Who’s Your Daddy?: Funeral Antics

I thought about it Doug, but I like the get to work right away factor of most of the men in the deck. Too many variables to make sure he works beyond just restocking my hand. But maybe you are right!

i don’t understand why you peasants cannot appreciate the nutritional value of a delicious fruit salad and coffee at 7 p.m, BUT it is not my responsibility to convey health facts and lifestyle choices. My salad is my muse, be damned viewers. This chewing you hear is the combustion of thoughts glorious.

Take the orthopedic shoe out of your digestive crevice and get real, son. I’m making mad zombie babies in your face.

More videos to come.Flex.

I am a friend. I am a role model. Eat well. Play better. “Fun” = winning! I heart Chris Kool. Buy a website and become your own me!

Bloodghast is sactastic in a way Wonder can only dream of! Wrong!

Finally! My virtua-pals have arrived!

Now, answers!

1.) I believe I mention how flimsy Animate Dead is and, that despite the life loss, Reanimate is simply superior. It’s another Mystical target and, more importantly, it’s extremely cost-efficient. The life loss, especially when you just ‘splode giant men allover the red zone, doesn’t matter so much. So Necromancy just isn’t as good, trick factor or not. Too many opps, too many ways to deal with it.

2.) Consecrated is awesome, but not right. The idea is “I want my effects now because these guys may not live to see tomorrow.” And while one draw step does what ol’ Drifter does, I just don’t like where he is in the curve, that I can’t play him like a Divination and bring him back (4 cards?!) and that he isn’t a halibut with angel wings smiling in a wave pool.

3.) I tried to fit Metamorph, but there’s nothing I wanna remove. Also, when creatures enter en masse via Death, he becomes nothing most of the time. I have this problem with Sakashima and with Body Double. And they are simply superior.

4.) No one on Earth is a bigger Tainted Pact fan than me, but I don’t think it’s right in this deck. With the amount of draw economy and battery of tutors, it’s overkill and subpar.

5.) As ridic as this sounds, the four mana it costs to use Miren is far worse than having no mana and tapping Diamond Valley. I have tried it and it might as well just be a colorless nothing grove.

6.) Oh eXXa, my love, my light, as always I mention why I don’t play Pallinchron in the video – he’s smaller in stature and I will never hardcast him, so he’s just a tinier dude with an ability I will never use beyond the flying. Great Whale is seriously da juice.

7.) Bloodghast is a wimp, but, like Squee part of the mitigation engine in the deck. They are there to abuse, not to dole abuse, and Wonder simply is not the same.

When will you people realize, I have thought of and tried most of these things. Nothing escapes thy all-encompassing eye! I build my decks with, usually, a 3 card or less wiggle room, if at all possible, but they are totally remixable for your mutilating pleasure.

I appreciate the feedback, people! You will see at least two more of these vids in the coming weeks. Hang tight! Keep it sticky! Troll away!

Why does everyone have Crate and Barrel swastikas for their icons?

inneutral,

I believe I prefaced, during the decktech, that this deck was a nice compromise, of sorts, for competitive players who want to get in a game that is not entirely uninteractive and that doesn’t outrage fellow players. I have decks, brutal, brutal decks, but what’s the point in having three other people sit through the motions while I bowflex in front of the magic mirror? It doesn’t make for a good video; it doesn’t encourage people to play me or watch my content.

In terms of card selections, I explained why I was playing the cards I had elected and the concessions one makes when playing a strategy like this. I have encountered and defeated many decks with Leyline of the Void and Relic of Progenitus. As I also mentioned in the decktech, if someone comes with GY hate hardcasting your guys isn’t an unrealistic Plan B. Remember, every deck strategy has a hole in it somewhere; and the more moving parts you have, the more compact your strategy is, means that often those inherit weaknesses can be your certain doom. In many cases, other players will get rid of problematic cards – esp. since bounce is my only real option in these colors.

Furthermore, setting out to capture only “competitive content” is a two-fold dilemma.

1.) many player’s definition of what is and isn’t competitive is as varied as what falls under the umbrella of “fun.” Sure, as a competitive player I can scoff at someone else’s cards, deck, play style, but maybe to them, in their own little global bubble, they’re the dominator, and the cards and decks they play have good track records.

As it stands I have to tape hours of games in order to provide you a single game, marginal or not. People rage quit, they freak out and lecture, and, yes, sometimes I cannot resist biting back. This format is rife with so many issues in terms of trying to share content, the odds are already stacked against me. Trust me, I have put the header ‘ serious decks only – no quitting’ many a time – all this does is attract even worse players.

And 2.) read the above comments: you’re too sarcastic vs. love your sarcasm. Your deck is noninteractive and too competitive vs please make competitive vids. It’s all subjective, and, in the end, I cannot please everyone. I can tell you that I will never create a video on a well-known, hyper competitive combo deck for Commander; what would be the point? “Turn two – hermit druid, tap, mill, spend 5 mins assembling win, end of video.” If I need sexy alone time, I won’t have Camtasia on and I won’t be playing MtGO, rest assured.

So really the whole issue boils down to toeing the line – trying to give something streamlined but not so that it makes for one-sided games and videos. I would, however, ask that before taking a pointy stick to me and my ideas pay closer attention to the decktech as I am usually quite thorough and cover a lot why and how before jumping into a game. Sure, I don’t always get out in front of every question, but I do for a lot of them.

Thanks though for watching – more vids to come! Next vid has two games!