Affinity

CMA-Flippi · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:23 am Post subject: Affinity

4 Seat of the Synod
4 Great Furnace
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Tree of Tales
3 Blinkmoth Nexus
1 Glimmervoid
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Frogmite
4 Myr Enforcer
3 Ornithopter
4 Chromatic Star
2 Chromatic Sphere
4 Cranial Plating
3 Pyrite Spellbomb
4 Thoughtcast
4 Shrapnel Blast

Sideboard:
3 Darkblast
3 Krosan Grip
3 Cabal Therapy
3 Pithing Needle
3 Welding Jar

Played by Sven de Jong at PTQ Utrecht (Yokohama)

Discuss !

Genku_ · Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 2

-1 blast
-2 Chromatic Sphere
-1 myr enforcer
+3 welding jar
+1 topter

more fast and u cant regenerate a cranial planting Twisted Evil

Spyx · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 821

you can't consider not playing lightning helix...it's the best burn spell in the the deck

snoopster · Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Posts: 691 Location: nj

saying loam dies to extripate is one of the stupidest things i have ever heard Sad

Eldar · Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 341 Location: Rochester

Yeah he doesn't know what hes talking about. Affinity is very solid right now as is agro loam. As for TEPS that deck is on the way out unless simian spirit guide can make that much of a difference because the deck dies to orim's chant so bad and so many decks are starting to play it now. As for boros they just got better with blood knight but I still don't like the deck. Also I guess he doesn't think affinity has any way to deal with kataki. I mean it's not like they run shrapnel blast, fire/ice, darkblast, pyrite spellbomb, or cabal therapy so I guess they do just die to kataki all the time.

FlyingFreak · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 157 Location: Belgium

Aggro loam beats Affinity is it don't have a nuts draw but I'm to lucky so I don't lose against aggro loam, and boros is just a good mu (if you lose against it your noob, after sb things are diffirent but your changes are still high)

I have a broken affinity decklist but I'll post it after I got qualified Wink

(I hope I can post it Twisted Evil

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Thorns · Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 816 Location: Rath

Chromatic Star > Chromatic Sphere

EvilMouseMan · Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 11

Aggro Loam is a good matchup. Pithing Needle for Assualt, and Crypt for Terravore. Devastating Dreams just reads, give target ravager +x,+x

FlyingFreak · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 157 Location: Belgium

Star is indeed better then Sphere...

EvilMouseMan it is a good mu if those are ALL in play but it seems like you never tested this matchup carefully, it's just a bad mu ...

greets jonathan r. (testing affinity everyday irl for a couple of weeks) -> preperation for the PTQ

toguppy · Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 297

has any1 considered testing simian spirit in ravager??? for a early boost Razz

for a more explosive start while also providing another coloured card for mox.

R3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 838

Has anyone thought about Mishra or Tinket Mage in Affinity? The combo would provide great color fixing, card drawing though Chromatic Star and deck thinning.

With Mishra in play Chromatic star is slightly better then Thoughtcast. It thins the deck by one, gets two cards, and adds 2/2 to Ravanger. Terraion does the same but it comes into play tapped. So it is almost like playing 12 Thoughtcast.dec

I am not sure if it will be a big deck again due to Hurkel's Recall and Shatterstorm in the format. Also the Dredge combo decks can still kill you fatster. The deck may need main deck answers to Dredge. Main deck Tormod's Crypt with Trinket Mage tutor may not be enough to win game one. Stopping the Dread Return is the key I think. Kataki, in the fish decks is an issue that be stopped by removal like Sudden Shock or Smother on the sideboard. Other issues are Pithing Needle, Meddling Mage, Krosan Grip, and Azorious Guildmage.

I have not seen an update to the deck in a long time. So has anyone updated a list, tested Trinket/Mishra, have any standings from an Ext tourney with the changes or without?

Acid_Christ · Joined: 28 Aug 2004 Posts: 431

Although the idea of Trinket Mage for bullets or even Mishra for win-more, I think it needs taken in a different direction. There aren't many targets for Trinket, and Mishra...well, at 4 mana (if you ever get it), you should have the game pretty much wrapped up already.

Avata · Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 372

Yeah, I'm inclined to agree that Mishra isn't needed - by turn 4, your opponent should be circling the drain.

R3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 838

I think that Mishra give the deck a lot of reach. I don't know that I would play 4. Three seems right in the Myr Enforcer slot. Also the deck has so much hate right now. Shattering Spree, Shatterstorm, Hurkel's Recall, Echoing Truth, Krosan Grip, Trygon Predator ( crazy good ), Disenchant, Tin Street Hooligan, and I could keep going on. I really think that Mishra gives the deck card advantage that it needs. I am seeing the deck take a more midrange style with Mishra and Assert Authority. for anti-hate. I really think that it needs a lot more main anti-hate. Even Duress would be a good start.

lennin · Guest

yes to beat the hate cards lets make the deck even slower, which in fact makes it more vulnerable to hate cards