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Author Topic: DeathLong Vs. GrimLong  (Read 1700 times)
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« on: October 30, 2005, 10:02:52 pm »

Ok, I saw Smmenen's list on Grim Long. And I have reviewed the DeathLong's lists. So I was wondering which deck do you think is better? why?

GrimLong maindecks Yawg Win, and has more tutors maindecked. But DeathLong has DeathWishes and such so it has wishboard. In GrimLong you can randomly draw Yawg Win, but you can also get it duresses, etc. out of your hand...

So which is better? Why?

I'm just looking for opinions.
Thanks!

P.S. For the record, here's what he ran:

GrimLong

1 Underground Sea
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Forbidden Orchard
4 Gemstone Mine
4 City of Brass
1 Lotus
1 LED
4 Dark Ritual
5 Moxen
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Crypt
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
2 Elvish Spirit Guides

2 Cabal Rituals

4 Brainstorm (duh)
4 Duress (duh)

1 Necro
1 Desire
1 Will
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain

1 Jar
1 Tinker
1 Wheel
1 Windfall
1 Twister

1 Hurkyl's
1 Xantid Swarm

1 Ancestral
1 Time Walk

1 Demonic Tutor
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Vampiric Tutor

3 Grim Tutor
1 Regrowth

1 Tendrils

SB:
3 Xantid Swarm
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Elvish Spirit Guide
1 Chrome Mox
1 Mox Diamond
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Balance
1 Abeyance
1 Darksteel Colossus
2 Unknown

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« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2005, 10:07:35 pm »

I think Grim Long, but Grim Long will die if it remains static.

It requires constant evolution as people learn to deal with it.  The number one thing that needs to change is the flexible Hurky's/Xantid Slots.  If people expect Hurkyl's, you need something else.  If people expect something else, you want Hurkyl's. 

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« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2005, 10:25:18 pm »

So you think Death Wish has lost most of its value now, unless you just can't find/afford Grim Tutor?
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« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2005, 10:31:24 pm »

I can make GrimLong, but I'm still leaning towards DeathLong kind of...
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« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2005, 10:32:26 pm »

I don't think there is even a question about it.  Death Wish should no longer see play in Vintage... imo. 
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« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2005, 10:38:03 pm »

Heh. Thanks. I am so out of touch with prices, and wanted to confirm that local backpack retailers will make local combo players pay with pounds of flesh.

Before you ask, we have a banking system that does not readily support eBay payments just yet.
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« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2005, 06:39:54 am »

GrimLong is simply better.  But in retrospect of Saturday, my MD should have looked like

3 Grim Tutor
1 Death Wish

The number of times I lost a Will to Necro or other means was higher than expected.

Or maybe it was just bad luck, who knows?

But in conclusion, Death Wish has been reduced to a last gasp.

And my decklist was...

7 SoLoMox
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Mana Vault
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Chrome Mox

4 Gemstone Mine
4 City of Brass
2 Forbidden Orchard
1 Tolarian Academy

3 Xantid Swarm
2 Elvish Spirit Guide

4 Dark Ritual
4 Brainstorm
1 Crop Rotation
1 Demonic Consultation
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Rebuild
1 Ancestral Recall

4 Grim Tutor
2 Duress
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Mind's Desire
1 Time Walk
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Windfall
1 Tinker
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Burning Wish
1 Memory Jar

1 Necropotence
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain

Edit: Haha, I forgot my SB

2 Duress
1 Xantid Swarm
1 Darksteel Colossus
4 Death Wish
1 Time Spiral
1 Regrowth
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Balance
1 Channel
1 Hull Breach
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« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2005, 05:03:09 pm »

grim is just way stronger b/c you have way more ways to get to will or tendrils
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