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Here's an opinionated post.

Yep, it was big red (wrote the primer, but you ran into hdeck12). I was on Junk all day, but sick job with the mav. :)

Read "half the overall metagame."

This is precisely why I'm adding that to my Junk sideboard.

I also think Mav can simply outclass Junk with protection and an incredible threat density. Tarmogoyf's well and scary... until he...

Hell no! Maverick (at least in my testing) has crushed all the "tier" decks (Jund, BUG, Junk and Stoneblade), and since Combo decks are poking their heads out with the lack of counterbalances, now is...

Maverick, especially Punishing Maverick, is most certainly still a tier 1 deck, and I think the sooner folks catch onto that, the sooner we'll see top 8s by it again. It can most certainly go...

Deathrite Shaman, Abrupt Decay and discard seem strong right now. A Rock-style build seems good given the trends of the current metagame.

Personally, I'd drop the nobles for Shamans, and beyond...

Not against Deed-based control, which kills Grandpa as dead as the rest of your creatures, and your thorn. Armageddon is a great counterstrike the following turn esp. if you have a noble and fetch...

Armageddon seems like the most effective control hate. It blows BUG, Miracles, stoneblade and nicfit out of the water mid-to-late game.

I've played with 777 before (I run primarily Goblins and Death & Taxes, but I'm getting back into the Mav game), and I'll tell you this much: Rafiq is a goddamn beast. With 4 nobles, 2 caverns and...

Arashi, The Delvers Asunder.

Different interactions. DM kills spells; Ooze eats up creatures. Combined they kill most GY decks outright (though, if Dredge is fast enough, it's really hard to say whether or not DM will be...

Nic Fit tech?

Thalia's been stirring up a lot of discussion in the Death and Taxes threads, but she's great in that deck because of Aether Vial, SFM, and 4 Karakas MD. While Mav borrows some things from DnT, I'm...

Regeneration explicitly states that the creature is tapped and removed from combat.

For those who think I'm a fool:


"614.8. Regeneration is a destruction-replacement effect. The word...

When thrun regenerates, he deals no damage. Thus no jitte counters. With a sword, the combo of protection and +2/+2 allows him to actually kill things. Further, you can equip a Sword to a...

All I see with Jitte off the draw is spell snare fodder, and while Stoneforge is too, if it sticks you get the card advantage. Also, stoneforge can't be touched by spell pierce.

Further, against...

What's you justification for only 2 wastes, given the RUG/BUG/nonbasics running around currently? They were an auto 4-of for me. Also, Parallax Wave seems a weird choice imo, esp. given the dudes you...

I was confusing the needle with Phyrexian Revoker (I also play Mono-W Death and Taxes). So, yeah, useless there. :P

2 E Tutors are good; I've just heard the argument that they can lead to...

I was looking to take this to the GP in March. and yes it's the same MD list on the last page.


Against storm/combo my plan would be:

- 1 thrun
- 1 Elspeth, knight errant
- 2 scryb ranger
-...

I was thinking about it today at work, and I came up with a sideboard that, I think, is pretty solid for Mav (at least classic GW).

1x Bojuka Bog
2x Surgical Extraction
4x Mindbreak Trap
4x...

I think it, P. Ooze, has some applications depending on your meta. However, Swords is still supreme.

Also, could someone please explain to me how Garruk Relentless is good against Nic Fit--other...

Hey guys, i just started to pick up this deck after some pretty good results with Death & Taxes. However, I've found Maverick to be far stronger and more consistent that D&T, and gotta say that it's...

Hey, I just started to build Maverick a few weeks ago, and almost have it completed. My roommate decided recently to make UW Stoneblade, so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for the MU or...