Hello all. Don't post much, and I play competitive Magic even less, so I figured this should go into the Casual forum. I've been thinking about building a green deck (going back to the good ol' days, sans Ancient Silverbacks and Thorn Elementals); more specifically, one using Beacon of Creation. I am by no means an expert deckbuilder, which is why I am asking for your, the people's, help. Anyway, here's what I have so far:
You may laugh at the Traproot Kamis, but I loves them so. Also, if anybody thinks the Ascetics can be cut, tell me so. I do not have much monies, which is why stuff like Jittes are out of the question. I'm having enough trouble with the Beacons themselves! But anyways, before I spend what little money I have, I request, nay, DEMAND advice.
Well, first off, if your going to run massive green like this. I think Life/Death or Rude Awakening. If a turn 4-5 Beacon with 6 forests in play and then a turn 5-6 Rude Awakening ='s big trouble. Since Life/Death is cheaper, go with it. You are playing weenie style, you shouldn't be playing Moment's Peace. Replace that with either Rude or Life. Also, Mirari might be fun. Mirari a Beacon means lots of stuff.
Thanks for the advice, but I guess I should give a little background info. See, in my playgroup, one guy has a goblin deck that is pretty speedy (he's got all the big little guys: Warchief , Piledriver , and Sharpshooter . What really grinds my teeth is that people insist upon trading two Piledrivers for something about 1/15th their value to him.) It's kinda the deck to beat around here, and if your kill card requires 8 mana, even really good acceleration isn't going to be fast enough. If I was going to play with Rude Awakening (assuming I could get my hands on some; the Trolls are going to be hard enough), I'd have to build so I could Giant Growth my Sakura-Tribe Elders or something, since the Piledrivers need to die when blocked if you are not making an immediate and massive counter-attack.
So yeah, I don't know how fast competitive Extended matches go, but between us the game should be over by the time I hit six land, preferably five. All cards outside the Beacons and Overruns are for if the Goblins get slowed down and the game starts dragging on. My lone copy of Kamahl will probably get tossed in for our big multiplayer games, but for these games, no.
Now that I remember the Sharpshooters, I think I might need Blasting Station back in the deck after all. Those snipers could be major trouble; I just haven't seen them in a while. I might try playing without Moment's Peace and put the stations in; I never see the Peaces in time anyway.
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I'm sorry if that's a bit convoluted; I don't have much practice at organizing my thoughts on Magic.
2 Sakura-Tribe Scout
2 Traproot Kami
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Troll Ascetic
3 Viridian Zealot
4 Wood Elves
3 Echoing Courage
3 Moment's Peace
4 Beacon of Creation
3 Overrun
You may laugh at the Traproot Kamis, but I loves them so. Also, if anybody thinks the Ascetics can be cut, tell me so. I do not have much monies, which is why stuff like Jittes are out of the question. I'm having enough trouble with the Beacons themselves! But anyways, before I spend what little money I have, I request, nay, DEMAND advice.
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So yeah, I don't know how fast competitive Extended matches go, but between us the game should be over by the time I hit six land, preferably five. All cards outside the Beacons and Overruns are for if the Goblins get slowed down and the game starts dragging on. My lone copy of Kamahl will probably get tossed in for our big multiplayer games, but for these games, no.
Now that I remember the Sharpshooters, I think I might need Blasting Station back in the deck after all. Those snipers could be major trouble; I just haven't seen them in a while. I might try playing without Moment's Peace and put the stations in; I never see the Peaces in time anyway.
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I'm sorry if that's a bit convoluted; I don't have much practice at organizing my thoughts on Magic.
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