One-life: Just an FYI.. that 'You don't know how my deck does unless you build it!' line is rather off-putting to a lot of folks. We've heard this line from some folks that have made some pretty god awful decks.. but they swear by them and tell us we're wrong and don't know what we're talking about. For instance: one guy on here was super proud of his 5 color allies deck that only ran 20 land. He told us he never had mana issues and that we're shouldn't make comments about his deck without trying it. So finally.. after much arguing.. people tried it, and the worries about the mana base were confirmed.. but the dude still stood by his list then.. insisting that we are morons who don't know how to mulligan.
So basically.. you can't use that line around here and expect a positive response.
Also.. I have a pretty similar deck, but I added Evolving Wilds and 3 Crumbling Vestiges, two Shambling Vents (mitigate lifeloss) and 1 plains for a small white splash so I could cast Sorin and Anguished Unmaking. You can't have control without planeswalker hate.
I'm afraid I have to disagree here megabeast, these are merely opinions and are not constructive criticism, a constructive criticism would be based on actually playing the deck and from thier experience of playing that deck, imagine me giving constructive criticism of a film I hadn't watched or a book I hadn't read it would be an opinion as opinions don't necessarily have to be true. As for saying people should build the deck, I can see how this statement can come over negative but it is a question, I am questing why they believe X is true what basis do they have or indeed is this a opinion based on no actually fact finding at all. I was looking and inviting a discussion.
I really do love people who post a deck or a video, but is it possible to have two things at least?
1- Accept criticism (specially when it is constructive)
2- Post a video where the opponents are stronger than the IA or where they have no problems with mana
The deck won 3 games in a row that I would say is a good starting basis for saying how consistent the deck is.
You know, a great man says once "To win without risk is to triumph without glory".
I'm not saying that your deck sucks, but I had to admit that you video has not convinced me given the little adversity in front
Thanks for your feedback, I do accept constructive criticism I am not dismissing any idea I am merely offering a discussion on what or why they believe that the land base would be X way, as this information was omitted by the responses. So I am left to believe that they aren't constructive cronyism but an opinion which we are all entitled too it doesn't mean it's necessarily true.
My videos are not cherry picked at all, I sit down, hit record and play 3 straight matches. Wether I play good or bad players, it is a honest representation of my experience with the deck. I have other responsibilities outside of making duels content, I record both of my usual video slots in the same day and then edit them the next day. I don't have the time to play 30 odd games to cherry pick the best 3 I'm afraid.
Your math is incorrect, and thus your deck should mathematically not do as well as the three rounds you played in which you achieved victory has allowed.
You only have 3 out of 60 cards in your deck that give you a "waste" mana and
4 creatures that need a waste to be able to use. Two of which seem to be punishing cards or wincons if left unchecked and one that has an ability you can't even use without the wastes in play. They may not be an integral part of your winning strategy but what is the point of having cards in your deck that you are unable to play without the mana?
Your math is incorrect, and thus your deck should mathematically not do as well as the three rounds you played in which you achieved victory has allowed.
You only have 3 out of 60 cards in your deck that give you a "waste" mana and
4 creatures that need a waste to be able to use. Two of which seem to be punishing cards or wincons if left unchecked and one that has an ability you can't even use without the wastes in play. They may not be an integral part of your winning strategy but what is the point of having cards in your deck that you are unable to play without the mana?
Thank you for your feedback. I have checked many mana fix apps and they do agree that my land count is roughly right most are coming out at 20 black sources and 4 colourless I added extra colourless to over compensate the fact that 4 cards are uncastable without it. You do make an interesting point about these cards but in duels at the moment there is nothing in black that is the same power level of Thought-Knot and Reality Smasher.
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