My store is having a IPA block constructed competition, and I was wondering what decks I should look to build or expect. I had not started playing magic during this era. Any help would be great!
I played block during Tempest and Urza's but didn't really start back up until 2001 (Odyssey) so I'm not 100% on this one but my guess would be some kind of Fires deck, and some kind of control deck with Teferi's Moat, and a BG Rock Shell.
Pretty sure you're looking at
RG
BGw
UWb
You might even be able to put together a Goblin Trenches deck (UWR) but I don't know if the mana would hold up like it did in standard (City of Brass).
Out of the blackness and stench of the engulfing swamp emerged a shimmering figure. Only the splattered armor and ichor-stained sword hinted at the unfathomable evil the knight had just laid waste.
I played in the I-P Pro Tour and money'd with R/G, and also Top 4'd an IPA GP with Domain. I like "Sunny D", or Domain with 4 Sunscape Familiar, and consider it Tier 1. The mana was quite fine at the time, and most of the Tier 1 decks are 3 color; UWR, UWB, BUR, and RUG are all strong. Blue, it's good.
26 land, prohibit, fof, terminate, prophetic bolt, undermine, spite/malice, urzas rage, 1 ghitu fire, other UBR instants. Avoid recoil, they're going to have dead cards to pitch, making it a boomerang, and suffocating blast can be awkward since you're usually looking at an empty board. Both of those belong in decks that run creatures.
A full 4 breath of darigaaz somewhere in the 75, because you will face blurred mongoose, and it's the only thing that beats you. Just don't cast it without holding up a counterspell.
Expect to face domain and crosis, plus a lot of fires, expect to beat them. Know when to start going to the dome, it's probably earlier than you think.
I really miss the days when you could play this damn game without being forced to summon pokemon.
My store is having a IPA block constructed competition, and I was wondering what decks I should look to build or expect. I had not started playing magic during this era. Any help would be great!
Thank you!
Pretty sure you're looking at
RG
BGw
UWb
You might even be able to put together a Goblin Trenches deck (UWR) but I don't know if the mana would hold up like it did in standard (City of Brass).
A full 4 breath of darigaaz somewhere in the 75, because you will face blurred mongoose, and it's the only thing that beats you. Just don't cast it without holding up a counterspell.
Expect to face domain and crosis, plus a lot of fires, expect to beat them. Know when to start going to the dome, it's probably earlier than you think.
I really miss the days when you could play this damn game without being forced to summon pokemon.
Domain was fantastic but grindy and skill intensive.
I always personally liked the R/W/U Lightning Angel/ Goblin Trenches/ hate bears/ burn aggro deck. ("Star Spangled Slaughter")
Can I ask, if you were playing Block Party, which version would you play?
Rob