by Kytep on 2008-04-14 21:16 MDT

Wow - 4 each Dragon's Claw and Flashfreeze in the sideboards of the Top 2!

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by Tms-Rock on 2008-04-14 21:25 MDT

Merfolks lost to faeriess?! neways grats guys

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by medd99 on 2008-04-14 21:42 MDT

So are the red decks so bad that they need 4 dragon's claw and 4 flashfreeze in the board's of these decks ? Or are there for something else !!

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by Avata on 2008-04-14 21:53 MDT

I'm a bit confused at going with two each of remove soul, nameless inversion, terror, and unsummon in the main deck. Isn't 1) Rune Snag superior to remove soul anyway and 2) it better to figure out which of the cards is better and up them to 4 for consistencies sake?

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by poopascoopa on 2008-04-14 21:59 MDT

Really sloppy faerie list, but luck prevailed I guess...

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by KrovikanMist on 2008-04-14 22:04 MDT

what do u mean sloppy, if it wins its good...

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by aceben3 on 2008-04-14 22:25 MDT

yeah how did merfolk lose to faeries? was vendilion clique any good?

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by Tms-Rock on 2008-04-14 22:54 MDT

Thats like saying at FNM if u lose to Cream of the Crop Mono U somehow its good.... (no idea what im talking about Mono U CoC)

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by gypsy on 2008-04-14 22:58 MDT

merfolk lost to faeries by merfolk not being able to block at all. sometimes having lots of different cards that basically do the same thing is better than having 4 of the same card. why do you think the japs do well because they have different answers. your opp plays around one card then you beat them with something different that accomplishes the same thing. and shooter is a rly good player so im assuming that helps. i geuss people just like to criticize decklists just because theyre not the stock lists theyre used to seeing

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by Fabio on 2008-04-14 23:34 MDT

Yes, gypsy said everything, go Shooter!

Btw, is vendilion clique better than Pestermites?

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by GirlWitCards on 2008-04-15 01:05 MDT

While faeries has an unfavorable MU to merfolk, it's not a totally bad one. A bitter blossom turn 2, sprite turn3, and avoiding dropping an island can usually be a winning move. It's really a luck factor sometimes, whoever gets the nuts hand wins.

I'd prefer pestermites.

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by gypsy on 2008-04-15 02:24 MDT

why is it unfavorable exactly? same amount of counters, faeries has more man lands and more lands, faeries has trump in creature fights with bitterblossom, faeries has evasion always, islandwalk is only sometimes if they drew and play one of their 4 islands. merfolk has to tap out mainphase to cast their creatures will faeries can cast them as instants, and faeries has more removal and trump to merfolks removal in scion. how is it unfavorable?

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by ZerrG on 2008-04-15 04:33 MDT

Tbh, i don't think faeries have such a bad MU vs Merfolk, for all the reasons gypsy has said, but in g2 i got land screwed and that tottaly blew up my chances to win. Anyway it was a good g1, and shooter comeback from an almost certain defeat when he managed to put 2 Mistblind clique in the last 2 turns when he was facing 2 Bannerets and at 4 life, i could never play my reejerey to swing ftw!

Gj Shooter!

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by Mirror_Image on 2008-04-15 06:32 MDT

Well done, Xuti !!!

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by bladerisen on 2008-04-15 06:46 MDT

GJ Shooter!

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by perep on 2008-04-15 06:57 MDT

its the first time that i see a good list of faeries in m-l!or the same,without pestermites!
aceben3 on 2008-04-15 06:25 CET

yeah how did merfolk lose to faeries? was vendilion clique any good?

aceben...obv yes._.

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by Chico_Ze on 2008-04-15 07:10 MDT

Shooter me faz um filho tá? :D:D:D

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by aldaryn on 2008-04-15 07:23 MDT

finally, go go vendilion clique

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by DOminarian on 2008-04-15 10:19 MDT

peppersmoke
is tech against merfolk

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by Volrath89 on 2008-04-15 11:04 MDT

ZerrG no sabia q eras de Panamá xD

Seguro que blanco en los merfolks, solo por 4x oblivion ring?? :/ yo lo prefiero mono azul

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by Volrath89 on 2008-04-15 11:07 MDT

oh and shooter, -2 unsummon -2 remove soul +4 rune snag, a good sb and u have a near perfect faeries list :P .. Dragon's claw sux :(

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by Alvaro21k on 2008-04-15 11:37 MDT

Yeah, as volrath said, Id try to fit rune snags to the fairies list, it is just that great :P

Y ZerrG quien eres de por aca? jaja

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by Shooter on 2008-04-15 12:24 MDT

merfolks win vs. faeries cause they become big b4 faeries get control. Cutting the 1-drops,u take this advantage,so it's an even MU.
Remove soul counters thresher,usually the only card that matters.
and dragon claws pwn :D

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by aldaryn on 2008-04-15 14:28 MDT

how good was clique over pestermite? i'd like another opinion on this epic struggle

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by Pegleg on 2008-04-15 15:42 MDT

the match up is in faeries favorite because the spellstutter sprites are hard counters and the removal is enough to survive the early onslaught of the merfolk quick draws. In testing I was surprised when faeries was winning the match up. On paper merfolks wins but for real its faeries that is the favorite

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by TwoTrees on 2008-04-15 16:14 MDT

Shooter > earth.
The decklist does not matter.

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by aceben3 on 2008-04-15 17:15 MDT

wow, i have never lost to faeries with merfolk, and i just won my city champs with fish. kinda makes me wanna hit up shooter now.

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by sandoiche on 2008-04-15 17:36 MDT

I was playing a 74 cards copy list from Shooter those days, too bad I suck otherwise i would have been in top 2, playing against him.

Also I am pretty sure shooters skill can win most ppl in M-L playing Merfolks, with good draws even the good ones.

gj shooter! go astekas team, top 1 in M-L again :)

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by aldaryn on 2008-04-15 17:58 MDT

75th card screwed you; what'dja do, forget the pendelhaven?

:)

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by sandoiche on 2008-04-15 20:07 MDT

-1 nameless +1 terror

I didnt play the trial anyways, I am saying by older trials and a couple minis where my skill playing the deck managed me to a lose

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