1st @ 55man GPT, Top8 @ Jupiter Invitational, & Top16 @ GP Providence

[Rancorous Fool]

Alternate title: How bloodbraid elves put me on the pro tour.

Thank you Doug McKay for being the best deck builder in legacy. 8/10 players who played your decks day 2ed. You have put half a dozen people on the pro tour with your creations and taken down thousands and thousands of dollars in prizes. If you hand me a deck, I will play it.

Decklist:

4 Bloodbraid elf
4 tarmogoyf
3 vendilion clique (or 2 clique 1 kira)
2 trygon predator
4 noble hierarch

4 brainstorm
4 ancestral vision (or 3 ancestral vision 1 grim lavamancer)
3 lightning bolt
3 fire/ice
2 sylvan library
2 jace the mind sculptor
4 force of will

3 wasteland (or 2 and +1 taiga)
1 taiga
2 tropical island
2 volcanic island
4 misty rainforest
4 scalding tarn
2 G/R Fetch
1 island
1 forest
1 mountain

SB 1: GPT
3 submerge
2 gilded drake
2 nullrod
3 grim lavamancer
4 mindbreak trap
1 misdirection

SB 2: GP Providence
3 submerge
2 gilded drake
3 grim lavamancer
2 nullrod
1 ancient grudge
1 krosan grip
1 tormod's crypt
2 wheel of sun and moon

SB 3: Jupiter Invitational
3 submerge
3 ancient grudge
3 phyrexian extraction thing (gravehate)
4 spell pierce
2 grim lavamancer


Editing. it was a shitty report

[say no to scurvy]

jon's t8 decklist is up on the jupiter forums...mise well write about it, just saying

[kues]

Why not Mental Misstep? Have you feel that you needed more Blue cards to play FoW?

[Jak]

Why not Mental Misstep? Have you feel that you needed more Blue cards to play FoW?

He has 22...

[lorddotm]

Why not Mental Misstep? Have you feel that you needed more Blue cards to play FoW?

Cast a Bloodbraid Elf, then flip into Misstep. Enjoy.

Also, this was quite possibly the worst report I've ever seen. I won't bother listing everything that is wrong with it.

[Fry]

Also, this was quite possibly the worst report I've ever seen. I won't bother listing everything that is wrong with it.

I concur

[sdematt]

Honestly, this deck is SO greedy, and just a pile when I played against it. I couldn't stop laughing for twenty minutes as I played against this miserable pile of garbage.

That being said, I'm glad you did well with it, that's quite a feat to do well with this. Maybe it was just the games I played, but the deck wasn't that good to me.

Interested in parting with the Beta Bayou?

-Matt

[Rancorous Fool]

Also, this was quite possibly the worst report I've ever seen. I won't bother listing everything that is wrong with it.

I am aware of that. I just figured I'd put an hour in here or there. Not everyone is in highschool and lives for magic. Its sloppy, lacks detail, etc. But, if i didn't post it I would never write it and correct it.


This deck is not a pile. It has performed well. It has been piloted in 3 GPTs (it won all 3) and played by 2 people at the Grand prix for a total of 18-5-1 record at the grand prix.

I played this deck because it is the "best" fair deck. But, honestly, it loses horribly to combo decks.

[Tammit67]

Is it the deck that is good or the players themselves?

[sdematt]

I think it's more the players, as I've played the deck and it's not great (again, at least to me, I've beaten it quite a bit). Like I said, very good job, though!

My comments may have been a little harsh, so sorry about that.

-Matt

[Rancorous Fool]

If you play a combo deck, you are spot on.

Hightide and tendrils are favored against it 80-20

Show and tell hivemind and painter grind are about 70-30

Bloodbraid elves are a dog to combo decks. But, if you are beating it with junk, or zoo, or merfolk you should find yourself another playtest partner.

[Antonius]

@doubters:

come on, how can you say bloodbraid >>> visions is not dope?

[wcm8]

This deck is very fun to play. It just seems to mulligan somewhat poorly, but that could just be my bad luck.

I'd love to hear more about it from those who played it in tournaments, and what MD/SB variations you would recommend.

[JJ_JKidd]

Congrats on the finish! I have some question, however, ill just send a PM.