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1  Eternal Formats / Creative / Re: Help with a Mono Black Tendrils deck on: February 06, 2006, 09:54:43 pm
Yes, I played a similar deck in a mono-black version and with a blue splash. Here are the reports for reference:
http://www.themanadrain.com/forums/index.php?topic=25381.0
http://www.themanadrain.com/forums/index.php?topic=26019.0


Pain's Reward will not help you if you already have lost some life to draw. If you have problems getting black mana, use Chromatic Spheres. They are also helpful if you need to draw that card you just Vampiric'd for.

4 Tendrils is a must. You absolutely need to find them constantly, and its never bad to have 2 of them, since you can win with 4 spells and 2 Tendrils.

Sideboard suggestion:
- transformational Oath (need to remove Kobolds of course)
or:
- 4 Defense Grid, theses are needed against control and Fish
- 4 Unmask
- solution for Meddling Mage, True Believer and Platinum Angel (Snuff Out, Vendetta)
- you will not need reactive cards like Crypt and Extraction, you need cards to protect your combo!
- alternate kill (4 Negator! Wink )
That or you could -4 unmask
                          -2defense grid
                         + 3 darkblast
                         + put the yawg will in the SB (via death wish)
                         + 2 Coffin Purge
2  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: TT Confident (a.k.a. The Perfect Pile) on: February 06, 2006, 09:41:30 pm
Playing with three sensei's divining tops are much better than playing with two because it gives you a greater advantage in using the confidant.
Definetly agree, the tops are so essential to the deck and the card advantage the top/confidant provides.
3  Eternal Formats / Global Vintage Tournament Reports and Results / Re: Waterbury Day 2 Tournament Report. 1st finish on: February 05, 2006, 04:27:30 pm
Congrats on your first win of power!! The top 8 was quite interesting.
4  Eternal Formats / Creative / Re: Single Card Discussion: Quicken on: February 05, 2006, 04:19:12 pm
Quicken

U
Instant in
The next sorcery card you play this turn may be played as an instant
Draw a Card.

This card seems extremely strong to me. 

The first thing I thought when I saw this cards was:  Does this card make a High Tide combo deck viable in Vintage.  If you think about it, it may be possible to play High Tides and Resets /// and then use Quicken to play Yawgmoth's Will after making a ton of Mana during your opponents turn Via the Tides and Resets.  It is also relevent that the Quicken actually cantrips, and that it is reusable under the Yawgmoth's Will, so it would be possible to cast Tendrils off the Will.  All of this would be during your opponents end step, and since the deck would look very close to Mono blue there is a very good chance that the mana base would be more stable than prexisting combo decks. 

We are still working on an initial list and haven't even begun to test this deck yet, but do any of you guys have thoughts or ideas regarding this style of deck.

The main problem I see is that you can't play moxes when you are comboing out, however the hightides and resets actually just make stupid amounts of Mana, so you don't actually need them to go off. 

It also doesn't seem terrible that with Quicken you could play a Draw seven at the end of your opponents turn and then untap and try to win.  Rather than play it on your mainphase and pass to your opponent who has a full grip.

Thoughts?


I actually hadn't considered Quicken Tide as a route to take with the card. Obviously Quickening a Desire after revving the storm with Reset could get ridiculous fast. Although I don't think it belongs in the deck, quicken into Bubbling Muck (using Watery Graves + the Undergrounds) might be something to keep on the back burner.
I also think that this card will be extremely strong considering that it is a cantrip for 1 blue and you can use an opponents combo against them.
5  Eternal Formats / Miscellaneous / Re: [Deck] Thirst For Knowledge in 'Tog' on: February 05, 2006, 04:03:16 pm
-3 cunning wish + 3 merchant scroll
  You need the cunning wishes for the sideboard hate. Cunning wish has always been essential to tog/Hulk.
6  Eternal Formats / Creative / Re: Mono R Sligh on: January 30, 2006, 09:13:38 pm
-4 mog fanatics
+ 2 gorilla shamen
+ 2 lava darts
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