R2, I used Pyrokinesis to survive vs RDW. Goblins player took notice...
R3, Goblins player played around Pyrokinesis by emptying his hand... then I cast Cave-In instead. Instant concession!
I won a LGS event w/this deck. An opponent ran MonoGreen, preboarded vs me:
-Lifeforce
-Whirling Dervish
-Warthog
Sweeping a hater 2-0 was so satisfying!
*Theme meant every card (except basic lands) had to have the deck’s name.
Defeated:
-2x Goblins
-WBfirstStrike (Both White KnightandBlack Knight off 100% basic lands…)
-Minotaurs (Only opponent I used Winter Orb on.)
Backstory:
-Literally handed a MonoWfirstStrike list to a Goblins player (I feared Goblin Vandal/Goblin Tinkerer.)
-Goblins player secretly tested my MonoWfirstStrike list w/a rival… Rival added black to my FirstStrike list b/c "Pro-White.”
-Both suckers showed up overconfident! Red herring 2-for-1.
4 Cave-In
4 Manamorphose
4 Pyroblast
4 Pyrokinesis
4 Red Elemental Blast
4 Brainstorm
4 Donate
4 Illusions of Grandeur
4 Intuition
4 Ponder
5 Island
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Volcanic Island
2 Flooded Strand
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Polluted Delta
1 Mountain
2nd - Goblins
3rd - RDW
4th - Burn
R2, I used Pyrokinesis to survive vs RDW. Goblins player took notice...
R3, Goblins player played around Pyrokinesis by emptying his hand... then I cast Cave-In instead. Instant concession!
“Instants/Sorceries/Lands” - Mardu Discard - 1st.
4 Lightning Helix (3 of us ran this.)
4 Blightning (Card advantage + burn.)
4 Gerrard’s Verdict (MVP - Burn = prevent dmg, Lands = gain life.)
(28) Instants/Sorceries:
4 Chain Lightning
4 Fireblast
4 Lava Spike
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Magma Jet
4 Manamorphose
4 Rift Bolt
4 Arid Mesa
4 Badlands
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Marsh Flats
4 Plateau
2nd - Naya Tokens (Clever, I overlooked creature tokens.)
3rd - Boros Lifegain (Lifegain is more efficient than burn.)
4th - Mono Red
Someone called me “crazy” for running 12 fetch lands!
AllianceStandard - CasualSpores
4 Elvish Farmer
4 Spore Flower
4 Thallid
4 Thallid Devourer
4 Thorn Thallid
(9) Artifacts:
4 Aeolipile
4 Serrated Arrows
1 Zuran Orb
4 Fungal Bloom
3 Sylvan Library
(24) Land:
16 Forest
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Thawing Glaciers
4 Crumble (vs Prison: -4 Aeolipile.)
4 Lifeforce* (vs Black: -3 Sylvan Library, -1 Zuran Orb.)
4 Whirling Dervish (vs Black: -4 Serrated Arrows.)
3 Night Soil (vs ???: -3 Sylvan Library.)
*Lifeforce has synergy w/Fungal Bloom: Hold up Lifeforce mana, then use Fungal Bloom during their end step.
MirageStandard - BuriedPox
4 Abyssal Gatekeeper (Great w/Krovikan Horror, Pox, or just chump blocking.)
4 Ashen Ghoul
4 Nether Shadow
2 Krovikan Horror
(8) Artifacts:
4 Mind Stone
4 Nevinyrral’s Disk
4 Dark Ritual
4 Vampiric Tutor (Find multiple Buried Alive ASAP.)
(8) Sorceries:
4 Buried Alive
4 Pox
(22) Land:
18 Swamp
4 Quicksand
4 Contagion (vs B/R aggro: -4 Pox.)
4 Dystopia (vs G/W aggro: -4 Pox.)
4 Stupor (vs combo/control: -4 Abyssal Gatekeeper.)
2 Serrated Arrows
1 Necrosavant
I won a LGS event w/this deck. An opponent ran MonoGreen, preboarded vs me:
-Lifeforce
-Whirling Dervish
-Warthog
Sweeping a hater 2-0 was so satisfying!
*50 card theme - Mirage era - "Artifacts" - 1st.
4 Juggernaut
4 Phyrexian War-Beast (Fav turn 1 play: Land, 2x Sol Ring, Phyrexian War-Beast.)
4 Yotian Soldier
(14) Non-Creature Artifacts:
4 Icy Manipulator
4 Serrated Arrows (Goblins/FirstStrike = mostly 1 toughness.)
4 Sol Ring (4 copies!)
1 Winter Orb (Opponent's end step, tap w/Icy Manipulator to turn off.)
1 Zuran Orb (Goblin Grenade.)
4 Copy Artifact (Used up Serrated Arrows? 3 new counters!)
4 Enlightened Tutor
(16) Lands:
6 Island
6 Plains
4 Mishra’s Factory
*Theme meant every card (except basic lands) had to have the deck’s name.
Defeated:
-2x Goblins
-WBfirstStrike (Both White Knight and Black Knight off 100% basic lands…)
-Minotaurs (Only opponent I used Winter Orb on.)
Backstory:
-Literally handed a MonoWfirstStrike list to a Goblins player (I feared Goblin Vandal/Goblin Tinkerer.)
-Goblins player secretly tested my MonoWfirstStrike list w/a rival… Rival added black to my FirstStrike list b/c "Pro-White.”
-Both suckers showed up overconfident! Red herring 2-for-1.
40 card theme - Homelands era - "Memory Lapse."
26 Memory Lapse
2 Black Vise (ppl learned to hold spells, had to punish that strat.)
10 Island
2 Mishra’s Factory (Win con.)
Backstory: Built this deck to prove Memory Lapse doesn’t “suck."
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
12 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus (2 swings ftw w/Batterskull.)
4 Swamp
4 Woodland Cemetery
(20) Creatures:
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Obstinate Baloth
4 Primeval Titan
4 Solemn Simulacrum*
3 Grave Titan
1 Glissa, the Traitor
4 Batterskull*
4 Go For The Throat
4 Green Sun’s Zenith
4 Thoughtseize
4 Nihil Spellbomb*
4 Ratchet Bomb*
4 Summoning Trap
2 Acidic Slime
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
*Artifacts for Glissa, the Traitor. I locked out a SpiritTokens deck in the finals w/Glissa + Ratchet Bomb.
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
4 Hypnotic Specter
4 Juzam Djinn
4 Mahamoti Djinn
4 Sengir Vampire
4 Serendib Efreet
(18) Spells:
4 Dark Ritual
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Mana Vault
4 Paralyze
2 Terror
8 Swamp
4 Island
4 Mishra’s Factory (prevent mana burn)
4 Underground Sea
2 City of Brass
4 The Rack
4 Yotian Soldier (vs Burn: -4 Hypnotic Specter)
3 Power Sink
2 Disrupting Scepter
2 Terror
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://decks.tcgplayer.com/magic/standard/byron-juarez/boat-brew/361111
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg&t=1s
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY&t=1s
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo