| Goblins A Standard Magic deck, by David Kilhefner 2nd place at a StarCityGames.com Standard Open tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, United States on 2011-03-20 | ||
| Maindeck: Creatures 4 Ember Hauler 4 Goblin Bushwhacker 4 Goblin Chieftain 4 Goblin Guide 4 Goblin Wardriver 4 Spikeshot Elder Instants 4 Burst Lightning 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Staggershock Sorceries 1 Arc Trail Basic Lands 17 Mountain Lands 2 Tectonic Edge 4 Teetering Peaks Sideboard: 4 Ratchet Bomb 4 Manic Vandal 3 Arc Trail 4 Mark of Mutiny Legality: This deck is Standard-legal. Check the legality of this deck in: | Apprentice Format: Click here to download this deck in Apprentice .dec format! Magic Online Format: Click here to download this deck in Magic Online Text format!   Stats: Average mana: 1.17 Average creature mana: 2.00 Average creature power: 1.67 Average creature toughness: 1.67 Deck Composition: Red percentage: 100.00% Green percentage: 0.00% Black percentage: 0.00% Blue percentage: 0.00% White percentage: 0.00% Colorless percentage: 0.00% Basic Lands: 28.33% Creatures: 40.00% Instants: 20.00% Lands: 10.00% Sorceries: 1.67% | |
I must say, I like where this is heading. You get the burn, the face beaters, and red just means that any of the swords can't touch you. I looked at a couple other decks that were like this and some of the run Koth of the Hammer, some run Devastating Summons. I really like the idea of a Devastating Summons/Goblin Bushwhacker after a Day of Judgment and just coming in for 10....Yeah. 10.
The thing about getting a deck like this built is that it doesn't take a whole lot of that money thing. Goblin Guide's are going to be the biggest thing that will set you back (Well, maybe the Koth if you play that) and the rest are just a hearty stack of Goblins and Mountains. The big problem with standard right now is that if you don't want to shell out the big bucks for Jace the Mind Sculptor and Gideon "The Big Spoon" Jura (which are just going UP in price), the it is really hard to hold your own in a standard environment . The next best thing to Goblins and Infect is playing something that Ali Aintrazi cooked up a while ago.
| Architect Control A Standard Magic deck, by Ali Aintrazi 8th place at a StarCityGames.com Standard Open tournament in Washington on 2011-02-27 | ||
| Maindeck: Artifacts 1 Contagion Engine 4 Everflowing Chalice 2 Ratchet Bomb 3 Tumble Magnet Artifact Creatures 1 Steel Hellkite 2 Wurmcoil Engine Creatures 4 Enclave Cryptologist 4 Grand Architect 4 Thrummingbird 3 Treasure Mage Instants 1 Stoic Rebuttal Legendary Artifacts 2 Mindslaver Planeswalkers 2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor Sorceries 4 Preordain Basic Lands 17 Island Lands 4 Inkmoth Nexus 2 Mystifying Maze Sideboard: 2 Ratchet Bomb 1 Tumble Magnet 1 Blightsteel Colossus 4 Perilous Myr 1 Platinum Emperion 4 Flashfreeze 2 Negate Legality: This deck is Standard-legal. Check the legality of this deck in: | Apprentice Format: Click here to download this deck in Apprentice .dec format! Magic Online Format: Click here to download this deck in Magic Online Text format!   Stats: Average mana: 1.62 Average creature mana: 2.83 Average creature power: 1.72 Average creature toughness: 2.39 Deck Composition: Red percentage: 0.00% Green percentage: 0.00% Black percentage: 0.00% Blue percentage: 59.46% White percentage: 0.00% Colorless percentage: 40.54% Artifacts: 16.67% Artifact Creatures: 5.00% Basic Lands: 28.33% Creatures: 25.00% Instants: 1.67% Lands: 10.00% Legendary Artifacts: 3.33% Planeswalkers: 3.33% Sorceries: 6.67% | |
While this deck is pretty cool, it still runs Jace the Wallet Sculptor and, being a guy who like to spend money on things like....rent, I cannot afford this dude and I will just bide my time until he rotates out and something else becomes duper expensive.
My point is, seeing decks that are potent and don't cost me a small fortune make me interested in the format. Drafting still is my favorite format and trust me, I'm working on a big post that talks about cube drafting and getting people involved in that.
Still, watch me dominate at the starcitygames.com standard open this Saturday!
Oh, also, as a non-magic side note, watch this video. Then go watch the rest of the things this guy has done. Every single one of them is brilliant.
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