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1  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: [Single Card Discussion] Izzet Guildmage wtfbbq on: December 04, 2005, 10:43:11 am
You're opponent can counter your spell in response to Izzet's activation, can't he? (that's what I was originally thinking of)
You target the spell, than your opponent counters it in response, then you have no legal targets anymore.
Anyway, I know his ability is awesomely powerful. Just don't think it's worthy the slot, unless, as I said, in decks like Fish where everything is a little threat.

well yes, but remember that when you play a spell first your opponent has a chance to cast instants, then you can, if either of you DOES use an abiltiy or cast an instant, then the cycle repeats and the other player can respond etc, then the person who cast the spell.

If you choose not to use an ability or instant than it resolves. Now if you DO (as in use guildmage ability or something else) THEN your opponent can respond, and counter it. But if they pass their 1st chance to counter it in anticipation that you will copy,, and you end up NOT copying it, then they're pretty much screwed then aren't they? Becasue then nobody can respond anymore and the spell resolves.

and if they counter it at thier first chance, then you can just copy in response, the copy resolves, then the counter resolves countering the original.
2  Eternal Formats / Creative / Re: post-waterbury deck help (U/R fish) on: October 16, 2005, 09:47:21 pm
honestly, i think that the worse then fish build is good, and provide altos of answers, however it does seem to me like it would have some problems w/the mana base. And i may consider switching over to U/W fish, I'll have to proxy some of the cards and test it a bit.

overall i'm not sure how i lost to dragons, i think it might've had something to do with luck as a factor, i wasn't able to get out enough counters and didn't pack enough stifles to beat the dragon.

some other things though-
1. the reason i picked U/R, i'm not completely sure of but i made the deck around the last mana drain open and made it because i think it was mostly the only fish deck i knew of

2. whatever happens i know i'm going to be packing 4x energy fluxes in sideboard and atleast 1 stifle mindeck and 2 sideboard for next time.

3. also does voidmage prodigy have any place? I have about 3 copys of it lying from back around onslaught and was curious if it'd be worth using them
3  Eternal Formats / Creative / post-waterbury deck help (U/R fish) on: October 16, 2005, 02:53:55 pm
Well i got back from waterbury last night and i must say I did WAY better then i expected (5th place after 6th round, but dropped to 16th then 31st after 2 losses AND I was highest 15 or younger finisher). However the 2 decks I  really had trouble with were both dragons, and gifts so for the next mana drain open i know what to do in those matches. Here was the decklsit i used-

lands-
4x volcanic mountain
2x faerie conclave
4x mishra's factory
1x strip mine
4x flooded strand
4x wasteland
2x island
1x mountain
2x wooded foothills

creatures-
4x cloud of faeries
4x grim lavamancer
4x spiketail hatchling
3x gorilla shaman
3x ninja of the deep hours

spells-
4x force of will
1x misdirection
3x daze
1x stifle
3x null rod
4x standstill
1x time walk
1x ancestral recall

sideboard-
1x stifle
1x nullrod
3x rack and ruin
2x red elemental blast
1x pyroblast
2x blue elemental blast
3x energy flux
2x fire/ice

okay any coments on how i can change this decklist in ordr to better handle those archtypes would be appreciated. one thing i was thinking of changing was subbing the stifles for pithing needle, and taking out the rack and ruins for  3rd pithing needle, a 4th energy flux, and mabye another misdirection. Comments would be appreciated.
4  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: Suicide black on: April 24, 2005, 09:59:33 pm
I'm probably gonna switch to fish sometime soon, but for this tourny I have no choice but stick to this, mabye i could switch, not sure
5  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Suicide black on: April 24, 2005, 09:33:45 pm
Okay so I've been away from magic for a long long long time, and with the mana drain 6 coming up I've decided that I'd like to get back into it. Before I used to play suicide black and with the new block out i was wondering what changes may have come to the deck if any at all, also what new cards i should look out for and how i should change my sideboard. Besides that I'd value any feedback Here's my deck as it is.

18x swamp
4x wasteland
1x strip mine
1x black lotus

4x durress
4x darkritual
4x hymn to tourach
4x sinkhole
3x powder keg
1x null rod
1x demonic tutor
1x yawgmoth's will

4x Phyrexian negator
4x hypnotic specter
4x nantuko shade
2x masticore

sideboard-
1x sol ring
3x null rod
4x contagaion
3x perish
4x dystopia

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