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 | Standard Meta-Game Crunch by: Michael Nyberg 6/22/2009 8:36:44 PM |
It has been a while since my last article, and while I could bore you with some tournament reports, I will instead present you with my current research on cataloging the Standard Meta-Game. I will say though, that I have become a Faerie player again. I tend to play control decks and the Fae is too good right now to pass up. I took the deck to a 5-3 finish at the Indy PTQ last weekend, and a 6-2 finish at the St. Louis PTQ the weekend prior. Which really sucked, since at 6-1 I could not draw into the top 8 and I lost the last round to Benjamin Costrell who was playing Black/White Tokens. Who I told after our match he had to take down the tournament and he proceeded to lose first round of the top 8. Oh well… If you want tournament reports on these let me know.
As far as the point of this article goes, I researched every domestic Pro Tour Qualifier and all Grand Prix tournaments since Regionals that I could find. Here is a list of all the decks that have made a top 8 play off at least once…
Combo Decks
Elf Combo
Cascade Swans
Sanity Grinding
Token Decks
Black/White Tokens
Green/White Tokens
Agro Decks
Red/Black Agro
Mono-White Kithkin
Green/Black Elves
Jund
Finest Hour
Doran Rock
Black/White Kithkin
Dark Bant
Blue/White Merfolk
Agro-Control Decks
5 Color Blood
Faeries
Control Decks
Blue/White Reveillark
Turbo-Fog
5 Color Control
Mid-Ranged Decks
Elementals
Naya Mana Ramp
Jund Mana Ramp
Boat Brew
Warp World
Treefolk Rock
Here is the short part where I get to feed you my input on the meta. The following decks are what I feel to be solid choices for any major tournament. Granted this will have to be revised after M10 is released since if it is true that they are going to be reprinting good, possibly powerful cards again, instead of this watered down crap we’ve had since 7th edition, the meta-game will likely change.
The Best Choices
Blue/White Reveillark
Faeries
5 Color Blood
Doran Rock
Green/Black Elves
Black/White Tokens
Jund
Blue/White Reveillark is a solid deck because it has good matchups against most agro-decks, and as you can see from the previous set of lists, Agro decks make up a huge part of the meta. The only real problem with this deck is that it has one of the few near auto-losses in standard, to Faeries.
After a short hiatus for Regionals, Faeries is once again one of the best decks in the format. It has good matchup against combo decks and a near auto-win against Reveillark, as well as it can compete against any of the Agro decks. Faeries is still highly pliable to skill level, meaning that you can take down difficult matchups that are considered bad for the deck if you posses a high enough skill level.
5 Color Blood looks more and more like Jund these days, just splashing blue for Cryptic Command. I consider both of these decks to be solid as both can hit fast, as well carry the necessary removal and tools to combat most of the meta-game.
Black/White Tokens makes the list despite not being as powerful as it was during Regionals. Thank you diversified meta-game. It provides legions of tokens from turn 3 on. Ajani Goldmane was made to service this deck, through both token pump and removing -1/-1 tokens from persist creatures. And Zealous Persecution works as a one sided wrath of god against Faeries. Identity Crisis cannot be overlooked as well since it is a wrecking ball to control decks such as Reveillark.
Doran Rock and Green/Black Elves round out the list. Both of these decks can provide massive beatings in the form of cheap, under-cost’d creatures, while utilizing removal such as Maelstrom Pulse to control the game. Both of these decks can compete against Cascade Swans, which is the most prevalent combo deck in the format. And the Treefolk Harbingers in Doran have to be the best tutor in the meta-game.
The Decent Choices
Cascade Swans
Mono-White Kithkin
Black/White Kithkin
Cascade Swans falls a level below what I would choose for a tournament. The deck has proven itself to be very powerful, and able to compete at the top tables in the late rounds of Pro Tour Qualifiers. But after Chicago Regionals and Grand Prix Barcelona, everyone knows it’s out there, and good players, which compete at the PTQ level, will not show up unprepared for this deck. If you can fight through the hate you can probably do well with this deck, but good luck.
Kithkin is always a good deck. But Doran and Elves are just better. If you are playing Kithkin these days load up on your Paladin En-Vec for the sideboard, if not main deck, since the card will halt Doran and Jund decks in their tracks.
