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Just started working with it a bit. In some ways it feels win more, in others it can be absolutely broken, at least against uninteractive decks or careless opponents.
I dont think any of big 3 versions are "better". Izzet/temur is middle of the road a bit more consistent but a tad slower. Gruul prowess with pump spells is better in a combo heavy meta and against opps you can get to tap out. Gruul energy is a bit better against interactive heavy formats.
Hey! Been a while since the last Temur Prowess video (well this one technically Temur but yeah). Do you think it still has a chance to do well in the meta (comparatively to the Prowess energy and Gruul lists)? Also, what do you think of Violent Urge as an instant speed Assault strobe with +1/+0 upside? Thanks!
I think at this point prowess overall is poorly positioned as is just about any creature aggro deck between the fast combo and midrange interaction heavy decks. If you are going to play prowess, play what feels most functional and fun to you. There is not that much difference between temur, izzet, jeskai and the gruul energy variance's other than 10 to 12 cards so the core remains the same. It comes down do you prefer consistency (URx variants), combo (Gruul w/assault strobe etc), or a bit of a longer game with amulet. Violent urge is interesting, might have to add it to fringe cards to test like Ghor-Clan rampager and a few others.
I seen a new card that might be good in black red burn. Its called unstoppable slasher. just a thought. its a 3 cmc black card. thats makes them lose half their life on hit trigger. Idea being if you can hit them once with it, its like a huge burn spell in your burn deck. might be too slow but kind of a funny card. could be in a midrange deck also i was specifically thinking jund or mardu. For a good 3cmc slot card.
Its an interesting card, but i think a bit better in a dedicated combo shell like the one that exists in Pioneer. Could be somewhat workable in a Rakdos deck with Arena to give it haste.
Burn might be this decks worst match up. Thank god every other Tier List beats burn right now, so you don’t see it much. What other decks do you find prowess having issues with? 12:22
I think the most consistent pain at least in my sample amounts has been the energy variants since they have almost all adopted ring. It's not unbeatable but probably the one I have most with right now.
Honestly depends on two things. Do you enjoy the decks play patterns and two is your meta more interactive decks. IE Energy Variants and Murktide or Un interactive decks ie Amulet, Storm Etc. I think the assault strobe/scale up version is better against racing Metas, and the energy variants is probably a bit better against the midrange decks of the format. That said neither deck is well positioned atm, probably until the meta shifts away from Energy based decks.
Strictly better, no. Crash gives all your creatures trample and cannot be fizzled by removal. Is ancestral better for raw damage on one creature yes. Good suggestion though.
I forgot how old Zendikar Rising is. Wow. I'd love to try to shove Wayward into an overly aggressive pioneer deck with leylines and bloodrush cards in it
@MTGNexus_ it's playable, or rather it was. It doesn't really work as a 4-of in the main deck and not without particular card advantage/filtering like DarC or Light up the stage. It also gets killed by Delver decks with one mana.
Never seen your channel before but just a tip: the gameplay should not start at almost the 10 minute mark. Hello, this is the deck, it does this and these are the new cards. Start. Just my opinion. Good luck 🎉
You have fantastic content and I feel like the prowess love is rare out there so it’s nice to see someone playing it. Most people just play infect. Also I hope everything with your family is going well and best wishes.
It's been corrected. The live streams are simulcast on both YT and Twitch, so I have to go back and edit the description post stream. Sorry it took a bit longer this time. Cheers.
Why not play an Island instead of that 4th mountain. It’s been working out for me when I have play a blood moon or even better, someone plays one against me 😂
Honestly something I have given some thought to in both this and the Gruul build adding a forest. Could be worth testing some. Thank you for the suggestion.
Honestly neither are well positioned in the post ban meta. I would lean towards prowess being a bit better, but both struggle against energy and frog and both are a coin toss against storm and eldrazi.
HAve you ever tried run just instants and sorcerys? 4 skullcracks e 4 attarkas commands for de gainlife problem plus 4 flamebreak maindeck. 4 searing blazes, 4 Skewer the Critics, 4 lightning bolts, 4 rift bolts, 4 boros charms, 4 lightning helix. No creatures.
