Re: Sulfuric Vortex

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> Chris Wiegert wrote:
> >
> > > What are some good ways to play with Sulfuric Vortex
> > > without leaving it as big a threat to yourself as your
> > > opponent, preferrably using common Standard cards?
> > >
> > > CoP:Red is the obvious.
> > > (But I actually don't have any!)
> >
> >     Form of the Dragon is one idea, but I'm not sure if the
life-resetting
> > part of it is considered "life gain" so this may not work. Worship
should
> > work though.
>
> Don't have those actually.
> Or a Platinum Angel which would pull a similar trick to Worship.
>
> > The red Sphere from Odyssey would work for sure.
>
> Sphere of Law.
> Have that.
> No longer legal in Standard.
> I'm too much a newbie to want to play Extended or Type I. ;)
>
> Again, looks like heavy burn with some white defenses.

A good plan could be a red deck with Ensnaring Bridge (to protect you
from your opponent´s creatures), Shock and/or Pyrite Spellbomb, Hammer
of Bogardan (reusable damage), the aforementioned Vortex, and heavy
hitter Shrapnel Blast. Seismic Assault also makes for a nice finisher
later in the game.

I would either go U/R for card drawing and countering (Counter-Burn :-),
or add something like Howling Mine/Liar´s Pendulum/Serum Tank/Mindstorm
Crown to keep drawing burn.

This kind of decks used to be a popular combination with Grafted
Skullcap and Ensnaring Bridge. Now, you have to make sure your hand size
remains low to make the Bridge work.

In fact, I´m thinking this could be a good strategy for the current
Standard tournaments.

HTH,

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Gustavo Fischer - [EMAIL PROTECTED]