The following list are decks that I would absolutely not consider taking to a tournament at the moment. It is not necessarily that they are bad decks, people have made top 8’s with them in the last month. But overall they seem to be lacking something necessary to compete against the meta-game as a whole. With enough skill some of these decks can top 8, but if you have that much skill anyways, why not put it to better use piloting another deck, instead of fighting an uphill battle. I will say that I am sorry to put 5 Color Control on this list. As a past 5CC player I love the deck, but it worked best when there wasn’t such a diversified meta-game. Now there is just too much to out there for the deck to handle. It has made top 8, but it seems unable to finish 1st.
The Bad Choices
Elf Combo
Sanity Grinding
Green/White Tokens
Red/Black Agro
Finest Hour
Dark Bant
Blue/White Merfolk
Turbo-Fog
Elementals
Naya Mana Ramp
Jund Mana Ramp
Boat Brew
5 Color Control
Warp World
Treefolk Rock
The rest of the article is basically sample decks for each of the ones in the meta-game. I hope this article was helpful, and feel free to comment on it. I like hearing feedback from people.
Blue/White Reveillark
Example Deck by Eric Manooshian; PTQ Hartford 6/14/09 (8th place)
Main deck:
Artifacts
4 Fieldmist Borderpost
Creatures
2 Glen Elendra Archmage
4 Knight Of The White Orchid
4 Mulldrifter
4 Reveillark
3 Sower Of Temptation
3 Stillmoon Cavalier
Instants
4 Cryptic Command
3 Negate
4 Path To Exile
Sorceries
4 Wrath Of God
Basic Lands
4 Island
7 Plains
Lands
4 Adarkar Wastes
2 Faerie Conclave
4 Mystic Gate
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
3 Burrenton Forge-tender
2 Meddling Mage
1 Windborn Muse
1 Runed Halo
2 Celestial Purge
3 Jace Beleren
1 Austere Command
Red/Black Agro
Example Deck by Dan Cato; PTQ Detroit 6/14/09 (2nd place)
Main deck:
Creatures
4 Anathemancer
4 Boggart Ram-gang
4 Demigod Of Revenge
4 Figure Of Destiny
4 Hellspark Elemental
4 Mogg Fanatic
Instants
4 Flame Javelin
3 Incinerate
3 Volcanic Fallout
Sorceries
2 Banefire
Basic Lands
9 Mountain
Lands
4 Auntie's Hovel
3 Ghitu Encampment
4 Graven Cairns
4 Sulfurous Springs
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
3 Magma Spray
4 Terminate
1 Terror
1 Volcanic Fallout
1 Banefire
3 Thought Hemorrhage
Mono-White Kithkin
Example Deck by Aaron Wyant; PTQ Detroit 6/14/09 (3rd place)
Main deck:
Creatures
4 Cloudgoat Ranger
4 Figure Of Destiny
4 Goldmeadow Stalwart
4 Knight Of Meadowgrain
4 Wizened Cenn
Enchantments
4 Glorious Anthem
Instants
4 Path To Exile
Planeswalkers
3 Ajani Goldmane
Sorceries
4 Spectral Procession
Basic Lands
17 Plains
Lands
2 Mutavault
2 Rustic Clachan
4 Windbrisk Heights
Sideboard:
4 Pithing Needle
1 Burrenton Forge-tender
4 Stillmoon Cavalier
3 Unmake
3 Militia's Pride
Green/Black Elves
Example Deck by Douglas Procunier; PTQ Detroit 6/14/09 (8th place)
Main deck:
Creatures
3 Chameleon Colossus
4 Civic Wayfinder
4 Imperious Perfect
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Putrid Leech
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
Planeswalkers
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
Sorceries
4 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Profane Command
4 Thoughtseize
Tribal Instants
1 Nameless Inversion
Basic Lands
3 Forest
2 Swamp
Lands
4 Gilt-leaf Palace
4 Llanowar Wastes
4 Mutavault
4 Treetop Village
2 Twilight Mire
