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2 years ago ::
May 19, 2011 - 5:37PM
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The 2011 Community Cup formats have been announced! Check out the article here. Use this thread to disuss strategies and suggestions to the Community Team for the Unified Standard format! The 2011 Community Cup will be held at our Renton Headquarters from June 15th - June 17th!
Michael Robles Community Manager Wizards of the Coast Twitter: @michaelrobles
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2 years ago ::
May 19, 2011 - 8:56PM
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- Dreamblade Aspect Art Contest Winner 2006
Date Joined:
Jul 20, 2004
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Decks to consider:
- U/W Cawblade
- Valakut
- U/R Exarch Twin
- Kuldotha Rebirth
- Fauna Shaman Naya
- Vampires / Mono-B control
- Inkmoth Nexus infect. I'll give a decklist on bottom.
And some lower-tier decks, just to round it out:
- Knights
- Furnace Celebration
- Elves
- Grand Architect
Here's my decklist for the Inkmoth Nexus deck:
18 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Contagion Clasp
4 Expedition Map
2 Explore
4 Giant Growth
4 Groundswell
4 Mutagenic Growth
4 Primal Bellow
4 Vines of Vastwood
4 Withstand Death
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2 years ago ::
May 20, 2011 - 11:56AM
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Decks that aren't very parasitic to the pool :
Infect (UB, Mono G or BG)
Grand Architect
Kuldotha Red or Mono Red
Vampires or Mono B
The split options :
Valakut or RUG (Titans)
Caw-Blade in some form should be an obvious inclusion.
Not sure how much a Fauna/Vengevine build has to intersect with Valakut, but it is an option.
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2 years ago ::
May 20, 2011 - 1:13PM
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- Dreamblade Aspect Art Contest Winner 2006
Date Joined:
Jul 20, 2004
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Okay, spent some time and assembled decklists. Most of these are based on recent successful decks from the StarCityGames Open, modified so there's no card overlap. Several are incomplete as a result.
CAWBLADE
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
6 Island
4 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge
4 Squadron Hawk
4 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Emeria Angel
4 Mirran Crusader
1 Batterskull
2 Condemn
2 Jace Beleren
2 Dismember
3 Into the Roil
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of War and Peace
****THIS DECK NEEDS 6 MORE SPELLS****
VALAKUT
2 Avenger of Zendikar
2 Inferno Titan
4 Overgrown Battlement
4 Primeval Titan
4 Nature's Claim
4 Summoning Trap
4 Cultivate
2 Explore
4 Growth Spasm
2 Khalni Heart Expedition
5 Forest
11 Mountain
2 Evolving Wilds
2 Raging Ravine
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
GRIXIS TWIN
3 Spellskite
1 Consecrated Sphinx
4 Deceiver Exarch
4 Splinter Twin
4 Preordain
2 Dismember
2 Go for the Throat
2 Spell Pierce
4 Mana Leak
3 Duress
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 See Beyond
4 Island
2 Mountain
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
2 Halimar Depths
4 Scalding Tarn
INK-FECT
18 Forest
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Ancient Stirrings
4 Contagion Clasp
4 Expedition Map
2 Explore
4 Giant Growth
4 Groundswell
4 Mutagenic Growth
4 Primal Bellow
4 Vines of Vastwood
4 Withstand Death
VAMPIRES
4 Bloodghast
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
4 Kalastria Highborn
4 Pulse Tracker
2 Vampire Hexmage
4 Vampire Lacerator
2 Viscera Seer
1 Dark Tutelage
2 Dismember
1 Doom Blade
3 Burst Lightning
2 Go for the Throat
2 Arc Trail
6 Swamp
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Lavaclaw Reaches
3 Marsh Flats
2 Verdant Catacombs
KULDOTHA RED
4 Contested War Zone
13 Mountain
3 Flayer Husk
4 Goblin Bushwhacker
4 Goblin Guide
1 Goblin Wardriver
4 Memnite
4 Ornithopter
4 Signal Pest
1 Chimeric Mass
2 Devastating Summons
4 Kuldotha Rebirth
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Mox Opal
4 Panic Spellbomb
GRAND ARCHITECT
4 Grand Architect
3 Precursor Golem
3 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Treasure Mage
4 Everflowing Chalice
+ more cards
FAUNA G/W
4 Fauna Shaman
4 Vengevine
3 Baneslayer Angel
4 Lotus Cobra
1 Precursor Golem
4 Birds of Paradise
2 Acidic Slime
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobyte
1 Sun Titan
1 Brutalizer Exarch
3 Birthing Pod
+8 more cards
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2 years ago ::
May 21, 2011 - 2:47PM
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i'd definitely put myr superion in the Grand architect deck...and there was another artifact innew phyrexia that would be great in the deck i think,..Phyrexain Metamorph
I like fun, but competitive decks. So I might not play what is optimal but they have normally been tested to have a 2/3 winrate.
