Re: Sulfuric Vortex

> I'm a little leary of going mono-red.
> Haven't seen a lot of COP's or Sanctimonies around here,
> but those or similar could hurt.
> Vortex shuts down Sanctimony.
> Anyway to shut down COP's?

    Flaring Pain. Not in T2 anymore though. Or you could blast his lands so
he doesn't have mana to spend on the CoP. Or you could use spells that turn
your stuff non-red (Distorting Lens is in 8th).

> Other options:
> Including my own Sanctimonies should help until the Vortices
> come out, right?
> Same with the quicker Iron Star.

    Sanctimony trigger when *an opponent* taps a mountain, not you. I
suppose Iron Star would help, if you're determined. Or Tanglebloom.

> And I may include Urza's Armor to make the Vortices hurt the
> opponent more than me.
> Especially if I add the Furnace.
> This works right?
> Both Armor and Furnace are "whenever a source deals damage..."
> so I may choose the order, knocking off a point _then_ doubling, right?

    That works. Personally I don't think the Furnace is really needed when
you're already cracking off 2 life a turn minimum, but suit yourself. :)

> And on the plus side, I just pulled a COP:Red this week. ;)

    Bah, go bug someone for copies. Any Magic player who's been around a
while will have enough CoPs to shingle their roof and should be happy to
toss you some.