That would probably something I would look into more over on the burn channel. And I would probably forgo attarkas for the black splash with bump instead. You would want that build to be as mana efficient as possible. I could also see Rakdos charm being a decent card in the current meta atm as well.
I tried energy cards and unstable amulet in jeskai control and it was a decent and source of card draw. It also combos with expressive iteration for the 1 dmg ping effect which is nice as well. Unstable amulet is a pretty good card when you can get value off it, and in control when you get multiples you can ping them every turn for damage. Its actually decent in control too, as a card draw spell that doubles a finisher late game with more then 1 out.
Here at 11:55 is one of many examples of how the deck is giving us all the cards to win, and how often it's only our missplays that leads us to loose. 14 damage while also keeping 1 mana up for Veil could have been dealt. Lavadart on cat, lavadart flashback on face and mutagenic. If they have removal (and they always do) just play Veil in response for lethal. If they don't just Bolt the rest 3 in second main for lethal.
At 22:50 could we not have double darted the Griselbrand, attacked with both slick shots and forced the Griselbrand trade while putting them to 10? I guess maybe they could’ve drawn but I’ve seen some bad draws with Goryo’s before lol.
Been testing this deck a lot for upcoming RCQs also after winning a local tournament with it. I like were this deck is going, with overperforming +2 of Rages and +1 Assaults and slightly underperformimg Sacale Ups, since testing the first PT version of the deck. Some other things I noticed are that I don't like to over side in against Energy, I believe the deck piloted well is already favored against them. With Energy I've been having better results siding in only the Snakeskins. Since the combo approach of "killing them out of nowere" when they tap out or with protections (hexproof or just prowess triggers or mutagenic to get out of bolt or galvanic range) is a lot better. Their interactions are easier to dodge than Push etc. Going the grindy route with the 4 Druids, becoming a worst version of the old izzet prowess, against the best grindy deck in the meta, is just a loosing approach Imho. Not even counting the later Phlage flashback.. Other than that, this deck has been good for me and I think there is still room for tuning. I think the next change I'll try is to add a protection spell maiboard since I'm often in need of it, and I often doubt about having 8 slots of burn spells. Also considering we don't always have the urge to remove blockers since having 8 flyers + 4 rages.
Hey i just had a really good is idea for a new deck i never seen. You play only Titans for creatures. So Kroxa, Phlage, Uro and so on. Then you play torpor orb, strict proctor, doorkeeper thrul as additional stuff. Idea being you get to play titans and they dont sac, while getting value off attack triggers. And getting huge creatures into play early like turn 3. Have you seen or tried this yet? I am trying 4 kroxa 4 phlage right now in a mardu / grixis type list, with lots of removal stubburn denial and interaction. i have gone strict proctor turn 2 into phlage turn 3 and its pretty good.
Nice 4-1! I won a local tournament here in Italy with combo prowess beating meta decks from nadu, dimir frog etc. to also a boros energy piloted by a last modern PT player I've been having consistent better results (like 50+ matches) with: -4 lava dart -2 bolt -1 breach In favor of the full playset of scale up, strobe, rage, blossoming and mutagenic. Playing this deck a lot I almost always felt the burn spells to just be weaker than the combo and protection spells (possibly with trample if on monastery or mage). For now I'm testing the list with only 2 bolts, but will be considering switching to 2 unholy heat instead. Will be also testing blood moons in sideboard, very effective for jeskai control which I think is one of the most annoying matchups
@odoylerules1435 0 seconds ago I found a combo with one of the new MH3 cards. Card is called Evolution witness. Combo is Evolution witness + Luminarch Aspirant + wasteland. This is a lock. Second combo is Evolution witness + Luminarch aspirant + mishras bauble. Draw +1 per turn. Third, Evolution witness + Lumiarch aspirant + any fetch land. Land every turn. Many other combos to be made just showing the idea of my combo. this is kind of like lurris but 2 creatures instead of just lurris. Also works with ornery tumblewagg/ Siege veteran. and other cards like this. Im still looking at the different combos with it. Could be good.
