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Straightjacket Joined: 2/26/2004 Quote: I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.	RE: Random Comment	10/6/2006 1:48:40 PM
	I'm not sure what to say to that. This is a tournament-level help thread. I'm generally not in the business of making deck suggestions that will make a deck inefficient just to make it fun. If you're not have fun playing a certain build, then you either shouldn't try to make it a tourney-build, or request help for this the Casual Deck thread. http://essentialmagic.com/Forums/Thread.asp?ID=566729


Straightjacket Joined: 2/26/2004 Quote: I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.	RE: RE: Random Comment	10/6/2006 1:52:19 PM
	Quoting Mallys:http://www.essentialmagic.com/Decks/View.asp?ID=495258 Currently trying to make this deck Extended-legal. (Only Waylay Buy and Altar of Dementia Buy aren't legal currently.) Need to drop those cards (and probably Shred Memory Buy) and replace them with some Extended substitutions. Any suggestions? I was considering Raise the Alarm Buy and Sengir Autocrat Buy, but neither has a very favorable converted mana cost. Considered adding another Nantuko Husk Buy and another Carrion Feeder Buy to help get a sacrifice engine into play, as well as serving as another creature to jump start the engine. Also, any suggestions on helping rework the mana base a bit would help, too, and possibly suggestions for some anti-disruption. There's also Decree of Justice Buy for either weenie creation or flyer creation. Give me a bit, I'll get back to this. http://essentialmagic.com/Forums/Thread.asp?ID=566729


artir Joined: 10/4/2006 Quote: [none]	Random Comment	10/8/2006 3:02:16 PM
	Hi, I want to make a Boros-Stuffy doll deck. This is my actual deck: 2 Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran 2 Boros Recruit 3 Boros Swiftblade 1 Desolation Giant 2 Flame-Kin Zealot 3 Skyknight Legionnaire 3 Stuffy Doll 2 Suntail Hawk 4 Thundersong Trumpeter 3 Veteran Armorer 1 Bathe in Light 4 Lightning Axe 3 Lightning Helix 2 Reiterate 1 Return to Dust 1 Rift Bolt 2 Seething Song 2 Glorious Anthem 4 Pentarch Ward 2 Sunforger 1 Umezawa's Jitte 7 Mountain 8 Plains 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion Sideboard 3 Pariah's Shield 4 Disenchant 1 Lotus Bloom How can i improve it using cheap cards?


Straightjacket Joined: 2/26/2004 Quote: I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.	RE: Random Comment	10/17/2006 8:57:45 PM
	A big improvement that is rather cheap would be to utilize more than just 17 lands. http://essentialmagic.com/Forums/Thread.asp?ID=566729


OrnithopterLover Joined: 1/7/2006 Quote: "Early to rise, early to die" - Oversoon lightfoot "Your honor, I move for a full dismissal on the basis that the plaintiff is a doody head!" - Paralegal prodigy "This year's model can distribute over 350 insults per minute."	RE: RE: Random Comment	10/17/2006 10:08:09 PM
	another simple improvement would be to run 3-ofs and 4-ofs if possible. Also, e-tags help. (just hoppin in on random doc threads) -------------------------------------------------------


jhhdk Joined: 10/18/2005 Quote: [none]	Enchantress Auratog deck	11/1/2006 9:41:20 PM
	I realized that this deck may be far from the quality that you're used to here not to mention sideboard is woefully incomplete. I am sorry. This is my first attempt at a deck that may eventually be tournament worthy. Is extended even the right format for this deck? Deck can take off around turn 3 or 4, but it isnt very consistent, any suggestions on how to change that or is that inherent problem with this type deck? If 20 countries is too few (I've heard 24ish is recommended), what should i remove? Creatures 3 Argothian Enchantress Buy 3 Auratog Buy 3 Faith Healer Buy Spells 4 Living Wish Buy 1 Replenish Buy Enchantments 1 Concordant Crossroads Buy 3 Enchantress's Presence Buy 4 Exploration Buy 2 Flickering Ward Buy 3 Nature's Chosen Buy 4 Rancor Buy 4 Sterling Grove Buy 4 Wild Growth Buy 1 Words of Wilding Buy Lands 4 Forest Buy 2 Gaea's Cradle Buy 2 Pendelhaven Buy 2 Plains Buy 4 Savannah Buy 2 Serra's Sanctum Buy 4 Windswept Heath Buy Sideboard 1 Argothian Enchantress Buy 1 Auratog Buy 1 Dosan the Falling Leaf Buy 1 Faith Healer Buy 1 Gaea's Cradle Buy 1 Serra's Sanctum Buy


