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#1 Nov 10, 2018

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I got another pre release kit this time school got in the way but was lucky enough to have someone pick me up the kit. The I got the Boros kit after the others were sold out. Now the white in this pool didn't have a great white presents but definitely has better red the other color not sure what would go with the red. So what would you make a deck out of this mess?

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White 1x Blade Instructor 1x Citywide Bust 1x Divine Visitation 2x Healer's Hawk 1x Hunted Witness 1x Inspiring Unicorn 2x Loxodon Restorer 1x Parhelion Patrol 1x Righteous Blow 1x Skyline Scout 1x Sworn Companions Blue 1x Devious Cover-up 1x Dimir Informant 1x Disdainful Stroke 1x Guild Summit 1x Leapfrog 1x Murmuring Mystic 1x Muse Drake 1x Narcomoeba 1x Radical Idea 1x Thoughtbound Phantasm 1x Vedalken Mesmerist 2x Wishcoin Crab Black 1x Child of Night 1x Dead Weight 1x Hired Poisoner 1x Moodmark Painter 1x Plaguecrafter 1x Severed Strands 1x Spinal Centipede 1x Veiled Shade	Red 1x Command the Storm 2x Fearless Halberdier 1x Goblin Banneret 2x Goblin Locksmith 2x Gravitic Punch 1x Hellkite Whelp 2x Lava Coil 1x Maximize Velocity 1x Rubblebelt Boar 1x Street Riot 1x Sure Strike 1x Torch Courier Green 1x Circuitous Route 1x Kraul Harpooner 1x Siege Wurm 1x Urban Utopia 1x Wary Okapi 2x Wild Ceratok MultiColor 1x Beamsplitter Mage 1x Camaraderie 1x Centaur Peacemaker 1x Charnel Troll 1x Darkblade Agent 1x Dimir Spybug 2x Garrison Sergeant 1x Goblin Electromancer 1x Justice Strike 1x Notion Rain 1x Skyknight Legionnaire 1x Sonic Assault 1x Undercity Uprising 1x Worldsoul Colossus 1x Fresh-Faced Recruit 1x Invert//Invent	Artifacts 1x Boros Locket 1x Dimir Locket 1x Glaive of the Guildpact 1x Golgari Locket 2x Selesnya Locket 1x Wand of Vertebrae Land 1x Boros Guildgate 1x Dimir Guildgate 1x Gateway Plaza 2x Golgari Guildgate 2x Izzet Guildgate 1x Overgrown Tomb 1x Steam Vents

#2 Nov 10, 2018
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Here's the thing: Sets without strong multicolor themes will pull you to play two colors, meaning sets WITH strong multicolor themes will pull you to play three colors. With Ravnica's guild system it may seem paradoxical but you should welcome it as it'll open your Limited deckbuilding world wide. The fact is, especially in this pool, you have all the fixing you need to make it work.

Being that this IS a Boros-weighted pool, you'll theoretically want to include RW, and my recommended third color would easily be G because of the quality of the extra mana fixing and the finishers (Siege Wurm, Worldsoul Colossus, Camarederie) that become available to you. Besides, the two guilds that are usually associated with lots of little creatures naturally will have good synergies together.

However, even though Rakdos and Gruul aren't in this set, I'd argue for the outside possibility of going BRG because, well, look at the removal! You would have the ability to become a "problem solver" midrange deck with a whole bunch of answers like including threats that double as removal for that tempo goodness; plus, Charnel Troll is a bomb of bombs. Oh, and Overgrown Tomb is in here so that seems a bit like destiny. You could split the difference and go WBG but that means missing out on the burn even as you get a twice as full mana base.

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#3 Nov 12, 2018

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This is what I came up with with each of the colors your suggested but can say I am not the best at building right now.

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Creatures 2x Fearless Halberdier 1x Rubblebelt Boar 1x Wary Okapi 1x Blade Instructor 1x Skyknight Legionnaire 1x Parhelion Patrol 2x Garrison Sargeant 1x Kraul Harpooner 1x Worldsoul Colossus 2x Healer's Hawk 1x Hunted Witness 1x Goblin Banneret 2x Loxodon Restorer 1x Siege Wurm	Enchament, Instant, Socery 1x Command the Storm 1x Circuitous Route 1x Camaraderie 1x Urban Utopia 2x Lava Coil Artifacts 1x Glaive of the Guildpact Maybe 1x Boros Locket 2x Selesnya Locket 1x Golgari Locket	Lands 2x Izzet Guildgate 2x Golgari Guildgate 1x Gateway Plaza 1x Boros Guildgate 1x Steam Vents 1x Overgrown Tomb

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Creatures 2x Fearless Halberdier 1x Rubblebelt Boar 1x Wary Okapi 1x Hired Poisoner 1x Child of Night 1x Spinal Centipede 1x Plaguecrafter 1x Moodmark Painter 1x Charnel Troll 1x Torch Courier 1x Kraul Harpooner 1x Goblin Banneret	1x Siege Wurm Enchament, Instant, Socery 1x Dead Weight 1x Severed Strands 1x Undercity Uprising 1x Command the Storm 1x Circuitous Route 1x Urban Utopia 2x Lava Coil Artifacts 1x Glaive of the Guildpact Maybe 1x Boros Locket 2x Selesnya Locket 1x Dimir Locket 1x Golgari Locket	Lands 2x Izzet Guildgate 1x Dimir Guildgate 2x Golgari Guildgate 1x Gateway Plaza 1x Boros Guildgate 1x Steam Vents 1x Overgrown Tomb

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Creatures 1x Wary Okapi 1x Blade Instructor 1x Parhelion Patrol 1x Kraul Harpooner 1x Worldsoul Colossus 2x Healer's Hawk 1x Hunted Witness 2x Loxodon Restorer 1x Hired Poisoner 1x Child of Night 1x Spinal Centipede 1x Plaguecrafter 1x Moodmark Painter 1x Charnel Troll 1x Kraul Harpooner 1x Siege Wurm	Enchament, Instant, Socery 1x Dead Weight 1x Severed Strands 1x Undercity Uprising 1x Circuitous Route 1x Camaraderie 1x Urban Utopia Artifacts 1x Glaive of the Guildpact Maybe 1x Boros Locket 2x Selesnya Locket 1x Dimir Locket 1x Golgari Locket	Lands 1x Dimir Guildgate 2x Golgari Guildgate 1x Gateway Plaza 1x Boros Guildgate 1x Overgrown Tomb

#4 Nov 21, 2018
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I have a completely different read on your pool. To me this is an Izzet Pool where you can splash either black or white for value. Both decks look similar.

Charnel Troll is great, but both your black and green are shallow. Green's pretty bad in this format in general, and this pool is no exception.

You picked a Boros-seeded pack, but unfortunately your white is too weak to support the Boros aggro plan. Your white is Selesnya "go wide" stuff instead of the key mentor aggro stuff. Boros just looks bad here.

You could also try playing 5 color gates (running all your Gates, all your manafixing, Glaive, Guild Summit, and all your bombs). I think you don't have enough premium removal, card draw and bombs to really make up for running so much durdly fixing.

Why Izzet? Deep choices in red and blue. Removal and counters. Card draw. Murmuring Mystic just wins games.
Black splash gives you: Darkblade Agent, Notion Rain, Dead Weight, Severed Strands, Dimir Locket
White splash gives you: Justice Strike, Skyknight Legionnaire, 2 Garrison Sergeant, Boros Locket

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