Comments on: Phormat Physics – Pauper UR TronPost

By: Geaux_Big007

Geaux_Big007 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:45:23 +0000

Fade Away is not legal in pauper. I know i’m in 2012…

By: ACP

ACP — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:43:59 +0000

I like the deck a bit. Only thing i don’t like is maindeck Flame Slash. There are better options. Sure they kill a lot of different threats but they don’t take advantage of the mana engine. I know the mana can come out slow at times but options like Wall of Tanglecord can solve that. It just seems like the potentially least preforming card in the list. I’d probably want a second capsize because capsize lock is always a viable win condition.

By: Zage

Zage — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:50:19 +0000

Sounds like I need to just go ahead and test your list. Thanks for the information

Oh and good first article, keep it up! Pauper articles ftw!

By: Noah Whinston

Noah Whinston — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:38:58 +0000

@zage: dissenting opinions are never bad

specifically against mono Blue i feel you should always have more counters. while they have more counterspells in their deck, with Mystical Teachings and Oona’s Grace you should always have more in hand. i’ve also never had trouble with paying enough mana for my finisher. i’ll usually cast it around turn 15, with 5 posts out, leaving me able to thunder for 20 and still have 6-8 mana for counterspells.

By: Zage

Zage — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:42:19 +0000

@Noah: But it’s likely they have more counters in their decks than you do. Also your finisher costs (lots of) mana, they don’t need to pay mana for it. So you have a counter war where you start with more mana but also have to invest into the game-winning threat. Especially in the case of Rolling Thunder, that’s going to be an enormous drain on your ‘more mana than the opponent’.
From the matches I’ve played against MUC with my Cloudpost decks, if they’re good and don’t waste their counters I don’t really have a shot because cloudpost is such a threat-light deck.

I’m sure you’ve had much more experience with the deck at actual tournaments though (I have none :p), so I’m just trying to learn. Because as I said earlier, I love big mana decks and it would be great to find a brew that really works. I’m just not sold on it’s effectiveness yet.

Oh I forgot to mention I did like the decklist + explanation and the tournament report. Nice and concise.

By: Noah Whinston

Noah Whinston — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:15:27 +0000

@zage: cloudpost should dominate any control deck. the critical thing here is mana advantage. you will have more mana available after you cast a finisher than your opponent does, and because of this, you can counter more spells than they can. protecting your finisher

By: Zage

Zage — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:24:16 +0000

I love my casual Capsize Cloudpost deck in pauper and big mana decks in general, but I find playing against any control deck is just an excercise in futility.

How does this deck cope with opponents that know your deck and make sure to save a counter or two for these 4 cards (3x Rolling Thunder, 1x Ulamog’s Crusher)?