Comments on: Eternal Conflict – Decks of December 2009

By: whiffy

whiffy — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:08:26 +0000

Null Rods were a hold over from the original vintage deck. in classic they function as a further way to beat up on combo decks. The uses are exactly as spg said. They do turn off your own Mox Diamonds, however turning off every win condition in painter/stone and helm line, while also slowing belcher and storm to a crawl from turn 1 make it worth it.

@Katastrophe – Mox Diamond is essential to the decks performance. In vintage these four slots are 3 moxen and a Lotus, obviously better then Diamond but i work with what i have. They with the help of Elvish Spirit Guide it allows you to be fast enough to actually disrupt decks that don’t play “fair”. In addition to this they turn off Wasteland and Strip Mine in the decks that do play “fair”. In essence they give you the speed that “fair” decks lack to actually compete against dredge oath and combo.
Also you side out the Jittes if u side in the Null Rods, but anyone who follows “Decks of the Week” or mtgonline will notice that I dropped them from the sideboard for the 1st event of the new year.

By: spg

spg — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:55:10 +0000

Null Rod can shut down Painters Servant/Grindstone, Helm of Obedience, Skullclamp/Cranial Plating/Umezawas Jitte, Lotus Petal/Mana Crypt/Lion’s Eye Diamond, Goblin Charbelcher, and others. Sure it isn’t the powerhouse that it is in Vintage (just yet), since it can’t prey on Black Lotus or Moxes – but it still has its uses.

Although it does shut down the deck’s own Mox Diamonds, Jittes, and Tormods Crypts – so be careful about that.

By: Katastrophe

Katastrophe — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:41:57 +0000

Mox Aggro by whiffy penguin is just the type of deck I was trying to build! But I was doing it wrong, because I don’t have any Mox Diamonds. Doh. About that same deck, what are the Null Rods in the sidebaord for? I noticed that the smallpox deck had them too.

Thanks for the decklists and summaries!