Comments on: You Make the Play – Making Your Lands Fall

By: Five With Flores » You Make the Play: How Else Are You Going to Cast Your Esper Charm?

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:57:22 +0000

[...] When last we rocked and rolled I presented the following situation… [Y]ou run out the Vivid Creek. [...]

By: ProdigalT

ProdigalT — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:46 +0000

Why are we discussing this deck? In what universe is Pool not the play? I don’t see a particular downside to playing the Pool, since it shows up in more decks (gives away less), and enables any 3 drop we draw. If you play a Mountain, it’s pretty obvious what you’re up to. A Plains is less obvious, but still pretty loose if you draw a Blightning. Either way, I’d rather see you try and update this deck to an actual legal format, though the mana gets pretty terrible. Back to Borderland Rangers?

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:25:15 +0000

Since you’re playing with cards that aren’t legal in Type II, you concede during your upkeep so you can go work on a Type II manabase

By: MTGBattlefield

MTGBattlefield — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:18:28 +0000

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By: nyahoi

nyahoi — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:07:36 +0000

Aside from trying to bluff being some other deck I cant see how else not playing the pool turn two would make a positive difference. Playing the pool lets us play both our 3 drops immediately (Esper charm or Blightning) and our future drops aren’t effected at all. If we play either mountain or plains though we obviously risk losing a vivid counter if we draw the wrong 3 drop.

losing a counter however dosn’t seem that much a loss though. We can still produce every color combo we need to without needing to remove another thanks to pool (b/r, b/u, b/u/w, g/w, g/r, w/w). Maybe it is right to bluff! I’f this was the plan i’d say plains. Gives you more of a chance to play your 3 drop if drawn. The mountain would signal the risk of immediate action, the plains might encourage them to play another ETBT land

By: baldr7

baldr7 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:20:29 +0000

i definitely would play the pool.
a) it sets up your mana better than any other land drop
b) you can bluff your opponent into thinking you are 5CC or some other pool based control deck

By: schwarzott

schwarzott — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:47:47 +0000

I have no clue what this article is about. Is there some reason you wouldn’t want to play pool on turn 2?

By: Jaelan

Jaelan — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:40:47 +0000

I think you drop the Pool (if you don’t draw another Vivid). That way, if you draw into Blightning, you drop the Mountain on turn 3 and you can play Blightning without removing counters from the Vivid. Or, if you draw into Esper Charm, you drop the Plains on turn 3 and have the mana for Esper Charm without removing Vivids.

By: rockbard

rockbard — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:34:19 +0000

I don’t think it matters that much, because your plays start at turn 3. If you drew another vivid land, you play it. If not, does not matter.

By the way, I also enjoy playing the deck too. It’s one of the most fun decks to play.

- Gabriel