[Deck] Bant

[Tarmogoyf]

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DTBF Philosophy & Deck Selection , June 2011 Update
1, Merfolk
2, Team America
3, Maverick
4, Zoo
5, Painter
6, Sneak Attack
7, Pro Bant

GP Providence Day Two Archetype Breakdown
Merfolk 33
Zoo 16
UW Landstill 13
Bant 8
Team America 8
Dredge 7
Junk 6
Affinity 5
Natural Order Bant 5
Caw-Blade 4
Painted Stone 4
Reanimator 4
Ad Nauseum 3
BW Weenie 3
BUG Landstill 3
Goblins 3

DTBF Philosophy & Deck Selection September 2010 Update
1, Vengevine = 10.7%
2, Merfolk = 8.85%
3, Dredge = 7.16%
4, Goblins = 6.77%
5, Zoo = 6.47%
6, CounterTop = 5.16%
7, TES = 4.54%
8, New Horizons = 4.46%
9, Bant = 4.16%

DTBF Philosophy & Deck Selection August 2010 Update
1, Zoo = 10.08%
2, Merfolk = 8.47%
3, Goblins = 6.45%
4, Bant = 4.84%
5, Landstill = 4.44%

2010-08-01 GP Columbus
Day 2 Metagame Breakdown
Zoo 20
Bant* 16
CounterTop 12
Merfolk 10
Goblins 10
Aluren 7
Land 6
Belcher 6
ANT 5
Landstill 7
*(Including New Horizons and Natural Order variants)

2009-09 ~ 2009-12 DTB Status
1, CounterTop = 164 (Bant CounterTop + Bant NOProg CounterTop = 84)
2, ANT = 155
3, Tempo Threshold = 150
4, Dredge = 140
5, Merfolk = 115
6, Goblin = 107
7, Zoo = 78
8, Faerie = 61
9, Bant Aggro = 59

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2010-03-16, update Mystic Control/Bant deck
2010-03-01, update Pro Bant of GP Madrid Top 8
2010-01-26, update "Sylvan Library"

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Color
(U+G+W)

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Type
Bant Aggro (Aggro-Control)
Pro Bant (Aggro-Control-Combo)

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History
Exalted ability (Noble Hierarch, Qasali Pridemage), creature with artifact/enchantment hate (Qasali Pridemage), and 3cc 3/4 lifelink creature (Rhox War Monk) created this deck.

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Main Deck
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Draw (4~8)
4 x Brainstorm
0~4 x Ponder
0~2 x Sensei's Divining Top
0~2 x Sylvan Library

Counters (7~11)
4 x Force of Will
3~4 x Daze
0~3 x Spell Snare : 1cc against 2cc
0~3 x Spell Pierce : 1cc against noncreature spell

Removal (4~8)
4 x Swords to Plowshares
0~4 x Path to Exile : 1cc remove target creature

Counter/Removal
0~2 x Bant Charm : put on the bottom of library/counter instant spell

Creatures
4 x Noble Hierarch
4 x Tarmogoyf
3~4 x Qasali Pridemage : against artifact/enchantment and exalted
3~4 x Rhox War Monk
0~2 x Trygon Predator : against artifact/enchantment, flying
0~2 x Vendilion Clique : the best 3cc flying blue creature
0~2 x Loaming Shaman
0~4 x Stoneforge Mystic

Combo (Pro Bant only)
3 x Natural Order
1 x Progenitus : 10/10 Protection from everything
0~1 x Dryad Arbor : land creature for Natural Order

Land (18 or 19)
8~9 x Fetch land (Misty Rainforest , Windswept Heath , Flooded Strand)
6~7 x Dual land (Tropical Island , Tundra , Savannah)
1~2 x Island
1~2 x Forest
1~2 x Plains

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Sideboard (15)
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[1] against red-based deck
Blue Elemental Blast , Hydroblast
- Zoo/Burn
- Goblin

[2] destroy artifact/enchantment
Krosan Grip , Trygon Predator

[3] graveyard hate
Tormod's Crypt , Relic of Progenitus , Faerie Macabre
- Dredge
- Aggro Loam

[4] Combo
Gaddock Teeg --> against ANT, Landstill, Stax, etc.

[5] removal
Submerge : best removal against green-based creature
Path to Exile
Engineered Explosives

[6] Other
Umezawa's Jitte
Meddling Mage
Threads of Disloyalty
Divert

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Banned !!
Counterbalance
=> Superme Blue CounterTop, Bant CounterTop, Pro Bant CounterTop => CounterTop Thread

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Reference
- Horizon Canopy + Wasteland + Stifle = New Horizons Thread
- UGW + Survival of the Fittest = Bant Survival Thread
- White tempo threshold = UGw Tempo Thread

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Question :
1. How about these cards in the main deck ?
Creature :
1-1. 0~3 x Knight of the Reliquary
1-2. 0~2 x Sower of Temptation --> 4cc 2/2 flying
1-3. 0~2 x Rafiq of the Many --> 4cc 3/3 exalted
1-4. 0~4 x Nimble Mongoose --> same as UGW threshold
1-5. 0~4 x Spellstutter Sprite --> counter-spell creature
Planeswalker :
1-6. 0~2 x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1-7. 0~2 x Garruk Wildspeaker

1-8, How about this ? one, two, or three ?