Community

This Deck was built in 0:21:49

Total Deck Size: 40
17 Lands
---------------
6 Forest
6 Island
3 Plains
1 Azorius Guildgate
1 Transguild Promenade

16 Creatures
---------------
1 Centaur's Herald
1 Doorkeeper
1 Dryad Militant
2 Gatecreeper Vine
1 Judge's Familiar
1 New Prahv Guildmage
1 Risen Sanctuary
1 Stealer of Secrets
1 Tower Drake
2 Towering Indrik
1 Vassal Soul
3 Voidwielder

7 Other Spells
---------------
1 Call of the Conclave
1 Cancel
1 Common Bond
1 Inaction Injunction
2 Paralyzing Grasp
1 Savage Surge

I went Simic because it's awesome and has some great tempo plays, also because I could. Simic win! Alsonit's worth pointing out that this deck has a great curve compared to all the other obvious colour pairs.  Although I did a little cheaty and counted some of the white 2 drops as conditional 3 drops.

I went the Golgari-Rakdos route as well.  Went heaviest on forests and lightest on mountains and my list reflects that (no annihilating fires).  Like Onamor, I felt Hellkite and Archweaver were just too expensive to be running.  I like Skull Rend as a curve-topper when I feel I can establish an early presence, similar to my thoughts on Fall of the Gavel.  I also seem to be the only Jund player running a Cobblebrute, it just begs to be given Intimidate for a turn.  With no gates, he seemed better than the Jailbreaker.

This Deck was built in 0:12:23

Total Deck Size: 40
17 Lands
---------------
7 Forest
3 Mountain
4 Swamp
1 Blood Crypt
2 Transguild Promenade

14 Creatures
---------------
1 Carnival Hellsteed
1 Centaur's Herald
1 Cobblebrute
1 Dryad Militant
2 Gatecreeper Vine
2 Hellhole Flailer
2 Korozda Guildmage
1 Sluiceway Scorpion
2 Towering Indrik
1 Trestle Troll

9 Other Spells
---------------
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Auger Spree
1 Civic Saber
1 Giant Growth
1 Grisly Salvage
1 Jarad's Orders
1 Rakdos Keyrune
1 Savage Surge
1 Skull Rend

 

This set was interesting.  I built around a card that I have always really liked, but this is the first time I was able to build a sealed deck around.  Hellhole Flailer   I think we can all agree that he can be a finisher for that last 3-4 damage you need to take out your opponent, but what if it could go off for 9+... well that is certainly even better, right?

This set offers tons of removal, and I have as much as I can find.  My creature count is low at 11, but it still works.  I put in both the Gatecreeper Vine without a single gate to pull.  Even with all but 4 cards costing less than 4, this deck is actually wanting as much land as it can get.  Sure I included the epic Utvara Hellkite , but honestly he was thrown in as a late game win condition in the event I can't kill you with the Hellhole Flailer .  I wanted all that land for my combo possibilties.  When the combo requires 7-8+ mana, I need to hit as many land-drops as I go.  If you can play a turn 3 Hellhole Flailer then you are able to be very aggro, but the deck also can shift gears and play defensively should you need to.  It is surprisingly versitle.

The other thing I have noticed is that in draft and sealed you are almost always playing 3 colors and the biggest problem in winning is often getting enough of the right colors at the right time.  With double Transguild Promenade and double Gatecreeper Vine I am hoping to avoid that pitfall.  That is also why my basic lands slant more toward green than normal.

This Deck was built in 0:15:56

Total Deck Size: 40
18 Lands
---------------
6 Forest
5 Mountain
4 Swamp
1 Blood Crypt
2 Transguild Promenade


11 Creatures
---------------
1 Batterhorn
1 Centaur's Herald
2 Gatecreeper Vine
2 Hellhole Flailer
2 Korozda Guildmage
1 Perilous Shadow
1 Sluiceway Scorpion
1 Utvara Hellkite


11 Other Spells
---------------
1 Abrupt Decay
2 Annihilating Fire
1 Auger Spree
1 Civic Saber
1 Electrickery
1 Giant Growth
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Rakdos Keyrune
1 Savage Surge
1 Traitorous Instinct


Ideal draw/play:
Turn 1: Blood Crypt (could just be a Swamp )
Turn 2: Forest + Gatecreeper Vine
Turn 3: Mountain + Hellhole Flailer (Unleashed)
Turn 4: Land+ Civic Saber +Equip, Attack with 6/3 have 2 mana for pump or Abrupt Decay a blocker
Turn 5: Land+ Giant Growth , attack plus pop ability for 9, if they have no blocker I am doing 18 this turn alone.

Playing against air, that is potentially 24-26 damage by turn 5.  The starting hand isn't anything too awesome, Swamp , Forest , Gatecreeper Vine , Hellhole Flailer , Civic Saber , Giant Growth .  As long as you can hit your land drops similar type starts shouldn't be too uncommon with the doubles and redundant type cards in this deck.

I really like this one.

Nov 29, 2012 -- 9:19AM, Flyheight wrote:

The curve is a bit iffy, but this deck looks to stabilize and then pound with quality so I swapped the vermin and dryad for the second indrik and the jailbreaker.  Obviously against a faster deck I would side those 2 back in, but this seems like a good default.

Not picking on you specifically, but everyone who put in the Ogre Jailbreaker realizes you have no gates so he will always be a 4/4 defender, right?

Also I see alot of people with Jarad's Orders and Grisly Salvage , I didn't like them here because you have more than just 1 or 2 win conditions and only 1 card provides you anything if you dump it in the bin.  Sure you can find that land/creature you might want/need, but I think more often you are going to regretting the cards you choose to put in the graveyard.

There are just so many combos, I find I don't want to lose any of the cards, even the lands.  You need half of them for your high end finishers anyway.

And don't sleep on Perilous Shadow ... This is a bomb card, 4 toughness is hard to kill in this set AND he pumps +2/+2 for each 1B you put into him, just from being able to cast him you should be able to attack with a 4/8 the next turn at least.  He doubles as a wall and a finisher.

Realistically, the Hellkite probably won't see play, but what the heck. Started with Rakdos, since the Hellsteed's an obvious bomb, plus the Blood Crypt made it an easier choice. Then I considered if I wanted another color to splash, went with Golgari for the overlaps- splash green to allow abrupt decay? Yes, please. Plus the Korozda Guildmage boosts my creatures and gives them intimidate? Sounds like a good win strategy to me.

This Deck was built in 0:08:49

Total Deck Size: 40
18 Lands
---------------
4 Forest
5 Mountain
6 Swamp
1 Blood Crypt
2 Transguild Promenade

12 Creatures
---------------
1 Carnival Hellsteed
1 Drainpipe Vermin
2 Gatecreeper Vine
2 Hellhole Flailer
2 Korozda Guildmage
1 Perilous Shadow
1 Street Sweeper
1 Towering Indrik
1 Utvara Hellkite

10 Other Spells
---------------
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Auger Spree
1 Civic Saber
1 Deviant Glee
1 Electrickery
1 Giant Growth
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Rakdos Keyrune
1 Shrieking Affliction
1 Skull Rend

Edit- Blackfro, you're right. I should dump the Hellkite for the Perilous Shadow. Which is what I get for posting before reading the responses.