Sideboard:
3 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Chameleon Colossus
3 Cloudthresher
3 Guttural Response
4 Deathmark
1 Hurricane
Jund
Example Deck by Christopher Green; SCG Atlanta 5k 6/14/09 (1st place)
Main deck:
Creatures
4 Anathemancer
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Boggart Ram-gang
3 Chameleon Colossus
2 Kitchen Finks
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Putrid Leech
4 Wren's Run Vanquisher
Sorceries
4 Maelstrom Pulse
Tribal Instants
3 Nameless Inversion
Basic Lands
2 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Swamp
Lands
3 Auntie's Hovel
2 Fire-lit Thicket
4 Gilt-leaf Palace
2 Karplusan Forest
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Mutavault
4 Treetop Village
3 Twilight Mire
Sideboard:
1 Pithing Needle
2 Cloudthresher
2 Kitchen Finks
2 Terror
3 Infest
3 Thoughtseize
2 Tower Above
Elf Combo
Example Deck by Charles Shutt; SCG Atlanta 5k 6/14/09 (2nd place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
2 Burrenton Forge-tender
4 Devoted Druid
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Heritage Druid
4 Llanowar Elves
1 Mirror Entity
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Ranger Of Eos
4 Regal Force
Instants
4 Manamorphose
Sorceries
3 Commune With Nature
4 Primal Command
Basic Lands
5 Forest
Lands
4 Brushland
2 Mosswort Bridge
1 Reflecting Pool
2 Windbrisk Heights
4 Wooded Bastion
Sideboard:
2 Burrenton Forge-tender
4 Chameleon Colossus
3 Cloudthresher
2 Kitchen Finks
3 Guttural Response
1 Treetop Village
5 Color Blood
Example Deck by Bret Farrell; SCG Atlanta 5k 6/14/09 (3rd place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
4 Anathemancer
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Boggart Ram-gang
4 Putrid Leech
Instants
2 Bituminous Blast
4 Cryptic Command
1 Jund Charm
3 Volcanic Fallout
Legendary Creatures
3 Sygg, River Cutthroat
Sorceries
1 Cruel Ultimatum
4 Maelstrom Pulse
Basic Lands
1 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Swamp
Lands
2 Cascade Bluffs
1 Exotic Orchard
2 Flooded Grove
4 Reflecting Pool
3 Twilight Mire
3 Vivid Crag
4 Vivid Grove
4 Vivid Marsh
Sideboard:
4 Kitchen Finks
2 Puppeteer Clique
1 Bituminous Blast
3 Celestial Purge
2 Snakeform
1 Volcanic Fallout
2 Thought Hemorrhage
Black/White Tokens
Example Deck by Julian De Los Santos; SCG Atlanta 5k 6/14/09 (4th Place)
Maindeck:
Artifact Creatures
4 Tidehollow Sculler
Creatures
3 Cloudgoat Ranger
4 Kitchen Finks
3 Murderous Redcap
Enchantments
4 Glorious Anthem
Instants
3 Path To Exile
3 Zealous Persecution
Planeswalkers
3 Ajani Goldmane
Sorceries
4 Spectral Procession
Tribal Enchantments
4 Bitterblossom
Basic Lands
2 Plains
1 Swamp
Lands
4 Arcane Sanctum
4 Caves Of Koilos
4 Fetid Heath
2 Mutavault
4 Reflecting Pool
4 Windbrisk Heights
Sideboard:
3 Burrenton Forge-tender
1 Murderous Redcap
3 Wispmare
1 Zealous Guardian
3 Celestial Purge
1 Path To Exile
3 Wrath Of God
Faeries
Example Deck by Gerry Thompson; SCG Atlanta 5k 6/14/09 (5th place)
Maindeck:
Artifacts
1 Loxodon Warhammer
Creatures
4 Mistbind Clique
4 Scion Of Oona
4 Spellstutter Sprite
Enchantments
1 Persuasion
Instants
4 Agony Warp
4 Broken Ambitions
4 Cryptic Command
1 Snakeform
Legendary Creatures
2 Vendilion Clique
Planeswalkers
2 Jace Beleren
Tribal Enchantments
4 Bitterblossom
Basic Lands
6 Island
3 Swamp
Lands
4 Mutavault
1 Reflecting Pool
4 Secluded Glen
4 Sunken Ruins
