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Pack 1 pick 1:
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Firestorm Phoenix and Brillant Plan are quite good, but I think Famine is even better.
Pack 1 pick 2:
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The only interesting Black card, even though it's a bit disappointing for pick 2.
Pack 1 pick 3:
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In this quite slow format, the card reminds me of Disintegrate.
Pack 1 pick 4:
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No idea how good it is, but picking it is the fastest way to figure it out!
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I'll probably try and build an aggro deck from now on, so to optimize Cinder Storm and Black Vise.
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The format is so slow that it could turn out to be pretty good if I can be as aggressive as I want to be.
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Okay okay, I should stop picking those Kobolds...
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Sweet.
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Not exactly a pick 2, but there are so many slow decks around here than any two-power two-drop has a big potential.
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I'm not even sure what the card exactly does at the moment I pick it, but it seems to fit the deck pretty well.
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Quite good with flyers and Horsemen.
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I think this card is actually good.
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I don't want to face that.
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Still don't.
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Better than pretty much any other ME3 card in this archetype.
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Excellent with double Blood Lust.
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One day I'll open this guy and actually go Kobold!
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The Drake would be good, but I'm not guaranteed having double Red on turn 3, so I'd rather go with the safe and good two-drop.
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Spirit Shackle has no interest when my opponent shouldn't be attacking with small guys anyway. I'd rather counterdraft here.
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3 Young Wei Recruits
3 Wei Infantry
1 Fire Drake
1 Hurloon Minotaur
1 Wei Strike Force
1 Raging Minotaur
1 Wei Night Raiders
1 Wei Elite Companions
1 Cosmic Horror
1 Black Vise
1 Chain Lightning
1 Storm World
1 Immolation
1 Fire Ambush
2 Blood Lust
1 Ghostly Visit
1 Ashes to Ashes
1 Famine
1 Cinder Storm
Sideboard
1 Disenchant
1 Crimson Kobolds
2 Willow Priestess
1 Tuknir Deathlock
1 Anaba Spirit Crafter
1 Rohgahh of Kher Keep
2 Kobolds of Kher Keep
2 Kobold Taskmaster
1 Wu Longbowman
1 Desperate Charge
1 Gaea's Touch
1 Mountain
1 Ghosts of the Damned
2 Plains
1 Force Spike
1 Disharmony
1 Boris Devilboon
In the first round, I don't miss my early drops and win easily, once with Searing Flesh and the other time with a Blood Lust finish. My match last 8 minutes and I don't know yet I'm going to wait for an hour before my second round start.
No bug, no downtime, only a match which ended with the clock while in game 5!
My second round is not much longer. I open with two creatures and Ashes to Ashes game 1. In order to slow my beating down, he plays everything he has in hand and Storm World (which I actually managed to understand before I cast it) finishes him.
In game 2, before I take my opening hand, I think to myself maybe I should have taken Black Vise out on the draw. He chooses to draw first, and Black Vise leads me to a turn 5 win. Lucky lucky!
Third round and third fast win. We both play a fast Ashes to Ashes, but the 5 damage we take don’t have the same weight considering our decks. A few Fire Drake attacks and a Cinder Storm later, we move to game 2. This time he probably thinks he manages to stop my beating, but when he’s on 8 and I launch a suicidal attack, I have double Blood Lust for my unblocked creature.
This archetype was quite interesting, and I’ll definitely be willing to test it again!
Until Friday...
Oli
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