I came back to the game during Innistrad after an 11 year break and have only played limited since returning to the game. I just went to my first GP this month and had a lot of fun.
I went 7-2 with 2 byes, losing round 6 to 5 color morph and round 9 to a combination of turn 1 Bloodsoaked Champion and never drawing a 3rd land when I kept 2 dual lands on the draw in game 3. Rounds 4 and 5 I beat Wingmate Roc either with removal or Necropolis Fiend. Round 7 and 8 I beat Ghostfire Blade decks.
I started with pack 1 pick 1 Incremental Growth into pack 1 pick 2 Mystic of the Hidden Way. The good UG tempo cards never stopped coming.
I lost round 1 to WBg because he had an answer to everything. Game 1 we both had a morph on 3. I had Dragonscale Boon to kill his morph with the surprise block but he had Smite the Monstrous to kill my creature. I think he played Debilitating Injury on my next creature and I just couldn't get back in the game.
Round 2 I played against Mardu but his deck wasn't fast enough. I had turn 6 Incrememtal Growth into turn 7 Roar of Challenge and Dragonscale Boon on a 5/5 morph to kill 4 creatures.
Round 3 was the 5 color morph deck. He always assumed I was bluffing with Jeskai Elder and I never was, killing a creature each game with Awaken the Bear. Incremental Growth into Waterwhirl got him for 14 damage in game 2.
I started out with pack 1 pick 1 Pearl Lake Ancient in a terrible pack. Murderous Cut was pack 1 pick 2 and I just kept getting good UB control cards.
The deck had enough of an early game to get to my large morphs, Riverwheel Aerialists, and Pearl Lake Ancient. I don't even remember my round 1 opponent's deck. Round 2 I beat 5 color morph. Round 3 against BW warriors with Bloodsoaked Champion and Grim Haruspex was tough, but he only got that combo 1 game out of 3. I went 3-0 with what I thought was probably a 2-1 deck.
Mana Sources
B 2+7 sources for 9/5 black cards/morphs
W 5+3 sources for 7/4 white cards/morphs
R 3+1 sources for 3/1 red cards/morphs
G 2+2 sources for 1/3 green cards/morphs
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I see we both built the same colours. Differences from your list:
I had
1 Krumar Bond-Kin
1 Mardu Warshrieker
1 Unyielding Krumar
1 Smite the Monstrous
2 Bring Low
1 Bitter Revelation
.
.
You had
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
1 Rakshasa Deathdealer
1 Salt Road Patrol
1 Mardu Roughrider
1 Take Up Arms
1 Despise
1 Barrage of Boulders
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Plus a near identical manabase.
Obviously I'm liking the removal and 4-drops a little more than you. And While Rakasha is bomby, the green splash makes it a little underwhelming compared to if BG is your base colours.
1 Defiant Strike
1 Kill Shot
2 Mardu Hordechief
1 Salt Road Patrol
1 Siegecraft
1 Smite the Monstrous
1 Take Up Arms
1 Timely Hordemate
1 Venerable Lammasu
1 Cancel
2 Force Away
2 Glacial Stalker
1 Scaldkin
1 Set Adrift
1 Stubborn Denial
1 Waterwhirl
1 Weave Fate
1 Wetland Sambar
1 Whirlwind Adept
1 Bitter Revelation
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
1 Dead Drop
1 Debilitating Injury
1 Despise
1 Kheru Dreadmaw
1 Krumar Bond-Kin
1 Mardu Skullhunter
1 Molting Snakeskin
1 Necropolis Fiend
1 Sidisi's Pet
1 Sultai Scavenger
1 Throttle
1 Unyielding Krumar
1 Barrage of Boulders
1 Bloodfire Expert
2 Bring Low
1 Burn Away
1 Dragon Grip
1 Mardu Warshrieker
2 Shatter
1 Valley Dasher
1 Alpine Grizzly
1 Awaken the Bear
1 Dragonscale Boon
1 Feed the Clan
2 Highland Game
2 Sagu Archer
1 Smoke Teller
2 Tusked Colossodon
3 Abzan Guide
1 Bear's Companion
1 Chief of the Edge
1 Jeskai Charm
1 Mardu Roughrider
1 Ponyback Brigade
1 Rakshasa Deathdealer
1 Siege Rhino
1 Snowhorn Rider
1 Sultai Ascendancy
1 Trap Essence
1 Heart-Piercer Bow
1 Sultai Banner
1 Temur Banner
1 Blossoming Sands
1 Nomad Outpost
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
2 Swiftwater Cliffs
2 Wind-Scarred Crag
1 Ainok Bond-Kin
1 Msrdu Skullhunter
1 Chief of the Edge
1 Rakshasa Deathdealer
2 Mardu Hordechief
3 Abzan Guide
1 Ponyback Brigade
1 Salt Road Patrol
1 Siege Rhino
1 Mardu Roughrider
1 Take Up Arms
1 Sultai Scavenger
1 Necropolis Fiend
1 Debilitating Injury
1 Barrage of Boulders
1 Kill Shot
1 Throttle
1 Blossoming Sands
1 Nomad Outpost
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
2 Wind-Scarred Crag
4 Plains
7 Swamp
2 Forest
I went 7-2 with 2 byes, losing round 6 to 5 color morph and round 9 to a combination of turn 1 Bloodsoaked Champion and never drawing a 3rd land when I kept 2 dual lands on the draw in game 3. Rounds 4 and 5 I beat Wingmate Roc either with removal or Necropolis Fiend. Round 7 and 8 I beat Ghostfire Blade decks.
