the biggest problem I see with that build is the 9 non creature cards you are posed to cascade into with BBE. This drastically reduces the consistency of recurring Vengevine with BBE. If I were to run a sword package, I would probably run 1 of each sword instead of 2 SoFnF. Gives you a little more of a toolbox to work with.
I would also cut Gideon for Baneslayer, but that is just me. Baneslayer is usually the last thing an opponent wants to see you drop.
the biggest problem I see with that build is the 9 non creature cards you are posed to cascade into with BBE. This drastically reduces the consistency of recurring Vengevine with BBE. If I were to run a sword package, I would probably run 1 of each sword instead of 2 SoFnF. Gives you a little more of a toolbox to work with.
I would also cut Gideon for Baneslayer, but that is just me. Baneslayer is usually the last thing an opponent wants to see you drop.
See Squadron Hawk. They're pretty good at recurring vines along with Bloodbraid.
Besides, not playing Oblivion Ring at least as a 2 of seems stupid given the current state of Extended.
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that was in Northbrook during the PTQ Nagoya series. I ended up making some changes before my next tournament (-3 boggart ram gang, -2 Sun Titan, +3 Mirran Crusader, +2 Elspeth, added 3 Guttural Response to the board). Unfortunately I hit a patch of odd matchups during rounds 2 and 4, which put me out of contention for top 8.
the toughest match ups for me were bant CawBlade like decks which ran Mirran Crusader + Elspeth and KotR. The removal is pretty effective, and both swords were problems for a majority of the creatures in my deck. Double Strike of Crusader triggers sword effects twice, and it was typically tough to win if I couldnt crush them quickly.
I played against a hand full of RDW and Scapeshift decks at both tournaments, and did not lose a single match against either. RDW folds quickly to Kitchen Finks followed by Baneslayer and Omen dies to Pridemage, Titan dies to Path and a boarded in Leyline pretty much makes the match all but impossible to win for the Scapeshift player... not to mention Gaddock Teeg preventing them from even playing Scapeshift.
I only played one Fae deck, and I lost when I couldnt get past my second and third land drops respectively. Its too bad, because I think with Mirran Crusader and Great Sable Stag, recurring Vengevine, the multithreat of BBE, they would have had a hard time stopping me. Scattershot archer was fairly solid in the match, but I think he would be better in decks running the Ranger of Eos package.
I also found the only match I wished I had used the Collar/Sparkmage combo was in the mirror. Cerebral Eruption is a card I had considered using for this, and a hand full of other creature based decks. Fortunately, there are not a lot of other Naya decks in the field, so this isnt something that needs to be highly concerned about.
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I would also cut Gideon for Baneslayer, but that is just me. Baneslayer is usually the last thing an opponent wants to see you drop.
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See Squadron Hawk. They're pretty good at recurring vines along with Bloodbraid.
Besides, not playing Oblivion Ring at least as a 2 of seems stupid given the current state of Extended.
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4x Vengevine
4x Bloodbraid Elf
4x Noble Hierarch
3x Fauna Shaman
3x Woolly Thoctar
3x Qasali Pridemage
3x Kitchen Finks
3x Boggart Ram-Gang
3x Baneslayer Angel
2x Sun Titan
Other Spells: 3
3x Path to Exile
4x Razorverge Thicket
3x Copperline Gorge
3x Arid Mesa
2x Tectonic Edge
2x Raging Ravine
1x Wooded Bastion
1x Stirring Wildwood
1x Rugged Prairie
1x Fire-Lit Thicket
3x Forest
2x Plains
2x Mountain
3x Leyline of Sanctity
3x Mirran Crusader
3x Great Sable Stag
1x Kitchen Finks
1x Path to Exile
1x Qasali Pridemage
1x Gaddock Teeg
1x Scattershot Archer
1x Baneslayer Angel
that was in Northbrook during the PTQ Nagoya series. I ended up making some changes before my next tournament (-3 boggart ram gang, -2 Sun Titan, +3 Mirran Crusader, +2 Elspeth, added 3 Guttural Response to the board). Unfortunately I hit a patch of odd matchups during rounds 2 and 4, which put me out of contention for top 8.
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the toughest match ups for me were bant CawBlade like decks which ran Mirran Crusader + Elspeth and KotR. The removal is pretty effective, and both swords were problems for a majority of the creatures in my deck. Double Strike of Crusader triggers sword effects twice, and it was typically tough to win if I couldnt crush them quickly.
I played against a hand full of RDW and Scapeshift decks at both tournaments, and did not lose a single match against either. RDW folds quickly to Kitchen Finks followed by Baneslayer and Omen dies to Pridemage, Titan dies to Path and a boarded in Leyline pretty much makes the match all but impossible to win for the Scapeshift player... not to mention Gaddock Teeg preventing them from even playing Scapeshift.
I only played one Fae deck, and I lost when I couldnt get past my second and third land drops respectively. Its too bad, because I think with Mirran Crusader and Great Sable Stag, recurring Vengevine, the multithreat of BBE, they would have had a hard time stopping me. Scattershot archer was fairly solid in the match, but I think he would be better in decks running the Ranger of Eos package.
I also found the only match I wished I had used the Collar/Sparkmage combo was in the mirror. Cerebral Eruption is a card I had considered using for this, and a hand full of other creature based decks. Fortunately, there are not a lot of other Naya decks in the field, so this isnt something that needs to be highly concerned about.
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