Comments on: Welcome to Snapcaster Standard!

By: @DraconicB

@DraconicB — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:36:17 +0000

@Mike – I just won our game day playing a tweaked version of the Puresteel list you've got above. Will provide a decklist and bit of a report when I get the chance!

By: @DraconicB

@DraconicB — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:00:54 +0000

@Mike – because your Friday will be my game day, any chance you could flick me a list a couple of days prior? Would love to see what you've come up with. I'm reachable at draconicblessing hat gee male dawt com.
Hopefully thats good enough to fool any bots searching for addresses, and not so obtuse that a human can't work it out!

By: MIike Lanigan

MIike Lanigan — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:31:10 +0000

@Chosler88 I have been doing a lot of work and testing on the deck in the last couple days and I will update the list in this weeks article.

@DraconicB Great idea with the Vault Skirge. I hate to admit it but I will in my article this week. That card belongs in this deck. I am not sold on any other black cards because Moorland Haunt is so good against control and trinket mage against aggro. New list on Friday with sideboard guide.

By: @Chosler88

@Chosler88 — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:38:27 +0000

Good work! I love the Puresteel deck and have a playset sitting around, so I might even work to throw it together. I would love to see your updated list and maybe some sideboarding notes.

By: @DraconicB

@DraconicB — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:50:40 +0000

Excellent. Painsmith/Onyx mage seem to be able to perform fairly similar roles, but Painsmith can increase your clock quite dramatically and doesn't cost mana to activate. I'm concerned at how the deck will perform against UB control – I figure nihil spellbombs in the board will help against Solar Flare (and snapcaster to a lesser extent) while still helping you achieve metalcraft. Will let you know if I have any more thoughts at my end, and will post a decklist if I do end up running it at game day.

By: Mike Lanigan

Mike Lanigan — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:12:35 +0000

Hello. No I have not tried that version. I basically hate vault skirge so I wouldn’t play it in any deck, though I understand the necessity in tempered steel. I don’t think that is what this deck is trying to do. I have considered a black splash though, just not for those cards. Also, the two are phyrexian mana cards, they don’t require black mana.

Though I hate the card, vault skirge is interesting though, worth thinking on. The black card I would be playing is onyx mage as a basilisk collar replacement. Whatever build you decide on, I would highly recommend doomed traveler. I think he belongs in every build and continues to impress me the more I play with him.

I love the trinket mage package and the moorland haunts. They are a real reason to be in blue. Trinket against aggro, and moorland against control. Also I think there will be flashfreezes in my sideboard from now on due to the amount of wolf run decks.

Vault skirge would validate the playing of more mox opals though to try for a faster version of the deck and I think that might be a good idea in this metagame.

Ill try it out this week and post my thoughts in next weeks article. Hope that helps for now.

By: @DraconicB

@DraconicB — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:02:24 +0000

Hi Mike, I'm looking at playing Puresteel at game day next weekend. I'm looking at the B/W version – splashing black for Painsmith, Vault Skirge and 2 Dismember. Have you tried that version at all?