3 Underground River
Sideboard:
2 Razormane Masticore
1 Persuasion
2 Flashfreeze
4 Deathmark
2 Infest
4 Thoughtseize
Finest Hour
Example Deck by Art Basler; SCG Atlanta 5k 6/14/09 (7th place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
4 Birds Of Paradise
3 Dauntless Escort
4 Jhessian Infiltrator
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Qasali Pridemage
4 Rhox War Monk
4 Shorecrasher Mimic
Enchantments
3 Finest Hour
Instants
4 Bant Charm
2 Negate
Legendary Creatures
4 Rafiq Of The Many
Planeswalkers
1 Elspeth, Knight-errant
Basic Lands
3 Forest
1 Island
1 Plains
Lands
2 Adarkar Wastes
3 Brushland
2 Mystic Gate
3 Reflecting Pool
4 Treetop Village
3 Yavimaya Coast
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
3 Burrenton Forge-tender
2 Cloudthresher
1 Runed Halo
2 Negate
3 Path To Exile
2 Wrath Of God
Elementals
Example Deck by John Baker; SCG Atlanta 5k 6/14/09 (10th place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
4 Cloudthresher
4 Flamekin Harbinger
4 Fulminator Mage
4 Incandescent Soulstoke
4 Mulldrifter
4 Reveillark
1 Shriekmaw
4 Smokebraider
Instants
4 Makeshift Mannequin
Legendary Creatures
4 Horde Of Notions
Basic Lands
2 Forest
2 Mountain
1 Swamp
Lands
4 Ancient Ziggurat
1 Fire-lit Thicket
2 Graven Cairns
4 Primal Beyond
4 Reflecting Pool
1 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Marsh
Sideboard:
3 Burrenton Forge-tender
1 Mournwhelk
3 Shriekmaw
3 Spitebellows
1 Wispmare
3 Eyes Of The Wisent
1 Crib Swap
Cascade Swans
Example Deck by Joe Calafell; GP Barcelona 5/24/09 (1st place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Swans Of Bryn Argoll
Enchantments
4 Seismic Assault
Instants
2 Ad Nauseam
2 Bituminous Blast
Sorceries
2 Captured Sunlight
1 Primal Command
Basic Lands
1 Mountain
Lands
2 Battlefield Forge
2 Cascade Bluffs
4 Fire-lit Thicket
2 Ghitu Encampment
4 Graven Cairns
4 Reflecting Pool
4 Rugged Prairie
4 Spinerock Knoll
4 Treetop Village
4 Vivid Crag
4 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Vivid Meadow
Sideboard:
4 Countryside Crusher
2 Vexing Shusher
2 Wickerbough Elder
2 Aura Of Silence
2 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Primal Command
2 Wrath Of God
5 Color Control
Example Deck by Riccardo Neri; GP Barcelona 5/24/09 (2nd place)
Maindeck:
Artifacts
2 Obelisk Of Alara
Creatures
3 Plumeveil
Instants
4 Broken Ambitions
4 Cryptic Command
3 Negate
3 Path To Exile
3 Volcanic Fallout
Planeswalkers
3 Ajani Vengeant
4 Jace Beleren
1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Sorceries
1 Tidings
4 Wrath Of God
Basic Lands
3 Island
1 Plains
Lands
2 Adarkar Wastes
3 Cascade Bluffs
4 Mystic Gate
4 Reflecting Pool
1 Shivan Reef
1 Vivid Crag
4 Vivid Creek
2 Vivid Meadow
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
3 Meddling Mage
1 Plumeveil
1 Path To Exile
1 Volcanic Fallout
3 Vendilion Clique
3 Martial Coup
1 Thought Hemorrhage
Doran Rock
Example Deck by Yann Massicard; GP Seattle 5/31/09 (1st place)
Maindeck:
Artifacts
1 Behemoth Sledge
Creatures
3 Dauntless Escort
4 Knotvine Paladin
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Qasali Pridemage
4 Treefolk Harbinger
4 Wilt-leaf Liege
Instants
4 Path To Exile
Legendary Creatures
4 Doran, The Siege Tower
3 Gaddock Teeg
Sorceries
4 Maelstrom Pulse
Tribal Instants
1 Nameless Inversion
Basic Lands
3 Forest
1 Plains
Lands
2 Brushland
4 Llanowar Wastes
4 Murmuring Bosk
3 Treetop Village
