Okay guys the tournament i will be going to is this sunday and here is my list.
Its RUG because its my favorite combination and I have a red backup plan.
Creatures:
3x Deathrite Shaman
1x Birds of Paradise
3x Fierce Empath
2x Drift of Phantasms
2x Coiling Oracle
3x Griffin
1x Eternal Witness
1x Mulldrifter
1x Emrakul
1x Ashen Rider
1x Griselbrand
Spells:
4x Food Chain
4x Force of Will
2x Spell Pierce
2x Daze
3x Manipulate Fate
4x Brainstorm
3x Ponder
Lands:
4x Misty Rainforest
4x Scalding Tarn
4x Island
3x Forest
1x Dryad Arbor
1x Tropical Island
1x Volcanic Island
1x Taiga
Sideboard:
2x Through The breach--------main reason for red
1x Red Elemental Blast
1x Spellskite
1x Flusterstorm
2x Obstinate Baloth
1x Krosan Grip
2x Echoing Truth
1x Iona
1x Elesh Norn
2x Relic of Progenitus
1x Notion Theif
I know there is not a lot of dual lands mainly because If I lose its not because I get wasteland locked.
I noticed Liliana of the Veil can be a problem and hymn to tourach, which is why obstinate baloth is in the board.
Sneak Attack probably seems more viable than through the breach, but I do prefer through the breach because it cannot be pithing needled.
Main deck Ashen Rider is mainly because I'm chosing not to lose to sneak and show g1.
Spellskite is the answer to abrupt decay
Notion Theif pretty much stomps every brainstorm deck that does not run immediate removal due to the fact that i don't play undergrounds. They think the coast is clear with no black but I can sack creatures on THEIR turn because notion thief does have flash.
Open to any and all feedback but try to make it quick because this win a dual land tourney is this Sunday (March 16th)
Cheers
Hi, interesting list and good luck to the tournament!
I have a few questions about your list.
1. What is the single Eternal witness for? You don't have intuition package or others to use it so most of the time it could be just a 2/1 guy for 3 mana..?
2. Single dryad arbor without green sun's zenith or natural order? It doesn't speed up your plays (actually slowers you because you can't tap it for mana the turn you play it).
3. Many one-offs and 2-offs in your sideboard without any way to tutor them? Most of the time you end up without seeing them when you need them.
4. Through the breach (and only 2 of them) with only one emrakul. Also it is cmc 5 and you don't have any other mana ramp/fast mana than 4 manadorks. I would try to play a few ancient tombs with it.
eternal witness i learned is good because if my crap gets hymned or abrupt decayed I don't have to worry in g1. Its usually always a side out unless i play something like pox.
dryad arbor is pretty much a cute card that i will get with misty rainforest, i was thinking about dropping it but im still not sure yet, I kind of like it.
the deck plays an insane amount of cantrips so sideboard cards have never been a problem for me. Through the breach and emrakul is good with the fierce empath but even better with ashen rider because through the breach makes you sacrifice the creature not exile it, so double ashen rider exile trigger
i have never had land problems once, considering wasteland decks can't beat me
I agree with ancient tomb but at the same time I like having 19 mana with 4 mana dorks and I cannot find room for ancient tomb.
I will post any changes after the event if there are any
So I went x-2 at the legacy tourney. Both games I lost were to reanimator. I learned that this deck has a bad combo matchup especially when the combo deck plays thoughtseize. Uw miracles is probably the best match because they can't swords your Griffin. Control decks allow you the time you need to set up. I ended up in 6th place( not terrible). But I probably wouldn't play this deck again. I think food chain needs a better plan that isnt griffin beat down.
I was thinkin of making a cascade version of the deck with bloodbraid ill post it later
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The problem you wil get with a Cascade version is that all creatures with Cascade are multicolored, and Food chain produces mana of any one single color to your mana pool.
So you'll be able to Cascade a lot only when you'll get infinite, and that's the main problem you'll encounter
I'm actually interested in putting this deck together, but I have two questions.
1) Is drift of phantasms actually playable in the deck. I know it gets food chain but I feel like there has to be something better. Like Maybe even Goyf.
2) Has anyone play tested Time of Need or Wordly Tutor.
Playing some variety of delver.
He played this - Aethersnipe (he forgot to add in before the tourney, +Teferi, Mage of Zhilfers (sp?) because yolo.
3x Misthollow Griffin
3x Fierce Empath
1x Aethersnipe
1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4x Baleful Strix
4x Deathrite Shaman
4x Brainstorm
3x Abrupt Decay
4x Force of Will
3x Manipulate Fate
4x Ponder
3x Thoughtseize
4x Food Chain
1x Swamp
1x Island
2x Underground Sea
2x Bayou
3x Tropical Island
4x Polluted Delta
3x Verdant Catacombs
3x Misty Rainforest
Above list with Strix looks good. No Griselbrand? I thought that was one of the points of Snipe (you have exact Griselbrand mana if you Empath -> Snipe -> Empath -> Griselbees)
Jonathan Job on camera at SCGLA in round 4 right now with UG Food Chain! Up a game against Punishing Maverick :) Go go!
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