I think Greaves might be a trap...
Moggcatcher costs plus to activate. So assuming Greaves is already on the table, you'd need 7 mana to play and activate Moggcatcher.
Jitte is the better equipment based on the creature density and ability to control a game.
In defense of Magus...
Against Miracles, it shuts off fetchlands which makes their cantrips worse.
Against D&T, assuming 8 Moon effects, I'd actually recommend upping your # of maindeck Chainwhirlers. That card wrecks D&T. I'm currently playing 4. (2 Cratermaker)
I got 3rd again at a local event with Moggcatcher.
The big prize was a bye to Eternal Weekend, and that drew 13 hopefuls to what ended up being an 0.7K...
From memory, the meta was:
4 Miracles
2 Grixis Control
2 B/R Reanimator
1 Pox
1 Moggcatcher
1 Grixis Pyromancer
1 BUG Nic Fit
1 Shortcake (Painter)
My list:
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Trinisphere
4 Moggcatcher
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Goblin Chainwhirler
2 Goblin Cratermaker
1 Stingscourger
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Goblin Settler
1 Goblin Trashmaster
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Sideboard
4 Faerie Macabre
4 Abrade
2 Trinisphere
3 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Round 1, B/R Reanimator 2-0
I win the die roll but mull to 6. He reveals Chancellor of the Annex. I play City of Traitors, Chrome Mox, Chalice of the Void @ 1. He plays a land and passes the turn. I follow up with a Magus and it attacks until I find a real threat.
Game 2 he mulls to 6 and reveals Chancellor. He unmasks himself to pitch Chancellor and I discard Faerie Macabre when he goes to Reanimate it. Rabblemaster closes the game quickly.
Round 2, Grixis Control 2-0
He wins the die roll and we both mulligan, but he has to do it twice. Pretty sure I get Chalice @ 1 and Magus out turns 1 and 2. He isn't able to put up much of a fight. Game 2 we both keep 7. He gets basic Swamp and Island into play but I get Chalice @ 1 and Blood Moon. He cantrips with Baleful Strix and gets in 2 attacks before I land Moggcatcher. Moggcatcher finds Chainwhirler, then Settler, then Kiki. He draws Kolaghan's Command the turn after I destroy his Swamp.
Round 3, Shortcake 0-2
I win the die roll and he mulls to 5! Life cannot get better. He's able to combo with 6 life left.
Game 2 we both mull to 6. He gets enough to deal with the lock pieces I throw out, and Smuggler's Copter does work in the air while digging him into gas. He wins by crewing two Copters while I'm at 5 life.
Round 4, Miracles 2-1
He wins the die roll and has Plows or Forces for whatever I try to assemble. I scoop at 18 life after he's run me out of cards while maintaining a decent hand for himself.
Game 2 we both mull to 6. I get Chandra, Torch of Defiance but he answers her with Council's Judgment. Fortunately I have a backup Chandra, which ultimates the turn after he Entreats. I show him two Chrome Moxes and we move on to game 3.
Chandra comes to the rescue again game 3. I don't have it written down, but I think he mulligans and cannot recover from our initial card disparity.
Round 5, BUG Nic Fit 2-1
He wins the die roll but mulls to 5. I show him a Moggcatcher (which runs away with the game), but he doesn't see any lock pieces. Game 2 I lose after taking 8 damage to Ancient Tomb. He reveals he doesn't have a clue what I'm up to by naming Goblin Lackey with Cabal Therapy. Game 3 begins and remains in my control.
Cut to top 4.
1st - Shortcake
2nd - Moggcatcher
3rd - U/R Delver
4th - Grixis Control
I reject the group consensus to split prizes and immediately lose to a terrible matchup.
Semi-Finals, U/R Delver 0-2
I win the die roll and reject my initial 7 of Mountain and 6 cards. My 6 doesn't have a land. Neither does my 5. My 4 has an Ancient Tomb and Simian Spirit Guide. Unsurprisingly I lose.
Game two I only have to mull to 6 and he keeps a 1 land hand! Unfortunately his 1 land hand included a threat, 2 Force of Wills and 2 blue cards. He drew into Abrades to negate any of my attempts to put up a fight.
