Comments on: Goblin Assault and the Spanish Inquisition Update

By: Five With Flores » The Sunday Sideboarding Guide

Five With Flores » The Sunday Sideboarding Guide — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:12:17 +0000

[...] 2 Ajani Vengeant 4 Great Sable Stag 4 Goblin Assault 2 Celestial Purge 3 Day of [...]

By: i-never-smile

i-never-smile — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:29 +0000

First of all, I actually created the deck. I didn’t call out Mike on the title of the deck, I just pointed out that the deck is actually very different from Spanish Inquisition, and it probably shouldn’t be called SI since it plays very differently and has different goals in mind.

Second, the guy who placed in his Game Day (which isn’t really a competitive event by any standards, but is where the list came from) had a list that was straight off the thread on the forum, the week preceding Game Day. I don’t remember if it was a guy who posted on the forum or not, but the list distinctly came from MTGSalvation around the time of Game Day, down to each sideboard slot. I find it hard to believe that someone would create an exact replica of this deck and tune it to the same place the thread had it tuned, at the same point in time.

Third, I have no idea what sexual orientation has to do with discussion about this deck or an internet forum. I would assume if you’re using that as an insult, you probably screwed up and should have played the virgin card, which is theoretically more accurate towards the MTG/internet nerd demographic. But more to the point: if you’re going to try to tell someone that their arguments are frivolous and vain, you probably should make sure it doesn’t make you look like a hypocrite.

And lastly, I wouldn’t have posted on Mike Flores’ blog if I didn’t respect him. Why would I care? I’m too lazy to bash people on the internet. I simply read that he was enjoying the deck on MTGO, and decided to say a few things about the deck from experience. That wasn’t an ego trip, it was just pointing out some existing information about a relatively unknown control deck.

By: KainXavier

KainXavier — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:02:02 +0000

I love comments like “I am the creator of this deck”. I get a real kick out of them – as if people think anyone else cares. And then there’s the gall to call out Mike on what he calls the deck as if it matters? “Obvious power levels” are exactly that – obvious. Why wouldn’t they be included? And as such that Mark used many of the same cards when he top 8′d, it’s more than fair to say this is a “Spanish Inquisition” update. The fact that the user is from mtgsalvation, the most over-moderated forum I’ve ever visited, is simply icing on the cake. In words you’d never be able to use there: don’t be gay. That, and give Mike some respect.

By: RTor

RTor — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:58:05 +0000

I believe the best direction to go with spanish inquistion is to drop valakut to go with Wrb getting stuff like sorin markov, bit. blast, identity crisis in the board. Also opening the power B mode of obelisk.

By: i-never-smile

i-never-smile — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:30:57 +0000

I’m the creator of that R/w deck. If you go to http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=186734 you will find a thread over a month old discussing this deck in great detail, and the evolution of some of its tools. I don’t think it’s accurate to call it an update to Spanish Inquisition because the only thing that deck inspired in Valakut Control is the Armillary Spheres. Ajani Vengeant, Lightning Bolt, and Path to Exile saw play in tons of other decks and they are included because of obvious power level, not because some guy top 8ed Nationals with them. If you want to compare this to an older deck, compare it to Skred Red. At least that deck was centered on 4 Chandra and powerful lands (storage lands/Scrying Sheets).

I don’t understand why you decided to sideboard 4 Pyroclasm instead of 3-4 Volcanic Fallout. Pyroclasm is terrible in this metagame, and the only reason why people board Fallout at all is because it shuts down a Bushwhacker turn to negate Ranger of Eos’ card advantage without taking a massive amount of damage from Boros. Trust me, as a man who has clocked in over 1300 games with this deck and is still playing it, you do not want to run Pyroclasm in your 75 at all. It’s a waste of space.

The Eldrazi match-up is very favorable if you have access to Oblivion Rings and/or Pithing Needles after sideboarding. Martial Coup isn’t bad there, either. It takes some practice, though–it’s a bizarre match-up.

By: MTGBattlefield

MTGBattlefield — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:42:16 +0000

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By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:25:31 +0000

Have you played this deck vs. Eldrazi yet? I’d be sure to play that matchup since winning a 5k carries so much weight for a deck, and not only did it win, it even had 2 more copies make it into top 8.

By: JoJa15

JoJa15 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:51:27 +0000

Hi Mike, I was the one running the PT Junk Colors deck as you called it. It is a G/W/b deck that has done quite well in the standard daily’s (several 4-0 finishes) piloted by MonkeyWrenched85. I have found the deck particularly strong late game with all its planeswalkers. Once I sideboard in the Duress’s, Identity Crisis, extra Marshal Coups, and the Celestial Purges the match-up gets even better. I did get lucky that one game starting with two Duress’s and then drawing into a third one around turn 4-6. The other game seemed like a pretty straight game though and is why I put in the Duress’s for a matchup with a deck like yours. I do agree with your comment about the Obelisk. If that would have got down I would have lost to it. Beyond the Duress and the Identity Crisis I don’t have anything to deal with the Obelisk. The Goblin Assault would have probably given me problems too but I had Celestial Purges for it. It was a fun match and a tough fight.

By: Klytel

Klytel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:06:51 +0000

@ Alfrebaut and on the topic of the Agadeem.

Going after Agadeem with land destruction will not work unless you are able to finish quickly after destroying the land.
The deck maindecks 4x Grim Discovery which allows a land + creature from GY to hand.
Also, as Alfrebaut properly put it – they can hold Agadeem in hand and just resurrect a Fatestitcher for U.
The only way to deal with this deck is with Graveyard Removal OR to somehow get lucky and watch them mill themselves ineffectively. (Or disrupt their millling somehow.)

By: Alfrebaut

Alfrebaut — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:29:30 +0000

At a glance, it seems pretty solid, though I still feel like you need a couple more Plains to support the 2WW cards. You can beat dredge with dedicated sideboard slots like Ravenous Trap for sure, even if you don’t really do much most of the time, unless they never “go off” and just try to Consume you out or something. You can also just use land destruction to strictly kill their Crypts, but that leaves them the option of just leaving the Crypt in their hand until they bin a Fatestitcher.