June 01, 2012, 03:53:46 PM
I am hoping we can get a topic going on sideboarding against our weaknesses in standard. To start off i am playing u/b/r and delver decks are the only hard match up, does anyone have a good idea of what crushes delver (u/r)?
To be clear, ideas and themes will be more helpful than specific card names.
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June 01, 2012, 03:55:47 PM
A good idea! I'm wondering if this would be better housed in the Standard section. Thoughts everyone?
June 01, 2012, 04:00:19 PM
Youre probably right.
June 01, 2012, 04:06:09 PM
so long it is stickied
June 01, 2012, 04:14:19 PM
Done.
June 01, 2012, 04:17:55 PM
Awesome. Thank you. So back to the topic. And one know delver well enough to know what it loses to? So far ive found damage prevention and low damage wrath work well but im sure there is more
June 01, 2012, 04:25:57 PM
Whipflare is good against delver. So is
Gut Shot and
Vapor Snag(If you time it right it will take at least 3 of their turns to actually get a chance for delvie to flip.
June 01, 2012, 04:33:21 PM
Thats very true, my deck doesnt allow much room for me to rely on those cards though, i feel like i would need at least a 3 of any of those. Is there any stagnant options? So far platinum emperion and frost titan have gotten me past delver decks (barely survived invisable stalker), but it was too close for comfort
June 01, 2012, 06:03:29 PM
I realize that platinum emperion probably confused some of you so i posted my list that won the avacyn mat. Its under Game Day Champ
June 01, 2012, 07:07:18 PM
Blue:
Thought Scour is good against Delver, because it messes up their
Ponder setups. Bounce:
Vapor Snag,
Unsummon then Counter.
Red: The tons of 2+ dmg red spells.
Pillar of flames,
slagstorm,
thunderbolt,
incinerate ect.
Green:
Eaten by Spiders?
Fog?I don't know.
Black:
Doom Blade,
Go for the Throat, ect.
White: control:
Pacify,
Oblivion Ring,
Fiend Hunter.
Everyone:
Ratchet Bomb
June 01, 2012, 08:03:44 PM
Blue: Thought Scour is good against Delver, because it messes up their Ponder setups. Bounce: Vapor Snag, Unsummon then Counter.
Red: The tons of 2+ dmg red spells. Pillar of flames, slagstorm, thunderbolt, incinerate ect.
Green: Eaten by Spiders? Fog?I don't know.
Black: Doom Blade, Go for the Throat, ect.
White: control: Pacify, Oblivion Ring, Fiend Hunter.
Everyone: Ratchet Bomb
Those are sone great points, i feel like ratchet bomb isnt worth the slots when its a one time thing, i cant use glissa or sun titan so i dont feel its worth it since tokens weakend and humans have many differnt mana costs now. Is this the common idea or am i alone on this?
June 01, 2012, 09:44:44 PM
No
rachet bomb is epic.
It creams WW (either one

) and it can wipe opponents boards easily.
Against delver I side in
eaten by spiders and
rolling temblor The temblor kills the
invisible stalker and the spiders kill the delver and the sword (war and peace or body and mind) they put on it after the stalker dies.
June 02, 2012, 11:04:04 AM
I play delver and what really kills delver is when u get me top decking. Try the black shrine from new phyrexia. Make me pitch my hand and then killing ways or slagstorm. Done day
June 02, 2012, 12:43:04 PM
I play delver and what really kills delver is when u get me top decking. Try the black shrine from new phyrexia. Make me pitch my hand and then killing ways or slagstorm. Done day
thank you. I made good use of that shrine at the salt lake GP but it hasnt seen play since, i had forgottten about it.
Ok next deck now, what are you guys struggling against