Painter beats Grixis in their game and the finals get split.
I get $100 in credit and use it on shit for EDH.
After the event, I think I'd return Chainwhirler to 3 (from 4) and up Cratermaker to 3 (from 2).
we played the decider for who gets into top 8, I was on enchantress. Dude, your brew is sick. Love the moggcatcher. You should rock this at EW if you are going.
This is likely to take a few days for me to finish, but all 622 decklists have been published from Eternal Weekend. That combined with the pairings and standings information gives us enough data to paint a picture of how this deck did that weekend. I've identified 20 decks that could reasonably be called Dragon Stompy, although some are very much a stretch. Twenty out of 622 means the deck was about 3.2% of the meta.
Philip Javier - 78th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
3 Faerie Macabre
2 Scab-Clan Berserker
1 Abrade
1 Volcanic Fallout
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Boil
2 Sulfur Elemental
1 Torpor Orb
1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
2 Quicksmith Rebel
R1 Won against James Scheibel piloting
R2 Won against Brian Riedel piloting
R3 Won against Tom Baker piloting
R4 Lost to Michael McKnight piloting
R5 Won against Marshall Arthurs piloting
R6 Won against Corey Cooke piloting
R7 Won against Deven Dupuis piloting
R8 Lost to Alexander Caviris piloting
R9 Lost to Matthew McCallum piloting
R10 Won against Ben Kendrick piloting
R11 Lost to Samuel Castrucci piloting
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Mark Skurka - 91st
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Legion Warboss
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Koth of the Hammer
1 Hazoret the Fervent
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
3 Faerie Macabre
2 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
3 Abrade
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
3 Boil
R1 Lost to Juan Depina piloting
R2 Won against Tyler Bailey piloting
R3 Won against David Ketterer piloting
R4 Won against Wilkin Chau piloting
R5 Lost to Ramy Mansour piloting
R6 Won against James Manges piloting
R7 Won against Patrick Burt piloting
R8 Won against Michael Reed piloting
R9 Lost to Brent Clawson piloting
R10 Won against Jimmy Kirsch piloting
R11 Lost to Nachiket Chauhan piloting
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Donovan Leary - 99th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
3 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
2 Faerie Macabre
3 Scab-Clan Berserker
2 Kozilek's Return
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Sudden Shock
2 Ghirapur Aether Grid
2 Sulfur Elemental
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
R1 Won against Scott Vance piloting
R2 Lost to Matt Burnett piloting Dragon Stompy
R3 Won against Eric English piloting
R4 Lost to Trevor Nash piloting
R5 Won against Patrick Doyle piloting Infect
R6 Won against William Lee piloting
R7 Won against Dominic Casali piloting
R8 Won against Joe Nash piloting Dragon Stompy
R9 Lost to Derek Heinbach piloting
R10 Won against Kwan Han piloting
R11 Lost to Tim Wilder piloting Mentor Miracles
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Nick Garbers - 108th
4 Blood Moon
3 Blood Sun
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
1 Koth of the Hammer
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Fiery Confluence
3 Sorcerous Spyglass
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
3 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
3 Boil
2 Chaos Warp
3 Kozilek's Return
2 Quicksmith Rebel
2 Scab-Clan Berserker
2 Trinisphere
1 Sin Prodder
R1 Won against Dylan Petter piloting Portent Miracles
R2 Won against Herbert Wilson piloting Death & Taxes
R3 Won against Sam Church piloting TES
R4 Lost to Dan Nelson piloting Czech Pile
R5 Lost to Nicholas Eiginger piloting B/G NicFit
R6 Lost to Robert Long piloting BUG Control
R7 Lost to Oran Kremen piloting Turbo Depths
R8 Won against Ryan Laplante piloting Czech Pile
R9 Won against Matt Horne piloting U/B Shadow
R10 Won against Roman Beran piloting 12 Post
R11 Won against Nicholas Patniyot piloting Pox Depths
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Kyle Gascoigne - 111th
4 Blood Moon
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Koth of the Hammer
3 Fiery Confluence
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
10 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
3 Chrome Mox
1 Crystal Vein
1 Lotus Petal
