Comments on: Dime a Dozen #10: Monster Mash

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 02:13:52 +0000

neckfire – Yeah, lucky me I guess @_@

By: neckfire

neckfire — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:27:15 +0000

I really wish my storm opponents went off on t2 for no reason

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:51:53 +0000

Ramela – Post would’ve been an interesting encounter! I’m not sold that Leech is bad here, though he can eat removal.

Anonymous – I still appreciate the advice even if the outcome of the game would’ve been the same.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 12:51:54 +0000

In round 3 game 1 against ub control, you could have got ridden of grim harvest at least once by responding to the trigger, after he pays the mana but before it resolves. Not that it mattered much at that point, the game was pretty much over already, but still.

By: Ramela

Ramela — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:33:24 +0000

I love seeing something new being tried in Pauper. Too bad that you didn’t get (/have) to play against Ux Post, I would have loved to see if those Shroud/Hexproof guys and only 4 Thermokarst would have been enough there.

Bounce lands would not be horrible for you, since you have many 1-drops, but that would mean forgoing to play a 3 drop on turn 2, which doesn’t seem that great. Whatever you do in regards to Bouncelands or Borderland Rangers, you won’t have black mana before turn 3 most of the time, so the Putrid Leech doesn’t seem very good.

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:09:50 +0000

PB – Thanks for commenting, I think you make some good observations here.

By: PB

PB — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:25:48 +0000

Nice vids, and good to see you exploring a new list. The fundamental strategy is solid (beatdown with high power untargetable dudes) but unfortunately I think the thing which this deck needs is the thing it can’t use – rancor. If the centaur and blastoderm were hexproof instead of shroud, this deck would be awesome. As it is though, your opponent can get too much value by chump blocking all day while setting up their more powerful late game.

Also, I agree that you shouldn’t be looking to use tapped lands and I also think that you shouldn’t really be considering any more non-hexproof/shroud creatures, that’s the core of this deck’s strategy and messing with it more doesn’t seem good. Dirge of dread seems like a great SB option vs chump blocking decks though, including faeries.