I started with pack 1 pick 1 Incremental Growth into pack 1 pick 2 Mystic of the Hidden Way. The good UG tempo cards never stopped coming.
1 Highland Game
1 Jeskai Elder
1 Jeskai Windscout
1 Monastery Flock
3 Mystic of the Hidden Way
1 Glacial Stalker
1 Snowhorn Rider
1 Kheru Spellsnatcher
1 Woolly Loxodon
1 Longshot Squad
1 Savage Punch
2 Awaken the Bear
1 Crippling Chill
1 Roar of Challenge
1 Dragonscale Boon
1 Incremental Growth
2 Waterwhirl
1 Frontier Bivouac
8 Island
1 Mountain
7 Forest
1 Blinding Spray
1 Monastery Flock
1 Taigam's Scheming
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Weave Fate
1 Whirlwind Adept
1 Burn Away
1 Dragon Grip
1 Archers' Parapet
1 Hooting Mandrills
1 Naturalize
1 Tusked Colossodon
1 Bear's Companion
1 Rush of Battle
1 Siegecraft
1 Watcher of the Roost
1 Raiders' Spoils
1 Highspire Mantis
I lost round 1 to WBg because he had an answer to everything. Game 1 we both had a morph on 3. I had Dragonscale Boon to kill his morph with the surprise block but he had Smite the Monstrous to kill my creature. I think he played Debilitating Injury on my next creature and I just couldn't get back in the game.
Round 2 I played against Mardu but his deck wasn't fast enough. I had turn 6 Incrememtal Growth into turn 7 Roar of Challenge and Dragonscale Boon on a 5/5 morph to kill 4 creatures.
Round 3 was the 5 color morph deck. He always assumed I was bluffing with Jeskai Elder and I never was, killing a creature each game with Awaken the Bear. Incremental Growth into Waterwhirl got him for 14 damage in game 2.
I started out with pack 1 pick 1 Pearl Lake Ancient in a terrible pack. Murderous Cut was pack 1 pick 2 and I just kept getting good UB control cards.
1 Ruthless Ripper
1 Mardu Skullhunter
1 Wetland Sambar
1 Monastery Flock
2 Glacial Stalker
1 Krumar Bond-Kin
1 Pine Walker
1 Scaldkin
1 Scion of Glaciers
1 Riverwheel Aerialists
1 Sultai Scavenger
1 Pearl Lake Ancient
2 Singing Bell Strike
1 Crippling Chill
1 Blinding Spray
1 Death Frenzy
1 Murderous Cut
1 Dig Through Time
1 Jungle Hollow
1 Opulent Palace
8 Island
7 Swamp
1 Forest
2 Disdainful Stroke
1 Monastery Flock
1 Taigam's Scheming
1 Weave Fate
1 Whirlwind Adept
1 Dutiful Return
1 Rite of the Serpent
2 Rotting Mastodon
1 Shambling Attendants
1 Sidisi's Pet
1 Naturalize
1 War Behemoth
1 Trumpet Blast
1 Abzan Banner
1 Cranial Archive
1 Jeskai Banner
The deck had enough of an early game to get to my large morphs, Riverwheel Aerialists, and Pearl Lake Ancient. I don't even remember my round 1 opponent's deck. Round 2 I beat 5 color morph. Round 3 against BW warriors with Bloodsoaked Champion and Grim Haruspex was tough, but he only got that combo 1 game out of 3. I went 3-0 with what I thought was probably a 2-1 deck.
Your manabase tells you to run red cards, your gold cards tell you to run Azvan. So I'd start by looking at those four colours.
The two-drops tell us to make this a BWrg list. Last cuts: Rakshasa Deathdealer, Mardu Roughrider, 2 Sagu Archer, Salt Road Patrol
Making this:
1 Ainok Bond-Kin
1 Chief of the Edge
3 Abzan Guide
1 Krumar Bond-Kin
1 Ponyback Brigade
2 Mardu Hordechief
1 Mardu Warshrieker
1 Unyielding Krumar
1 Siege Rhino
1 Sultai Scavenger
1 Necropolis Fiend
1 Kill Shot
1 Smite the Monstrous
2 Bring Low
1 Bitter Revelation
1 Throttle
1 Blossoming Sands
1 Nomad Outpost
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
2 Wind-Scarred Crag
7 Swamp
3 Plains
1 Mountain
2 Forest
Mana Sources
B 2+7 sources for 9/5 black cards/morphs
W 5+3 sources for 7/4 white cards/morphs
R 3+1 sources for 3/1 red cards/morphs
G 2+2 sources for 1/3 green cards/morphs
Curve
1
2 cccs
3 cccccccs
4 cccssss
5 cs
6+c
I see we both built the same colours. Differences from your list:
I had
1 Krumar Bond-Kin
1 Mardu Warshrieker
1 Unyielding Krumar
1 Smite the Monstrous
2 Bring Low
1 Bitter Revelation
.
.
You had
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
1 Rakshasa Deathdealer
1 Salt Road Patrol
1 Mardu Roughrider
1 Take Up Arms
1 Despise
1 Barrage of Boulders
[/deck]
Plus a near identical manabase.
Obviously I'm liking the removal and 4-drops a little more than you. And While Rakasha is bomby, the green splash makes it a little underwhelming compared to if BG is your base colours.
Congrats on your result.