Comments on: Budget Cuts: Fun Guy

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:26:53 +0000

I just now noticed the inquiry about the deck I played this prior Saturday. Zimbardo is a man I not only respect but also fear, so I will answer your questions in my last article. Again, this is a really great piece, Zim. Were I your middle school softball coach, I'd shout, "Jolly good show, me pip!"

By: Zimbardo

Zimbardo — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:48:38 +0000

I thought about including Verdant Force, and I agree that it seems like a lot of fun. I didn’t think of Gauntlet of Power, but that also seems fun. Good ideas, and I know that there are a whole bunch of other cards on top of those that would be fun. That’s part of the appeal of casual decks in this format. SO many cards to try out. I made a list of a lot of them, but ultimately I left it out of the article. People will have more fun if they get to dig up those cards on their own.

If I wasn’t going for a budget article, I would have definitely thrown in Doubling Season and Englightened Tutor to fetch it. Thallids belong to that golden subset of cards that deal in both counters and tokens, so Doubling Season becomes Quadrupling Season. You don’t even want to know how often I used Doubling Season in casual Extended decks a couple of years ago.

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:45:19 +0000

Enjoying the greenery, Lord Zim. Nice job, indeed!!!

By: Orgion

Orgion — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:14:51 +0000

Hah..just noticed you already had sprout swarm…

man! are 100cs lists difficult to completely parse or what?

By: Orgion

Orgion — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:23:37 +0000

Top article and looks a blast to play. Reckon I might sleeve it up so to speak and try it out.

Reckon I might try out some these cards too..
- Patriarchs bidding ($1.25)
- Gilder Bairn ($0.05)
- Verdant force ($0.12)
- Gauntlet of Power ($0.50)
- Sprout Swarm($0.05)
- Seedborn Muse ($0.60)

Shame Doubling Season ($10.50) costs so much!

By: SomeGuy

SomeGuy — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:47:17 +0000

gj btw, Zimbardo!

By: SomeGuy

SomeGuy — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:40:05 +0000

Nice deck, less blood thirst but more fun interactions.Btw grats to so many trolls who won the last weekend PE with a REC/SUR rock build, i am tempted to try it but i don’t understand alot of the interactions, for example…

Hermit druid to mill guys in the GY to REC back?
Krovikan Horror with ?
Reveillark and Saffi Eriksdotter.. some interaction?
Natural order as a 2nd copy of REC/SUR’s effect for a primus/progenitus?

As you can see, i am pretty clueless about how this deck works.An article dissecting the deck would be absolutelely golden.

Chris