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Sep 28, 2017YoungQuakerBoy posted a message on Who is the Raven Man?Very interesting stuff. Also impressed with the amount of study that went into this.Posted in: Articles
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2x Arbor Colossus
2x Boon Satyr
3x Courser of Kruphix
4x Elvish Mystic
4x Genesis Hydra
1x Hornet Queen
1x Karametra's Acolyte
1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
2x Polukranos, World Eater
2x Shaman of the Great Hunt
2x Sylvan Caryatid
3x Temur Sabertooth
3x Voyaging Satyr
2x Whisperwood Elemental
5x Forest
4x Frontier Bivouac
1x Mountain
4x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
2x Temple of Abandon
4x Wooded Foothills
4x Yavimaya Coast
Enchantment 3
3x Temur Ascendancy
Planeswalker 2
2x Xenagos, the Reveler
2x Crater's Claws
1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
3x Nylea's Disciple
3x Reality Shift
2x Reclamation Sage
2x Setessan Tactics
1x Surrak Dragonclaw
1x Whisperwood Elemental
From last week, I dropped 2x Eidolon of Blossoms, 1x Shamanic Revelation, 1x Chord of Calling, and 1x Temple of Mystery and I added 2x Shaman of the Great Hunt, 2x Xenagos, the Reveler, and 2x Temple of Abandon. Yes, if you noticed, I did up the deck to 61 cards; don't hate :p. I agreed with the others that had mentioned that they thought 24 lands would be more consistent, but I really didn't want to drop anything, so I just added one land.
I went 3-0-1 for 1st place. I seemed to get rather fortunate as a number of my opponents struggled with getting the right lands.
I played first round against my friend running Sultai control with like 4 creatures and Ashiok and Ugin and we went 1-1-1 with not enough time to finish our game 3, as we each won the game that the other one probably should have.
Second round I played against Jund Aggro who played rabblemasters against me each game but couldn't really get much else going, as I quickly outclassed his smaller creatures. I win 2-0
Third round I played against Bant Control. Game one he dropped a hornet nest early, so I wasn't attacking for a number of turns until I got out a sabertooth and could bounce whatever he blocked. He got stuck on 7 mana for a couple of turns, so he could not drop ugin, and it was enough time for me to finish him off. Game 2 I don't think he got past 4 mana the whole game and I had a strong curve. I win 2-0
Fourth round I played a guy running Grixis Dragons Control. Game 1 I was able to outrace him through his removal and Sarkhan and finish him as he had a Stormbreath Dragon and Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury on the field. Game 2 he never hit his second red mana with Sarkhan and stormbreath in hand. I win 2-0
I forgot how much I loved Xenagos, the Reveler. That was a card that I was never sad to see. I did not draw Shaman of the Great Hunt much, but it was solid and put pressure on when I did.
So overall things went well, but I did seem to be helped along a bit by my opponents mana issues, although I probably had some problems as well, I just don't remember as I ended up successful anyway. Strangely, I never hit the combo today, when I had about 4 times last week. It may have to do with a reduction in card draw due to me removing the Eidolon of Blossoms and Shamanic Revelation. However, the deck as a whole felt stronger on its own, I think, than before.
This deck is tons of fun to play!
4x Hooded Hydra
4x Icefeather Aven
4x Master of Pearls
2x Polukranos, World Eater
2x Thassa, God of the Sea
4x Whisperwood Elemental
Enchantments 14
2x Banishing Light
4x Cloudform
4x Lightform
4x Trail of Mystery
4x Soul Summons
Lands 22
2x Flooded Strand
2x Temple of Enlightenment
2x Temple of Plenty
2x Windswept Heath
4x Yavimaya Coast
3x Forest
3x Island
4x Plains
2x Banishing Light
3x Erase
2x Kheru Spellsnatcher
4x Negate
2x Reality Shift
2x Monastery Siege
This may or may not give you some ideas. We don't have Temur Sabertooth currently on our list because the deck is a little slow already and usually has stuff to do with the mana, and Sabertooth adds another slow element, even if it does add some extra options.
The weaknesses with our decklist are the lack of anti aggro and lack of removal, but we were trying to focus hardcore on manifest. We will see how it turns out.
This is the current Manifestation of the deck. Ah, yes. The puns are so good.
4x Hooded Hydra
4x Icefeather Aven
4x Master of Pearls
2x Polukranos, World Eater
2x Thassa, God of the Sea
4x Whisperwood Elemental
Enchantments 14
2x Banishing Light
4x Cloudform
4x Lightform
4x Trail of Mystery
4x Soul Summons
Lands 22
2x Flooded Strand
2x Temple of Enlightenment
2x Temple of Plenty
2x Windswept Heath
4x Yavimaya Coast
3x Forest
3x Island
4x Plains
2x Banishing Light
3x Erase
2x Kheru Spellsnatcher
4x Negate
2x Reality Shift
2x Monastery Siege
Its biggest issues are going to be that it is slow and then, of course, weak against aggro decks. I know there are the 0/X morph creatures that can be used early for blocking, but I think something more substantial is needed, I am just not sure what.
Other than that, we will just have to see how things shape up in standard and whether this idea is viable at all.
What do you guys think?
On Sunday, did 2HG with about 20 teams. My teammate and I put together a solid aggro Jeskai deck with 2 Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest, 2 sandblast, a bathe in dragonfire, a Master of Pearls, and an Outpost Siege and a solid Sultai finisher deck with 4 Reach of Shadows(was very helpful), a Mardu Strike Leader, a Sandsteppe Mastodon, a Noxious Dragon, a Monastery Siege, a Jeskai Infiltrator, a Temur Sabertooth, a Temur War Shaman.
In the first round we ended up with a draw because of time in a game we probably would have won, with our opponents playing rather slowly (should have asked them to play faster, but was the first game and we were excited and bantering a little too much). Second round we lose to a team with a dragon deck running Crucible of the Spirit Dragon and like 5-6 dragons. Their team and decks were not as strong overall as ours, but due to me being supremely mana flooded and not drawing my answers, we lost. At that point we figured we were most likely not gonna make top 8, but if we won the next 3 in a row we could, which we did! In the first round of top 8 we face one of two undefeated teams with some sick bombs and strong decks, but we drew enough relevant removal to keep their bombs at bay and it ended up being kind of stalled board state until I drew into the sandsteppe mastodon and Temur Sabertooth combo on 9 mana, for which they had no answer. After that the remaining 4 split the prize, giving us 15 packs per team.
It was sweet bouncing back from 0-1-1 to go 4-1-1 and taking a solid prize. Had tons of fun.