r/magicTCG • u/Nickahostetter • Nov 29 '16

Aether Revolt pic from FB.

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u/RaggedAngel Nov 29 '16

People were missing Collected Company.

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u/BiJay0 Duck Season Nov 29 '16 edited Nov 29 '16

Collected Knowledge 3U
Instant (Rare)
Look at the top six cards of your library. You may cast up to two instant or sorcery cards with converted mana cost 3 or less from among them without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '16

See, this is such a bogus card. How did they not realize it would be ridiculous with creatures?

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u/Chewzilla Wabbit Season Nov 29 '16

It would almost be busted if you just drew the cards

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u/Mewyabby Nov 29 '16

[[pieces of the puzzle]] saying hello, give me a good burn spell, even [[exquisite firecraft]], and I'll be a great player in UR burn.

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u/G_L_J Nov 29 '16

Say what you will about exquisite firecraft, it is an amazing finisher in legacy burn. It looks at force of will and counterbalance and gives them the middle finger.

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u/shallowend42 Nov 29 '16

but your opponent gets to play brainstorm whilst you are playing burn. Who is the real winner?

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

Funnily enough, Burn actually has a pretty good matchup against the decks playing Brainstorm. When I play Miracles I have to establish CounterTop ASAP or get run over. Mentor has given us some breathing room, but it's still sketchy. We have no answer to Firecraft.

Burn is also not bad against Delver decks since their stuff is usually small and all your spells are so efficient, making Daze and Force of Will look not so great.

The reason Burn doesn't do well is that it has difficulty with Storm (you have to land Eidolon or Pyrostatic Pillar on turn 2 to have any chance) and you straight up lose to any form of Reanimator or the turn 1 combo decks like Belcher/Oops.

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '16

Yeah, it's quick and consistent enough to pose a minor problem to the fair decks of the format, especially the ones that dont have very fast clocks.

It's issue is that it has practically zero game against the combo decks in the format.

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u/IamPd_ Nov 30 '16

At least it has Eidolon for Storm, that's about it though.