so I've been playing bant hexproof for a month now, I've played it in 2 5ks, a 1k and 4 fnms.
I won the 1k with a final record of 8-1-1, went 5-4 in one 5k and 6-2 in the other. my fnm record is something like 20-5 over the month.
at the 1k I played a stock list with 4 smiters and 2 simiccharms. the next week I cut the ground seals from the sb for the 5k, which the winner ended up doing as well I also added a third charm sb which has been awesome for me.the next week at another 5k I ended up cutting the smiters for strangleroot main which gave me more sb spots and ended up being great, I also added mending touch to my sb. (which the winner did as well). I just top 4 split a 6 rd cut to top standard event thursday with this list which I am very happy with.
spell rupture is sick as it acts as a negate that is good against jund and reanimator. between those and simic charms u can play a fish style game after sb.
i would go with purge but not for the reasons above. knight of glory gets wrecked by Bonfire, arc trail, flames of the firebrand, etc. which are all seeing some play out of zombies. not to mention it doesn't help much against falkenrath aristocrat.
bg zombies definitely seems viable from what we have seen so far. rancor seems sweet and abrupt decay is obviously insane as well as the creatures. it remains to be seen if bg, br or jund is the best color combo for this deck but i wouldn't be surprised if bg was top tier.
edit: also with dreadbore and abrupt decay in the format as well as zombies looking to be top tier i wouldn't play liliana in this deck. seems underwhelming.
as has been said, cards like this are only good or even playable if there is a deck in the meta built around a 1-2 card combo (ala, valakut, deceiver twin) playing this card againt a regular deck is 4 mana card disadvantage most of the time and doesn't actually do anything if u are behind on board.
wow she is verry good. + punishes for trying to kill her - blows up anything u r having trouble with ult is sweet in the type of decks she will most likely go into. (removal heavy decks (JUND))
Apparently the front of the packaging for duel decks - izzet vs. golgari was released in japanese and it showed all of jarad but the P/T. Didn't see it on here so here you go.
BBGG
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
BG, Sacrifice another creature you control: Each opponent loses life equal to the power of the sacrificed creature.
main just because bonfire is such a blowout i'm starting to realize
I've been saying that at least one md bonfire is very good. I play 1 main 2 side and have really loved them. U win just about every game that u miracle this card after t4.
On another note, I haven't felt more confident in a deck since jund. Every time i sit down across from my opp. I am confident that with even average draws I will win the match, regardless of opp. Not only is it a great deck but it has a lot of play to it and gives u opportunities to blow ur opponent out often. Since I have started playing this deck i have won every event i have played.... 2 fnms, 2 saturday t2 events and a 6 round+top8 50~ man win a case event. I'm very excited to keep playing this deck in every event i can. (also, it is a fun deck to play. :D)
As i said b4 i went 7-1-1 on the day with my only loss being to wolfrun where he curved t2 growth, t3 growth, pillar, t4 WCE and i couldn't beat it. I could've beaten titan because i had multiple silverhearts but i just couldn't beat the giant beast without drawing my fiend hunter or one of my o-rings. I still feel like the wolfrun matchup is in our favor unless they have a Ridic hand with double slagstorm and ramp>titan, Wolfir silverheart just pwns titans hard and zealous conscripts can just kill them out of nowhere.
Still, the deck was completely bonkers and I felt like i was favored sitting down against any deck. The Uw delver player i played was a very good player and was playing resto angles, the games were very close but I got him with double angel on splicer g2 on a mull to 5 and g3 thalia shut him down.
My friend will be rocking a similar list at SCG open columbus next weekend and i plan on playing it at scg detroit later this month and in any other event i play. I honestly wouldnt change anything except maybe cut the 1 SB incinerate as it was a little lackluster. The MD bonfire was irreplaceable and randomly wins games out of nowhere and was def one of the best sb cards.
rg aggro/Blitz
+3 Nearheath +3 Fog +1 Feeling of Dread +1 Simic Charm
-4 Invisible Stalker -4 Rancor
Jund
+3 Spell Rupture +1 Simic Charm +2 Mending Touch
-4 Unflinching Courage -2 Avacyn's Pilgrim
Junk Reanimator
+3 Spell Rupture +1 Simic Charm
-4 Unflinching Courage
Mirror
+2 Ray of Revelation +3 Nearheath Pilgrim +3 Fog
-4 Rancor -4 Strangleroot Geist
I won the 1k with a final record of 8-1-1, went 5-4 in one 5k and 6-2 in the other. my fnm record is something like 20-5 over the month.
at the 1k I played a stock list with 4 smiters and 2 simiccharms. the next week I cut the ground seals from the sb for the 5k, which the winner ended up doing as well I also added a third charm sb which has been awesome for me.the next week at another 5k I ended up cutting the smiters for strangleroot main which gave me more sb spots and ended up being great, I also added mending touch to my sb. (which the winner did as well). I just top 4 split a 6 rd cut to top standard event thursday with this list which I am very happy with.
