Five With Flores - A Reflecting Pool Control Mirror

[dwasdwas1]

What is two for one and three for one?

[metaforte]

You get/null/destroy two/three of your opponent's cards for one of yours. EX: Using a pyroclasm when the opponent has two runeclaw bears on the board and you have nothing.

[Faithintheword]

Its not boring control on control matchups are my fave.

[nv88]

The wrong play there was using the Cryptic Command on the Esper Charm. It seemed solid since he was denying him action but if he had saved the Cryptic Command for that Wrath he would have won just due to board presence. Also Cryptic Command on the both of the Cloudthreshers wasn't that good either especially since he was running both Nekraatal and Sower. If he had Sower a Cloudthresher he would have almost certainly been able to go straight beatdown. In any case good match regardless...

[MJtheKandyman]

yh, but it is easy 2 criticise when you know wat is gonna happen later in th game. he wasnt aware of the plans nd probably hadnt drawn the cards you had named. if he had let cloudthresher pass then didnt draw sower or nekraatal he wud probably look pretty damn stupid

[007smurf]

That looks more like a W/U/B Reveillark deck than a reflecting pool control deck.. Either way, it's still a good game because Lark decks tend to have the advantage over 5CC.

[Valentino617]

whay program is that?

[carpwinn]

Mr. Flores,

 Thank you for your reference to my 5c Control build that I won states with. I really appreciate the respect. You are a master of your craft, and I enjoy the insight you have provided over the years.

Thanks.

[Caladors]

Still a bit stiff man.

But it was pretty good you had an interesting partner there, necros didn't seem better than shreikmaw though.

[agdstardust]

yes but revilark doesnt bring back shriekmaw

[Caladors]

Yes we all understand that but that doesn't make necro better, necro does not have evoke.

You don't keep a hand because you can slow the tempo other deck because of necro do you?

Shriekmaw is still the better man.

It's not like you choose bottle gnomes over kitchen finks because it can come back with lark.

[agdstardust]

well if you understand why ask ... btw... you cant really compare bottle gnomes to finks..

[Caladors]

sure you can they both cost three mana and are used to stall the ground and gain life how can you not compare them.

And the question in my post above was rhetorical.

[LlanosDR]

I have not really been keeping up with magic i was wondering if anyone has been seeing any good exalted decks? That is was i wanted to try.

[Stevers80]

Red white aggro is the only viable one I've seen. It's pretty much a red deck wins with akrasan squire, sigiled paladin, and knight of meadowgrain and Ajani Vengeant and other white stuff.

[LlanosDR]

You are such an awesome magic player!

[1337luo]

I love you! :D

Thursday is my favorite day, because of "Top Decks" and you and Stephen Menendian are my favorite writers all time!

If I turn Pro, or get some decent GP (mostly PT,) finishes, I will always think of your articles!

[carthwolf]

Hello Mike,

This is Bryan from Deck Builders. I was wondering if you could send this list you played to me? I am curious to see your build for a 5cc list.

[klasikrak777]

hey michael are you filipino, nice nice

we support you

FNM players of robinson's Galleria yuhooo!!!

[fivewithflores]

Yes I am! Thanks for the support :)

[NivMizzetFiremind]

This was very very good magic, i new that his play on your esper charm was bad, and for him not to prepare for the cruel ult was just lame, even going as far as to tap out for sowers!? for the life of me i cant see how at all that is good magic on his part, i would have bluffed double negate, 4th cryptic, something that could stop the cruel from ruining my day. keep up the good work mike :) hope to see some best of 3 matches with SB action too.

[NivMizzetFiremind]

i watched the vid again and i can see why the cryptic in start was good, but i still feel id keep the 3rd cryptic back, and the sowers was a good play as he untapped, so he didnt have an answer anyway for the cruel ult. still the 3rd cryptic play is still bugging me, and what was in his hand? did he have the nekratall there and then, i uess not, or he wouldnt have given up his cryptic. id like to see his side of the story :)

[fivewithflores]

I think the Cryptic Command on my Esper Charm was actually a good play. I think that the Stage Three plays against Cryptic Command are kind of non-intuitive. Personally I had to lose a lot of mirrors before I figured out what mattered.

[NivMizzetFiremind]

Yes your completely right about that! i tested allot last night in the reflecting mirror. Missing/setback land drops is so hard to deal, cryptic on land is always a good play, i was very wrong. Loving the vids mike. keep up the good work.

[doomtomb3]

That was nuts, I thought he had you so bad. Do you ever lose when trying other people's decks? I mean sure, you want to show us when it wins but you just seem to come out of nowhere sometimes esp. this time with a good draw.

[fivewithflores]

Of course I lose! However the videos are about illustrating specific points, or how a deck works -- at least at this point -- not to show how I am invincible or anything like that. I thought this one was a good illustration of strategic play going into Phase Three due to his many Commands. Thanks for your comment.

[Alicabob]

Great video. Also from what I see, 99% of decks that I play against real life or MTGO, that are green or white, are running Kitchen Finks in it so I don't know if it is underrated.

[fivewithflores]

Yet people have been steadily cutting Kitchen Finks from their control builds...

[bryanep]

what is this system ur using to play ppl? Is it free?

[doomtomb3]

It's MTGO. The official MTG online game.

[shadowhunter483]

Good video, but the banner obscures your hand. It would be nice to see your hand.

[fivewithflores]

Thanks for the comment; I'm still working at it. I will try my best to improve!