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
1  Mountain
4  Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
4  Temple of Abandon

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

3  Bow of Nylea
2  Xenagos, the Reveler


Sideboard
4  Fade into Antiquity
4  Hunt the Hunter
4  Peak Eruption
3  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!

8  Island
13  Plains

21 lands

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

20 creatures

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

19 other spells

Sideboard
2  Gainsay
4  Glare of Heresy
2  Last Breath
1  Ordeal of Thassa
3  Voyage's End
3  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

4  Mutavault
10  Plains
4  Sacred Foundry
4  Temple of Triumph

22 lands

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

27 creatures

2  Boros Charm
4  Brave the Elements
2  Spear of Heliod

8 other spells

3  Ajani, Caller of the Pride

3 planeswalkers

Sideboard
2  Boros Charm
1  Burning Earth
2  Electrickery
3  Fiendslayer Paladin
1  Glare of Heresy
2  Mizzium Mortars
2  Pacifism
1  Renounce the Guilds
1  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
6  Forest
4  Golgari Guildgate
2  Mutavault
4  Overgrown Tomb
8  Swamp

24 lands

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

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

14 other spells

2  Vraska the Unseen

2 planeswalkers

Sideboard
1  Abrupt Decay
2  Fade into Antiquity
1  Gaze of Granite
3  Golgari Charm
4  Mistcutter Hydra
3  Pharika's Cure
1  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.