Comments on: MiM’s Weekly Daily #3: Modern PE w/ Domri Rade Bloody Zoo

By: xMiMx

xMiMx — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:00:33 +0000

In the world od living end and scapeshift midrange has no life. I was running modified Kibler’s versionand it was okay, but in non combo meta – next weekly daily is gona be with it. Im considerign Infect for current meta.

By: Fastness

Fastness — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:46:13 +0000

Hey I really like this deck (or more the midrange versions you were playing before). Found it has a lot of play to it and just plain fun. Just swapped out the bloodbraids in your old deck for 1 huntmaster, 1 thrun, 1 resto angel, 1 Olivia and 1/2 thundermaw for a batterskull (despite not being as good with domri). Also added an overgrown tomb to be able to use deathrite’s black ability more often. The resto seems weakest but untapping a knight for a block is good fun and being able to attack in the air with a sword is great. I played with a mirran crusader for a bit but found it great when equipped with a sword and just ok other times. Also switched a light and shadow for a fire an ice. You may want to try a sejiri steppe instead of a gavony for surprise factor. It turns a knight into a mother of runes and can help punch through the last few points of damage. I’m still not sure about burst lightning and have been tempted by dismember since I have a bit more life gain and black sources.

I’m still running the 2 qasali’s main but would love to find something better – thalia, burning tree or maybe even a lotus cobra.

I’ve liked your leylines and spellskites against mono red and rg aggro and although I haven’t tried it I would love to be able to shutout a gifts using leyline also I’ve enjoyed having path to exile in the board that I side in most times that blood moon comes out (most mono or 2 coloured red decks I don’t mind ramping)

Let me know your thoughts on the changes and hope you try out the midrange again!

By: xMiMx

xMiMx — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:56:47 +0000

Again thanks for the comments, just shortly: I’ve tried countrysde but it was pretty terrible as just a 3/3 usualy, much worse than actual Knight of Reliquary. BUT i did make a total remodeling of the deck (how could i not see how obviously Burning-Tree Emissary is in this deck) and currently testing it with satisfactory results. This weeks Weekly Daily will be block but i might record the new Bloody Zoo for another week just before the last 2 online PTQ’s.

About double/tripple/whatever queing, I usualy play pretty fast while doing that (i had matches when my opponent timed out while I was tripple queing), so I don’t see a problem other than the kind of approach: I can’t do it so i will be angry at him doing it.

Again: I will obviously not multi on movies again.

Cya next week with Domri Dudes for Block Constructed!

By: Maximiliano

Maximiliano — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:44:40 +0000

Is Countryside Crusher too terrible to consider it? it has some interesting synergies with KotR and Domri.

By: Dylan Matusek

Dylan Matusek — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:48:31 +0000

Great videos, thank you for the content

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:08:41 +0000

Re: the double queuing. Many people (including myself) have a philosophical problem with double queuing, and seeing it recorded (however briefly) really irritates them. The above commentators don’t mention this specifically, but I think it comes through in their tone. Even the universally loved and admired LSV took a bunch of flak when he recorded a vid while double queuing.

Quite frankly, double queuing (and triple or quad queuing even more so) is simply maximizing your free time at the expense of others. Yes, some do it more efficiently and more respectfully than others, but they are the exception rather than the rule. I understand the multiqueuing is the norm for modo grinders (you have to do it to even attempt to “profit” from playing mtgo on a time-spent basis) and is adopted from online poker where it is also the norm. However the translation is imprecise. I was hardly the best multi-tabler online, but the decisions in online poker are so much easier 95% of the time that I could easily sit at 8 tables without causing as much “opponent time drain” as I do sitting at a single extra seat on modo.

If you must multi-queue (and I’m sure this rant wont change anyone’s opinions) please be as respectful of your opponent’s time as possible, since you are gaining your EV boost at their expense. And PLEASE understand that a large segment of any audience for your recordings loathes the practice.

re: the actual deck. Bloodmoon seems reasonable in modern but bloody jund just seems so much better conceptually, allowing a similar creature base (especially since fetch based offense and bloodmoon is a nombo) and disruption in the form of discard that allows you to resolve bloodmoon more easily. Could you talk a bit more about why you think Zoo is the right shell for it?

By: JFA

JFA — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:06:03 +0000

Your premature ending is possibly a Youtube/Firefox issue. It’s been playing up for a few days now.

Those of you complaining about the double-queueing – grow up – its a fraction of 1% of the video time. And as for it ruining the immersion in a play-by-play? I think you need to go read more books or watch more movies.