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08-19-2009, 11:17 PM
With the recent interest in Pauper, I've decided to post my favorite decklist. This deck just packs a bunch of 187 Green and Blue creatures that generate card advantage and splashes Red for removal as well as additional sideboard options. It plays midrange as it needs time to generate the card advantage. The card advantage is usually too strong for conventional control and aggro decks to overcome. It buys time with red removal and dominates late game with an avalanche of cards. Try it and give me your thoughts!
Lands (22)
10 Snow-Covered Forest
4 Snow-Covered Island
3 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Great Furnace
4 Terramorphic Expanse
Creatures (22)
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Coiling Oracle
3 Civic Wayfinder
3 Trinket Mage
4 Mulldrifter
4 Krosan Tusker
Spells (16)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Skred
2 Rolling Thunder
2 Oona's Grace
Toolbox (4)
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Bonesplitter
1 Relic of Progenitus
Sideboard
4 Gleeful Sabotage
4 Negate
3 Relic of Progenitus
4 Yamabushi's Storm, Pyroblast, or Open Slot
The deck almost plays itself. You simply lay down creatures and remove their larger creatures until the card advantage overwhelms them. Relic is almost an autowin against 25% of the field. Another option for the toolbox is Viridian Longbow which also randomly wins againstsome decks.
Sideboard strategies:
Mono-Black Control
+3 Relic of Progenitus, +4 Negate, -1 Bonesplitter, -1 Pyrite Spellbomb, -1 Rolling Thunder, -4 Skred
Continuously remove their graveyard with Relic and save Negate for Corrupt. Their creatures are roughly the same size, so trading will eventually lead you to victory. The only thing you need to watch out for is a lethal Crypt Rats or Corrupt.
Mono-Blue Control
+4 Negate, +2 Gleeful Sabotage, -4 Lightning Bolt, -1 Pyrite Spellbomb, -1 Aether Spellbomb (Also +4 Pyroblast, -2 Rolling Thunder, -2 Gleeful Sabotage if you have it)
Gleeful Sabotage will take out their Spire Golems. Negates will force them to double counter. Make sure to use relic against their Think Twice and Deep Analysis so they can't generate card advantage. This is normally a very easy matchup though.
Affinity
+4 Gleeful Sabotage, -1 Relic of Progenitus, -1 Aether Spellbomb, -1 Trinket Mage, -1 Krosan Tusker
You really need to stablilize as soon as possible. Their major threats are Myr Enforcer, Somber Hoverguard, and Disciple of the Vault. Try to remove these if possible. Watch out for builds running Rush of Knowledge.
Slivers
No changes
There's really not much to do in the Slivers matchup. Use removal on their slivers as approriate. Try to last until you draw a Rolling Thunder to wipe their board. It's almost impossible for them to win afterwards. You may need to play around Prismatic Strands and Thrill of the Hunt.
Burn
+4 Negate, -4 Skred
This is really just a bad matchup. You really have to luck sack this with multiple Negates to win.
Grapeshot Storm
+4 Negate, -4 Skred (also +4 Pyroblast, -1 Relic of Progenitus, -3 Lightning Bolt if you have it)
You need to counter their Blue draw spells. Though sometimes they just go off and it is near impossible for you to win.
Emtpy the Warrens Storm
+4 Negate, +4 Skred (also +4 Yamabushi's Storm, -4 Lightning Bolt if you have it)
You can only try to counter their Seething Song, Distant Melody, or a lethal Goblin War Strike. If they can't kill you the turn they go off, wipe their board with Yamabushi's Storm.
That's it. Test the list out and let me know well it works for you. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Lands (22)
10 Snow-Covered Forest
4 Snow-Covered Island
3 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Great Furnace
4 Terramorphic Expanse
Creatures (22)
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Coiling Oracle
3 Civic Wayfinder
3 Trinket Mage
4 Mulldrifter
4 Krosan Tusker
Spells (16)
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Skred
2 Rolling Thunder
2 Oona's Grace
Toolbox (4)
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Bonesplitter
1 Relic of Progenitus
Sideboard
4 Gleeful Sabotage
4 Negate
3 Relic of Progenitus
4 Yamabushi's Storm, Pyroblast, or Open Slot
The deck almost plays itself. You simply lay down creatures and remove their larger creatures until the card advantage overwhelms them. Relic is almost an autowin against 25% of the field. Another option for the toolbox is Viridian Longbow which also randomly wins againstsome decks.
Sideboard strategies:
Mono-Black Control
+3 Relic of Progenitus, +4 Negate, -1 Bonesplitter, -1 Pyrite Spellbomb, -1 Rolling Thunder, -4 Skred
Continuously remove their graveyard with Relic and save Negate for Corrupt. Their creatures are roughly the same size, so trading will eventually lead you to victory. The only thing you need to watch out for is a lethal Crypt Rats or Corrupt.
Mono-Blue Control
+4 Negate, +2 Gleeful Sabotage, -4 Lightning Bolt, -1 Pyrite Spellbomb, -1 Aether Spellbomb (Also +4 Pyroblast, -2 Rolling Thunder, -2 Gleeful Sabotage if you have it)
Gleeful Sabotage will take out their Spire Golems. Negates will force them to double counter. Make sure to use relic against their Think Twice and Deep Analysis so they can't generate card advantage. This is normally a very easy matchup though.
Affinity
+4 Gleeful Sabotage, -1 Relic of Progenitus, -1 Aether Spellbomb, -1 Trinket Mage, -1 Krosan Tusker
You really need to stablilize as soon as possible. Their major threats are Myr Enforcer, Somber Hoverguard, and Disciple of the Vault. Try to remove these if possible. Watch out for builds running Rush of Knowledge.
Slivers
No changes
There's really not much to do in the Slivers matchup. Use removal on their slivers as approriate. Try to last until you draw a Rolling Thunder to wipe their board. It's almost impossible for them to win afterwards. You may need to play around Prismatic Strands and Thrill of the Hunt.
Burn
+4 Negate, -4 Skred
This is really just a bad matchup. You really have to luck sack this with multiple Negates to win.
Grapeshot Storm
+4 Negate, -4 Skred (also +4 Pyroblast, -1 Relic of Progenitus, -3 Lightning Bolt if you have it)
You need to counter their Blue draw spells. Though sometimes they just go off and it is near impossible for you to win.
Emtpy the Warrens Storm
+4 Negate, +4 Skred (also +4 Yamabushi's Storm, -4 Lightning Bolt if you have it)
You can only try to counter their Seething Song, Distant Melody, or a lethal Goblin War Strike. If they can't kill you the turn they go off, wipe their board with Yamabushi's Storm.
That's it. Test the list out and let me know well it works for you. Any suggestions would be appreciated.