Comments on: 100%: Meta Call(ing The Audible)

By: ChrisKool

ChrisKool — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:17:01 +0000

Zim- you don’t need pro red to “stick it”, but the Kor Firewalker probably can find a home in here.

Also, I miss you!

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:30:39 +0000

Thanks! I have since edited the deck, here and there, and it’s performing amazingly!

By: Zimbardo

Zimbardo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:24:01 +0000

I love this deck! Where was this deck when I was brainstorming for ways to stick it to red?

If I was ever going to run this deck, I’d leave the pro-red guys in. Killing red decks is fun. I agree with leaving this as a two color deck. Running basic lands and having really consistent mana is underrated.

Also, I enjoyed your comments at the very end of the video.

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:06:13 +0000

Had date night with Tessa, bro bro. We saw the most f’d movie ever at IFC. 70′s Japanese horror musical: House. I recommend you look it up on youtube if you wanna laugh.

By: ChrisKool

ChrisKool — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:04:58 +0000

You missed out! This week had a ton of mono Red!

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:43:29 +0000

You know what’s weird, ArchGenius, I wasn’t even talking about you when i referenced the Scapeshift deck! I had played another one earlier in the evening (when I managed to hit three back to back 2 mans) You were my fourth and fifth matches that evening, a little later after I wrote this post, but yeah, def much harder to beat as you have burly dudes and not just a ton of ramp with the Combo included.

To answer your question, I feel like Visions is too slow against Control and Aggro, well, for this deck. I call it Control’s Aether Vial- if you don’t find it in those first few draws it starts to lose its luster. I know many would disagree, I just don’t like the card that much. Seems like you’re as likely to die to beats or it will give the Control player enough turns to find counter-magic for it. No surprise factor at all. But thanks for the games and presenting a nice reminder that there’s always room to improve. For an hour I thought I had cracked the Da Vinci Code or something.

Descendant… hmmm, I didn’t consider him, so I don’t much to say as to whether or not he would be a good duder. I can say if I am looking for men they need to be two-drops, as my three slot is crowded as heck already.

Yeah, the Merrow is a bit silly. I just like that he’s a bear.

By: ArchGenius

ArchGenius — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:24:24 +0000

I remember this deck creamed my Boros Goblin deck. I like it.

The Grand Arbiter is a great addition. I definitely had a lot of trouble playing against it.

Yes, My Scapeshift deck that you beat is very rough. I also don’t think it’s a very good match-up against an heavy Armageddon strategy. I’ve seen way too many Valakut decks in Extended and Block and wanted to try it out in 100 Singleton.

However I did manage to take one match from you. However I know the luck of the draw had a lot to do with that. It definitely wasn’t my lackluster play skills. (Must stop playing after 11pm, my brain shuts down)

I have a couple of questions.
1) Why no Ancestral Vision? It seems to go well with the concept of mana denial and efficient low casting cost creatures and spells.
2) What about Descendant of Kiyomaro? He’s very good with the Gush plan, and he’s practically a 3/5 lifelinker for 3 against Goblins.
3) I’ve tried Puresight Merrow and Opposition before and it’s rather underwhelming. I don’t really want to play Opposition unless I have a lot of ways to generate tokens, which basically requires a lot more mana than this deck wants to spend on anything.