Sunday, April 16, 2017

Calling of the Inner Beast ~ Pauper






Lands 20+4Creatures 15Auras
3 Bant Panorama4 Aura Gnarlidwhite and green 4
3 Naya Panorama4 Gladecover Scout4 Armadillo Cloak
4 Blossoming Sands4 Slippery Boglegreen 12
3 Selesnya Guildgate3 Yavimaya Enchantress4 Ancestral Mask
3 Forest153 Bequeathal
4 Plains394 Rancor
4 Wild GrowthSpider Umbra
24white 5
2 Ethereal Armor
Hyena Umbra
2 Journey to Nowhere
60

This deck Calling of the Inner Beast, which used to be called Eminent Surroundings, is an aura pump deck.  Aura Gnarlid and Yavimaya Enchantress are the primary attackers.  Slippery Bogle and Gladecover Scout use hexproof to hide important auras from opponents so that the slammers can do their jobs.  Don't forget to count Wild Growth as an aura, and opponent's auras are also in the math.  This deck has 25 auras.  It should be enough for some serious aura combos.

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Feebleness of the Suffering Bastard





24 Land1 mana instants or sorceriesCreatures 8
2 Bant Panoramagreen 9
2 Grixis Panorama2 Reclaim4 Nivix Cyclops
Rugged Highlands4 Commune with Nature4 Kiln Fiend
Swiftwater Clifts3 Mutagenic Growth8
Thornwood Fallsblue 1360
4 Rupture Spire2 Artful Dodge
4 Transguild Promenade4 Distortion Strike
3 Forest2 Brainstorm
3 Island2 Unsummon
3 Mountain3 Ponder
red 6
3 Assault Strobe
3 Lightning Bolt
28
52

The major weakness of this deck is that it only has 8 creatures.  To help combat that there is Reclaim, Commune with Nature, Brainstorm, and Ponder.  These spells, along with the other spells can simultaneously be used to pump Nivix Cyclops and/or Kiln Fiend.  Also, to prevent chump blockers, clearing the battlefield with Lightning Bolt, and/or Unsummon may be necessary.
Sideboard:
2 Reclaim
4 Salvage

Friday, April 14, 2017

Slow Cooked Veggies







Land1 mana2 mana3 mana4+ mana
2 Fog4 Deadly Recluse2 Nissa's Pilgrimage4 Timbermaw Larva
16 Forests2 Undergrowth2 Moment's Peace3 Tangle Golem
4 Sejiri SteppeElvish Mystic2 Ambush Viper2 Wickerbough Elder
2 Mortal WoundFa'adyah Seer2 Imperiosaur
2 Forced AdaptationRegeneration
2 Fruition2 Evolution Charm
Llanowar Elves
Arbor Elf

Strategy:
This is a slow deck. The object is to ward off large attacks with Fog, Undergrowth, Fruition, and Moments Peace.
More stalling comes from the deathtouch of Deadly Recluse, and Ambush Viper, and also Mortal Wound.
Use Llanowar, Arbor Elf, Elvish Mystic, Fa'adyah Seer, and maybe Evolution Charm for mana excelleration.

Thursday, April 13, 2017

“Say yer prayers varmint!” ~ Pauper




Strategy:
Mana ramp creatures with defender, such as Overgrown Battlement, and Axebane Guardian to cast power 5 creatures with trample, such as Scuzzback Marauders, Molder Beast, and Tajuru Pathwarden.  Then, pump with Assault Strobe, Double Cleave, Phytoburst.








Land 230 mana1 mana2 mana5 mana
7 Forest2 Shield Sphere4 Assault Strobe4 Phytoburst4 Scuzzback Marauders
4 Gruul Guildgate252 Torpid Moloch4 Double Cleave4 Molder Beast
Jund Panorama314 Overgrown BattlementTajuru Pathwarden
5 Mountain43Lightning Shrieker
2 Naya Panorama60
4 Rugged Highlands
3 mana
4 Axebane Guardian
Sideboard47
3 Stomper Cub
3 Garruk's Companion
2 Shield Sphere
2 Torpid Moloch
3 Lightning Shrieker
Mountain
Forest

Judas and the Deathtouch Kiss







This is an ultraslow deckcomments1 manacomments2 manacomments
Land/Landish4 Prey UponThey wanted to trick him4 Ambush ViperJudas' sneek attack betrayal
18 Forests4 Sedge ScorpionJesus gave authority to trample these4 Thornweald Archerflyer say "Bye bye"
2 Halimar Depths1 Sylvok LifestaffMary, the mother of Jesus4 Deadly Recluseflyer say "Bye bye"
2 Kabira Crossroadsslow deck, add life gain4 RegenerationTo give Jesus resurrection power 
1 Wild Growththe "Triumphal entry"2 Gleeful Sabotage gets rid of those pesky auras
3 manacomments5 mana comments
4 Viridian Longbowgo in for the slow kill4 Greater Basiliskmore deathtouch
2 Slagwurm ArmorJesus' ability to take punishment