4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
4 Carven Caryatid
2 Drift of Phantasms
3 Soramaro, First to Dream
3 Masumaro, First to Live
1 Myojin of Life's Web
1 Myojin of Seeing Winds
1 The Unspeakable
1 Autochthon Wurm
4 Congregation at Dawn
4 Heed the Mists
3 Farseek
3 Flight of Fancy
1 Eerie Procession
1 Reclaim
8 Forest
7 Island
4 Temple Garden
4 Yavimaya Coast
1 Plains |
   Heed
of the Congregation.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
One of my favourite Ravnica cards is
Congregation at Dawn. I've already built and written about one deck
based on the card. Unbeknownst to you - but knownst to me - is the fact
that I have a whole slew of Congregation at Dawn decks waiting in the
wings. Two slews, in fact. It's just a great Johnny card. The fact that
the creatures go on top of your library opens up more interesting
possibilities than would putting the cards into your hand. One such card
is a Blue card-drawer from Betrayers of Kamigawa. What is it called
again? Obey the Spray? Mind the Spume? Do What the Fog Says? Follow that
Cloud's Instructions? Heed the Mists? There, that's it!
Congregation at Dawn can put, say, an Autochthon Wurm on
top of your library, and the subsequent Mist-Heeding will net you an
amount of cards so obscene, you'd have to give your hand an "X" rating.
Drawing that many cards sure is fun, but what do you do with them all? I
don't know, how about attack for the win with Soramaro, First to Dream?
The “Maro” cycle from Saviors of Kamigawa hasn't had too
much exposure (at least in the articles I've been reading), but they are
perfect in this deck. Masumaro, First to Live can become enormous, but its
lack of evasion is a problem. Enter Flight of Fancy, Masumaro's best
friend. Seriously, I think Flight of Fancy was the Best Man at Masumaro's
wedding. That might be completely made up.
Drift of Phantasms can Transmute for Congregation at
Dawn, but it can also fetch Heed the Mists, by way of Eerie Procession.
Sakura-Tribe Elder and Carven Caryatid can keep all sorts of nasty
critters at bay while accelerating your mana and keeping your hand full.
This deck was a lot of fun to play. It's always a good
sign when a deck does its thing the very first time out. At the end of my
opponent's fifth turn, I cast the Congregation and put a Soramaro on top,
followed by a creature selected at random, followed by the Autochthon
Wurm. On my turn, I drew and played the Legend as a 5/5. On my next turn,
I drew the random creature and cast Heed the Mists, drawing fifteen cards
and making Soramaro, First to Kill! He flew in for the full twenty.
Another fun trick for later in the game involves stacking the Green Myojin
on top of a fatty, on top of the Autochthon Wurm. Play the Myojin, then
Listen to Some Moisture-Dense Air the next turn and put a handful of
creatures directly into play! |
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