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Peering Into Pauper: Investigating Izzetpost
Posted on September 21, 2011 by Pitlord
Well put together article, thanks.
“Well put together article, thanks.” x 2
Very well done, now I just need to find a prohibit
Firebolt and flame jab are for infect, in my testing it’s an almost un-winnable matchup without them.
First time reading this article series and so far I like it. Will have to go back and read some of the older ones.
So, this article finally convinced me to build IzzetPost. I’m still short a Rolling Thunder, but other than that, I’m pretty happy with the deck. I will say, however, that the maindeck Negate feels wrong. Many times it would be stuck in my hand and my opponent would be casting a creature that I needed to stop, and I couldn’t.
I second that Browndr. Sadly I don’t have most of the expensive cards or I would have built this deck.
Thanks for the positive responses everyone!
@Ron: Firebolt and Flame Jab are both good against infect, but firebolt isn’t generally much better than the other removal spells available. By the time you can actually flash it back the game is likely pretty close to decided. Flambe Jab is certainly good in that match, but too narrow in general IMO.
Re: Negate – Negate isn’t the greatest card to be sure, but it fills a niche quite well. It’s basically a concession to the other control decks in the format, especially the mirror and MBC as a way to neutralize their finishers. If you were dead-set on replacing it though I would probably recommend a single Counterspell as a way to counter late game threats while potentially being useful early.