Happy Wednesday MTG peeps,
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One of the more important aspects of an aura deck to keep in mind is that one should heap as much auras on the battlefield as possible with a focus to
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(1) disrupting your oponent's mana base (through either Spreading Seas or Contaminated Ground),
(2) Eliminating or neutralising threats (through Quag Sickness, Brink of Disaster, or Narcolepsy- unfortunately white certainly has more to offer in this department), and
(3) Provide early blockers while still supporting our focus on auras (through the Zendikon cycle auras Wind Zendikon or Corrupted Zendikon).
One thought to take to heart is to 'always pack a parachute' - or more commonly described as having a plan 'B'. Should you be able to drive out a fist full of auras and not be able to eventually draw into an Aura Gnarlid, things will quickly get sticky. Fortunately, we have an ability to bring it out of our deck with Diabolic Tutor. Of course Green Sun's Zenith would work just as well or even better but we're waiting until the price settles a bit more. having said that though, we do have a preference for Diabolic as it would search for ANY card in your library and you do not have to reveal it (which of course would unsettle your opponent). Anywhoo, you get the idea - double your chances of being able to pull out your card.
So where do we go from here ?
Franky Scarlet, we have only a partial idea - We invite you to provide some suggestions how best to build this pile of 60 cards including a sideboard - suggestions must include Aura Gnarlid AND Phyresis. We'll take our Rabid Gnarlids for a walk during our next Friday Night Magic and get back to you.
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3 comments:
Here's a possible list since a friend of mine runs this kind of rogue decks all the time
Creatures = 22
4 Aura Gnarlid
3 Birds of Paradise
3 Sacred Wolf
3 Llanowar Elf
2 Joraga Treespeaker
3 Phyrexian Vatmother [Back-up Win Con]
2 Tajuru Presever
2 Phyrexian Rager
Spells = 14
4 Phyresis
3 Bear Umbra
3 Vines of Vastwood
2 Diabolic Tutor
2 Asceticism
Lands = 24
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Marsh Flats
5 Swamp
7 Forest
2 Oran-Rief the Vastwood
3 Khalni Garden [Providing turn 1 chumpers in case of aggro]
Sideboard = 15
3 Duress
2 Doom Blade
1 Black Sun's Zenith
3 Naturalize
2 Hand of the Preators
3 Memoricide
What about the instant wich give -2/-0 to your opponents creatures, it can be usefull for make it unblockable or for defend if it's necesary. Also you can some preordains and change some birds of paradise or llanowar elves for some plague myr. Canopy cover is good since brings pseudo shroud and because the flying or reach creatures have not a big power. If you use blue, try to use some Halimar depths too.
Good luck!
Interesting contest for MTG players and casual blog hoppers. I might join. :D
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