Hi there. This is the deck I'll be playing at Grand Prix Brisbane (a little overshadowed by states) tomorrow. Below is the version I played to 2nd place at one of the trials today:
I actually made a couple of changes to the deck this evening after grinding and testing. There used to be a second spellskite that I moved to the board and put in glissa, as well as messing with the mana base (there were a couple of burials in there). I'm worried about not having 2 spellskites main as I can't tutor for them but glissa seems very good.. what do you think?
The three main ways It kills people is with tezzereted ink moth nexi, pod into big fatties and occasionally blightsteel colossus.
The witch in the sideboard was incredible, it saved my ass against tokens many times. It's also great against wolf run and when followed up by massacre wurm it kills even tempered steeled dudes.
I love Birthing Pod decks that have a solid second game plan, and this is one I hadn't considered. Seems pretty solid, although I would definitely want to run 4 pod and maybe 4 Tezz (although you might be right about 3) to maximize your chances of getting a solid opening hand.
I would probably also want one Hex Parasite as long as you're running a Trinket Mage package (it's great against Phantasmal Image and Liliana, pretty good vs. Stormblood Berserkers, Garruk Primal Hunter).
Dunno what I'd cut, though... Maybe Spellskite? Why run a singleton Spellskite if you can't pod into it? Maybe the Precursor Golem? (I can't really think of a situation in which I'd want that over one of the other two five drops... Two late-ish game golems only seem good against aggro decks that are likely to be able to destroy them.)
wow I am liking the deck list! Seems very solid! The toolbox would work great with Tezz since most of them are artifacts. And then with Birthing Pod out, you can always grab the cards that you put on the bottom from Tezz +1
Can I ask what were your matchups?
EDIT: You have 3 Phyrexian Metamorphs in MD and 2 in SB lol
3 Darkslick Shores
3 Drowned Catacomb
1 Forest
3 Hinterland Harbor
3 Inkmoth Nexus
6 Island
3 Swamp
2 Woodland Cemetery
4 Necropede
2 Perilous Myr
1 Spellskite
1 Deceiver Exarch
1 Glissa, the Traitor
1 Skaab Ruinator
1 Sylvok Replica
1 Trinket Mage
2 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Tree of Redemption
1 Acidic Slime
1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Precursor Golem
1 Frost Titan
1 Massacre Wurmp
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Blightsteel Colossus
Other Stuff
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Nihil Spellbomb
3 Sphere of the Suns
3 Birthing Pod
3 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
1 Skinrender
1 Morkrut Banshee
2 Acidic Slime
2 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Sylvok Replica
1 Hollowhenge Scavenger
1 Bitterheart Witch
1 Curse of Death's Hold
3 Doom Blade
1 Birthing Pod
1 Spellskite
I actually made a couple of changes to the deck this evening after grinding and testing. There used to be a second spellskite that I moved to the board and put in glissa, as well as messing with the mana base (there were a couple of burials in there). I'm worried about not having 2 spellskites main as I can't tutor for them but glissa seems very good.. what do you think?
The three main ways It kills people is with tezzereted ink moth nexi, pod into big fatties and occasionally blightsteel colossus.
The witch in the sideboard was incredible, it saved my ass against tokens many times. It's also great against wolf run and when followed up by massacre wurm it kills even tempered steeled dudes.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
I would probably also want one Hex Parasite as long as you're running a Trinket Mage package (it's great against Phantasmal Image and Liliana, pretty good vs. Stormblood Berserkers, Garruk Primal Hunter).
Dunno what I'd cut, though... Maybe Spellskite? Why run a singleton Spellskite if you can't pod into it? Maybe the Precursor Golem? (I can't really think of a situation in which I'd want that over one of the other two five drops... Two late-ish game golems only seem good against aggro decks that are likely to be able to destroy them.)
Can I ask what were your matchups?
EDIT: You have 3 Phyrexian Metamorphs in MD and 2 in SB lol