Been my favourite deck style for a while. Anyone think this deck is doable? What's the drawback?
The format isn't overly fast and many decks are hurt by end hostilities.
The slow decks just have great defenses based on creatures or removal spells which allow them to survive to a part of the game where they can take it slow.
In my opinion playing control on the draw in this format is just suicide. You'd have to pretty much hope your opponent doesn't draw enough gas and relying on luck is a really bad strategy in this game.
I think a good place to start is 4x Caryatid and 4x Courser and possibly even some Heir of the Wilds which can stop a huge threat dead so you can save removal for the flyers such as Mantis Rider which are really good against walkers.
Superfriends is bad right now. You're better off just selecting 2 planeswalkers you like and building around that. Going all-in with jank like ajani steadfast or whatever isn't going to win you anything in a field of monastery swiftspears, mantis riders, heir of the wilds, savag knuckleblade, goblin rabblemaster, anafenza the foremost. The list of things a superfriends deck can't handle is near-infinite right now.
Mardu Control is your best option with Walkers as finishers and Chandra as card advantage. It wins, and is easily customizable to your meta. Main deck angers and end hostilities. Lots of kill spells and run crackling dooms.
Check out Raph Levys from the pro tour, he got 28th I think?
It's a starting point and adjust it to your meta.
If you're interested I can PM you my list I ran for a while.
I have a meta full of Aggro and Mardu midrange and Abzan.
It beat all, with occasional spells of bad luck.
The meta is open and anything is possible.
One thing though is the deck has a hard time closing out games. (Mardu super friends/control) that's why I started running main Stormbreaths...which eventually just evolved into me playing Mardu midrange.
I watched a guy playing what amounted to a bant superfriends deck the other day. He was splashing red for Narset, Enlightened Master, and it seemed kind of good. He didn't have to worry about keeping loyalty up on any of his walkers because he was usually getting another one during his second main phase. I only got to watch one match, but he seemed to be doing pretty well and the deck looked pretty fun.
I am trying a Mardu version. I really like the amount of control you get in the colours, and Elspeth, chandra, and sarkhan. I also was thinking that a splash of green to hit a late game garuuk might work also. still putting it together though.
My buddy is running a Temur-Splash Black walkers deck that I designed as his tournament deck right now, we're still trying to get a few walkers to cut the black splash but it's got pretty good synergy, Sarkhan+Xenagos alone is good cause once Sarkhan is a creature Xenagos' +1 gets stronger. The overall plan is 3 Xenagos, 2 Sarkhan, 2 Kiora. The rest of the deck is pretty much a Temur Midrange-Control deck with heavy Counter and Burn.
The format isn't overly fast and many decks are hurt by end hostilities.
Thoughts?
The slow decks just have great defenses based on creatures or removal spells which allow them to survive to a part of the game where they can take it slow.
In my opinion playing control on the draw in this format is just suicide. You'd have to pretty much hope your opponent doesn't draw enough gas and relying on luck is a really bad strategy in this game.
I think a good place to start is 4x Caryatid and 4x Courser and possibly even some Heir of the Wilds which can stop a huge threat dead so you can save removal for the flyers such as Mantis Rider which are really good against walkers.
Check out Raph Levys from the pro tour, he got 28th I think?
It's a starting point and adjust it to your meta.
If you're interested I can PM you my list I ran for a while.
I have a meta full of Aggro and Mardu midrange and Abzan.
It beat all, with occasional spells of bad luck.
The meta is open and anything is possible.
One thing though is the deck has a hard time closing out games. (Mardu super friends/control) that's why I started running main Stormbreaths...which eventually just evolved into me playing Mardu midrange.
GB Electric Dreams BG Deal 20 in one shot, or discard their hand?
GWU Free Stuff Midrange UWG Slowly bury the opponent with more threats and answers than they can handle.
My greatest hits:
GURFate Reforged Temur Ascendancy COMBORUG
GUDragons of Tarkir Whisperwood Forever UG
GB Electric Dreams BG Deal 20 in one shot, or discard their hand?
GWU Free Stuff Midrange UWG Slowly bury the opponent with more threats and answers than they can handle.
My greatest hits:
GURFate Reforged Temur Ascendancy COMBORUG
GUDragons of Tarkir Whisperwood Forever UG