Comments on: Jund Mana Ramp for States http://fivewithflores.com/2008/11/jund-mana-ramp-for-states/ Where you learn to love what Mike Flores loves Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:43:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: admin http://fivewithflores.com/2008/11/jund-mana-ramp-for-states/#comment-38 admin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:49:24 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=79#comment-38 Thanks for the kind comments. I think "stages" is just better than "phases" for this purpose and I am going to make sure it catches on :) I had wanted to work on a blog for basically forever... so I am glad you like it. You can probably tell that am putting quite a bit of work into this. But on the other hand, I am totally jazzed about Magic (again) and hope to ascend once again to the first tier of deck designers. Please tell all your friends to come! Thanks for the kind comments. I think “stages” is just better than “phases” for this purpose and I am going to make sure it catches on :)

I had wanted to work on a blog for basically forever… so I am glad you like it. You can probably tell that am putting quite a bit of work into this. But on the other hand, I am totally jazzed about Magic (again) and hope to ascend once again to the first tier of deck designers.

Please tell all your friends to come!

]]> By: hudnall56 http://fivewithflores.com/2008/11/jund-mana-ramp-for-states/#comment-36 hudnall56 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:33:24 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=79#comment-36 Great site! I was hoping that you'd have something like this after you left Flores Fridays. Top8Magic isn't updated as regularly as I would like (although it looks like this is changing) and the transition from Swimming with Sharks to Top Decks has narrowed the focus of your column on the Mothership quite a bit. Also, I'm jazzed about the shift from "Phases" to "Stages." The concept is strong and will prevent pundits from disregarding it based on nomenclature alone. Great site! I was hoping that you’d have something like this after you left Flores Fridays. Top8Magic isn’t updated as regularly as I would like (although it looks like this is changing) and the transition from Swimming with Sharks to Top Decks has narrowed the focus of your column on the Mothership quite a bit.

Also, I’m jazzed about the shift from “Phases” to “Stages.” The concept is strong and will prevent pundits from disregarding it based on nomenclature alone.

]]> By: Jund Mana Ramp, a Rogue Decklist for Standard http://fivewithflores.com/2008/11/jund-mana-ramp-for-states/#comment-21 Jund Mana Ramp, a Rogue Decklist for Standard Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:56:53 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=79#comment-21 [...] This deck seems to have the tools to beat both, so I will definitely be testing it out.Sources: Jund Mana Ramp for States and Jund Mana Ramp at the New York State [...] [...] This deck seems to have the tools to beat both, so I will definitely be testing it out.Sources: Jund Mana Ramp for States and Jund Mana Ramp at the New York State [...]

]]> By: Bliss crater http://fivewithflores.com/2008/11/jund-mana-ramp-for-states/#comment-19 Bliss crater Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:45:23 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=79#comment-19 This deck seems quite a bit better than the more ponderous versions i've seen. With mind shatter out of the board it shouldn't be that big of a problem to deal with more stage three oriented decks. That card is the beating of the century simply because a turn 6 mind shatter trumps an ultimatum of any variety, as well as just being a good wrecking ball (turn 4 or 5 mind shatter is still great). I completely agree with your opinion of gift of the gargantuan. It truly is the green compulsive, and once you play with it you realize that. And it's also a cheaper harmonize. I've already got my deck, but this deck excites me. What do you think about a deck packing 4x Profane Command, 4x Cryptic Command, 4x Punish Ignorance, 4x Batwing Brume and 4x Bitterblossom? Here's a hint, you can't race it :P I'm thoroughly enjoying the resurgence of top8magic.com and now the creation of fivewithflores.com. When i spotted your one of your videos for this site on youtube i couldn't believe it was true! This deck seems quite a bit better than the more ponderous versions i’ve seen. With mind shatter out of the board it shouldn’t be that big of a problem to deal with more stage three oriented decks. That card is the beating of the century simply because a turn 6 mind shatter trumps an ultimatum of any variety, as well as just being a good wrecking ball (turn 4 or 5 mind shatter is still great).
I completely agree with your opinion of gift of the gargantuan. It truly is the green compulsive, and once you play with it you realize that. And it’s also a cheaper harmonize.
I’ve already got my deck, but this deck excites me.
What do you think about a deck packing 4x Profane Command, 4x Cryptic Command, 4x Punish Ignorance, 4x Batwing Brume and 4x Bitterblossom? Here’s a hint, you can’t race it :P
I’m thoroughly enjoying the resurgence of top8magic.com and now the creation of fivewithflores.com. When i spotted your one of your videos for this site on youtube i couldn’t believe it was true!

]]> By: admin http://fivewithflores.com/2008/11/jund-mana-ramp-for-states/#comment-18 admin Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:52:23 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=79#comment-18 Hey Reece. Sorry it was late and my muscle memory probably errs towards "Flores" just because I have probably typed that word many times over the last 18 or so years. It has been corrected. I am not familiar with Gerry's deck but he is a strong deck designer so I assume it's great. I did not so much reject Resounding Thunder as ignore it; I like the card but I am focusing on aggressive metagame reaction -- per usual -- rather than figuring out what I can do once I already have a tremendous amount of mana. You can probably see that my deck is geared towards a strong early Stage Two game rather than the best Stage Three game; I assume Gerry's deck has Violent Ultimatum? I am probably out-gunned in Stage Three in the "mirror" but I think I have good matchups against Five-color Control and Faeries. Hey Reece.

Sorry it was late and my muscle memory probably errs towards “Flores” just because I have probably typed that word many times over the last 18 or so years. It has been corrected.

I am not familiar with Gerry’s deck but he is a strong deck designer so I assume it’s great. I did not so much reject Resounding Thunder as ignore it; I like the card but I am focusing on aggressive metagame reaction — per usual — rather than figuring out what I can do once I already have a tremendous amount of mana. You can probably see that my deck is geared towards a strong early Stage Two game rather than the best Stage Three game; I assume Gerry’s deck has Violent Ultimatum? I am probably out-gunned in Stage Three in the “mirror” but I think I have good matchups against Five-color Control and Faeries.

]]> By: ReeceP http://fivewithflores.com/2008/11/jund-mana-ramp-for-states/#comment-17 ReeceP Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:08:06 +0000 http://fivewithflores.com/?p=79#comment-17 Mike, when you first mentioned Jund Mana Ramp for states, I went and checked DeckCheck for a list, as i've never heard of it. I found a list of GerryT's that has four Resounding Thunder maindeck. What do you think of playing that? Also, is calling forests "Flores" a new joke? Mike, when you first mentioned Jund Mana Ramp for states, I went and checked DeckCheck for a list, as i’ve never heard of it. I found a list of GerryT’s that has four Resounding Thunder maindeck. What do you think of playing that?

Also, is calling forests “Flores” a new joke?

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