does anyone even care about this deck anymore? if so i would love to continue discussion on it. thanks.
Yes I care about this deck. I have been playing it, ever since I seen how well it did up in Rochester, last June.
There are many different versions of Boomerman. I am personally playing blue, white, and red version. What advantages do each one have over the other.
The version i'm playing, has access to what I think is a very strong sb. The main deck doesnt really gain much from red other than Pyrite Spellbomb and Cunning Wish for a red sb Instant. Here are the red sb cards I choose to run.
2 Red Elemental Blast So good agaisnt more than half of the field.
1 Pyroblast Run both to get around Meddling Mages.
3 Flametongue Kavu This is probably the best anwser to fish.
1 Rack and Ruin Wish target, and heavy artifact base deck.
I might as well show you the rest of my sb. Since I already went over half of it.
1 Disenchant Wish Target
2 Seal of Cleansing Null Rod, Challise, Oath, etc.
1 Sword to Plowshares Wish Target
1 Echoing Truth Wish Target agaisnt Empty the Warrens
1 Fact or Fiction Wish Target, sb this in agaisnt control
1 Tormods Crypt Graveyard hate at its best
1 Engineered Explostive Empty the Warrens tokens go bye bye
Let me go over, what I think are the staples to this deck.
3 Auriok Salvagers Combo piece, put opt on a clock, returns artifacts.
1 Ancestral Recall Best card drawing spell, in the game!
1 Time Walk Combo off drawing out the deck, play all creatures then take an extra turn
4 Brainstrom Cheap card drawing spell. Works great with fetches and Trinket Mages.
4 Force of Will Best counterspell in the game.
4 Mana Drain Drain mana works great with Salvagers, Trinket Mages, Thrist, and Wishes.
4 Trinket Mage 2/2 beater + tutors up any artifact in my deck
7 Moxes-Lotus-Sol Ring Mana acceleration + combo piece.
1 Tormod's Crypt Tutor target, way to many decks use the graveyard.
1 Explostives Tutor target, deals with Empty the Warrens, I hate that card.
1 Pithing Needle Stops Wastedlands, Bazaar, Belcher, Goblin Welders, and whatever else
2 Aether Spellbomb Stops Tinker Colossus, bounces Trinket Mages, replay to search for artifact
Tricks with combat damage on the stack. Combo piece.
1 Pyrite Spellbomb A must if you decide to splash red. Kills Welders, Confidents, Meddling
Mages, Shamans, and more!!
16 Lands Some Version run 17, I would like to try to fit another one in but its hard
I run 5 fetch lands, 3 Tundra, 3 Volcanic Island, 3 Island, 1 Library, 1 Acad
These are cards that im not completly sold on but I run in my version.
4 Thirst for Knowledge I have dout about this. I want my moxes in play not my gy. Theres got
to be a better card drawing spell out there?
3 Mana Leak Very strong at the beginning, but sometimes turns into a dead card,
you can still pitch it to Force of Will, this deck needs the extra counters,
since it doesn't run as many hate cards as fish has.
2 Cunning Wish Some perfer Merchant Scroll, over Wish. Which one is better???
1 Sensi's Divining Top Adds another artifact to pitch, works well with fetches and Trinket Mage
Here are some cards I thought about playing in the main deck.
Strip Mine Destroys any land
Artifact Lands So I don't have to pitch my moxes, to Thrist for Knowledge.
Merchant Scroll Play this over the Cunning Wish
Repeal Cantrips, Merchant Scroll target deals with Null Rod and Chalise for a turn
Fact or Fiction More card drawing
Heres are some cards I thought about playing in the sb.
Ormi's Chant Wish Target
Misdirection Wish Target
Jotun Grunts Massive Creature for two mana, Eats up gy
Wipe Away Split second bounce Wish Target
Empty the Warens Storm, hard to counter
Trick Bind Wish Target
Meddling Mage I thought about it, but theres no room for it.
The only main disavantage, I see from the white blue is the mana base is alittle less stable. With Wastedlands decks on the decline. I Think this version is better.
Looking at the blue, white, black version,you gain Demonic Tutor, Yawgmoths Will, Nights Whisper, Skeletal Scrying, and Duress. I have not yet tested this version. I think this version looks really strong. Maybe run the Nights Whispers, over the Thrist for Knowledge. The only problem I see with that is its a sorcery.
I notice when I play this deck, I play it more like a control deck, than a control combo deck. I think thats my biggest weakness, in playing this deck. Boomerman is very forgiven, I made tons of mistakes playing it in games, and it still won me the game.
I will go over some of the mistakes, I have made. So you don't do the same.
I was playing agaisnt Gifts, I had a Explostives@ zero. My opt and I both had a Tormod's Crypt on the board. I went to blow the Explostives and said in response i'll Crypt you. Since my opt never blow his Crypt and never responced with a spell or ablility, The Priority never got pass back to me. For it being my turn I was the active player, so I choose to do something and if not I have to pass the Priority to my opt. What I should have done was blow the Tormod's Crypt first then blow the Explostives.
When I was playing in the top 8 agaisnt Gifts, The second game I was able to combo off, but not knowing if it would work or not, I justplay the control game, outdrawing my opt. My board had
Explostives @ zero, Auriok Salvagers, Black Lotus, Spellbomb and plenty of other mana. My Opt had a Tormods Crypt on the board. What I should have done was sac the Lotus to add 3 White. If my opt try to remove my Lotus from the game return it to my hand in response with the Salvager. Then with Lotus back in my hand, I should have blew the explostives, lossing nothing valueble in my gy.
My mind that day, was already drain and I wasn't thinking right. I still won the game anyways. Another way I could have done it was, blow the explostives while the lotus was in play. My opt would have had to sac the Tormods Crypt before all the zero mana artifacts would have been put into the gy. But the way I explain it the first way is the best way, because it also gives me, three mana floating with the lotus. I had in my mind that something wasnt going to work and my opt had a trickery, I was confused.
I hope you enjoyed my info. If you have any tips or like to share anything about this deck, please post it. I was a bit board today since I didn't go to work because of the icy roads.
