Poc Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 A very rough first draft. Why Jeskai over esper? The format is looking like it favors aggro strategies, and with rhino and friends gone, d roar becomes much more playable. Thing in the ice underperformed in this deck. That card demands a more proactive strategy, and even then I'm not sold on it. 9/10 times it just eats a kill spell before it flips. I'm testing jar of eyeballs. It probably won't make the cut. Epiphany at the drownyard would be the replacement for it. 4 ojutai 4 jace vp3 icefall regent 2 reflector Mage13 4 silumgar's scorn3 clash of wills2 horribly arwy1 dispel4 draconic roar3 oujitais command 4 jar of eyeballs1 silkwrap 4 prairie stream4 port town4 Shivan reef1 battlefield forge2 wandering fumarole 4 islands2 plains2 mountains 1 haven of the spirit dragon 3 radiant flames2 negate 2 planar outburst 2 surge of righteousness 1 sphinx of da final word 1 avacyns judgement2 stasis snare1 big jace jace1 quarantine field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 > Jar of Eyeballs Unless this is for Modern, I hope you mean Brain in a Jar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Yea, that thing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 So after some initial testing against Gx ramp and RB vamps I've concluded that brain in a jar is a card with tons of potential, but I don't think this is the deck for it. The creature density is too high. I can certainly see it being a cornerstone of hard control decks in the future of standard though. This deck has a lot of game against ramp. Getting your lands exiled by world breaker is annoying but they have no way to combat your counterspells and ojitai is a very fast clock when you don't have to worry about removal. Vamps is pretty easy to deal with. You can pick off their threats with d roars and fiery impulses before they can grow out of burn range. They have a hard time picking off 4+ toughness dudes too. Plus you have tons of sweepers and avacyns judgement to keep them off tempo. -4 brain in a jar+3 epiphany at the drownyard+1 fiery impulse This deck seems fine right now in a fresh meta. It's geared towards beating aggro, but as the meta develops I think grixis control is where you want to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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