Owling Mine

Vegantoad · Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 44

i've had success with this sb

4x consuming vortex
4x threads of disloyalty
4x imaginary pet
3x bloodmoon

but the deck is a great deck..and totally fun to play which is really what matters

gizmo17 · Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 13

how does owl beat ruels b/w though??? What do u side in and out??

ElvishGod · Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 2929

blkaznguy4 · Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 82

Kaishi · Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 17

Well, this is awkward. o_O

But anyways, the reason for Thoughts of Ruin is to eliminate the amount of cards your opponent plays from their hand per turn, thus disabling them to get things out quickly. Plus, it makes it easier to counter if they have less lands. All in all, I resulted in it being a good card to have in the sideboard just in case. Funny thing is, it's also a good killer of the oh-so-annoying Boseiju.

The only difficulty I ran into later in testing is the Spiraling Embers. I might remove those and replace them with Exhaustion or something.

blkaznguy4 · Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 82

Kaishi · Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 17

brockestell · Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 5

I already have built my green/red deck and have it pretty much finished. So I figured for deck #2 I'd build an Owling Mine deck... It's a fun deck and I enjoy it. I was thinking for sideboard in my local meta to be something like this: Keiga, Meloku, pyroclasm and counter even more counter spells... something like Convolute with hierarchs as fourth turn drops may work? I dunno I'm just messing with this deck right now though.

gizmo17 · Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 13

My sideboard is:
4x Pyroclasm
4x Remove Soul
3x Blood Moon
4x Threads of Disloyalty

I though it was good for all around. Any suggestions??

Whitefire · Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 2

It's new, it's funny, but most of all, it works. The rise of this deck has been enjoyable for everyone, I know the first thing that you said when you played this deck was "what the hell is this?". After losing to it painfully a few times, everyone wants to find out how to beat it, and sadly, I believe there's a few decks that cannot, most are able to at least sideboard against it though.

First of all, if you can play at this deck's tempo, you have a fair chance at beating it, we all know one deck that is capable of this, why red aggro of course, it may be a good idea to sideboard damage cards to replace creatures, it'll be easier to shoot damage through when it can't be bounced, I guess I would keep vashino sandstalkers in, they're the only thing that ensures that the more than hardy kami of the crescent moon cannot block. Frenzied goblins are amazing at slipping damage through aswell.

But what if you don't play red aggro, like most of magic? well there isn't too much you can do to avoid bounce, in control all you can really do is counter bounces and cards like owl, in zoo and other aggros, they can't bounce your giant solifuge, and that will help you punch damage through. A great sideboard secret weapon for control, given that you are running black, is one with nothing, put three of four into your sideboard to force your opponent to waste an impact, and maybe even a twincast.

The biggest trick to winning is tempo, owling mine is geared towards slowing you down for a more than good reason, so you don't beat them while they get set up, their only real defense is counters, even in control, weenies should help you get some nice damage it. All the life loss and direct damage that you can get in will help too, char will be a great help for sure.

Remember that if people don't keep stopping this deck in mind, it will become an unstoppable force. Your sideboard may be your only defense in beating this deck, so prepare well, and you can turn the tides around against this hilarious deck.

And one more thought for the night.. has anyone tried running Adamaro in their owling mine decks yet? seems like you may need to gear slightly more towards red but he could be a big help in both damage and defenses.(EDIT: i've seen a few now, but still i'm just getting that concept out there, a lot of the honolulu decks neglected to use it, perhaps with reason, but it definately feels like a card worth trying)

Kaishi · Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 17

red_horse · Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 13

well, now we know why WOTC made "one with nothing" Very Happy

Mainichi · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Posts: 14

Just wanted to post the version of this deck I put together and get some feedback. I know Owl "sucks" but I rather enjoy playing it and would like to put the best version I can together so any help would be great.

4xebony owl
4xhowling mine
4xboomerang
3xeye of nowhere
4xremand
3xkami of the crescent moon
3xsudden impact
3xcerebral vortex
2xpyroclasm
3xelectrolyze
3xniv-mizzet, the firemind
2xtwincast
4xsteam vents
4xshivan reef
8xisland
6xmountain

SB:
3xthoughts of ruin
2xevacuation
1xelectrolyze
2xwildfire
2xtwincast
1xeye of nowhere
2xadamaro-first to desire
2xpyroclasm

TIm_54 · Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 27

ive heard this said and i agree cerebreal vortex is just a win more card it is almost always sitting in your hand while you play all those other cards when i play this i always have it just sitting in my hand intill theres nothing else worth while to play. and i truthfully think my version might be able to stand up against zoo i have 4 mainboard pyroclasm 4 gigadroswe and im trying to make room for storage matrix which is realy good in here.