4 Goblin Welder
3 Gorilla Shaman
1 Triskelion
4 Gamble
3 Goblin Lore
1 Grim Monolith
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Diamond
4 Mycosynth Lattice
4 Shattering Spree
4 Shrapnel Blast
1 Sol Ring
3 Tangle Wire
1 Wheel of Fortune
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Barbarian Ring
4 Great Furnace
6 Mountain
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
4 Wasteland |
 WelderGeddon.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Red is not known primarily for its control
aspects. Outside of land and artifact destruction, red is known for
speedy goblins and quick-fire damage spells. It’s strange, therefore,
that red in Vintage format is perhaps best known for a creature so
powerful it might be the first restricted since the venerable days of
Ali from Cairo’s reign on the list: Goblin Welder.
His Cheap cost and extraordinary ability to get multiple
uses out of expensive and deadly artifacts are no secret, as anyone who
has been on the other side of a “Stax” Smokestack lock can tell you.
Guildpact offers a new home for the Welder, in league with the powerhouse
sorcery Shattering Spree and the world-warping Mycosynth Lattice. This
Vintage WelderGeddon deck hits players early and hard in their two most
sensitive mana-producing areas: lands and artifacts, something many will
not be able to recover from.
The key to winning with this deck is getting Lattice
into your graveyard and then welding it out. Even with a 60-card deck,
that’s never a sure thing. To assist in “dumping duty,” we can employ the
mega-searcher Gamble and the Portal card Goblin Lore, both of which supply
the chance to get something useful early while also feeding our graveyard
options.
Most of the rest of the deck is devoted to producing
artifacts that aid mana acceleration, in case we have to straight-cast the
Lattice, and which also provide strong weldable stand-ins. Like its big
deck build “Stax,” this also includes the lockdown card Tangle Wire, to
prevent opponents from going haywire while the deck sets up, and a
Triskelion for extra damage oomph. Finally, Shrapnel Blasts make for good
head trauma in a pinch.
When it comes down to destroying your opponent’s metal
playthings, Shattering Spree is an excellent tool, primarily because it’s
counter-resistant. Much like storm spells, replicated copies of a spell
hit the stack separately, forcing your opponent to choose their poison
when they deploy Force of Will and its ilk. The vaunted “Mox Monkey”
Gorilla Shaman shows up as an effective source of damage, chump-blocking,
and cheap land destruction, joining Wastelands and Stip Mine to wage the
ever-present Vintage non-basic-land war. Barbarian Rings provide the final
punch to lay out your neutralized opponent. |
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