What beats Ritual desire

andrew7913 · Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 82

what beats the monster taht is ritual desire

nasa · Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 184

meddling mage
stifle
trickbind
orims chant

pretty much u/w control/solution.

andrew7913 · Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 82

meddling mage
is easily pyroclasmed

stifle
works if u have in hand and mana is open

trickbind
stifle is better but still yea works only if in hand and mana open

orims chant
i dun think so a lil to slow ( if u wanna pay kicker)

Spyx · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 831

why would you want to pay the kicker against ritual desire?

super-gecko · Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 45

lol, good point...

COOLBOY · Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 399

andrew clearly has no idea what he is talking about

pyzxt · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 9

it wont beat it but what about false cure for the tie

CMA-Flippi · Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject:

any black card with Discard in it.

well not any but many

duress
cabal teraphy
gerrads verdict
blackmail prolly
and ofc counters.

rafaruggi · Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 14

dv8r · Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 129

firstly, vs ritual desire stifle is MUCH better than trickbind. Why? Because it stunts your development less (I am hoping you do not want to tap out vs them). However, they are both unreliable answers due to the central role duress plays in their deck. At least if the dures chant you can cast it ir and buy another turn. The cards that really answer ritual desire are the ones that stay on the board. I recommend Meddling Mage or Arcane Laboratory. If you have the sideboard slots, use them for these cards, not inneffective catch all solutions like stifle.

sc4rs · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 392

Just would like to point out that Rule of Law as a white Arcane Laboratory would work too.

NahHolmes · Joined: 13 Jan 2005 Posts: 588

Meddling Mage cuts their win % down about 50% for each on one the board, you do the math.
Arcane Lab + Counterspell in hand = GG (also rule of law)
Stifle/Trickbind I have found to be innefective because many Ritual players bring in Orim's and if you play control they have plenty of time to wait for Orim's, cast it in upkeep and win many times unless you get lucky with some double disruption or easly beats. They still come in from the board if I have them but they are more there for stifling Decrees to be honest, they just happen to maybe be an answer for Ritual if they scrub out or are under pressure to go off unprotected.
Time Stop, just kidding.

SL|RedDemon · Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 116

chalice , trini helps as well.

Eldariel · Joined: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 191

Anything that works in Vintage works here too. Most have already been mentioned, Stax-components, MM, Stifle, Chant (you'll usually want to cast it in response to a second or third accelerant, making them burn and burn out without ever letting them resolve their keyspells. If they happen to Desire or Wish, both are good cards to respond to too) all work nicely. Discard, LD and artifact removal are all good too (since Blooms come in in the upkeep). Ghost Quarter is really nice since they run no basics, so it's essentially a Wasteland against them. Then there's more specific hate in the mentioned Arcane Lab/Rule of Law/Pyrostatic Pillar-territory, but any generic disruption-strategy tends to be good against them. Counterbalance/Top is basically game, Meddling Mage is a huge hammer, well-aimed counters and Stifles can cripple them, discard and LD can cripple them.

Lunarvoltage · Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 60

UWR Solution is probably the best deck against it. MD Meddling Mage and Stifle backed up with other quick beats=GG.