4 Wooded Bastion
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
1 Burrenton Forge-tender
3 Kitchen Finks
1 Aura Of Silence
1 Everlasting Torment
4 Zealous Persecution
3 Thoughtseize
Green/White Tokens
Example Deck by Allison Abe; GP Sao Paulo 6/14/09 (5th place)
Maindeck:
Artifact Creatures
1 Ethersworn Canonist
Creatures
4 Cloudgoat Ranger
3 Dauntless Escort
3 Kitchen Finks
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Wilt-leaf Liege
Instants
4 Path To Exile
Planeswalkers
3 Ajani Goldmane
Sorceries
2 Overrun
4 Spectral Procession
Basic Lands
4 Forest
4 Plains
Lands
4 Brushland
4 Treetop Village
4 Windbrisk Heights
4 Wooded Bastion
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
1 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Burrenton Forge-tender
3 Cloudthresher
1 Oblivion Ring
2 Guttural Response
2 Pollen Lullaby
2 Wrath Of God
Black/White Kithkin
Example Deck by Juan Veliz; GP Sao Paulo 6/14/09 (7th place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
3 Cloudgoat Ranger
4 Figure Of Destiny
4 Goldmeadow Stalwart
4 Knight Of Meadowgrain
4 Wizened Cenn
Enchantments
4 Glorious Anthem
Instants
3 Path To Exile
4 Zealous Persecution
Planeswalkers
2 Ajani Goldmane
Sorceries
4 Spectral Procession
Basic Lands
9 Plains
Lands
4 Caves Of Koilos
4 Fetid Heath
3 Rustic Clachan
4 Windbrisk Heights
Sideboard:
3 Pithing Needle
3 Burrenton Forge-tender
2 Ranger Of Eos
4 Stillmoon Cavalier
2 Aura Of Silence
1 Path To Exile
Naya Mana Ramp
Example Deck by Adam Schaff; PTQ Hartford 6/14/08 (3rd place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
4 Chameleon Colossus
3 Cloudthresher
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Steward Of Valeron
4 Wilt-leaf Liege
Instants
4 Path To Exile
4 Volcanic Fallout
Planeswalkers
2 Elspeth, Knight-errant
Sorceries
3 Banefire
4 Rampant Growth
Basic Lands
2 Forest
1 Mountain
1 Plains
Lands
2 Brushland
3 Fire-lit Thicket
4 Jungle Shrine
4 Reflecting Pool
1 Rugged Prairie
4 Treetop Village
2 Wooded Bastion
Boat Brew
Example Deck by Roberto Estrada; PTQ Albuquerque 6/07/09 (5th place)
Maindeck:
Artifacts
3 Mind Stone
Creatures
4 Figure Of Destiny
1 Flamekin Harbinger
3 Knight Of The White Orchid
3 Mogg Fanatic
3 Ranger Of Eos
3 Reveillark
3 Siege-gang Commander
Instants
3 Path To Exile
Planeswalkers
4 Ajani Vengeant
Sorceries
4 Spectral Procession
2 Wrath Of God
Basic Lands
3 Mountain
4 Plains
Lands
4 Battlefield Forge
1 Mutavault
4 Reflecting Pool
4 Rugged Prairie
4 Windbrisk Heights
Sideboard:
4 Burrenton Forge-tender
2 Wispmare
2 Guttural Response
1 Path To Exile
3 Volcanic Fallout
2 Banefire
1 Wrath Of God
Jund Mana Ramp
Example Deck by Michael Beasley; PTQ Mobile 6/07/09 (7th place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
2 Broodmate Dragon
4 Chameleon Colossus
2 Cloudthresher
4 Kitchen Finks
Enchantments
3 Fertile Ground
Instants
4 Volcanic Fallout
Planeswalkers
3 Garruk Wildspeaker
Sorceries
1 Banefire
1 Lavalanche
3 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Primal Command
4 Rampant Growth
3 Thoughtseize
Basic Lands
4 Forest
2 Mountain
3 Swamp
Lands
2 Fire-lit Thicket
3 Reflecting Pool
4 Savage Lands
3 Treetop Village
3 Twilight Mire
Sideboard:
1 Loxodon Warhammer
3 Pithing Needle
3 Guttural Response
2 Jund Charm
1 Banefire
3 Deathmark
2 Mind Shatter
Dark Bant
Example Deck by Van Vo; PTQ Mobile 6/07/09 (8th place)
Maindeck:
Artifacts
2 Behemoth Sledge
Creatures
