18:45 nah they are pretty solid against mono red. They've got a 1 mana -1/-1 and proliferate and anoint with affliction is currently used by everyone regardless of wether they play poison or not, so they are covered there and also get to use it on other targets once you are at 3 poison counters (same for their counterspell, when you talked about it it was already a hard counter). Then they run a -4/-4 proliferate at 2 and another removal at 3 which makes opponent sacrifice a creature or planeswalker and get a poison counter. So it's more on the resilient side against aggro and probably even prefers that matchup as half their spells require creatures on board to push up the poison counter
Interesting! I don't think I've seen a Calix deck without a heavy aura investment since NEO rotated out (3 months ago). I like it; I think the upside of duplication is basically a game-ending threat. It'll be interesting to see if this does better starting today since Leyline of Resonance (Mono-Red) got banned in Bo1 Standard.
I think Zur is a bit better payoff than Calix but also realize your colors here make it tough to play Zur. But it does accomplish what you mention at the end of your intro in just giving you this instant lethal if you have a bunch of mana and enchantments to animate and swing.
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18:45 nah they are pretty solid against mono red. They've got a 1 mana -1/-1 and proliferate and anoint with affliction is currently used by everyone regardless of wether they play poison or not, so they are covered there and also get to use it on other targets once you are at 3 poison counters (same for their counterspell, when you talked about it it was already a hard counter). Then they run a -4/-4 proliferate at 2 and another removal at 3 which makes opponent sacrifice a creature or planeswalker and get a poison counter.
So it's more on the resilient side against aggro and probably even prefers that matchup as half their spells require creatures on board to push up the poison counter
Interesting! I don't think I've seen a Calix deck without a heavy aura investment since NEO rotated out (3 months ago).
I like it; I think the upside of duplication is basically a game-ending threat. It'll be interesting to see if this does better starting today since Leyline of Resonance (Mono-Red) got banned in Bo1 Standard.
Hold up?! It got banned? Finally!
The new standard meta: "beanstalk + Pile of overlords in various colors!"
Now that leyline is cut from bo1 absolutely lol I’m sure we’ll enjoy sunfall for another year or so
On second game that counter is a hard one once you have 3 poison counters, so seeing you save mana to pay in case was pretty funny lol
I think Zur is a bit better payoff than Calix but also realize your colors here make it tough to play Zur. But it does accomplish what you mention at the end of your intro in just giving you this instant lethal if you have a bunch of mana and enchantments to animate and swing.
I would add tyrant
Treat yourself to some new headphones my dude.