He played two different lists (catched a stream where he was playing again). In the first night he played Shoalless, Looting, Discovery, Hugs, Morphose, Phoenix, Griselbrand and Emmi (with both Goryos and TTB).
The second night was a Shoal build with 4 Phoenixes and Discovery, but I have no idea what he cut (he went off once so saw a lot of cards but I didn't saw any "missing" cards to say it this way).
Greetings,
Kathal
Found the player and got to talk to him about his lists - and got permission to post it here. As a caveat, he said the ones he played on the twitch stream are still in tuning and thus has various versions:
Version 1: Grixis Shoal-less
Feels more consistent (Serum Visions / Opt) in setting up the combo turn - but shields can be down without much disruption (which looks like is available in the sideboard).
Slightly trades off the consistency of Serum Visions with the Temple of Malice, but offers the option to lightning bolt (which have been great against creature decks).
Seems to be very much like most Grishoalbrand lists - but Simian Spirit Guide was replaced with Arclight Phoenix. He said that he doesn't have enough data to really see if it's worth the addition/replacement as there were times were SSG would have won him the game instead of the Phoenix.
In essence, the Phoenix version trades off those insane Turn-2/Turn-3 SSG lines to add another dimension to the deck - but is still explosive nonetheless.
I am not sure if there is a clear better version of the three, but I think it's worth play-testing and building off of these versions and see what comes out of it. I'm always down to jam a Griselbrand deck.
I'm leaning more towards Version 1 with the blue - those dispels in the sideboard make me feel comfortable bringing it to a larger tournament.
just out of curiosity, would arclight phoenix work in a griselbrand deck shell? I have never played the deck but I was thinking there are good ways of drawing cards and discarding. I just thought maybe it would be a decent idea and curious if anyone has toyed with that idea?
Found the player and got to talk to him about his lists - and got permission to post it here. As a caveat, he said the ones he played on the twitch stream are still in tuning and thus has various versions:
Version 1: Grixis Shoal-less
Feels more consistent (Serum Visions / Opt) in setting up the combo turn - but shields can be down without much disruption (which looks like is available in the sideboard).
4 Spirebluff Canal
2 Blood Crypt
2 Island
2 Polluted Delta
2 Steam Vents
1 Mountain
1 Watery Grave
4 Arclight Phoenix
4 Griselbrand
3 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Goryo's Vengeance
4 Manamorphose
4 Serum Visions
4 Through the Breach
3 Opt
2 Desperate Ritual
2 Lightning Axe
2 Izzet Charm
2 Abrade
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Ceremonious Rejection
3 Dispel
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Version 1: RB Shoal-less
Slightly trades off the consistency of Serum Visions with the Temple of Malice, but offers the option to lightning bolt (which have been great against creature decks).
4 Temple of Malice
3 Mountain
3 Swamp
2 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Blood Crypt
4 Arclight Phoenix
4 Griselbrand
3 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4 Goryo's Vengeance
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Manamorphose
4 Through the Breach
3 Desperate Ritual
2 Lightning Axe
2 Tormenting Voice
2 Collective Brutality
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Abrade
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Fatal Push
1 Bontu's Last Reckoning
Version 3: Grishoalbrand
Seems to be very much like most Grishoalbrand lists - but Simian Spirit Guide was replaced with Arclight Phoenix. He said that he doesn't have enough data to really see if it's worth the addition/replacement as there were times were SSG would have won him the game instead of the Phoenix.
In essence, the Phoenix version trades off those insane Turn-2/Turn-3 SSG lines to add another dimension to the deck - but is still explosive nonetheless.
4 Temple of Malice
4 Swamp
2 Blackcleave Cliffs
2 Mountain
1 Blood Crypt
1 Steam Vents
4 Arclight Phoenix
4 Griselbrand
4 Worldspine Wurm
2 Borborygmos Enraged
4 Goryo's Vengeance
4 Nourishing Shoal
4 Through the Breach
4 Desperate Ritual
3 Discovery / Dispersal
3 Manamorphose
2 Lightning Axe
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Abrade
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Fatal Push
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
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I am not sure if there is a clear better version of the three, but I think it's worth play-testing and building off of these versions and see what comes out of it. I'm always down to jam a Griselbrand deck.
I'm leaning more towards Version 1 with the blue - those dispels in the sideboard make me feel comfortable bringing it to a larger tournament.
Looks like this guy gave it a shot:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/349618925?t=05h46m39s