Another one for the calendar:
Sun 6th June – PTQ Amsterdam. Standard Constructed. 9:30 registration for 10am start, $20. Melbourne High School. 1st gets you a Pro Tour invite and plane fare. 2nd gets you a box, etc, etc..
I’ve been working on a red aggro deck because I think kiln fiend is absolutely insane, especially when using spells with rebound.
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The Eldrazi have risen!
The Rise of the Eldrazi Atogatog will be on Sunday 9th May at my place as usual. Games start at 12.00 sharp. Feel free to roll along from 10.30 onwards to start cracking packs and building decks.
It will cost around $30-$35 as usual and I will likely be selling some cheap packs at the end. For Rise of the Eldrazi we will each receive 6 boosters with which to make decks and will be battling for 5 rounds to determine the champion.
Please let me know at least a week in advance if you are coming so I can organise all the packs.
Confirmed:
Scott is in need of two Glimpse of Nature for the PTQ on sunday. His deck doesn’t work without so it’s kinda a big deal..
Ok, so I have this janky mono-white goats deck that I’m thinking of taking to the PTQ but I think it needs some (reads: alot) of work. So here’s the list that I have at the moment.
[cardlist][Lands]
16 Plains
2 Springjack Pasture
1 Kabira Crossroads
[/Lands]
[Creatures]
3 Swans of Bryn Argoll
2 Plumeveil
2 Mesa Enchantress
2 Cho-Manno, Revolutionary
2 Springjack Shepherd
1 Flickerwisp
1 Kor Firewalker
1 Paladin en-Vec
1 True Believer
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Path to Exile
2 Faiths Fetters
2 Sunspring Expedition
2 Pariah
2 Mirrorweave
2 Holy Day
1 Beacon of Immortality
1 Sigil of the Empty Throne
1 Armored Ascension
1 Ajani Goldmane
1 Wrath of God
1 Prison Term
1 Wheel of Sun and Moon
1 Pacifism
1 Greater Auramancy
1 Otherworldly Journey
1 High Ground
[/Spells][/cardlist]
The basic idea of this deck is to lay out as many white mana symbols onto the board as possible, and basically stalling the board until you land a shepherd and creature heaps of goats and mirrorweave into Swans, pump with Ajani and smash or Armored Ascension a goat and smash face while laughing your self stupid; land a sigil and creature an army of 4/4 Angels; or until you mill your opponent.
Deck interactions:
This deck has some fun (and useful interactions) that I’ll quickly mention here just so you all can see where I’m coming from with these selections.
Pariah and either Cho-Manno, Revolutionary or Swans of Bryn Argoll:
I’m not really a fan of taking damage, so these little combos make me quite happy. The pariah with cho-manna is a bit of an old one, and doesn’t really do anything more prevent damage, but Pariah on the Swans can make for a very milltastic day (especially against decks with no hard removal)
Wheel of Sun and Moon and Sword of The Meek, Thopter Foundry combo:
Enchant opponent, sword of the meek hits there graveyard, back in the deck == no combo 🙂
Those are just 2 little ones that I can think of at the moment.
Either way, any help making this a stronger deck will greatly appreciated (and if anyone happens to have any cards that they could lend, I wont say no to the help :P)
I’m looking at 2 possible decks for extented outside of Thepths. If you can tell me how to hyperlink the cards i’ll do it when i get a chance. otherwise here are the decklists
[cardlist]
[Lands]
2 Scalding Tarn
1 Vesuva
4 Plains
1 Island
4 Hallowed Fountain
1 Island
2 Mystic Gate
1 Island
2 Academy Ruins
4 Ghost Quarter
1 Marsh Flats
1 Arid Mesa
[/Lands]
[Creatures]
3 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Aven Mindcensor
3 Aven Riftwatcher
4 Mulldrifter
3 Reveillark
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
3 Repeal
4 Path to Exile
1 Umezawas Jitte
3 Thopter Foundry
1 Sword of the Meek
2 Oblivion Ring
[/Spells]
[Sideboard]
3 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Repeal
1 Aven Riftwatcher
4 Engineered Explosives
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Sword of the Meek
[/Sideboard]
[/cardlist]
And the Doran deck, without doran 🙁
[cardlist]
[Lands]
2 Overgrown Tomb
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Arid Mesa
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Plains
2 Temple Garden
4 Marsh Flats
2 Forest
2 Godless Shrine
4 Verdant Catacombs
1 Treetop Village
2 Swamp
[/Lands]
[Creatures]
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Baneslayer Angel
4 Kitchen Finks
[/Creatures]
[Spells]
4 Path to Exile
4 Thoughtseize
2 Extirpate
1 Umezawas Jitte
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
[/Spells]
[Sideboard]
3 Night of Souls Betrayal
1 Loxodon Hierarch
1 Umezawas Jitte
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Deathmark
2 Extirpate
[/Sideboard]
[/cardlist].
Chelsea and I will be hosting a draft day on Easter Monday. We’ll start at 10am, and do at least two drafts, possibly three. Probably we’ll do some BBQing for lunch/dinner. Probably one Zendikar draft as well as Time Spiral or Coldsnap (or we can just vote on formats of choice, see possibilities in the comments). It will be 13 dollars or less per draft, depending on exactly what we draft.
If you’re not listed on the site as coming, please let me know if you can make it so I can confirm numbers.
I will be holding a Zendikar draft this Friday evening (26th March). Start time will be 7:00pm. Please let me know below or by phone if you’re planning to come.
Okay, it must be time to get back into drafting regularly. Saturdays aren’t good for the next couple of weeks but Fridays are okay, so I’m suggesting 7pm this Friday and next Friday as a good start.
Let me know if you’re available. I’m looking forward to drafting some Worldwake and to catching up with people!
Also, if we don’t have numbers for drafting this Friday, I’d still be interested in playing standard for anyone free.
Worldwake is soon to be released which means it is almost time for the ATOGATOG!
The Worldwake Atogatog will be on Sunday 28th February at my place as usual. Games start at 12.00 sharp. Feel free to roll along from 10.30 onwards to start cracking packs and building decks.
It will cost around $30-$35 and I will likely be selling some cheap packs at the end. For Worldwake we will each receive 6 boosters with which to make decks and will be battling for 5 rounds to determine the champion.
Please let me know fairly soon if you are coming so I can organise all the packs.