Comments on: Jason’s Archives: One Degree of Separation

By: JasonAlt

JasonAlt — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:18:23 +0000

In reply to Mandrew. The rest of your deck gives you time to set up if you built it properly. Assemble is a clock against control if you resolve it and it laughs at every wrath besides Planar Cleansing. UWR decks are starting to run it, Aristocrats decks are starting to run it, the card is going to happen whether people agree or not.

By: JasonAlt

JasonAlt — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:16:20 +0000

In reply to mirageOfHope.

I am looking into that deck extensively. He goes into detail http://www.reddit.com/r/spikes/comments/1a33db/le… on reddit and it is worth reading how he got there. His plan seemed to be \”Chalice on 1\” turn 1 if possible since he doesn\’t play Hierarch, Shaman or anything like that. It may be the best punishing grove deck out there.

By: mirageOfHope

mirageOfHope — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:33:07 +0000

Great point about looking at the rest of the decklist when identifying possible spec targets. That is why I I bought a few extra Summoner's Pacts recently, because of their appearance in the Amulet Modern deck. I still bought some Amulets, because they were dirt cheap, but Summoner's Pact would likely make more money and be the safer choice, since it wasn't the easiest card to acquire in the first place and has plenty of other usages. As far as the pet deck from the Legacy Open, I'd have to give that to Jeff Hoogland and his 4-color Loam deck. It looked pretty sweet to me and got him to Top 4.

By: kakwann

kakwann — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:29:22 +0000

you don’t really play assemble against fast deck. so the 5-6 turn is quite possible to achieve. its already a pain in the ass after 3 turn

By: Mandrew

Mandrew — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:09:54 +0000

Loved the article, thanks! Assemble the Legion takes too long to set up. Its basically a turn 7 or 8 play (since if you play it turn 5 you likely just lose) so I guess if you have a deck that is built to survive that long you’ll be okay. It looks good on paper but is just a dead card in hand. Thanks for the insight on spiking cards in realtion to decklists. The extra words were appreciated and relevant! New fan!

By: kakwann

kakwann — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:00:58 +0000

I like those article! not tool long! ask for a raise!

supreme verdict… you still find them at 3$? the cheaper i got was 4$ since a month. (targeting it hard enough to know).
Zegena is too short term for me (i wont move them with casual trading like i do, i wont get into that train.)
Assemble is a target for me since the start of the set. .50/dollar junk rare trade FTW. about 9-10. I tried it in multiplayer EDH for fun yesterday. Even there, it was good. Enchantment tends to be hard to remove except if you run Austere Command. bitterblossom+skullclamp? what? nah. assemble the legion+skullclamp! In T2, it’s also quite good. I’m seeing it more and more(FNM level) vs Jund Midrange / Esper. try to wrath or bonfire!

By: David Schumann

David Schumann — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:33:05 +0000

I love these articles..Great sense of humor coupled with useful knowledge.