Trebuchet MS Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Creatures1x Dragonmaster Outcast4x Seeker of the Way2x Soulfire Grandmaster4x Mantis Rider Spells2x Wild Slash2x Fiery Impulse1x Dispel1x Silkwrap2x Valorous Stance4x Jeskai Charm3x Exquisite Firecraft2x Brutal Expulsion2x Ojutai's Command2x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker2x Treasure Cruise1x Secure the Wastes Lands4x Flooded Strand2x Prairie Stream3x Battlefield Forge3x Shivan Reef4x Mystic Monastery3x Island3x Plains3x Mountain Sideboard1x Radiant Flames1x Valorous Stance3x Disdainful Stroke1x End Hostilities2x Surge of Righteousness2x Arashin Cleric1x Dispel1x Felidar Cub1x Wingmate Roc2x Mastery of the Unseen Trying to get things in order for the coming Game Day. No intentions to edit the mana base for splashing different colours. At best I'd acquire 2 more Prairie Streams to replace 1 Island and 1 Plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 How's seeker working for you? Have you tried abbot? I'm not a fan of Sarkan in this deck, most times it feels like a 5 mana flame slash and the other times it just eats an abzan charm or a crackling doom, Ojuitai feels a lot stronger even if you cant really play around Doom with him, the mana is a bit smoother with him too, not that it really matters in a 3 color deck. A mainboard dispel can help though, most people wont really expect it and its hard to play around at times. I still hate firecraft, sorcery speed just kills this card, ugh, you can cover your removal with firey impulse or v stance.I'm not sure what your budget is but jace seems like a logical inclusion to this deck. The amount of value you can get from Jace and Soulfire reccuring your spells is ridiculous. I'd reccomend adding felidar cub to your sideboard. There are a lot of enchantments that can cause problems for this deck (Silkwrap, mastery ect) and recurring it with Command feels pretty darn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 I build this expecting to not be able to get my hands on Jace or Ojutai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 Cut both Anticipates for 1 Dispel mainboard and 1 more Firecraft. I thoroughly enjoy closing games or sniping threats with the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted October 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Changelog: Swapped both Dig Through Time for Treasure Cruise, mainly due to me not being able to acquire them.Swapped 2 Roast in side for 1 Wingmate Roc and 1 Felidar Cub.Added 1 Radiant FlamesChanged 2-drop suite to 2 Soulfire 3 SeekerSwapped 1 Wild Slash for 1 Fiery ImpulseFinally acquired 2 Arashin Cleric which Cleric of the Forward Order were standing in for.Planning to swap the 2 Roast mainboard for Silkwraps when I get them.Personally really loving Firecraft. Not as a removal spell, but as a game-ender. Combined with the 4x Jeskai Charm and that's a total of 7 spells that can help me count to 20, and that's before we consider all forms of Mantis Rider damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Probably gonna take this to gameday, it seems damn good for a Jeskai deck without Jace or Gideon. Mind giving a short matchup rundown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I've only tested this deck's final form against slightly bizarre builds. vs. Blueless "Aristocrats" - Mantis Rider damage gets the job done, especially since the opponent's lands are a bit slow until they can safely fetch into untapped battle-lands. Butcher of the Horde gets shot down by Stance or Firecraft if necessary, but 3 toughness is a troublesome number unless I get the one Fiery Impulse. This makes Catacomb Sifter and Liliana difficult to deal with. Doubly so for Lili since the lifegain allows them to recover from the brink of death. vs. Grixis Eldrazi Control - Since all of that build's removal tends to be exile, Stance gets blanked out since indestructibility does jack, with the exception of shooting down Sire of Stagnation. 3 toughness is again a troublesome number since it can't take down Ulamog's Nullifier on the defensive. Mantis Riders and various other early threats get hindered by Horribly Awry, so this deck is forced into the defensive to try and step around it. In a control matchup, Secure the Wastes turns into a dead card as it is prone to getting countered regardless. Firecraft is an amazing closer though, putting the uncounterable death zone at 12 life. vs. Molten Vortex - Oh god I need to go as fast as possible. Arashin Clerics are going in to weather off some of the shock damage, and it needs to slam down as many creatures as possible to distract the shocks. Lifelink is fine but not when the sources can be shot down as soon as they appear. vs. Bring to Light - Mantis Man~, Mantis Man~, Mantis Man hates Rhino Man~, they have a fight, Mantis wins, Mantis Man~. *accordion solo* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Draconic roar can help with the 3 damage, or more firey impulses. I had trouble turning on spell mastery quick enough in my jeskai deck before I did some changes to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted October 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 With some testing against Dark Jeskai, I have swapped 1 Wild Slash mainboard for 1 more Fiery Impulse. Cut 2 Radiant Flames in sideboard for 2 Mastery of the Unseen. That card was the saving grace against Dark Jeskai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet MS Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Tested against Esper Dragon control. Very difficult position. Foul-Tongue Invocation undoes a lot of work in my attempts to push damage through. Firecraft can work in sealing games though. Could only acquire 1 Silkwrap. Contemplating 1 more card to take the slot the second Silkwrap would have occupied. Split between an additional Wild Slash, Impuse, or Seeker of the Way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poc Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 4 seekers definitely, You want more threats. This meta is heavily based around 1 for 1 removal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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