grahf
01-18-2009, 03:14 PM
So this is basically mono-blue Gifts Tron with a very slight red splash. I doubt the deck would survive against Wastelands, but it is pretty fun to play. There are some interesting cards in the Legacy cardpool that are pretty good in Tron.
// Lands
12 Tron
5 Islands
3 Tolaria West
1 Steam Vents
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Great Furnace
1 Petrified Field
1 Academy Ruins
// Blue
4 Repeal
4 Condescend
4 Gifts Ungiven
3 Thirst For Knowledge
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Capsize
1 Relearn
1 Argivian Restoration
// Red
1 Trash for Treasure
1 Fireball
// Non-creature Artifacts
4 Izzet Signet
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Crucible of Worlds
3 Oblivion Stone
1 Engineered Explosives
// Big Robots
1 Triskelion
1 Duplicant
1 Sundering Titan
1 Bosh, Iron Golem
Nothing terribly out of the ordinary compared to Extended Tron, except that I don't see many mono-blue lists. The primary win condition is having Bosh chuck recurring Sundering Titans at the opponent's face. Academy Ruins and the Artifact reanimation spells (Argivian Restoration, Trash for Treasure) can recur: Oblivion Stone, Engineered Explosives, Duplicant, Triskelion, anything Bosh chucks. So that is kinda the main hook of the deck. Your first Gifts is probably for Crucible, Academy, Petrified Field, and a missing Tron piece; however, with Tolaria West you might not need to, and proceed straight to big robots + reanimation.
Two cards that the Legacy cardpool add to this deck are Argivian Restoration and Relearn, both of which are intended to improve Gifts piles. The Restoration is like Zombify in UB Tron, except better because it will bring back noncreature artifacts too if need be. I'm not sure if Relearn is worth it, but I figure that throwing into a Gifts pile of spells will make it more likely to get what I want.
Two other heavy-blue spells we can use are Capsize and Dominate. Once Capsize comes online it's hard for an opponent to do much. This deck should theoretically support Dominate's heavy mana cost quite easily, but I couldn't find space for it. I wanted to play Spell Burst too, but the deck felt very top-heavy with that and the aforementioned two spells that are pretty much useless until I get Tron out. Merchant Scrolls were also in the deck, but I cut them for the 4th Gifts and some other stuff. Oh yes, and refilling your hand with a massive end-of-turn Stroke of Genius feels really good. I guess I could play Invoke the Firemind too, and perhaps should, but is that going a little to far over the deep end into casual jankyness? Regardless, I think Fireball should be replaced with Banefire once Conflux comes out (or perhaps Fanning the Flames, but I don't like the double red casting cost).
I'm not sure if the artifact count is high enough to support both Thirst for Knowledge and Trash for Treasure, hence the cut to 3 Thirsts.
I considered adding some Red board sweepers like Wildfire or Devastation, but recurring Oblivion Stone seems better in almost any case. I don't really want to destroy my own lands without more artifact mana, but the O-stone will wipe most of my artifact mana, so it's kinda either-or.
So there it is. It's not terribly creative, but I've seen some truly horrible casual Tron lists, so I figured I'd throw this out there.
// Lands
12 Tron
5 Islands
3 Tolaria West
1 Steam Vents
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Great Furnace
1 Petrified Field
1 Academy Ruins
// Blue
4 Repeal
4 Condescend
4 Gifts Ungiven
3 Thirst For Knowledge
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Capsize
1 Relearn
1 Argivian Restoration
// Red
1 Trash for Treasure
1 Fireball
// Non-creature Artifacts
4 Izzet Signet
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Crucible of Worlds
3 Oblivion Stone
1 Engineered Explosives
// Big Robots
1 Triskelion
1 Duplicant
1 Sundering Titan
1 Bosh, Iron Golem
Nothing terribly out of the ordinary compared to Extended Tron, except that I don't see many mono-blue lists. The primary win condition is having Bosh chuck recurring Sundering Titans at the opponent's face. Academy Ruins and the Artifact reanimation spells (Argivian Restoration, Trash for Treasure) can recur: Oblivion Stone, Engineered Explosives, Duplicant, Triskelion, anything Bosh chucks. So that is kinda the main hook of the deck. Your first Gifts is probably for Crucible, Academy, Petrified Field, and a missing Tron piece; however, with Tolaria West you might not need to, and proceed straight to big robots + reanimation.
Two cards that the Legacy cardpool add to this deck are Argivian Restoration and Relearn, both of which are intended to improve Gifts piles. The Restoration is like Zombify in UB Tron, except better because it will bring back noncreature artifacts too if need be. I'm not sure if Relearn is worth it, but I figure that throwing into a Gifts pile of spells will make it more likely to get what I want.
Two other heavy-blue spells we can use are Capsize and Dominate. Once Capsize comes online it's hard for an opponent to do much. This deck should theoretically support Dominate's heavy mana cost quite easily, but I couldn't find space for it. I wanted to play Spell Burst too, but the deck felt very top-heavy with that and the aforementioned two spells that are pretty much useless until I get Tron out. Merchant Scrolls were also in the deck, but I cut them for the 4th Gifts and some other stuff. Oh yes, and refilling your hand with a massive end-of-turn Stroke of Genius feels really good. I guess I could play Invoke the Firemind too, and perhaps should, but is that going a little to far over the deep end into casual jankyness? Regardless, I think Fireball should be replaced with Banefire once Conflux comes out (or perhaps Fanning the Flames, but I don't like the double red casting cost).
I'm not sure if the artifact count is high enough to support both Thirst for Knowledge and Trash for Treasure, hence the cut to 3 Thirsts.
I considered adding some Red board sweepers like Wildfire or Devastation, but recurring Oblivion Stone seems better in almost any case. I don't really want to destroy my own lands without more artifact mana, but the O-stone will wipe most of my artifact mana, so it's kinda either-or.
So there it is. It's not terribly creative, but I've seen some truly horrible casual Tron lists, so I figured I'd throw this out there.