Rocking Rancor II

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Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,

We promised last week (in the first installement of 'Rocking Rancor') that we would pick up on a Green / White Infect deck featuring the new M13 aura all-star Rancor.  Like the M12 rare enchantment, Angelic Destiny, this aura pops back into your hand should your enchanted critter get pwn'd.  Unlike Angelic Destiny, Rancor is significantly cheaper and provides a highly sought-after ability in today's meta-game - trample.  With token decks still enjoying popularity, there are chump blockers everywhere.  Even with some of those beffy green indestructible cretures, having a bunch of -1/-1 counters pile up after a block seems decent.

Anywhoos - we had read Mike Flores's Proposed Green-White Infect Deck last month with some interest as we had already physically laid out pretty much the same deck on the game table.  We money to invest in a deckset of Inkmoth, so our build was a titch weaker than Mike's.  Righto - let's have a looky-loo . . .


Glistener Elf
Rancor
Mutagenic Growth
Necropede
Ranger's Guild
Ichorclaw Myr
Apostle's Blessing
Lost Leonin
Titanic Growth
Wild Defiance
Dismember

We are also carefully considering a sideboard for this and have a lot of choices which will likely solidify into a proper list after a bunch of games.

We really never had a chance to play with Glissa, the Traitor and now we are contemplating a nice casual green black infect list with Glissa and Rancor but have yet to get anything together yet which plays smoothly.
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We've recently been shopping over at MTG Mint Card for the odd M13 card we've not yet picked up as well as indulging in a bit of nostaligia with the older Ravnica cards (brought on no doubt by this fall's Return to Ravnica set).  Check 'em out.
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Rocking Rancor

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Rancor : A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

Happy Wednesday MTG Peeps,

Today we wanted to have a look at one of several experimental builds with Rancor in standard constructed.  As we are all about casual Magic the Gathering gaming, no rogue strategy would be dismissed.  A lot of players are a bit hesitant to use auras when gaming but this particular aura has enjoyed popularity since Urza’s Legacy, when the card had the flavour text 'Hatred outlives the hateful'. 

We rather like Rancor as it provides some sweet advantages over most other decks with creature enchantments by not having the same inherent card disadvantage as it can pop back in your hand to be played yet again after your creature takes that inevitable dirt nap.  The most natural place for this may be in a green stompy build which is where we first fit it in.  If you haven't yet acquired a deck set of Rancor yet, we suggest you make tracks over to MTG Mint Card.

Rancor, Young Wolf, Strangleroot Geist, Beast Within, Predator Ooze, Skinshifter, Triumph of the Horde, Triumph of Ferocity, Champion of Lambholt, Vorapede, Garruk Primal Hunter, and a splash of white for Gavony Township.  We were rather single-focused here in trying to get Champion of Lambholt online with Rancor and additional +1/+1 counter collections from undying and Gavony.  After playing this, we realise that this may be a titch narrow focus and should include Dungorve Elder and other considerations.

 

Next post -
We want to try a green / white infect strategy with Rancor that some players are now talking about.

Speaking of green stompy - make sure you have the latest M13 singles to build your green menace with - check out Magic on a Budget for card singles.
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