Comments on: Insider: PTKTK Standard & Finance https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/10/insider-ptktk-standard-finance/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:31:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jamie Flez https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/10/insider-ptktk-standard-finance/#comment-211123 Sat, 18 Oct 2014 19:57:09 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=52800#comment-211123 In reply to Justin Smith.

Both Suppression Field and Reprisal saw a decent amount of sideboard play between both SCG Opens the first week of new Standard, actually. I suspect they’ll be around.

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By: Justin Smith https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/10/insider-ptktk-standard-finance/#comment-209889 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:53:10 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=52800#comment-209889 In reply to Samu Lahtela.

Also Jeskai Charm, Suppression Field, and Reprisal (not sure if the latter two have actually shown up much in decks yet). Sarkhan is good no doubt, but he’s susceptible to more removal and it feels like half the time he dies on the crackback attack or to a lesser burn spell (if you used his 2nd ability).

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By: Samu Lahtela https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/10/insider-ptktk-standard-finance/#comment-209644 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:21:40 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=52800#comment-209644 In reply to Mike Lanigan.

Abzan Charm, Utter End and Banishing Light are white, though. Stormbreath Dragon can also block (almost) all of the Abzan deck’s creatures with little concern and also run past Wingmate Rocs on defense.
I haven’t playtested the format enough to be certain, but I do think Stormbreath Dragon has a lot of good points.
Stoke the Flames, though…

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By: Mike Lanigan https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/10/insider-ptktk-standard-finance/#comment-209003 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:55:57 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=52800#comment-209003 In reply to Justin.

None of those decks are using white removal though. If that were the case, I’d agree with you, but they will just burn your dragon out with Stoke the Flames. It’s not that stormbreath’s bad mind you, I just think Sarkhan is better.

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By: Justin https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/10/insider-ptktk-standard-finance/#comment-208997 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:34:07 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=52800#comment-208997 “Whenever I see Stormbreath Dragon in decks, I always think, wouldn’t that be better as Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker? The vast majority of the time I conclude Sarkhan > Stormbreath and make the change to my list.”

Stormbreath seems much better positioned against a metagame that’s bound to be full of Jeskai and Abzan decks now that we’ve seen the results of the PT.

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By: Mike Lanigan https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/10/insider-ptktk-standard-finance/#comment-208981 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:56:44 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=52800#comment-208981 In reply to Xantis.

At the prerelease I had a buylist for the promos slightly higher than the normal buy price. This drastically worked out in my favor. Dig Through Time at $1 for example.

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By: Xantis https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/10/insider-ptktk-standard-finance/#comment-208957 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:44:48 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=52800#comment-208957 Thanks for posting the list of promos and the tidbit of info about those.

Noone gives promos a second thought, so I’ve managed to pick up a few Dig through Time and Jeskai Ascendancy promos on the cheap (sub $10), not to mention the Legends (sub $5).

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