Sideboard
1 Sudden Shock
2 Blood Sun
4 Faerie Macabre
3 Chaos Warp
1 Kozilek's Return
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
1 Volcanic Fallout
1 Shattering Spree
R1 Won against Joe Nash piloting Dragon Stompy
R2 Lost to Thomas Lynch piloting Enchantress
R3 Lost to Daniel Seco piloting Czech Pile
R4 Lost to Steve Kappas piloting Manaless Dredge
R5 Won against Peter Graf piloting Infect
R6 Won against David Kearns piloting Elves
R7 Won against Ross Cooperman piloting Elves
R8 Lost to Tim Wilder piloting Mentor Miracles
R9 Won against Joshua Warren piloting Burn
R10 Won against Devin Nash piloting Death & Taxes
R11 Won against Dalton Copenhaver piloting B/R Reanimator
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Mark Evans - 119th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Hazoret the Fervent
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Faerie Macabre
3 Scab-Clan Berserker
2 Abrade
3 Kozilek's Return
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Trinisphere
R1 Lost to Michael Darcy piloting Mentor Miracles
R2 Lost to Travis Shakoske piloting Ruby Storm
R3 Won against Steven Perciavelle piloting Mentor Miracles
R4 Won against Daniel Goetschel piloting Mentor Miracles
R5 Won against Andy Yeh piloting Reanimator
R6 Won against Jason Moon piloting Goblins
R7 Lost to Keith Newyear piloting U/B OmniTell
R8 Won against Kris Burningham piloting B/R Reanimator
R9 Won against William Gurowicz piloting ANT
R10 Draw against Andy Wu piloting Eldrazi Post
R11 Lost to Brad Gutkin piloting BUG Foodchain
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Joe Nash - 138th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Legion Warboss
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Hazoret the Fervent
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Sulfur Elemental
2 Volcanic Fallout
2 Goblin Cratermaker
4 Ensnaring Bridge
R1 Lost to Kyle Gascoigne piloting Dragon Stompy
R2 Won against Timothy Everett piloting
R3 Won against Matthew Ivans piloting
R4 Won against Brad Gerberick piloting
R5 Won against Ben Williams piloting
R6 Lost to Fucheng Jiao piloting
R7 Won against Russell Weeks piloting
R8 Lost to Donovan Leary piloting Dragon Stompy
R9 Won against Greg Kotscharjan piloting
R10 Lost to Nachiket Chauhan piloting
R11 Lost to Louis Fata piloting
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Rick Edmister - 177th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
3 Sulfur Elemental
2 Abrade
2 Faerie Macabre
3 Sorcerous Spyglass
2 Kozilek's Return
3 Scab-Clan Berserker
1 Koth of the Hammer
R1 Won, BYE
R2 Won against Austin Williams piloting Grixis Delver
R3 Won against Douglas Wilson piloting Shardless BUG
R4 Lost to Brendan Hagan piloting Elves
R5 Won against Matthew Falchetti piloting Grixis Delver
R6 Lost to Daniel D'Amato piloting ANT
R7 Won against Edward Chatwood piloting Sneak & Show
R8 Lost to Masataka Takahashi piloting ANT
Drop
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Randall Williams - 281st
4 Blood Moon
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
1 Ghirapur Aether Grid
4 Fiery Confluence
7 Mountain
4 Great Furnace
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Leyline of the Void
3 Scab-Clan Berserker
2 Kozilek's Return
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
1 Icy Manipulator
2 Ratchet Bomb
R1 Won against Cody Gravelle piloting
R2 Won against Scott Ferguson piloting
R3 Lost to Devin Nash piloting Death & Taxes
R4 Lost to Ramy Mansour piloting
R5 Won against John Dess piloting
R6 Won against Unknown piloting Unknown (pairings don't mention Randall, but standings show a win)
R7 Lost to Joseph Mikiewicz piloting
R8 Lost to Andrew Vawter piloting
Drop
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Matt Burnett - 289th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Legion Warboss
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Hazoret the Fervent
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Volcanic Fallout
2 Goblin Cratermaker
3 Sulfur Elemental
R1 Won against Travis Skaggs piloting Eldrazi Post
R2 Won against Donovan Leavy piloting Dragon Stompy
R3 Lost to Nicholas Eiginger piloting G/B NicFit
R4 Lost to Alex Bastecki piloting U/W Stoneblade
R5 Won against Eric Vergo piloting RUG Delver
R6 Won against Tyler Marklyn piloting Death & Taxes
R7 Lost to Chris Hafner piloting Mentor Miracles
Drop
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Yamine Gluchow - 290th
4 Blood Moon