4 Birds Of Paradise
4 Chameleon Colossus
4 Meddling Mage
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Rhox War Monk
Instants
4 Path To Exile
Legendary Creatures
3 Doran, The Siege Tower
3 Gaddock Teeg
2 Rafiq Of The Many
Basic Lands
2 Forest
1 Island
1 Plains
Lands
1 Adarkar Wastes
4 Ancient Ziggurat
2 Brushland
1 Caves Of Koilos
1 Llanowar Wastes
3 Treetop Village
4 Vivid Grove
2 Yavimaya Coast
Sideboard:
4 Burrenton Forge-tender
4 Cloudthresher
3 Sower Of Temptation
4 Celestial Purge
Blue/White Merfolk
Example Deck by Simon Kamerow; PTQ Rockville 5/31/09 (4th place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
3 Meddling Mage
4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Stonybrook Banneret
3 Wake Thrasher
Instants
4 Cryptic Command
3 Path To Exile
Legendary Creatures
3 Sygg, River Guide
Sorceries
4 Ponder
Tribal Instants
4 Sage's Dousing
Basic Lands
7 Island
2 Plains
Lands
4 Adarkar Wastes
4 Mutavault
3 Mystic Gate
4 Wanderwine Hub
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
1 Meddling Mage
2 Reveillark
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Celestial Purge
2 Evacuation
2 Negate
1 Path To Exile
Sanity Grinding
Example Deck by Robert Gathings; PTQ Greensboro 5/31/09 (5th place)
Maindeck:
Instants
4 Boomerang
4 Broken Ambitions
4 Cryptic Command
4 Dream Fracture
4 Evacuation
4 Twincast
Planeswalkers
4 Jace Beleren
Sorceries
4 Sanity Grinding
4 Traumatize
Basic Lands
20 Island
Lands
4 Shelldock Isle
Sideboard:
4 Plumeveil
4 Memory Plunder
3 Oona, Queen Of The Fae
4 Vendilion Clique
Treefolk Rock
Example Deck by Justin Reel; PTQ Greensboro 5/31/09 (6th place)
Maindeck:
Artifacts
1 Behemoth Sledge
Creatures
4 Birds Of Paradise
3 Bosk Banneret
3 Chameleon Colossus
4 Leaf-crowned Elder
3 Timber Protector
4 Treefolk Harbinger
1 Wickerbough Elder
Enchantments
1 Oblivion Ring
Instants
1 Path To Exile
Legendary Creatures
3 Doran, The Siege Tower
1 Sapling Of Colfenor
Sorceries
3 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Profane Command
Tribal Instants
3 Nameless Inversion
Basic Lands
2 Forest
2 Swamp
Lands
2 Brushland
2 Llanowar Wastes
4 Murmuring Bosk
4 Reflecting Pool
2 Treetop Village
2 Twilight Mire
2 Wooded Bastion
Sideboard:
1 Oblivion Ring
3 Batwing Brume
3 Celestial Purge
3 Guttural Response
2 Snakeform
2 Infest
1 Maelstrom Pulse
Warp World
Example Deck by Chris Boomer; PTQ Chicago 5/24/09 (8th place)
Maindeck:
Creatures
4 Birds Of Paradise
1 Broodmate Dragon
4 Elvish Visionary
1 Hellkite Overlord
3 Keeper Of Progenitus
4 Mulldrifter
4 Murderous Redcap
2 Nucklavee
4 Siege-gang Commander
Enchantments
4 Fertile Ground
4 Trace Of Abundance
Sorceries
4 Warp World
Basic Lands
12 Forest
9 Mountain
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Vexing Shusher
3 Vithian Renegades
4 Thought Hemorrhage.
Turbo Fog
Example Deck by Koji Takanashi; Tokyo Regionals (1st place)
Maindeck:
Artifacts
4 Fieldmist Borderpost
4 Font Of Mythos
4 Howling Mine
4 Mistvein Borderpost
Enchantments
2 Runed Halo
Instants
3 Batwing Brume
4 Cryptic Command
4 Holy Day
4 Negate
2 Path To Exile
4 Pollen Lullaby
Planeswalkers
4 Jace Beleren
2 Tezzeret The Seeker
Sorceries
1 Wrath Of God
Basic Lands
7 Island
5 Plains
Lands
2 Reliquary Tower
Sideboard:
2 Pithing Needle
4 Glen Elendra Archmage
2 Runed Halo
1 Path To Exile
2 Oona, Queen Of The Fae
4 Hoofprints Of The Stag
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