Rock vs Questvine

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Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

Apparently (news to us), there are other websites and You-Tube channels out there dedicated to Magic the Gathering ! Just kidd'n - there are quite few awesome fan sites and a wealth of MTG game strategy knowledge. While we were trolling the over evening, we came across a You-Tube channel by AndrewMTG. We loved it.

Today we were planning on yattering about the rise in popularity in the local metagame for Inquisition of Kozilek and to a lesser degree, Duress. While we were doing some some background / fact checks for today's post, we came one of across AndrewMTG's Green-Black Rock vids which of course features both Inquisition of Kozilek and Duress. Let's have a look - -

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And here is the GB Rock List

2 Duress, 2 Inquisition of Kozilek, 2 Green Sun Zenith, 2 Ratchet Bomb, 4 Go for the Throat, 2 Doom Blade, 2 Sylvan Ranger, 2 Sign in Blood, 2 Black Sun Zenith, 2 Mimic Vat, 3 Vampire Nighthawk, 2 Glissa, the Traitor, 1 Sword of Body and Mind, 1 Garruk Wildspeaker, 2 Thrun, the Last Troll, 2 Acidic Slime, 1 Grave Titan, 1 Steel Hellkite, 2 Wurmcoil Engine, 8 Swamp, 8 Forest, 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood, 2 Tectonic Edge, 2 Evolving Wilds, and 2 Terramorphic Expanse.

We seriously love the early disruptions that Duress and Inquisition give and love the potential beatdown this kind of deck can deliver. We're a bit unsure as to the inclusion of Glissa, but will defer all judgment as things appear to work very well.


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And here is the Green-White Questvine list in the video

4 Memnite, 4 Ornithopter, 4 Quest for the Holy Relic, 4 Glint Hawk, 4 Fauna Shaman, 4 Squadron Hawk, 1 Kor Skyfisher, 1 Stoneforge Mystic, 1 Kor Outfitter, 2 Lead the Stampede, 1 Sword of Feast and Famine, 4 Vengevine, 1 Molten-Tail Masticore, 2 Argentum Armor, 4 Sunpetal Grove, 4 Razorverge Thicket, 3 Stirring Wildwood, 4 Forest 8 Plains

From the vid, it appears that Questvine is give a solid smack down with the G/B Rock build. We're not sure what the most appropriate cards to sideboard against the type of match we just saw but dang - the shizzle needs more protection against those devastating blows dealth with Duress and Inquisition of Kozilek.

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