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Legion Warboss
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
1 Hazoret the Fervent
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
3 Faerie Macabre
3 Scab-Clan Berserker
4 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Kozilek's Return
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Volcanic Fallout
R1 Won against Ryan Nayar piloting
R2 Lost to Elton Wong piloting
R3 Won against Giovanni Valencia piloting
R4 Won against Matthew Rhett piloting
R5 Won against Jason Drooney piloting
R6 Lost to Axel Cobb piloting
R7 Lost to Michael Antrim piloting
R8 Lost to Douglas Wilson piloting Shardless BUG
R9 Lost to Brad Gerberick piloting
R10 Lost to Adam Ostap piloting
Drop
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Derek Gallacher - 302nd
3 Blood Moon
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
1 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
2 Fiery Confluence
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
2 Thorn of Amethyst
4 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
3 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
3 Chrome Mox
3 Wasteland
3 Ghost Quarter
4 Great Furnace
Sideboard
2 Grafdigger's Cage
3 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Anger of the Gods
3 Pyroblast
1 Sulfur Elemental
1 Boil
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Damping Sphere
1 Hazoret the Fervent
1 Magus of the Moon
R1 Lost to Chris Perciavalle piloting Mentor Miracles
R2 Lost to Patrick Vincent piloting Dredge
R3 Won against Jessa Ma piloting Czech Pile
R4 Won against Richard Vernon piloting U/W RIP/Helm
R5 Won against Collin Bornhoft piloting ANT
R6 Won against Gregory Ceccarelli piloting B/R Reanimator
R7 Lost to Masataka Takahashi piloting ANT
Drop
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Greg Kraigher - 339th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Legion Warboss
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
12 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Faerie Macabre
3 Anarchy
3 Abrade
3 Dead // Gone
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Starke of Rath
R1 Won against Gerald Pecora piloting
R2 Won against Shawn French piloting
R3 Won against Daniel Schreiner piloting TES
R4 Lost to Cassie Rose piloting
R5 Lost to Tyler Anderson piloting
R6 Lost to Phillip Steriopoulos piloting
Drop
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Jason Blume - 377th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Hazoret the Fervent
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Kozilek's Return
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Volcanic Fallout
2 Null Rod
3 Boil
R1 Lost to Daniel Schreiner piloting TES
R2 Won against Keith Morris piloting Infect
R3 Won against Adam Konkey piloting U/W RIP/Helm
R4 Won against Noah Bakri piloting Czech Pile
R5 Lost to Andrew Fiedler piloting Sneak & Show
R6 Lost to Keith Newyear piloting U/B OmniTell
Drop
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Eric Dobrosky - 413th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Hazoret the Fervent
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
1 Quicksmith Rebel
4 Fiery Confluence
7 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Great Furnace
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Faerie Macabre
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
3 Kozilek's Return
1 Quicksmith Rebel
4 Scab-Clan Berserker
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
R1 Won, BYE
R2 Won against Ben Hunt piloting B/R Reanimator Storm (sorta Tin-Finsish)
R3 Lost to Brian Durkin piloting Antiquities War Painter
R4 Lost to Clair Bigelow piloting 4C NicFit
R5 Lost to Kelvin Wallace piloting ANT
Drop
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James Vogel - 421st
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Koth of the Hammer
3 Experimental Frenzy
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Faerie Macabre
3 Scab-Clan Berserker
3 Abrade
2 Sulfur Elemental
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
R1 Won against Jesse Ma piloting
R2 Won against Keith Newyear piloting U/B OmniTell
R3 Lost to Cyrus Corman-Gill piloting
R4 Lost to Richard Cox piloting
R5 Lost to Steve Kappas piloting Manaless Dredge
Drop
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Jared Lentz - 441st
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
4 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Faerie Macabre
2 Scab-Clan Berserker
