diff --git a/markdown/articles/2020/10/05/gangsta-trippin.md b/markdown/articles/2020/10/05/gangsta-trippin.md index fd530ddb..c8b6a7c5 100644 --- a/markdown/articles/2020/10/05/gangsta-trippin.md +++ b/markdown/articles/2020/10/05/gangsta-trippin.md @@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ Recall]. BS ::: -### Free _Cycling Effects_ +### Free Cycle Effects This next pair are mostly unique to Doomsday however :card[Death's Shadow] based decks (and some Dredge decks) will also make use of one of them. These are -_free_ cycling cards that have little to no relevant text outside of their -cycling abilities (other than some specific circumstances). Their use is almost -always to provide a {0} mana draw effect after Doomsday has resolved. +_free_ cycle cards that have little to no relevant text outside of their cycling +abilities (other than some specific circumstances). Their use is almost always +to provide a {0} mana draw effect after Doomsday has resolved. #### :card[Street Wraith] @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ most favourable success rate of building a standard same turn win pile. ### Cycling In terms of cantrip retention the best ones to keep back, when allowed, are the -free cycling cards; Wraith and Edge. They provide the most mana efficient method +free cycle cards; Wraith and Edge. They provide the most mana efficient method to draw into a pile post-Doomsday resolving. As with everything however, this may not always be the case and sometimes using a cycler prior to being in a position to combo can be advantageous. diff --git a/markdown/chapters/meandeck/brainstorm.md b/markdown/chapters/meandeck/brainstorm.md index 54e0b28b..7d984c82 100644 --- a/markdown/chapters/meandeck/brainstorm.md +++ b/markdown/chapters/meandeck/brainstorm.md @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ rather than just two. This also results in a perfect pile. You may find yourself with all the tools in hand to perform a Brainstorm pile, but you don't have a spare {U} this time to cast the Brainstorm itself. If you -have any free cycling effect in hand you can get around this by placing a Lotus +have any free cycle effect in hand you can get around this by placing a Lotus Petal as the first card of your pile. This works with a {U}-producing land as well if you have an available land drop for that turn. diff --git a/markdown/chapters/meandeck/deck-construction.md b/markdown/chapters/meandeck/deck-construction.md index 298e86c0..f63825bf 100644 --- a/markdown/chapters/meandeck/deck-construction.md +++ b/markdown/chapters/meandeck/deck-construction.md @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ elements or ratios of card choices can do and hopefully give you an idea of how you might wish to tailor the shell to your own individual playstyle. We will start by exploring the main card groups which are incorporated into the -archtype and then look to explore what considerations are made when putting them -together. +archetype and then look to explore what considerations are made when putting +them together. ## Doomsdays @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Dur Tsz Teferi, Time Raveler Baleful Strix -Grief +Grief | MH2 ::: Proactive interaction is most commonly found in Doomsday lists as either discard @@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ longer and grindier game most likely. BS Pnd Pre +Con Mishra's Bauble ::: @@ -499,8 +500,8 @@ deck or in terms of what your opponent is playing. Most importantly though it allows you to consistently _hit_ with Predict allowing the maximum card advantage to be accrued with it. Outside of this interaction though, it is likely worse than Preordain despite the lower cost as it decreases your -potential blue count for Force of Will and can be slow/not contribute to same -turn wins when you need them. +potential blue count for Force of Will and the delayed draw cannot contribute to +same turn wins when you need them. :card[Consider] is a new card from 2021 which has started to be incorporated into lists. It acts like a cantrip however it is more accurate to describe it as @@ -580,12 +581,12 @@ DA ::: There are a few options for this category but they all do very similar things. -:card[Ideas Unbound], Predict and :card[Night's Whisper] all allow you to access -multiple cards in your pile at once. They also can have additional utility -outside of the combo with Predict and Whisper providing stable card advantage -over time. Ideas Unbound is the most effective/popular one with the others -sometimes providing a supporting role. Most of the time however only one -multi-draw spell is run in a list. Control style lists may consider to run +:card[Ideas Unbound], :card[Predict] and :card[Night's Whisper] all allow you to +access multiple cards in your pile at once. They also can have additional +utility outside of the combo with Predict and Whisper providing stable card +advantage over time. Ideas Unbound is the most effective and popular one with +the others sometimes providing a supporting role. Most of the time however only +one multi-draw spell is run in a list. Control style lists may consider to run multiple Predict either with, or without, and Ideas Unbound in the list as a raw card advantage engine. @@ -605,10 +606,10 @@ Cavern of Souls is an excellent way to ensure you can resolve Oracle in the face of countermagic or a Chalice of the Void X = 2. It fits very neatly into the shell and can be incorporated into many of the piles that are made. Lists will run between zero and one of them, sometimes in the sideboard but mostly in the -main deck. Although it can tap for {C} it is not considered to be countered -towards your land/mana count and should instead be considered as a spell. It can -have some extra utility if you are running a creature package by allowing you to -cast those creatures with it. Good in heavy {U} metas. +main deck. Although it can tap for {C} it is not considered to be counted +towards your land count and should instead be considered as a spell. It can have +some extra utility if you are running a creature package by allowing you to cast +those creatures with it. Good in heavy {U} metas. ### Pact of Negation @@ -630,8 +631,8 @@ very mana-efficient piles. Some elect to run this package over :card[Ideas Unbound] whilst others prefer to run them in conjunction with one another. If running the package, the Consider normally replaces a Preordain and the Deep Analysis replaces a :card[Personal Tutor] or a free cycle effect. If planning to -go fast it is best to maximise the number of free cycle effects with -Consider/Deep Analysis as they also enable the ability to go for aggressive, low +go fast it is best to maximise the number of free cycle effects with Consider +and Deep Analysis as they also enable the ability to go for aggressive, low resource wins. ## Putting It All Together diff --git a/markdown/chapters/meandeck/interaction.md b/markdown/chapters/meandeck/interaction.md index fa6adc12..9d2ff2d8 100644 --- a/markdown/chapters/meandeck/interaction.md +++ b/markdown/chapters/meandeck/interaction.md @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ TO ::: Both of the above examples are all comprised of zero or two mana cost spells and -free cycling effects all of which can circumnavigate the limitations Chalice +free cycle effects all of which can circumnavigate the limitations Chalice creates. If playing against a known Chalice deck, simply going turn one Doomsday off of Dark Ritual with another land in hand is pretty safe given you can ignore the interaction (at least where Chalice is concerned). The above are pretty diff --git a/puzzles/meandeck.epsilon.1.yaml b/puzzles/meandeck.epsilon.1.yaml index a714cc95..ecaf5f12 100644 --- a/puzzles/meandeck.epsilon.1.yaml +++ b/puzzles/meandeck.epsilon.1.yaml @@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ solutionNotes: > source and put Oracle back into the pile. You cycle the Wraith into the Petal that allows you to cast Brainstorm. You put back Preordain and Oracle. Cast LED, cycle, crack for UUU and cast Preordain into Oracle. If you are running a - third "free-cycle" card you can play around removal too by having X as another + third free cycle card you can play around removal too by having X as another Street Wraith.