This is my spin on the deck, I used the Gifts Rock deck from the 2K as a shell, ANY & ALL changes are welcome:
My land-base needs to be changed, I didn't like the Tombstalker & Persecute in the main/side, so I took them out and added the Finks/Rief engine and an Oracle/Academy engine.
Black is nifty, and I wanna keep it in the deck, but I don't think I need that many black sources for Raven's Crime, Crime // Punishment, Thoughtseize, and the other cards in the sideboard.
Its pretty good against the whole field. There are no absolutely great match ups, and your only really tough match up is RDW/Burn which is still close to 50/50.
as for color wise, GBUx is what I would go. One list in a recent tournament splashed white for KotR and glittering wish.
Knight seems like a great addition to the deck, I might try to play an extra Finks or 2 + Oran Rief in my variant.
If you play Volt Charge instead of Gambit you don't really why this archetype loses matches. It's not because creature decks are giving it too hard of a time.
This is my current list.
It has proven very effective with the MB alone, and only gets stronger with the SB
Any thoughts and criticism is greatly appreciated
So this guy has 4 wasteland, and he'd sell them to me for $100 and the conditions are about EX some higher
Is this a reasonable deal?
Cheapest Im seeing on epay is 106, and the auction isn't over yet and their shipping.
lol troll and toad has played ones for 23.99 but their played cards are usually kinda grimy
I was thinking the same. The first ability might be relevant if you manage to land the relic first turn but other than that I don't see how it's better than crypt.
I'd do that in a heartbeat. Most stores sell their Wastelands for $30ish
Pulse will probably at most 2 for 1. Deed is slower, but it's usually 3-4 or more for 1. Against Merfolk, it can be really handy to wipe the board. Against Countertop, it's great to play an early Deed and leave it there in case they assemble the soft lock. Deed is the much more powerful card of the two. Just don't over extend yourself.
Yeah, that's true...
1 Deed > Pulse in the main?
And any suggestions in the board?
My store sold out of Teeg, and I personally believe Etherworn is better because I can tutor it out.
My land-base needs to be changed, I didn't like the Tombstalker & Persecute in the main/side, so I took them out and added the Finks/Rief engine and an Oracle/Academy engine.
Black is nifty, and I wanna keep it in the deck, but I don't think I need that many black sources for Raven's Crime, Crime // Punishment, Thoughtseize, and the other cards in the sideboard.
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
4 Kitchen Finks
3 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Obstinate Baloth
1 Eternal Witness
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Engineered Explosives
3 Thoughtseize
1 Raven's Crime
1 Crime // Punishment
2 Glittering Wish
2 Go for the Throat
1 Life from the Loam
3 Gifts Ungiven
1 Damnation
1 Wrath of God
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Murmuring Bosk
3 Overgrown Tomb
2 Temple Garden
1 Watery Grave
1 Horizon Canopy
2 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Ghost Quarter
3 Swamp
2 Forest
2 Plains
1 Island
1 Gaddock Teeg
3 Quasali Pridemage
1 Loxodon Hierarch
1 Tombstalker
1 Crime// Punishment
2 Circle of Protection: Red
2 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Putrefy
1 Persecute
1 Worm Harvest
Knight seems like a great addition to the deck, I might try to play an extra Finks or 2 + Oran Rief in my variant.
And what colors are best in the deck?
I think it was Teetering Peaks
Yeah, that prolly isn't the same deck card for card though, just observation.
I don't have an exact list, but some one ran it at a Modern Tournament at our shop yesterday:
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Dungrove Elder
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Vengevine
2 Noble Hierarch
2 Quasali Pridemage
2 Wooly Thoctar
1 Sword of Body and Mind
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Sword of War and Peace
4 Arid Mesa
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Verdant Catacomb
2 Marsh Flats
3 Sacred Foundry
3 Stomping Ground
3 Temple Garden
3 Forest
He ran:
Inquisistions
Bolts
Blightnings
Browbeats
I don't have an exacty list, but that's the idea.
What are this decks good/bad match-ups?
How do you feel about Volt Charge > Gambit?
I'd do that in a heartbeat. Most stores sell their Wastelands for $30ish
Also how does this deck fare vs. Merfolk?
I wanna run this deck in a Merfolk meta.
Yeah, that's true...
1 Deed > Pulse in the main?
And any suggestions in the board?
My store sold out of Teeg, and I personally believe Etherworn is better because I can tutor it out.
Also, I'm not quite sold on Engineered Plague.