A couple of Talrand's Invocation would be cool, but you'll have a hard time squeezing them in there. Also, unless you increase your land count running more 4-drops won't help at all.
The mirror drives me nuts. I tried going with 4 GoST main deck and 4 Splicers in the side, and putting them in didn't give me any discernible advantage other than making gut shot more powerful against me. I've tried Ratchet Bomb in the side to deal with the Insectile Aberration and Golem tokens, but never drew them and got blown away. I honestly think I will try dropping GoST after game 1 and using 2 Timely + 2 Surgical Extraction, exiling 4 Ponders always hurts a deck.
At best, WB tokens is a rogue deck that sometimes catches people off guard. The best finish I ever had with my token deck was a 3-3 finish in a Silver TCG event. Usually at FNMs, I'd go X-2, very rarely would I go X-1.
I've been running 2 main deck so far, and so far it's always been a welcome sight. One match playing against delver my opponent had two Delver of Secrets out turn two (the first one hadn't flipped), my turn two I miracled a Bonfire and ruined his whole day. Late game Bonfire provides that extra reach we need to close our games out. In my opinion this card is worth getting a playset of immediately, before the price gets out of hand.
There are some games where I don't get an artifact onto the field, making this a dead card. When you force yourself to find a way to play cards that don't fit your deck archetype, you're headed for trouble.
I could see this deck working if your draws are good, but if you get mana flooded then you're going to have a bad time. I still think a set of Crusaders wouldn't hurt, especially if you can keep their board clear after a sweeper or two.
I'm not even going to use the removal argument either, I'll just say that in certain match-ups, he'll get chump blocked by those little spirit tokens or a bug with a sword. I wish R had a little more to offer this deck archetype, but so far not much outside of Huntmaster and Bonfire.
This deck looks promising, and I'm a fan of playing roguish decks myself. I'll start assembling the pieces to give it a run in the next few weeks. Have you considered running Gitaxian Probe at all? Might help letting you know when to hold back a bit, or how to set yourself up with Ponder and Augur.
I think I'd rather run Garruk, Primal Hunter over Garruk Relentless, or maybe 2 Primal Hunter main and 2 Relentless sideboard. Regarding the amount of lands, play whatever you feel comfortable with. I'm personally planning on running 23 lands with 8 mana dorks, which I've had success with in the past.
I think it would have to come down to either the Avenger or the Nighthawk. Both have recursion with Sun Titan, but you're going to have to choose which color you want to invest in more.
By the time you could play this and make it have an impact, you should be close to winning already. Monument was used in the old B/W token decks, but those decks usually topped out at 4-5CMC, pushing it to 7 would be a problem.
The UB ninja deck is a lot of fun, but playing these straight out of the box runs you into the same problem that PC1 had. All 4 decks have nice pieces in them, but you have to venture outside the box to really get the most value from them.
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Is there something I can put in the GW deck to replace Nullmage Advocate. Putting Ninja's or Token Critters back in thier hands is hardly ever greater than an artifact or enchantment.
I think you mean the Jund deck. I replaced him with an Ancient Grudge, works just fine.
It's pretty standard to run 2, sometimes 4 is a little much since we should already be running 4 Fulminator Mage. A 3rd in the sideboard is often a good idea too, in case you run into Tron or the like. They're pretty high on the curve and as such are better as supplemental disruption rather than the focus of it.
Alright I'll let him know next time we play. He already has the Fulminators, so I guess he wants that extra land kill to really mess with his opponents. Thanks!
My friend recently built a Living End deck and tested it against me. He was doing just fine with 3 LE in the deck. He also plans on running 4 Avalanche Riders, I forgot whether they were in the side or main deck. I told him to go for it, and even fished up 2 from my collection for him. Has anyone else tried Riders out, so I can pass the info along to him?
I think you mean the Jund deck. I replaced him with an Ancient Grudge, works just fine.
Alright I'll let him know next time we play. He already has the Fulminators, so I guess he wants that extra land kill to really mess with his opponents. Thanks!