So the idea here is to basically rebuild the old Deathrite Shaman 4c decks, except using Mox Diamond and Wrenn and Six to add more control elements and dodge the few pieces of effective hate that deck faced from things like Back to Basics and Blood Moon. Punishing Fire/Grove is an option but it just seems kind of outclassed by Wrenn and Six by itself. I want to get more Tarmogoyfs into here but I'm not sure what to cut. 20 lands + Mox Diamond initially does look like a total non-bo, but given that this deck operates at basically 90%+ on two mana, plus Wrenn and Six returning lands and extras being found with BS/Ponder, it's not actually that big a deal. Only one basic in the deck, and that's basically to use off of Assassin's Trophy. Mox Diamond really helps the resilience to mana denial. Biggest maindeck issues are lack of graveyard hate and lack of sacrifice effects for TNN/Marit Lage, and no wrath-type effect for swarm/elfs decks, but you can't be good at everything in game 1.
Preliminary List:
Creatures - 9
1x Tarmogoyf
3x Baleful Strix
3x Snapcaster Mage
2x Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Planeswalkers - 6
4x Wrenn and Six
2x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Cantrips - 8
4x Ponder
4x Brainstorm
Disruption - 6
2x Thoughtseize
4x Force of Will
Removal - 7
2x Lightning Bolt
2x Abrupt Decay
2x Fatal Push
1x Kolaghan's Command
Mana (4 Artifact, 20 Lands) - 24
4x Mox Diamond
2x Polluted Delta
3x Misty Rainforest
3x Scalding Tarn
2x Underground Sea
2x Tropical Rainforest
2x Volcanic Island
1x Taiga
1x Bayou
1x Badlands
1x Island
2x Wasteland
Sideboard
2x Toxic Deluge
1x Grafdigger's Cage
1x Thoughtseize
1x Veil of Summer
2x Pyroblast
1x Hydroblast
2x Diabolic Edict
3x Surgical Extraction
2x Kolaghan's Command
Thoughts suggestions critiques? I think if you can get up to 3-4 Tarmogoyf and find some maindeck GY hate, this deck would really be something, but I'm pretty unsure what to cut to make that happen.
I've been waiting for this thread. There's a list (and variations of it) running Arcum's Astrolabe for additional fixing instead of Mox Diamond.
It looks pretty sweet and I'm in the process of building it myself.
Here's a recent one:
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2094972#paper
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