2 Kozilek's Return
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Koth of the Hammer
2 Sulfur Elemental
2 Ghirapur Aether Grid
R1 Lost to Greg Mitchell piloting
R2 Won against Seth Collum piloting
R3 Won against Devaney Henderson piloting
R4 Lost to Colin Krushinski piloting
R5 Lost to Kiran Krishnasamy piloting
R6 Lost to Joshua Volker piloting
R7 Lost to Brendan He piloting
Drop
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Andrew Frank - 450th
4 Blood Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Matter Reshaper
4 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Reality Smasher
2 Endbringer
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Fiery Confluence
9 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
3 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
1 Wastes
4 Eldrazi Temple
3 Ash Barrens
2 Talisman of Indulgence
Sideboard
2 Kozilek's Return
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Trinisphere
1 Null Rod
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
3 Pyrostatic Pillar
1 Thorn of Amethyst
R1 Lost to Nicholas Germano piloting Death & Taxes
R2 Won against Chris Danis piloting Czech Pile
R3 Lost to Kevin Kelsey piloting Maverick
R4 Lost to Eric Vergo piloting RUG Delver
R5 Won against Camden Paolucci piloting Burn
R6 Lost to Patrick Doyle piloting Infect
R7 Lost to Anthony Peszek piloting Death & Taxes
Drop
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Ryo Jumonji - 578th
3 Blood Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Ensnaring Bridge
3 Goblin Rabblemaster
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Izzet Charm
3 Search for Azcanta
4 Deceiver Exarch
2 Pestermite
4 Splinter Twin
1 Misdirection
4 Force of Will
2 Mountain
2 Island
3 Volcanic Island
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Ash Barrens
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
3 Faerie Macabre
2 Abrade
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1 Keranos, God of Storms
1 Blood Moon
1 Izzet Staticaster
2 Red Elemental Blast
2 Echoing Truth
1 Negate
R1 Lost to Jeff Green piloting
Drop
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Tony Gerardot - 606th
4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
3 Trinisphere
3 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
2 Hazoret the Fervent
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Fiery Confluence
11 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
2 Faerie Macabre
2 Scab-Clan Berserker
2 Abrade
2 Kozilek's Return
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 From the Ashes
2 Sulfur Elemental
2 Sphere of Resistance
R1 Lost to Tyler Roth piloting Lands
R2 Lost to Sangar Suntah piloting Burn
R3 Lost to John Russell piloting G/W Death & Taxes
R4 Lost to Taylor Birrell piloting Czech Pile
Drop
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Last edited by Ace/Homebrew; 12-03-2018 at 03:27 PM.
Sure.
My current list is:
The main change is the Warboss. With 8 rabblemaster, this allows the deck additional angles of attack and additional keepable hands. Now you function in almost a 3 pronged attack (keep in mind, you don't get to choose which one you are each game, due to the static nature of your draws).4 Blood Moon
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
2 Trinisphere
4 Legion Warboss
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
1 Pia & Kiran Nalaar
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
3 Karn, Scion of Urza
3 Fiery Confluence
7 Mountain
4 Great Furnace
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Chrome Mox
Sideboard
4 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Chaos Warp
3 Pyrostatic Pillar
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
4 Sulfur Elemental
First you have the classic prison gameplan. Very little changed here as you still have 14 lock pieces in the main deck.
Second you have the new aggro/combo plan. With 8 rabblemasters the odds of seeing 2 in your opening 7 are about 25%. So 1 of every 4 games you can set up games where you can kill your opponent on turn 3 if they don't defend themselves in the right manner. It certainly takes more effort and is shakier than other plans, but it is also a free side plan in this deck.
And lastly you have the midrange soup hands of the rest of your cards. Cards like Chandra and Karn play dual roles in being jayemdae tomes and powerful game ending threats. Confluence threatens to reset the board if you are behind and speed up the clock if you are ahead.
