Comments on: Deck of the Week: RG Valakut https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/dotw-rg-valakut/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Zach Stackhouse https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/dotw-rg-valakut/#comment-2126377 Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:38:38 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=11028#comment-2126377 I like ramp…I like combo…I genuinely want to make this deck now. Awesome!

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By: Thomas Elfgren https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/dotw-rg-valakut/#comment-2126376 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:09:35 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=11028#comment-2126376 Couldn’t agree more. This deck is way too good to be played as little as it is. This used to be my pet deck and I worked my fingers to the bone to create a list that was as balanced as could be, without giving up too much consistency on the combo part of the deck.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/deathmetal-breach/

For me, the biggest problem was making the deck not auto-lose vs burn/affinity/infect unless you had t3 breach. That list was tuned for a GP last year when Twin was still legal, so I would probably not play 4 skites in the SB. But it was the only way I could think of to shore up some bad MU’s at that time. Burn/Infect was a big problem back then. Tarmogoyf was a late addition to the deck after I tried to figure out how to fix my early game against aggressive decks while making Trap better and having an early threat or defender. It was amazing and I’m surprised that I never saw it in any other build. People seems obsessed with overloading the deck on big win conditions. Another card that people don’t understand is Summoning Trap. On the Open stream Hunt was talking about how it’s gonna cost R/G Breach to have it in the deck vs Jund etc, as if the only mode on the card is to cast it for 0. Casting it for 6 mana still makes a Titan or an Emrakul most of the time.

I’ve tried basically every build there is, and could go into GREAT length on why Scapeshift is worse than Trap in this deck and should be a one of at the most, but if you excuse me I have to go and buy the deck back!

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By: Jason Schousboe https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/dotw-rg-valakut/#comment-2126375 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:02:20 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=11028#comment-2126375 In reply to Roland F. Rivera Santiago.

Ah, I completely forgot about the Naya version! Nahiri is actually showing up in a good number of lists (mostly online iirc), so you’re certainly not the only player thinking that way.

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By: Roland F. Rivera Santiago https://www.quietspeculation.com/2016/08/dotw-rg-valakut/#comment-2126374 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 18:37:21 +0000 http://34.200.137.49/?p=11028#comment-2126374 Nice article, and especially poignant given that Matthew Voltz reached the final at the SCG Open. I think that the version of the deck that splashes white and sports Nahiri, the Harbinger as an additional “cheat large creatures into play with haste” win condition is the one I’d wager is the strongest right now (especially given the access to Path to Exile to deal with threats Bolts and Angers cannot), but given how underdeveloped this archetype is, that’s obviously up for some debate.

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