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The new school is coming! I say that ever so quickly since I said something was the “Best Deck” in a format. With the way new sets are being released, and every new set has bomb cards, many of today’s Magic Geniuses are constantly trying to find new and innovative ways to break a format. Our current format is Lorwyn Block and Shadowmoor Block Constructed.
I was at Grand Prix Indianapolis last weekend where I had a mediocre deck with a pretty impressive start of 5-0-1, only to bomb out with 3 straight losses
I was looking to play in the PTQ for the weekend and Antonino talked to me about a block deck that had a relatively decent finish in a PTQ just a few weeks ago. I was quick to respond with my ever so tiring “Faeries is the Best deck” line and he responded by telling me to at least look at it. It does VERY well versus creature decks. I looked, I liked, so I made some modifications and here’s what I came up with (see right.)
This deck is very similar to the Mana Ramp decks that try to push out something big and stomp the opponent into submission early. Now I didn’t post a sideboard as I feel that this is the piece of the deck that REALLY needs work. Anyone who has suggestions please send us email using the form!
What I can tell you is that this deck performs VERY well versus creature decks. I’ve been posting about a 75% margin of victory against Kithkin (after about 60 games) and I went 3-1 over Kithkin in my PTQ last week. With Fulminator Mage in the main deck, I was able to handle "Five Color Green" very well also, but can always feel a bit more comfortable.
Here were my matches with a quick overview:
Round 1 Kithkin
My round one opponent was a young lady who was very sweet and was VERY interested in watching Mananation (hope you were able to watch!) I won’t mention her name as she may not want me to identify her. She made a couple of play mistakes, however I don’t think she really could have won even with perfect play. A couple of times I needed to Nameless Inversion a Burrenton Forge-Tender to wipe her board.
Games: 2-0
Matches: 1-0
Round 2 Kithkin
I smashed with a Turn 4 Oona, Queen of the Fae in game one and a Turn 3 Chameleon Colossus in game 2
Games: 4-0
Matches: 2-0
Round 3 Assassins
This was a very interesting match. He mulliganed game 1 and I mulliganed game 2. He’s playing a deck similar to mine, with the difference being I used fertile ground and devoted druids, he used profane commands and SCARBLADE ELITE. For Game 3 I cast multiple Thoughtseize AND I destroy 3 of his lands early with two Fulminator Mages and a Makeshift Mannequin. However, I draw 7 consecutive lands which allowed him to recover and beat me up with his Chameleon Colossus. This is one of the things I feel is a weakness to the deck.
Games: 5-2
Matches: 2-1
Round 4 5CG
He mulligan game 1 and I use my Fulminator Mage to win both games. I recommend destroying the blue sources so they have a harder time casting Cryptic Command. I believe the 5CG deck’s weakness is that it has quite a few spells that cost 5 or more and thus make mana very valuable.
Games: 7-2
Matches: 3-1
Round 5 Faeries
He sweeps me for the exact reasons why I still think Faeries is the best deck in the format. It counters cards that you cast while still gaining a permanents of its own in
Spellstutter Sprite. Mistbind Clique can be very annoying as it Time Walks me, AND I am unable to get my 4th and 5th source quick enough.
Games: 7-4
Matches: 3-2
Round 6 Kithkin
I’m playing the boyfriend of my round 1 opponent. So I think it’s poetic that I lose. He’s running Oblivion rings main and I get flooded once again. He was able to put out multiple Forge Tenders on top of me playing badly.
Games: 7-6
Matches: 3-3 drop
All I can say is that the deck is pretty good. Not quite there yet but on its way.
GP Indianapolis was fun. Wizards and the promoters were gracious enough to give T-Shirts and Play Mats out for entering certain events. There were over 1100 people in the main event and the energy was electrifying.
And it was GREAT meeting more of the show’s viewers, I hope to meet more soon! In Denver and maybe Chicago.
I’m not to keen on tourney reports any more but if you liked this one (I’m sure I could have added more detail) let me know and I’ll work harder and better on the next one. I really just wanted to show off a deck that can deal with Kithkin and Elves rather easily.
See Ya next week!
-Lee
