I think I’ve played the U/G monstrosity to death for the moment, and my magic pallet is demanding I try out something new and exciting! Yes, I’m going to love testing out U/W Aggro-Geist, as well as Tokens and Wolf Run, but there has to be another few decks out there that don’t fall into such a common mold.
So what do we know about the metagame right now? What can we build to fight against what we expect to see most? Let’s build a deck that will combat aggro strategies since they seem to be all the rage lately, and who doesn’t hate getting attacked for 10 on T4 by a Geist who has a Destiny with Angels?
So I guess the question for today is: What beats aggro?
Answer: Our good buddy control, of course!
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U/W/b CONTROL
Removal Spells:
3x Oblivion Ring
3x Dismember
2x Day of Judgment
8
Control Spells:
4x Mana Leak
2x Dissipate
3x Timely Reinforcements
9
Card Advantage:
3x Ponder
3
Creatures:
3x Snapcaster Mage
3x Sun Titan
2x Consecrated Sphinx
3x Phantasmal Image
3x Hero of Bladehome
14
Lands:
26x Of Them!
CARD EVALUATIONS!
Oblivion / Dismember / DoJ
Classic creature removal elements. The O-Ring takes care of everything, while the Dismember / DoJ clean up the creatures left behind. Snapcaster brings back Dismember to serve double duty in the removal suite, and Sun Titan is more than happy to bring back an O-Ring should it somehow end up in the graveyard.
Mana Leak / Dissipate / Timely Reinforcements
Once you start setting up your counterspells, you don’t really need to stop! T2 Mana Leak, T3 Dissipate, T4 Snapcaster into a flashbacked Mana Leak. But what if they start getting out their cretures before you’re able to get your control plan online? Oh yea, Timely Reinforcements! And believe me, there is NO better feeling than using Snapcaster on a timely reinforcements! LOL
Ponder
Made the cut because it is a 1cc spell that plays nice with Snapcaster. I’m not unhappy playing a T3 Snapcaster into ponder, and ponder is our only T1 play to get a nice setup for our future draws!
The Creature Suite
Snapcaster should go up to 4x, but I only own 3x right now L. I’ve been waiting for them to go down in price and am happy that they’re down to $20 already. Sun Titan has a large emphasis in this list so that we can re-use Snappy and the Image, and P-Image itself is very important since it can copy-kill a Geist of St Traft. Hero of Bladehome is just soooo strong that I want to squeeze it into every list that runs W that I can! Consecrated Sphinx is amazing, as always.
THE VERDICT?
Take THAT aggro! Looks like this deck should be able to lay some beatdown on most aggressive decks because of the huge removal suite, counter backup for their late game, and my bigger fat guys to seal the deal once they’ve run out of dudes. This style of deck should perform well in any aggro-Heavy environment… I may even give her a play at my next local FNM!
So if Aggro has got you down, and you spend your nights in a cold sweat dreaming about being attacked by sword wielding Myr Crusaders, put down your Rootboung Craigs and pick up your Glacial Fortresses!
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CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED!!
There were a meager 9 ballots in the pool this time, and most of them were for people who had subscribed to follow this blog. The lucky winner of a Maelstom Pulse (Out of Stock in NM on SGC @ $9.99!) is:
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… JOHN WRIGHT!!
Congratz Johnny! Looks like you’ll have a Pulse from your Commander deck afterall!! J
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I hope this article has helped you identify how to build a deck based on your metagame and will lead you to much success and victory! I’ll leave off today with a quote from the ultimate movie. I’m sure many games of MTG have happened at kitchen tables everywhere to the backdrop of this epic… CONAN: THE BARBARIAN!
Mongol General: Hao! Dai ye! We won again! This is good, but what is best in life?
Mongol: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.
Mongol General: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
Mongol General: That is good! That is good.
Mongol: The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.
Mongol General: Wrong! Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
Mongol General: That is good! That is good.
Cheers!
Carl Szalich
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