What Should the Rock Look Like?
There are so many options for a good rock deck these days. If your looking at an agressive version these are what I'd consider auto includes:
4x Birds of Paradise
4x Umezawa's Jitte
4x Hypnotic Specter
4x Dryad Sophisticate
4x Dark Confidant
4x Putrefy
4x Moldervine Cloak
Thats 28 slots that I consider non negotiable. These collection of cards gives you many very very strong turn three game states:
Bird + Hyppie = Hitting with Hyppie on turn 3 + relivant plays
Bird + Cloak = 3/4 flyer on turn 3 + relivant plays
Bird + Hyppie + Cloak = Hitting with a 5/5 Hyppie on turn 3
Bird + 2 Cloaks = Hitting with 6/7 bird on turn 3
Sophisticate + Cloak = Connecting with a 5/4 on turn 3
This is what a deck wants to do, the question is how to fill out the 2 non land slots, should you go with white?
4x Shreiking Grotesque
4x Mortify
4x Vitu Ghazi, City Tree
or with red:
4x Kird Ape
4x Savage Twister
The white option, has a strong late game, but forces you to play more shock lands as your running 4 copies of a colourless land. The red option has worse mana as you only have access to two shock lands.
I think the two options come down to which is better in this deck, Savage Twister or Mortify. Savage Twister is horrible for you if you haven't got a Moldervine Cloak in play, but then its completely nuts.
Should I manage to find something to cut for Sensei Diving Tops to help protect my life total from Bob? I think the risk of bob is acceptable, there is only 12 cards with a casting cost of 3, everything else is a lowly 2 or 1. I can also fry him if I must.
So thats the deck list I'll be trying to use at some standard tournaments in the next few weeks. (naturaly with some mana base costing way too much money)
4x Birds of Paradise
4x Umezawa's Jitte
4x Hypnotic Specter
4x Dryad Sophisticate
4x Dark Confidant
4x Putrefy
4x Moldervine Cloak
Thats 28 slots that I consider non negotiable. These collection of cards gives you many very very strong turn three game states:
Bird + Hyppie = Hitting with Hyppie on turn 3 + relivant plays
Bird + Cloak = 3/4 flyer on turn 3 + relivant plays
Bird + Hyppie + Cloak = Hitting with a 5/5 Hyppie on turn 3
Bird + 2 Cloaks = Hitting with 6/7 bird on turn 3
Sophisticate + Cloak = Connecting with a 5/4 on turn 3
This is what a deck wants to do, the question is how to fill out the 2 non land slots, should you go with white?
4x Shreiking Grotesque
4x Mortify
4x Vitu Ghazi, City Tree
or with red:
4x Kird Ape
4x Savage Twister
The white option, has a strong late game, but forces you to play more shock lands as your running 4 copies of a colourless land. The red option has worse mana as you only have access to two shock lands.
I think the two options come down to which is better in this deck, Savage Twister or Mortify. Savage Twister is horrible for you if you haven't got a Moldervine Cloak in play, but then its completely nuts.
Should I manage to find something to cut for Sensei Diving Tops to help protect my life total from Bob? I think the risk of bob is acceptable, there is only 12 cards with a casting cost of 3, everything else is a lowly 2 or 1. I can also fry him if I must.
So thats the deck list I'll be trying to use at some standard tournaments in the next few weeks. (naturaly with some mana base costing way too much money)
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