Comments on: Excuses, Excuses

By: bk

bk — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:41:42 +0000

is this site dead now?

By: lewk

lewk — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:52:17 +0000

So, are you just done with fwf, or what?

By: rakalite

rakalite — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:08:26 +0000

oops, forgot to mention that the deck was worked on (mostly) by my friend Todd Anderson, who you may have seen writing non-premium on SCG.

By: rakalite

rakalite — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:05:57 +0000

Mike – here’s my list from this weekend’s PTQ. some minor changes (-the wooded foothils, -1 breeding pool, +1 island, +1 bant charm, -2 trickbind -1 Kataki +3 krosan grips in the board)

4 Noble Hierarch
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Gaddock Teeg
3 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
4 Rhox War Monk
3 Vendilion Clique
3 Sower of Temptation
3 Mana Tithe
4 Path to Exile
3 Bant Charm
4 Mana Leak

4 Windswept Heath
4 Flooded Strand
1 Wooded Foothills
3 Breeding Pool
2 Hallowed Fountain
1 Temple Garden
2 Island
1 Plains
1 Forest
2 Treetop Village
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers

sb
2 Trickbind
4 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Kataki, War’s Wage
3 Relic of Progenitus
3 Kitchen Finks

Kira is the absolute stone nuts. shuts down Shackles completely, and at least 5 times on the day my opponent walked into her ability and lost the game because of it. Plus kira + canonist is a lock against TEPS/elves. 6-0-2′ed the swiss and lost game 2 of the quarters against fae due to the trickbinds not being grips, and game 3 due to a double mulligan into such exciting play as “turn 4, play my 2nd land, summon a 1/2 goyf”

By: DAisaka09

DAisaka09 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:16:46 +0000

spark spray is there to beat elves. Sometimes you have to be able to kill their turn 1 guy because if you don’t you won’t get to turn 3 where you would be able to cycle Slice and Dice. If the first interactive thing you do is on turn 3 you could be in real trouble which is why spark spray gets the nod over Slice and Dice.

By: HugeMcRunFast

HugeMcRunFast — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:04:00 +0000

I have always wondered about the choice of Spark Spray main myself. Is it basically there for Dark Confidant and the obvious only R to cycle? Seems like Gilded Light would make the TEPS matchup from unwinnable to possibly winnable. Slice and Dice might just be a blowout against elves and good against Faeries. And if you ever actually can hardcast it against Naya it’s basically Wrath’s 3+. But I digress, is Spark Spray extremely necessary or just the best available thing?

By: camus_8x

camus_8x — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:08:36 +0000

I’ve always been a fan of Slide/Rift deck since Onslaught. I remember even rooting for Terry Soh in worlds years ago. I was rooting now for ya Mike. Sadly, this deck had always have the very same problem u came across on this tournament. Always goes on turns. Too slow for aggro. Demands decent (or exceptional) plays every time or you blew the whole match.

I’d love for ya not to quit on this deck and try to evolve it. I personally don’t like spark spray and replace it with gilded light and Slice And Dice -depending on metagame-.

Anyways, happy B-day, i enjoy your reports, and take care.

By: The American Nightmare

The American Nightmare — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:53:44 +0000

Japanese Naya Burn pretty much looks like a stock Naya list but with 4 Volcanic Fallouts in the board for Elves and extra FaeWizard hate.

By: DAisaka09

DAisaka09 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:23:02 +0000

ere is what I played, Naya Burn:

4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Keldon Marauders
4 Kird Ape
4 Mogg Fanatic
2 Kataki, War’s Wage

4 Seal of Fire
4 Incinerate
4 Lightning Helix
4 Sulfuric Vortex

4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Forest
3 Mountain
2 Mutavault
1 Sacred Foundry
3 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
3 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills

sb:
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
2 Ranger of Eos
4 Ancient Grudge
4 Lash Out
4 Pyrostatic Pillar

I would have played path to exile instead of lash out but i couldn’t find any before the tournament. Ranger of Eos should have been jitte instead but i was afraid of the tempo loss and unlike Kitchen Finks Ranger can’t really be answered by path to exile. The main deck Katakis were awful as I managed to dodge affinity all day, although he did tie down the mana of my mono red burn opponent in round one. In the swiss i played against mono red twice, some level of blue, the mono green stompy list with O-Naginata that Adrian Sullivan wrote about, Bant, TEPS and i intentionally drew with Affinity in the last round.

In the top 8 i played the mirror (but my opponent was playing 4x woolly thoctar main!), Faeries and then lost in the finals to Bant.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:05:31 +0000

@DAisaka09
1) Great job – Congratulations and condolences both brother.
2) I don’t know the list – sorry.
3) What was your list?