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2 years ago ::
May 24, 2011 - 3:00PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 28, 2004
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It's challenging, of course, to find eight decks that mostly want to play different cards. Alas, there aren't 32 Jace, the 76 Ticket Sculptor  s in the pool, so you can't play 8 Tier 1 decks. These decks are fairly self-contained: W or WG Quest for the Holy Relic  W Tempered Steel  U Grand Architect  UR Pyromaster Ascension  and/or Splinter Twin  B or Br Vampires R Kuldotha Red RG Valakut (or G Eldrazi Ramp) G Infect The combo-ish aggro decks have the benefit of being fairly self-contained, but put you at risk of angering the MTGO shuffler. A key decision will be, which Jace-based deck to play? Even if Darkblade is the best Jace deck, it does monopolize Jaces, Stoneforge Mystic  s, and Creeping Tar Pit  s. So maybe some form of Jace-Tezzeret control would be better, as it would allow the Stoneforge Mystics to be used elsewhere.
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2 years ago ::
May 27, 2011 - 4:00AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 25, 2009
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I think it would be a bad idea to have a Caw-Blade deck. Let me explain: Mystic and Big Jace are the 2 best cards in the format, hands down. Putting both in the same deck would make for a super-powerful deck but 7 poorer other decks.
My suggestion: put 2 Jaces in UW, 2 Jaces in UR and the Mystics in a mono-white deck, e.g. Soul Sisters. Here's my attempt:
1. WU Planeswalkers
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Island
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Tectonic Edge (26)
4 Wall of Omens
2 Sun Titan (6)
2 Jace Beleren
2 Jace, the Mind Scupltor
2 Gideon Jura
1 Venser, the Sojourner
1 Karn Liberated (8)
3 Condemn
4 Gitaxian Probe
1 Spell Pierce
2 Mana Leak
1 Negate
4 Spreading Seas
2 Stoic Rebuttal
3 Day of Judgment (20)
2. UR Splinter Twin
2 Evolving Wilds
2 Halimar Depths
10 Island
8 Mountain
4 Scalding Tarn (26)
4 Deceiver Exarch
4 Sea Gate Oracle
2 Inferno Titan (10)
4 Preordain
3 Spell Pierce
4 Into the Roil
2 Mana Leak
3 Pyroclasm
2 Jace Beleren
2 Jace, the Mind Scupltor
4 Splinter Twin (24)
3. Br Vampires
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
4 Dragonskull Summit
4 Lavaclaw Reaches
2 Marsh Flats
6 Swamp
2 Verdant Catacombs (22)
4 Pulse Tracker
4 Vampire Lacerator
3 Viscera Seer
4 Bloodghast
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
4 Kalastria Highborn
3 Vampire Hexmage (26)
3 Burst Lightning
2 Duress
4 Arc Trail
3 Dark Tutelage (12)
4. Gr Valakut
2 Evolving Wilds
5 Forest
11 Mountain
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
2 Verdant Catacombs (28)
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Primeval Titan
2 Inferno Titan
1 Avenger of Zendikar (11)
4 Explore
3 Khalni Heart Expedition
2 Cultivate
4 Harrow
3 Slagstorm
4 Summoning Trap
1 Green Sun's Zenith (21)
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2 years ago ::
May 27, 2011 - 4:06AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 25, 2009
