I'm got myself 6 booster packs to practice before a sealed tournament, and stumbled upon a rather interesting set of cards. I created two decks with very different strategies:
Azorius High Alert. Gnerally high toughness creatures to slow down the battle, albeit limited removal, with a few draw cards and a scrying enchantment to find High Alert and stomp/fly over the opponent when the game goes long. Despite plenty of gold cards and somewhat high average power level, no mana fixing in the pool for these colours.
Gruul splashing captive audience and blue. Creature heavy deck with counters interacting with Rumbling Ruin as a finisher, splash into black for some removal and Captive Audience as another win condition should the battlefield clog up. Due to 3 simic guild gates, decided to splash for two skitter eels in blue and complement Steeple Creeper's activated ability for flying. Pool includes plenty of mana fixing here.
I am leaning towards Gruul splashing two colours but worried about the whether the mana base is reasonably built given four colours, and whether the power level is sufficient and competitive? With Azorius, the deck seems to rely too heavily on High Alert even though most creatures are evasive. Any thoughts from more experienced players and deckbuilders would be greatly appreciated!!
Pool and both decklists are below.
Angelic Exaltation is very strong when your gameplan is to sit there with ground blockers while 1 evasive guy gets there.
You could also go with Gruul midrange splashing black for Get the Point, Captive Audience, and Dead Revels. The blue splash doesn't seem worth it compared to the hit your manabase takes.
I'm got myself 6 booster packs to practice before a sealed tournament, and stumbled upon a rather interesting set of cards. I created two decks with very different strategies:
- Azorius High Alert. Gnerally high toughness creatures to slow down the battle, albeit limited removal, with a few draw cards and a scrying enchantment to find High Alert and stomp/fly over the opponent when the game goes long. Despite plenty of gold cards and somewhat high average power level, no mana fixing in the pool for these colours.
- Gruul splashing captive audience and blue. Creature heavy deck with counters interacting with Rumbling Ruin as a finisher, splash into black for some removal and Captive Audience as another win condition should the battlefield clog up. Due to 3 simic guild gates, decided to splash for two skitter eels in blue and complement Steeple Creeper's activated ability for flying. Pool includes plenty of mana fixing here.
I am leaning towards Gruul splashing two colours but worried about the whether the mana base is reasonably built given four colours, and whether the power level is sufficient and competitive? With Azorius, the deck seems to rely too heavily on High Alert even though most creatures are evasive. Any thoughts from more experienced players and deckbuilders would be greatly appreciated!!Pool and both decklists are below.
White
1 Angelic Exaltation
1 Archway Angel
1 Bring to Trial
1 Concordia Pegasus
1 Expose to Daylight
1 Justiciar’s Portal
1 Knight of Sorrows
1 Lumbering Battlement
1 Summary Judgment
1 Tenth District Veteran
1 Twilight Panther
1 Watchful Giant
Blue
1 Eyes Everywhere
2 Humongulus
1 Precognitive Perception
1 Senate Courier
1 Shimmer of Possibility
2 Skitter Eel
2 Thought Collapse
1 Wall of Lost Thoughts
Black
1 Bladebrand
1 Carrion Imp
1 Dead Revels
2 Debtors’ Transport
1 Gutterbones
1 Noxious Groodion
3 Orzhov Racketeers
1 Plague Wight
1 Rakdos Trumpeter
1 Spire Mangler
1 Act of Treason
1 Burning-Tree Vandal
1 Clamor Shaman
1 Deface
1 Ghor-Clan Wrecker
1 Gravel-Hide Goblin
1 Light Up the Stage
1 Rumbling Ruin
1 Scorchmark
1 Skewer the Critics
2 Spear Spewer
Green
1 Axebane Beast
1 Enraged Ceratok
1 Rampaging Rendhorn
1 Regenesis
1 Root Snare
1 Sauroform Hybrid
2 Steeple Creeper
1 Stony Strength
1 Territorial Boar
1 Titanic Brawl
1 Wrecking Beast
Multicolor
1 Aeromunculus
1 Azorius Knight-Arbiter
1 Captive Audience
1 Dovin’s Acuity
1 Footlight Fiend
1 Get the Point
1 Growth Spiral
1 High Alert
1 Rakdos Firewheeler
1 Rakdos Roustabout
2 Rubblebelt Runner
1 Senate Griffin
1 Senate Guildmage
1 Savage Smash
1 Sphinx of New Prahv
1 Sphinx’s Insight
1 Vizkopa Vampire
1 Azorius Locket
1 Gruul Locket
1 Rakdos Locket
1 Scrabbling Claws
Lands
1 Blood Crypt
1 Godless Shrine
1 Gruul Guildgate
1 Orzhov Guildgate
1 Rakdos Guildgate
3 Simic Guildgate
Lands : 17 cards
5 Mountain
5 Forest
1 Swamp
1 Blood Crypt
1 Rakdos Guildgate
1 Gruul Guildgate
3 Simic Guildgate
Instants/Sorceries: 6 cards
1 Stony Strength
1 Scorchmark
1 Titanic Brawl
1 Skewer the Critics
1 Savage Smash
1 Get the Point
1 Gruul Locket
1 Captive Audience
Creatures: 15 cards
1 Territorial Boar
1 Sauroform Hybrid
1 Gravel-Hide Goblin
1 Burning-Tree Vandal
2 Steeple Creeper
2 Rubblebelt Runner
1 Clamor Shaman
1 Enraged Ceratok
2 Skitter Eel
1 Rumbling Ruin
1 Wrecking Beast
1 Rampaging Rendhorn
Lands : 17 cards
9 Plains
8 Island
Instants/Sorceries: 6 cards
1 Bring to Trial
1 Justiciar’s Portal
1 Summary Judgment
1 Shimmer of Possibility
1 Precognitive Perception
1 Sphinx’s Insight
1 Azorius Locket
1 Eyes Everywhere
1 High Alert
Creatures: 14 cards
1 Concordia Pegasus
1 Wall of Lost Thoughts
1 Senate Guildmage
1 Tenth District Veteran
1 Senate Courier
1 Vizkopa Vampire
1 Sphinx of New Prahv
1 Senate Griffin
1 Lumbering Battlement
2 Humongulus
1 Azorius Knight-Arbiter
1 Archway Angel
1 Watchful Giant
1 Senate Guildmage
1 Concordia Pegasus
1 Wall of Lost Thoughts
1 Tenth District Veteran
1 Vizkopa Vampire
1 Aeromunculus
1 Senate Courier
1 Senate Griffin
1 Sphinx of New Prahv
2 Skitter Eel
1 Lumbering Battlement
1 Azorius Knight-Arbiter
1 Knight of Sorrows
1 Archway Angel
1 Shimmer of Possibility
1 Summary Judgment
1 Titanic Brawl
1 Bring to Trial
1 Thought Collapse
1 Azorius Locket
1 Angelic Exaltation
1 Sphinx's Insight
1 Precognitive Perception
//Lands: 17
3 Simic Guildgate
8 Plains
7 Island
1 Rampaging Rendhorn
1 Expose to Daylight
1 Eyes Everywhere
1 Thought Collapse
1 Dovin's Acuity
1 Watchful Giant
Curve:
2 - cccsss
3 - ccccsss
4 - ccccss
5 - ccs
6 - c
Flyers/Unblockable: 7
Removal: 4 (+2 SB)
Draw: 4
Angelic Exaltation is very strong when your gameplan is to sit there with ground blockers while 1 evasive guy gets there.
You could also go with Gruul midrange splashing black for Get the Point, Captive Audience, and Dead Revels. The blue splash doesn't seem worth it compared to the hit your manabase takes.