4 temple garden
4 breeding pool
4 sunpetal grove
4 hinterland harbor
1 glacial fortress
1 forest
4 avacyn's pilgrim
4 invisible stalker
4 voice of resurgence
4 strangleroot geist
4 geist of st. traft
4 ethereal armor
4 spectral flight
4 unflinching courage
2 simic charm
3 nearheath pilgrim
3 fog
3 spell rupture
2 mending touch
2 ray of revelation
1 feeling of dread
1 simic charm
spell rupture is sick as it acts as a negate that is good against jund and reanimator. between those and simic charms u can play a fish style game after sb.
edit: also with dreadbore and abrupt decay in the format as well as zombies looking to be top tier i wouldn't play liliana in this deck. seems underwhelming.
BBGG
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord gets +1/+1 for each creature card in your graveyard.
BG, Sacrifice another creature you control: Each opponent loses life equal to the power of the sacrificed creature.
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I've been saying that at least one md bonfire is very good. I play 1 main 2 side and have really loved them. U win just about every game that u miracle this card after t4.
On another note, I haven't felt more confident in a deck since jund. Every time i sit down across from my opp. I am confident that with even average draws I will win the match, regardless of opp. Not only is it a great deck but it has a lot of play to it and gives u opportunities to blow ur opponent out often. Since I have started playing this deck i have won every event i have played.... 2 fnms, 2 saturday t2 events and a 6 round+top8 50~ man win a case event. I'm very excited to keep playing this deck in every event i can. (also, it is a fun deck to play. :D)
So here is the list I won and my friend top 8d with at the win a case tourney-
3 Gavony Township
2 Rootbound Crag
1 Sunpetal Grove
4 Copperline Gorge
4 Razorverge Thicket
2 Plains
6 Forest
2 Cavern of Souls
Creatures
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Blade Splicer
4 Strangleroot Geist
4 Huntmaster of the Fells
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Zealous Conscripts
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2 Wolfir Silverheart
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Borderland Ranger
4 Restoration Angel
2 Birthing Pod
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Garruk Relentless/Garruk, the Veil-Cursed
1 Zealous Conscripts
2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Wolfir Silverheart
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Ray of Revelation
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Incinerate
2 Hero of Bladehold
2 Sword of War and Peace
1 Dismember
As i said b4 i went 7-1-1 on the day with my only loss being to wolfrun where he curved t2 growth, t3 growth, pillar, t4 WCE and i couldn't beat it. I could've beaten titan because i had multiple silverhearts but i just couldn't beat the giant beast without drawing my fiend hunter or one of my o-rings. I still feel like the wolfrun matchup is in our favor unless they have a Ridic hand with double slagstorm and ramp>titan, Wolfir silverheart just pwns titans hard and zealous conscripts can just kill them out of nowhere.
Still, the deck was completely bonkers and I felt like i was favored sitting down against any deck. The Uw delver player i played was a very good player and was playing resto angles, the games were very close but I got him with double angel on splicer g2 on a mull to 5 and g3 thalia shut him down.
My friend will be rocking a similar list at SCG open columbus next weekend and i plan on playing it at scg detroit later this month and in any other event i play. I honestly wouldnt change anything except maybe cut the 1 SB incinerate as it was a little lackluster. The MD bonfire was irreplaceable and randomly wins games out of nowhere and was def one of the best sb cards.
faced-
r1 - Ub kamikaze - 2-1
r2 - Rg Ramp - 1-2
r3 - Ur Delver - 2-0
r4 - Wr Humans - 2-0
r5 - Bw Tokens - 2-1
r6 - Rg Ramp - ID
QF - Rg Ramp - 2-1
SF - Uw Delver - 2-1
Finals - Rg Ramp 2-0
edit: also my friend playing the same 75 as me top 8d and made $50 credit.