isn't mindslaver a mutch better target than portal?

just here come sharun, find slaver, pop it (ok, that's the difficult point, find 4 mana).
time walk effect + other goodies
here come sharun number 2, make 1 M Zombie pop mindslaver again
time walk effect + other goodies
attack for 2M+5

isn't just better?

hoppefully, the whole list need to be refont with goyf.
on my first list (inspired from the starcity list, but far from identical) my goyf are always 4/5 and often 5/6 (the real use of dreadnaugt in my deck is to give +2/+2 to my goyf  ) and I even play some broken enchantement so 6/7 is possible (secret tech in progress  )

I really need to try counterbalance also, as i already play top+ some trinket... how many do you play in your builds for a respectable effect?

hi
I'm just back from a small french tounement finishing 9th  losing to RBW hate deck (double sword to plow is kind a pain) and tog (a kind of not good matchup for me.

just for the idea, here is what I played :
M&M - magus and the mask

1 Tolarian Academy
1 Swamp
1 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Flooded Strand
2 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Badland
2 ancient Tomb

1 Black lotus
1 Petal lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire

1 engineer explosive
3 Illusionary Mask
3 Phyrexian Dreadnought

3 magus of the moon
2 Gorilla Shaman
2 trinket mage

1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Brainstorm
4 Stifle
1 Echoing truth
 
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Demonic consultation
2  Duress
2 Toughtsize
1 Diabolic edict
4 Dark Confidant

For next year, i will try something else and add some tarmogoyf in my list probably droping red. while effective, I've found magus of the moon too sensible to counterspells and removal for beeing that effective.

see you

hi,
congratulation with your finish.
I'm one of thoses french guys trying to build up mask.dec 

Even if your angle of palying it is diferent, I've arrived at the same conclusion: mask.dec can only win throught mana denial and fast clock 

I just would like some answers on the ichorid match up. I've been worked hard on this one so far with few success but some progress in my lasts attempts. Ichorid is played too much in france at the moment and I must find a good way to manage it.
Do you have problems to beat ichorid with your build before and post sideboard?

final comment: did you tried demonic consultation? it's kind of magic in dread+stiffle+confident 

list of this event t8

http://www.solomoxen.com/?page=7&id=105

because exhume and reanimate are just diferent from animate dead  ?

kira is fine also ay protecting your dudes.

I used to play a mono U fish with mask and dreadnaught.

it was probably something like that :

4x mishra/waste/mask/dread/spiketail/chalice/FOW/standstill
3x daze/rootwater
2x kira
1x strip/trall/walk/fabricate 4 moxen/black
11 lands mix of fetch and island

I played 1 fabricate because it act as my 5th mask and 5th dread if needed. it could also in an earlier vertion fetch and crucible of world.

while this liste was solide (6 month ago) it proved to be slightly too slow and may gain of an additional splach color but that's hox the list began his life, as an URB fich with dreadnaught. I swaped the colors with blue for more consistancy...

My previous list was :

2 Volcanic Island
4 Polluted Delta
3 Island
3 underground sea
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
5 moxen
1 black lotus

4 mask
4 dreadnought
2 shaman gorille
2 finkel   
2 kira
2 rootwater

4 Force of Will
3 Daze
4 chalice du vide

4 brainstorm
1 trall
1 time walk
1 DT
2 fire/ice
1 REB

just a quick question:


I just can't find any tolarian in your list.

anyway, did you thought about adding sword to Plow to your deck?