And obviously these things still mix and mingle together. Mostly, I have just found the deck to be much more aggressive and capable of putting your opponent in very hard positions. Because so many cards run away with the game or end it on the spot (4 Chalice,8 moons, 8 rabbles, 7 walkers, 1 P&K), I don't really fear Force of Will. Daze can still be an issue, but if your opponent is willing to pitch 2 cards to stop 1 card, eventually they will run out of answers given the current decks threat density. For instance I played a game online recently where I played a turn 1 moon against what turned out to be grixis control. They forced it pitching a cantrip. Then I played a turn 2 Warboss. They tanked for a minute and then forced the warboss again pitching a cantrip. On turn 3 I played a Karn and it resolved. I ticked it up and without even seeing the cards, they conceded.
I feel like more and more of my games are going in that direction, with every card just being enough of a threat that the game will end if they stick.
The other big-ish, change is the Scab-Clan Berserkers have become pyrostatic pillars. The reasons for that are 2 fold:
1) Scab-Clan is more easily answerable by miracles and Grixis Control. Grixis control has bolt, Strix or a well timed K-Command. Miracles has Swords, Terminus, and both have well timed snap blocks. Scab used to come in against these decks just to increase threat density and force them to take some extra damage if they couldn't respond at instant speed. It was fine, but nothing special. Now Pyrostatic Pillar is something special against these decks. Grixis simply canno't remove the card. This means they have 10 spells + Force + Jace to end the game. And that's not even counting damage you do or the 2-4 damage they take a game off fetches. This puts great strain on cantrips and cards like Baleful Strix. As for Miracles, they have recently moved into an insanely cantrip heavy version, with some versions going so far as playing 17 blue based cantrips. Jamming a pillar at them demands a force of will, or it will normally deal 6+ damage before it get's answered.
2) While it is less effective against storm combo decks, it is still the second best option as it fills almost all the same criteria as Berserker. It too isn't an artifact, so a single Recall can't return all of your hate peices in one go and it sticks around through pulverize. A card like Trinisphere is harder for them to win though, but easier for them to remove.
So the combination of wanting a better card against the cantrip heavy decks, yet still wanting a diversified hate piece against combo decks has lead to pillar being the right fit. With 8 rabbles, the lack of aggression from the scab clan's body is felt less. A set up of Pillar into A Goblin is going to leave them with little time and less life than needed to escape most of the time.
I don't have time at the moment to write them all down right now, but I will later.
But as for Depths, just board into a full prison deck. You want all the lockpeices, including all the moon effects (magus is better in the matchup) and you want all your spyglasses to name Deed. After board, they simply don't have enough ways to clear out permanent based hate, so just keep playing them and eventually the 5th or 6th piece will lock them out for good.
Are these sideboarding strategies still valid with the adding of Legion Warboss? I mean, before this new card, a lot of people preferred to side out Goblin Rabblemaster to play a more "control" game against decks like Grixis Delver. Now, with 8 cards that creates Goblins, what's the best thing to do?
Here's the Hiroyuki Kaga’s Red Prison from GP Shizuoka. He plays 8 Goblins and he hits the second place!
4 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Legion Warboss
4 Simian Spirit Guide
3 Magus of the Moon
1 Hazoret the Fervent
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Fiery Confluence
4 Chrome Mox
2 Ensnaring Bridge
2 Trinisphere
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Blood Moon
6 Snow-Covered Mountain
5 Mountain
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
Sideborard:
3 Scab-Clan Berserker
2 Sulfur Elemental
4 Faerie Macabre
2 Abrade
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
2 Kozilek's Return
Sorry for the short replies, I have been fairly busy. The general idea is just ask "Can I race them?"
Against something like Delver, you can race them. An unanswered Goblin can race any single creature from there deck. So you can take the stance that if you both draw equally, you can race them. But in something like death and Tax's case, you can't race them. No amount of Goblins are going to beat cards with first strike and things like Batterskull. So you still need to go into full prison mode with them.
Actually you can race them with Chandra Pyromaster +1. This is a very smart addition to the 8 gobs build.
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