Straightjacket Joined: 2/26/2004 Quote: I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.	RE: Enchantress Auratog deck	11/3/2006 5:28:04 PM
	Unfortunately, much of your deck is no longer Extended-legal, as Urza Block sets rotated out quite some time ago. I'd like to answer some of your question despites that, but I usually don't run into this type of deck, so much of what I'd say would be educated guesses. If you want to tweak this as is, I'd recommend seeing the T1 tourney help thread. http://essentialmagic.com/Forums/Thread.asp?ID=566729


jhhdk Joined: 10/18/2005 Quote: [none]	Enchantress Auratog deck	11/3/2006 6:30:38 PM
	Thanks for responding. Would this deck be legacy legal? I'll take any advice you have to offer, an educated guess from you is as close to expert advice as I can hope for.


Straightjacket Joined: 2/26/2004 Quote: I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.	RE: Enchantress Auratog deck	11/7/2006 4:35:47 AM
	At first glance, this looks 1.5 legal, so give me a bit of time and I'll give it a shot. http://essentialmagic.com/Forums/Thread.asp?ID=566729


Tempter Joined: 7/15/2004 Quote: yum the smell of bitter almonds	Random Comment	12/3/2006 7:50:25 PM
	Friggorid Im having mana issues, specifically not getting black/blue when I need it. The smell of people doomed to die invigorates me


Straightjacket Joined: 2/26/2004 Quote: I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.	RE: Random Comment	12/14/2006 7:40:28 AM
	Quoting Tempter:Friggorid Im having mana issues, specifically not getting black/blue when I need it. For starters, sideboards are either no cards or fifteen cards, there is no in between. I'll recommend some useful fixes. For one, in the the // I experimented with for a while, I used Kodama's Reach Buy and Farseek Buy along with Sakura-Tribe Elder Buy. All three are decent mana-fetches, except Farseek Buy cannot search for Forest Buys. Keep in mind, you're running a tri-color deck, so sufficient mana-accel is vital. Side out some of your contigency cards to make room. http://essentialmagic.com/Forums/Thread.asp?ID=566729


Straightjacket Joined: 2/26/2004 Quote: I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.	RE: Enchantress Auratog deck	12/14/2006 8:00:20 AM
	Quoting jhhdk:Thanks for responding. Would this deck be legacy legal? I'll take any advice you have to offer, an educated guess from you is as close to expert advice as I can hope for. I've made this request wait far too long. First off, twenty lands is fine under two conditons. 1.) You're running a build with a low mana curve that allows the deck to function off of fewer lands in play. 2.) You've included sufficient fetch card and mana acceleration to make up for a lower land count. Personally, I run 22 in my decks, unless I'm using acceleration. Birds of Paradise Buy and Llanowar Elves Buy can speed up decks like this, while providing emergency damage and chump blockers. You don't have many accelerants outside of Exploration Buy, and 1.5 has a good deal of enchant hate, so contingency cards would be good. http://essentialmagic.com/Forums/Thread.asp?ID=566729


Straightjacket Joined: 2/26/2004 Quote: I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.	Random Comment	12/19/2006 3:51:15 PM
	Bump http://essentialmagic.com/Forums/Thread.asp?ID=566729


mystic 450 Joined: 2/21/2003 Quote: [none]	Random Comment	12/20/2006 12:17:30 PM
	Thank you for your words. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Trade Thread T-2/T-1.5 Deck helper We test for you!


Straightjacket Joined: 2/26/2004 Quote: I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body, and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unknown to death. Nor known to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works.	RE: Random Comment	12/27/2006 3:32:48 PM
	A little late, but..Happy Holidays everyone! Edit: And Happy New Years! http://essentialmagic.com/Forums/Thread.asp?ID=566729

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