Hello and welcome to yet another Aggro deck i'm brewing to punch its way into the metagame.
The deck first started out inspired from the old Legacy Battle of Wits Zoo deck initial testing went terribly and started over, then it branched off into pro zenith bant which also went terribly, and i think i'm finally getting somewhere after having various matchups with positive turnout. I have a narrow amount of time to test, so track record results will be few and far between most weeks.
Track Record(Based on Matches Only) started May 12 2013:
Khymera's Varolz 1-0
GAAIV 2-0
Fluxuate's Rafiq 0-1
Karador 1-0
Mikel123's Kami of the Crescent Moon 1-0
Is Domri Rade really that good with this few creatures? I feel like that's an awful lot of tempo to give up on turn 3 if you're just +1ing for a few turns.
One thing I was thinking about the other day... Horde of Notions has some really nice positives to it (mostly, haste), but I wonder if Bringer of the Black Dawn is worth considering.
Is Domri Rade really that good with this few creatures? I feel like that's an awful lot of tempo to give up on turn 3 if you're just +1ing for a few turns.
One thing I was thinking about the other day... Horde of Notions has some really nice positives to it (mostly, haste), but I wonder if Bringer of the Black Dawn is worth considering.
I'm not really sure if Domri Rade is worth it yet because i'm still testing the list as is, but there should be around 1 creature every 3 cards not to mention ponder, brainstorm, sylvan library, worldly tutor, sylvan tutor, JtMS, etc.
Bringer of the Black Dawn i could see myself trying out later down the road, but i feel there are a lot of creatures competing for slots, and most of my curve ends at 4.
EDIT: made a few changes for testing tonight list int he OP is up to date
I really really like skyshroud war beast here. Incredibly underplayed card that can go head to head with goyfs quite often.
Good call i might actually try this guy out.
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So initial testing went horrible, and that's an understatement...I refocused the deck into basically Pro Bant, but haven't tested the update yet since i was up pretty late last night making what i am going to test today. If you want detail on how horrible testing went then ask, but until then i'm just going to leave it at this: i'm a terrible magic player and it feels bad. Also, i've been thinking of adding Terastadon as another Natural order target when i get NO late and need an answer, thoughts>?
Updated List in OP
EDIT: Added Decklist by Function, and changed the Opening statement.
Alrighty, so last night i did some testing with a ton of changes, and i'm getting positive results. Although it's still very early to have a firm belief that this is the real deal i do however think it has some serious potential. I've updated the decklist to my changes post testing last night most notably adding Maze of Ith, Brainstorm, Jace, the mind sculptor, and Vexing Shusher.
Brainstorm, and Jace because more often than not i draw Progenitus or Terastadon, and have no way of getting them back into the deck, and just my luck i draw natural order around the same time.
Vexing Shusher because i need a pseudo Grand Abolisher that's easier on the mana.
Maze of Ith because well it's Maze of ith and tutorable with Knight of the Reliquary in a pinch. Also, it keeps Varolz and Rafiq from staying on Plan A
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The deck first started out inspired from the old Legacy Battle of Wits Zoo deck initial testing went terribly and started over, then it branched off into pro zenith bant which also went terribly, and i think i'm finally getting somewhere after having various matchups with positive turnout. I have a narrow amount of time to test, so track record results will be few and far between most weeks.
Track Record(Based on Matches Only) started May 12 2013:
GAAIV 2-0
Fluxuate's Rafiq 0-1
Karador 1-0
Mikel123's Kami of the Crescent Moon 1-0
1 Horde of Notions
//Lands
1 Arid Mesa
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Breeding Pool
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Flooded Strand
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Marsh Flats
1 Maze of Ith
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Murmuring Bosk
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plateau
1 Polluted Delta
1 Savannah
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scrubland
1 Taiga
1 Tarnished Citadel
1 Temple Garden
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Volcanic Island
1 Wasteland
1 Watery Grave
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Bitterblossom
1 Blightning
1 Brainstorm
1 Castigate
1 Chain Lightning
1 Dark Tutelage
1 Dismember
1 Duress
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Lightning Helix
1 Natural Order
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Path to Exile
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sylvan Library
1 Tangle Wire
1 Terminate
1 Thoughtseize
1 Tribal Flames
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Vindicate
1 Winter Orb
//Creatures
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Dark Confidant
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Doran, the Siege Tower
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Kird Ape
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Loam Lion
1 Loxodon Smiter
1 Meddling Mage
1 Mother of Runes
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Progenitus
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Rafiq of the Many
1 Ruhan of the Fomori
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Shardless Agent
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Terastodon
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Tombstalker
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Vexing Shusher
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Wild Nacatl
One thing I was thinking about the other day... Horde of Notions has some really nice positives to it (mostly, haste), but I wonder if Bringer of the Black Dawn is worth considering.
I'm not really sure if Domri Rade is worth it yet because i'm still testing the list as is, but there should be around 1 creature every 3 cards not to mention ponder, brainstorm, sylvan library, worldly tutor, sylvan tutor, JtMS, etc.
Bringer of the Black Dawn i could see myself trying out later down the road, but i feel there are a lot of creatures competing for slots, and most of my curve ends at 4.
EDIT: made a few changes for testing tonight list int he OP is up to date
it's alright, man. I was lost too i thought you were suggesting it for the deck.
Good call i might actually try this guy out.
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So initial testing went horrible, and that's an understatement...I refocused the deck into basically Pro Bant, but haven't tested the update yet since i was up pretty late last night making what i am going to test today. If you want detail on how horrible testing went then ask, but until then i'm just going to leave it at this: i'm a terrible magic player and it feels bad. Also, i've been thinking of adding Terastadon as another Natural order target when i get NO late and need an answer, thoughts>?
Updated List in OP
EDIT: Added Decklist by Function, and changed the Opening statement.
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WBxAthreos, God of PassageWBx
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Brainstorm, and Jace because more often than not i draw Progenitus or Terastadon, and have no way of getting them back into the deck, and just my luck i draw natural order around the same time.
Vexing Shusher because i need a pseudo Grand Abolisher that's easier on the mana.
Maze of Ith because well it's Maze of ith and tutorable with Knight of the Reliquary in a pinch. Also, it keeps Varolz and Rafiq from staying on Plan A