Comments on: Dime a Dozen #9: Finding the Fundamental Turn

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:54:32 +0000

RFOX – I appreciate the suggestions. Not sure about Rites, but Rancor would probably help force through some damage.

By: RFOX

RFOX — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:24:17 +0000

Nice article and fun looking deck!

Not sure if this is even a good card, but how about Rite of Consumption? Gives you some reach and something to do with your fading out Blastoderms?

Rancor seems sweet though.

Thanks for the content, a daily with this deck would be sweet!

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:38:38 +0000

deluxeicoff – Glad you could share some results!

By: deluxeicoff

deluxeicoff — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:43:35 +0000

at first glance…this looks like a pile of dog doo..but after playing it, it’s really got some teeth! I have no problem beating affinity, thus the inclusion of ‘hate’ vs. affinity is invalid imo. My current sideboard is this: 4 duress, 4 fog, 3 thermokarst, 4 scattershot

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:16:56 +0000

asaddsxf – Awesome, thanks for all the input!

By: asaddsxf

asaddsxf — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:43:22 +0000

i did try the list you posted and felt a little underpowered (which i tried to fix by literally adding more power XD ) and yes it is true that the flanking guy is hard to block but it is not that much harder to block than a 3-3 forcemage (better against bonesplitter+squadron hawk though) and it deals less damage if it gets through, i don’t have that good of a grasp on the pauper format so i don’t know for sure if the shroud part is that much more relevant but forcemage feels very strong to me. that said just playing both might be good.

After playing more with it simian grunt is not as strong as i thought he would be, the 4 toughness is very rarely relevant so there is really no point in just playing something smaller but with no echo cost, wild leotau and vigilante however are pretty good i feel, the drawback on leotau has been very irrelevant every time i’ve had him (not that many admittedly only a 1 of) and blowing up enchantments and artifacts with vigilante has been surprisingly good against the more fringe decks (it won me games vs the ancestral mask deck and the tortured existence deck)

If you are going to keep the 3-3 hexproof you might want to consider rancor for the deck which would also help the mana dorks get through for more damage.

Looking forward to hearing more about your development of the deck in your future articles

By: Jason Moore

Jason Moore — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:43:08 +0000

asaddsxf – Thanks for the info! You may be right, but did you ever try the original build? Not much is going to block the flanking guy in the early turns, and you can curve out better without needing to pay the upkeep for Simian Grunts etc. I feel like I explained how my list operates, so altering the curve and damage output seems like it will naturally yield differing results.