4 Sundering Titan
3 Vine Trellis
2 Weathered Wayfarer
3 Elvish Aberration
2 Talisman of Unity
2 Talisman of Impulse
4 Astral Slide
2 Lightning Rift
3 Sylvan Scrying
2 Reap and Sow
3 Lay Waste
2 Slice and Dice
2 Renewed Faith
2 Dingus Egg
4 Secluded Steppe
4 Forgotten Cave
4 Tranquil Thicket
4 Shivan Oasis
4 Elfhame Palace
4 Cloudpost |
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Description of deck by Adrian
Sullivan @ www.wizards.com
(quoted):
Now, before I go on to the rough patches of this version, I want to
talk about what I really like about this deck. The big thing for me is
the Elvish Aberration. I've had a soft spot in my heart for this guy
since he was printed. At first I didn't think too much of him. It didn't
take long until I realized he was great in my Odyssey Block Black/Green
deck. He cycled, and after dropping into the graveyard made my Oversold
Cemetery that much better, but better still, he could be tapped for a
lot of mana. A lot of mana. That meant that silly things like Kamahl,
Fist of Krosa/Infest could work out so much better than they had in all
of the previous versions of the deck I had built. Jared goes through
much of the same here with this deck.
The Aberration here is clearly only able to be cast. Since Jared hasn't
included any Forests, you can't ditch an Aberration to go get a land,
but that still isn't too bad. 4/5 is a pretty big body. More
importantly, though, the Aberration can take you from 6 mana on one turn
to 9 or 10 mana on the next turn (depending on whether or not you drop a
land). That's a significant jump. In addition, even if he can't find a
land when you cycle him, you can still use an Astral Slide or Lightning
Rift if need be.
With Vine Trellis and Talismans, you are going to be able to have a
fairly reasonable start on getting some mana acceleration. Sylvan
Scrying, Reap and Sow, and Weathered Wayfarer are all going to do their
part to help you get Cloudposts going. All told, that is pretty good.
One of the rough spots in this deck is still the mana. Every single land
in the deck comes into play tapped. That is a bit rough. Perhaps a City
of Brass or Mirrodin's Core wouldn't be out of place in this deck. In
addition, dropping in a Forest or two wouldn't be half bad, even if the
Titan might inadvertently destroy it.
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