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Title: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Agrajagzz9 on August 07, 2013, 12:37:29 PM

In a green white deck how do you beat that card? I hv a great deck but am constantly eating blown out by this card. Any tips on how to beat it? It gets in under {gaddock teeg} but doesn't target so I can't ever defend against it. Help?

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Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: DrainCleaner on August 07, 2013, 01:02:15 PM

Play blue :p

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Mizark on August 07, 2013, 01:08:28 PM

{Mana Tithe}, {Silence}, {Grand Abolisher} and {Iona, Shield of Emeria} are the only things that come to mind 😕
Hope that helps !!

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Yawgmoth85 on August 07, 2013, 06:44:49 PM

Quote from: DrainCleaner on August 07, 2013, 01:02:15 PM
Play blue :p

Agreed

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: LadyGrixis on August 07, 2013, 06:56:06 PM

Mono Blue or Azorius. Blue holds all the answers. You could maybe even get away with an Izzet or Dimir, with Blue being the heaviest.

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Double-O-Scotch on August 07, 2013, 07:13:01 PM

{lapse of certainty} if not playing blue. Then mill it away. Very circumstantial, but works.

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Agrajagzz9 on August 07, 2013, 07:43:26 PM

Yes play blue. Solves everything

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: ElMatadorJuarez on August 07, 2013, 10:19:10 PM

If you want to do green/white still, there's a lot of fairly good blue hate in those that could serve you. Let me look some up and I'll post them in a bit.

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: DrainCleaner on August 07, 2013, 11:55:43 PM

Who gave me -1 karma? :c

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Mutexes on August 08, 2013, 01:22:22 AM

Cast cyclonic rift {Nevermore}

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Gorzo on August 08, 2013, 05:32:30 AM

If you're running Teeg, I'm guessing your deck is a weenie-overrun type strategy.

If the cyclonic rift is blowing you out because you have too many creatures return to hand and you have to discard a bunch of them, I recommend adding {Reliquary Tower} and/or mana ramp. The tower is obvious ({Spellbook} and {Venser's Journal} work too if you're desperate), and ramping lots of mana will let you re-dump lots or all of those creatures right back down in a single turn.

If you're running tokens...

Quote from: Mutexes on August 08, 2013, 01:22:22 AM
Cast cyclonic rift {Nevermore}

Something like this is probably your best bet.

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Agrajagzz9 on August 08, 2013, 08:28:43 AM

Thanks for the constructive help guys. I am playing captian sisay so it's legends matter deck. Some of the stuff bounced is like an elesh norn or Avecyn it can make bouncing back difficult. I guess the bet thing to do is try never more or be that guy who Iona's the blue players. I tried {ghost way} for a while but it wa all situational. I had to have it and I had no way to tutor for it

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Jackson get out on August 08, 2013, 04:56:40 PM

Play {Ghostway} in response to them playing the rift!! It'll save your creatures at least

Title: Re: How do you beat cyclonic rift?
Post by: Moneekahh on August 08, 2013, 07:18:54 PM

{Lapse of Certainty}?

Then mill with your {Sword of Body and Mind}. If you can't mill, it saves you for a turn at least.

EDIT: Whoops shoulda read the entire thread. Someone suggested the exact same thing already. D'oh!

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