Thursday, December 26, 2013

Block decks for grinding

While researching the best way to get my constructed collection back up to snuff I decided I would start off on Theros Block decks.  These are the three decks I will more than likely pick up

8 Forest
5 Mountain
3 Plains
4 Temple of Abandon
4 Temple of Triumph

Creatures
4 Sylvan Caryatid
3 Voyaging Satyr

3 Polis Crusher

4 Polukranos, World Eater

2 Arbor Colossus

4 Stormbreath Dragon

Spells
2 Chained to the Rocks

1 Lightning Strike

4 Magma Jet

2 Nylea's Presence

3 Xenagos, the Reveler

4 Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Sideboard
3 Lightning Strike

2 Destructive Revelry
4 Hunt the Hunter
3 Mistcutter Hydra
3 Peak Eruption




This is just a stock naya build for block.  Has a lot of Standard playables in it. 

15  Forest
Mountain
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Temple of Abandon

Arbor Colossus
Boon Satyr
Nylea, God of the Hunt
Polukranos, World Eater
Reverent Hunter
Sedge Scorpion
Sylvan Caryatid
Voyaging Satyr

Bow of Nylea
Xenagos, the Reveler


Sideboard
Fade into Antiquity
Hunt the Hunter
Peak Eruption
Time to Feed

Stock Green Red List, Plays a ton of the same cards from the Naya build, should be easy enough to finish up

The final deck is the UW Heroic deck, if it's good enough for my buddy Andy Burden, it's gotta be good enough for me, even if he thinks Tim Tebow should be in the NFL!

Island
13  Plains

21 lands

Battlewise Hoplite
Fabled Hero
Favored Hoplite
Hopeful Eidolon
Phalanx Leader
Soldier of the Pantheon

20 creatures

Aqueous Form
Gods Willing
Ordeal of Heliod
Ordeal of Thassa
Triton Tactics

19 other spells

Sideboard
Gainsay
Glare of Heresy
Last Breath
Ordeal of Thassa
Voyage's End
Wavecrash Triton

Next on my list for decks is Modern, I'm going to pick out 3 decks in total, one of which will be Merfolk, because let's fact it, I'm addicted to that deck! 

Mocs Season Two

I'm gonna start grinding again after the new year.  I've had a pretty good break from magic!

Thursday, December 5, 2013

3-1 Stream today

a reminder that you can catch my stream at www.twitch.tv/joshuaclaytor

I played this to a 3-1 record, beating mono blue devotion, mono black devotion, BG and losing to mono red.  There is some promise in this deck

Mutavault
10  Plains
Sacred Foundry
Temple of Triumph

22 lands

Banisher Priest
Boros Elite
Daring Skyjek
Dryad Militant
Imposing Sovereign
Precinct Captain
Soldier of the Pantheon

27 creatures

Boros Charm
Brave the Elements
Spear of Heliod

8 other spells

Ajani, Caller of the Pride

3 planeswalkers

Sideboard
Boros Charm
Burning Earth
Electrickery
Fiendslayer Paladin
Glare of Heresy
Mizzium Mortars
Pacifism
Renounce the Guilds
Wear // Tear

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Stream Tease

I am gonna stream a bit after downtime is over.  Modern format, I'll give you a hint of what deck I'm playing. 

It has time warp in it! 

Sunday, December 1, 2013

a deck from GP Vienna

I nearly choked on my drink when I saw this in day two of GP Vienna. 

I know that the decks are very different but they share a lot of similarities. 

I like the look of this BG Hexproof deck

Christoph Wagner
Grand Prix Vienna - Standard

Main Deck
60 cards
Forest
Golgari Guildgate
Mutavault
Overgrown Tomb
Swamp

24 lands

Deathrite Shaman
Desecration Demon
Elvish Mystic
Reaper of the Wilds
Scavenging Ooze
Shadowborn Demon
Witchstalker

20 creatures
Abrupt Decay
Bow of Nylea
Commune with the Gods
Gaze of Granite
Hero's Downfall
Primeval Bounty
Putrefy
Whip of Erebos

14 other spells

Vraska the Unseen

2 planeswalkers

Sideboard
Abrupt Decay
Fade into Antiquity
Gaze of Granite
Golgari Charm
Mistcutter Hydra
Pharika's Cure
Pithing Needle

15 sideboard cards
Christoph Wagner had 30 points after round 14, so he won at least 10 matches (or 7 and drew a ton.)  I'd like to see how his changes worked out in my own testing, but I've just about tested the crap out of it and got bored.  I LOVE the commune with the gods in the deck.  Makes Deathrite that much better.