Comments on: Who’s Your Daddy?: The Five Colors of Friendship — Unmetal’d

By: Norin The Wary

Norin The Wary — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:13:08 +0000

If you want instant-speed black removal, try Slaughter. Being reusable is the best quality a utility card can have in EDH.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:57:12 +0000

ggs, looking forward to W n R

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:29:01 +0000

Xyz, good questions:

This isn’t my normal style, no. But, as I believe I said, there is no sense in just making a weird, bad version of what is potentially the strongest archetype (I still don’t have a Green deck that isn’t just Titan and Genesis Wave and all that boring Big Mana crap). The point of these vids is to show strong mono-colored builds, affording nice new tweaks on old staples or altogether showing something potentially overlooked. Either way, the deck is kinda fun in the ‘uphill battle’ kinda way.

Vapors hits one creatures, and is hardly the Baby Wrath that Barter is. Furthermore, I have the word ‘Barter’ tattooed on my ribs (no joke), so I represent when poss.

Satchel is perfect in this kind of deck. It def has cute factor, but it’s strong. On the whole, I think people play too few land in this format. No MBC deck, one that reliably wants to have a land hit every single turn for exponential oomph should not being playing 35 with the hope of hitting them off draw spells. Satchel shines in a deck with this many land. That said, Bauble is just a little weak, comparatively. I suppose I would cut a land for one, maybe, but, on the whole, I wouldn’t replace Satchel.

Thanks for watching!

By: Xyx

Xyx — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:40:05 +0000

Great vids as always, but I was less impressed with this deck than your usual fare. It just seems to sit there making mana and trying to “combo” people out one by one with re-bought Sorin stuff.

With your philosophy on edicts, isn’t Consuming Vapors better than Barter in Blood?

So you got flooded in games 1 and 2, and complained about not flipping lands with Druidic Satchel in game 3 (despite not having any noticeable mana problems). How’s that 48 land working out in other games?

Have you considered Wayfarer’s Bauble? It’s not repeatable like Druidic Satchel, but it is a 3 mana Rampant Growth for other colors.

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:30:55 +0000

Not trying to be a douchenozzle here; just, if I take the time to make these, display what I am playing (just open the video, hit pause, and look), AND explain why I have chosen, or chosen not, to play cards, the least someone could do is watch before commenting. It just comes off as a “betcha didn’t think of that” public attempt at trying to one up me.

I told you guys: don’t assume you’re smarter than me!

By: unfamiliar

unfamiliar — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:11:19 +0000

holy shit. small world. Ive owned some Usurp albums for years. skramz used to be all i listened to.

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:41:23 +0000

Divining Top is in there – ya gotta watch the build, guys. Otherwise you are just making random suggestions that are either already there or have been answered as to why they are not. Of course Top is in here.

Buried Ruin? No way. I mention how I want lands to jive with my swamps, and my swamps alone. There is no Strip Mine, and I barely wanna play Scrying Sheets. I get your point, but, I can guarantee, that one time you draw it up without Urborg in play while Coffers is on the board you will be more sorry than the times it will get something back. I’d rather play Will, which is just entirely better, doesn’t mess with my mana, and let’s me abuse the gout of mana this deck produces.