Since Frank Karsten has posted his article about the manabase I am thinking much more about my land-configuration than before. This is what I am currently working on (stock Reid Duke list):
My biggest problem with The Rock has always been the manland. I hate playing Hissing Quagmire, and after watching Reid playing the deck I decided to cut it as well. But I believe playing 23 lands in The Rock might be too greedy and because I play 2 Trackers I don't think going up one land compared to Reid's landbase will hurt the deck. I also don't like playing 4 Treetop Villages so I decided to add 1 Ghost Quarter in order to have at least one disruptive land in the deck, while still having 18 black and 18 green sources in order to cast my spells on curve.
I don't think you can play the full playset of Treetop Village and GQ/FoR in the deck. I am currently trying 3 Villages and 1 GQ.
He might play 3 Trophies and 1 Decay, we only saw 2 Trophies on camera if I remember correctly. Not sure whether he played 3 Grim Flayers, no Last Hope or Kalitas instead of Tracker. It is also possible that he only played 1 Spellbomb. It is of course just speculation but this is my guess on Reid's list.
I am unsure what the best creature configuration in BG currently is.
Has the 4 Tracker/2 Tasigur configuration become mainstream or are people still toying around with Kalitas?
I am currently leaning towards 3 Ooze, 4 Goyf, 4 Tracker, 1 Kalitas, 1 Tasigur, mainly because I really like Kalitas in the current meta, but then again, I haven't been playing with Rock for several months.
Fair enough. I think the Traverse list is also harder to learn than regular Bgx decks because it plays slightly different. You are correct that gravehate is probably a reason to play regular BGx lists but with Trophy the deck basically has an answer against most of the common hate pieces. My starting point with a list will probably be -1 LotV +1 Last Hope and I would add 1 Knight of Autumn to the Sideboard.
@Ayiluss, did you play your own list of Abzan Traverse or did you try out Falleaf's latest iteration? I am very interested in hearing how that particular deck plays out because I can see myself playing that list for some upcoming events.
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Polluted Delta
2 Overgrown Tomb
4 Blooming Marsh
1 Twilight Mire
3 Treetop Village
1 Ghost Quarter
5 Swamp
2 Forest
My biggest problem with The Rock has always been the manland. I hate playing Hissing Quagmire, and after watching Reid playing the deck I decided to cut it as well. But I believe playing 23 lands in The Rock might be too greedy and because I play 2 Trackers I don't think going up one land compared to Reid's landbase will hurt the deck. I also don't like playing 4 Treetop Villages so I decided to add 1 Ghost Quarter in order to have at least one disruptive land in the deck, while still having 18 black and 18 green sources in order to cast my spells on curve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V-NiWCRo1U
4 Dark Confidant
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Grim Flayer
3 Scavenging Ooze
1 Tireless Tracker
Planeswalker: 5
4 Liliana of the Veil
1 Liliana, the Last Hope
Artifacts: 2
2 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
4 Fatal Push
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Assassin's Trophy
1 Maelstrom Pulse
Lands: 24
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Marsh Flats
1 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
2 Overgrown Tomb
4 Blooming Marsh
1 Twilight Mire
4 Treetop Village
4 Swamp
2 Forest
I don't think you can play the full playset of Treetop Village and GQ/FoR in the deck. I am currently trying 3 Villages and 1 GQ.
He might play 3 Trophies and 1 Decay, we only saw 2 Trophies on camera if I remember correctly. Not sure whether he played 3 Grim Flayers, no Last Hope or Kalitas instead of Tracker. It is also possible that he only played 1 Spellbomb. It is of course just speculation but this is my guess on Reid's list.
Has the 4 Tracker/2 Tasigur configuration become mainstream or are people still toying around with Kalitas?
I am currently leaning towards 3 Ooze, 4 Goyf, 4 Tracker, 1 Kalitas, 1 Tasigur, mainly because I really like Kalitas in the current meta, but then again, I haven't been playing with Rock for several months.