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5. W Soul Sisters
4 Glimmerpost 4 Kabira Crossroads 15 Plains (23) 4 Serra Ascendant 4 Soul’s Attendant 4 Ajani’s Pridemate 4 Leonin Relic-Warder 1 Inquisitor Exarch 4 Squadron Hawk 4 Stoneforge Mystic 4 Suture Priest 4 Phyrexian Metamorph (33) 1 Mortarpod 1 Sword of Body and Mind 1 Sword of War and Peace 1 Batterskull (4) 6. R Goblins
4 Arid Mesa 15 Mountain 4 Teetering Peaks (23) 4 Goblin Guide 4 Spikeshot Elder 4 Ember Hauler 4 Goblin Chieftain (16) 1 Burst Lightning 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Searing Blaze 4 Shrine of Burning Rage 4 Staggershock 4 Koth of the Hammer (21) 7. G Elves
18 Forest (18) 4 Arbor Elf 4 Copperhorn Scout 4 Joraga Treespeaker 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Fauna Shaman 1 Sylvan Ranger 4 Elvish Archdruid 4 Ezuri, Renegade Leader 4 Vengevine 1 Acidic Slime (34) 2 Beast Within 3 Lead the Stampede 3 Green Sun’s Zenith (8) And for the 8th deck, I'm not really sure. Black is underused in the previous decks, but the pool of playable black is shallow. On the other hand white is fantastically diverse and we could cram a 4th white deck in here! So it's between: 8.1. Bu Infect4 Creeping Tar Pit 4 Darkslick Shores 4 Drowned Catacomb 4 Inkmoth Nexus 8 Swamp (24) 4 Necropede 4 Plague Myr 4 Phyrexian Crusader 2 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon (14) 1 Despise 2 Duress 4 Inquisition of Kozilek 4 Contagion Clasp 3 Go for the Throat 4 Tumble Magnet 4 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas (22) and: 8.2. W Hawkward4 Contested War Zone 14 Plains (18) 4 Memnite 3 Ornithopter 2 Glint Hawk 4 Signal Pest 2 Phyrexian Revoker 4 Steel Overseer 3 Vault Skirge 4 Porcelain Legionnaire (26) 4 Mox Opal 4 Dispatch 4 Glint Hawk Idol 4 Tempered Steel (16) There it is, have at it  MtGO ID: louigi
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2 years ago ::
May 31, 2011 - 11:04AM
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Date Joined:
Jul 20, 2007
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UG Allies: Xenowolf 1 x Quicksilver Gargantuan  4 x Terramorphic Expanse  4 x Clone  1 x Garruk Wildspeaker  16 x Forest  3 x Sea Gate Loremaster  2 x Blue Sun's Zenith  3 x Harabaz Druid  4 x Turntimber Ranger  2 x Prophetic Prism  4 x Acidic Slime  2 x Xenograft  4 x Overgrown Battlement  3 x Genesis Wave  4 x Island  3 x Joraga Treespeaker  Sideboard 2 x Bear Umbra  2 x Pelakka Wurm  4 x Æther Adept  4 x Halimar Excavator  1 x Avenger of Zendikar  2 x Mimic Vat  This is the latest standard deck I have been helping to test with. It lacks some important cards I am sure but it works fairly consistently. One of the main tricks is Xenograft + Timberwatch Ranger = infinite wolves. The one thing it lacks is a means to become hasty. So I tossed in Blue Sun's Zenith as a kill with Haribaz Druid. Essentially any successful gen wave should be enough to go off if you have a druid ready and a BSZ otherwise it takes an extra turn. Currently seems to win on turn 5 or so.
Winter.Wolf
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2 years ago ::
May 31, 2011 - 12:06PM
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