Ok so I am going to a Standard tournament tonight and I'm trying to tune my deck. I don't have a lot of money to spend, and might not have access to to many cards, but I want to see if there is anything I should do to tweak my deck. Please give constructive criticism. I don't want to play elves, I don't want to rework my whole deck, I just want to rework this deck the best it can be.
Also any suggestions for a good sideboard. I would have liked to run firespout but my bro is using them all. I do plan on adding Vexing Shusher and Krosan Grip but thats all I can think of right now. Thanks for the help. And for some reason this is being dumb and not allowing me to put card tags around any of the cards in the deck...
And for some reason this is being dumb and not allowing me to put card tags around any of the cards in the deck...
You have to put the number BEFORE the card name, and don't put a dash(-). As you can see, you did the topics correctly (lands, creatures, spells).
As for suggestions, why no Llanowar Elves? They're crucial for explosive starts, help get out Battalion on turn 2 (only gonna do that with morphose and that's not consistent enough). They're an Elf which by the way... oh you're not running Imperious Perfect? I think that should be in there. It's a huge boost to the speed and consistency of your deck. Up the Vanquishers to 4 (they're so good-better than Battalion). Since you're running a Warrior deck, have you considered Obsidian Battle-Axe? I'd reduce the non-creature spells you're running and maybe include Overrun (I actually prefer Overrun to Garruk because it doesn't give your opponent that one turn warning, and they can always Cryptic Command to tap ur dudes or Sulfurous Blast to kill them in response). Basically, if you're resolving a spell, Overrun is better to resolve (hopefully they're tapped out that turn) so that you can kill them, or cripple their life total that turn. If they are tapped out, getting to untap and set up for the Overrun is just what they want-it needs to be a surprise. And you definitely could play a single Pendelhaven and definitely should get 4x Treetop Village (these are crucial). Good luck and let us know how you did!
So heres what happened. I went 3-1 and got third out of 16 people.
Round 1 I went 1-2. I was playing a mono green elf deck that closely mirrored mine, but he made a lot of tokens which is what killed me. First game I won with Garruk overrunning his board pretty easily. Game 2 was not even close. He managed to get a lot of tokens out fast with 2 imperious perfects out. Game 3 was close but he got a Garruk which allowed him to overrun for the win.
Round 2 I went 2-0. I played a mono black aggro deck. First game I just got tons of good early drops and just ran him over easy. Game 2 I was a little slower getting stuck on 3 lands, but managed to draw the land and get Colossus out for the win.
Round 3 I went 2-1. It was against some sort of Merfolk Colossus deck. Game one I ran over him pretty fast, where as game 2 I got him down to 2 life and I made some play errors that let him pull off the win. Game 3 I just ran over him again with a Garruk.
Round 4 I went 2-0. I played a fast Land Destruction deck. Game one he controlled the board pretty well, and destroyed a ton of land, but when he ran out of cards in hand he was a sitting duck. He actually got me to 10 pretty easily though. Game 2 wasn't as fast for him, but I was stuck at 2 lands for a while then 3 after which he cast Deus. I managed to kill it with a 5/5 Twinblade and basically chump blocked the rest of his creatures. But after that Colossus came out and the game was over.
So all in all I think the deck ran really well. For cards that helped me win a lot... I would say obv Colossus and Garruk. But Twinblade was amazing so often, and Bramblewood helped push a lot of damage through. Stonewood saved my butt more then once also. Least good card was prob the sentinels. I mean they were decent, but maybe not good enough. I plan to run it again next week, but any suggestions on changes if any??
22 Forest
Creatures:
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Twinblade Slasher
4 Talara's Battalion
4 Chameleon Colossus
4 Bramblewood Paragon
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Snakeform
3 Stonewood Invocation
4 Manamorphose
Also any suggestions for a good sideboard. I would have liked to run firespout but my bro is using them all. I do plan on adding Vexing Shusher and Krosan Grip but thats all I can think of right now. Thanks for the help. And for some reason this is being dumb and not allowing me to put card tags around any of the cards in the deck...
Grip and shusher are good SB cards, here are some more suggestions:
Kitchen Finks
(vs. beatdown and helps against wrath or Damnation builds)
Loxodon Warhamer
(vs. RDW and burn decks)
Cloudthresher
Squall Line
(vs. faeries)
Faerie Macabre
(vs. lark builds)
Thorn of Amethyst
(vs. certain combo builds such as Swath)
Whirling Dervish
(vs. MBC)
Riftsweeper
(vs. builds that use Ancestral Visions)
Hope that helps.
You have to put the number BEFORE the card name, and don't put a dash(-). As you can see, you did the topics correctly (lands, creatures, spells).
As for suggestions, why no Llanowar Elves? They're crucial for explosive starts, help get out Battalion on turn 2 (only gonna do that with morphose and that's not consistent enough). They're an Elf which by the way... oh you're not running Imperious Perfect? I think that should be in there. It's a huge boost to the speed and consistency of your deck. Up the Vanquishers to 4 (they're so good-better than Battalion). Since you're running a Warrior deck, have you considered Obsidian Battle-Axe? I'd reduce the non-creature spells you're running and maybe include Overrun (I actually prefer Overrun to Garruk because it doesn't give your opponent that one turn warning, and they can always Cryptic Command to tap ur dudes or Sulfurous Blast to kill them in response). Basically, if you're resolving a spell, Overrun is better to resolve (hopefully they're tapped out that turn) so that you can kill them, or cripple their life total that turn. If they are tapped out, getting to untap and set up for the Overrun is just what they want-it needs to be a surprise. And you definitely could play a single Pendelhaven and definitely should get 4x Treetop Village (these are crucial). Good luck and let us know how you did!
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Round 1 I went 1-2. I was playing a mono green elf deck that closely mirrored mine, but he made a lot of tokens which is what killed me. First game I won with Garruk overrunning his board pretty easily. Game 2 was not even close. He managed to get a lot of tokens out fast with 2 imperious perfects out. Game 3 was close but he got a Garruk which allowed him to overrun for the win.
Round 2 I went 2-0. I played a mono black aggro deck. First game I just got tons of good early drops and just ran him over easy. Game 2 I was a little slower getting stuck on 3 lands, but managed to draw the land and get Colossus out for the win.
Round 3 I went 2-1. It was against some sort of Merfolk Colossus deck. Game one I ran over him pretty fast, where as game 2 I got him down to 2 life and I made some play errors that let him pull off the win. Game 3 I just ran over him again with a Garruk.
Round 4 I went 2-0. I played a fast Land Destruction deck. Game one he controlled the board pretty well, and destroyed a ton of land, but when he ran out of cards in hand he was a sitting duck. He actually got me to 10 pretty easily though. Game 2 wasn't as fast for him, but I was stuck at 2 lands for a while then 3 after which he cast Deus. I managed to kill it with a 5/5 Twinblade and basically chump blocked the rest of his creatures. But after that Colossus came out and the game was over.
So all in all I think the deck ran really well. For cards that helped me win a lot... I would say obv Colossus and Garruk. But Twinblade was amazing so often, and Bramblewood helped push a lot of damage through. Stonewood saved my butt more then once also. Least good card was prob the sentinels. I mean they were decent, but maybe not good enough. I plan to run it again next week, but any suggestions on changes if any??