4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Carven Caryatid
4 Drift of Phantasms
1 Maga, Traitor to Mortals
3 Rampant Growth
3 Kodama's Reach
1 Heartbeat of Spring
2 Recollect
4 Early Harvest
4 Sleight of Hand
3 Telling Time
3 Compulsive Research
2 Tidings
3 Eye of the Storm
10 Forest
9 Island
1 Swamp |
   Storming
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Description of deck by Mike Flores
(quoted):
Most formats come down to beatdown decks like
the potential Black Aggro or WW/WW-r decks we looked at, control like
Gifts Ungiven or Blue control, and combination decks. Ravnica gives us
an interesting new combination card in Eye of the Storm.
You might be asking yourself, "Why would I want to play
a symmetrical effect like Eye of the Storm? Doesn't it help both players
equally?"
The answer is, in essence, yes, but in a combination
deck, the opponent's contributions to the Eye of the Storm and his ability
to exploit it are likely to be minimal. On the other hand, with a critical
mass of Early Harvests and card drawing, the Eye of the Storm player might
be able to untap and kill right after playing his signature enchantment.
If you want to test Eye of the Storm, I would suggest
starting with the deck Olivier Ruel posted in The Week That Was last
Friday. Olivier's deck is interesting in that it kills with Maga, Traitor
to Mortals. Maga is a creature and, hence, does not go under Eye of the
Storm; instead, this Legendary creature exploits Olivier's massive mana
generation capabilities (Sakura-Tribe Elder and Kodama's Reach into
Heartbeat of Spring and Early Harvest) to add many life-draining +1/+1
counters. The choice of Maga as a kill condition is more important than
you might think. Should the opponent try to win with a sorcery or instant
that could go under Eye of the Storm, the opponent could just wait for the
death blow to stack and respond with an instant himself. This would
trigger the Eye and everything under it, piggybacking most of the work
done by combo player himself! |
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