                        1 Punishing Fire
                                        1 Gush
                                        1 Ancient Grudge

                                        // 18 Land
                                        4 Bazaar of Baghdad
                                        4 Volcanic Island
                                        1 Flooded Strand
                                        4 Grove of the Burnwillows
                                        1 Tundra
                                        1 Tropical Island
                                        1 Strip Mine
                                        1 Underground Sea
                                        1 Polluted Delta

                                        // 4 Planeswalker
                                        4 Dack Fayden

                                        // 6 Sorcery
                                        1 Time Walk
                                        1 Gitaxian Probe
                                        1 Treasure Cruise
                                        1 Tinker
                                        1 Life from the Loam
                                        1 Demonic Tutor

                                        // 15 Sideboard
                                        // 13 Instant
                                        SB: 4 Pyroblast
                                        SB: 4 Red Elemental Blast
                                        SB: 3 Rakdos Charm
                                        SB: 2 Krosan Grip

                                        // 2 Sorcery
                                        SB: 1 Balance
                                        SB: 1 Firespout

                                        Possibly an ancient grudge or a swords to plowshares instead of a reb but not neccessarily

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                                          msg67183 last edited by

                                          Do you not run into Dredge very often? 3 Rakdos Charm is definitely not enough Graveyard Hate for that matchup.

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                                            YakuzaXRock last edited by YakuzaXRock

                                            3 rakdos is fine. You have a demonic tutor to find one, if you dont draw it by the ton of card drawing, and you have jace to cast them again. If youre afraid to make it until then, theres intuition for loam and strip mine. Theres also Balance to handle bastards.

                                            There should be 1 more fetch and 1 volcanic less in the list also.

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