Nonkel
02-20-2011, 04:49 PM
Lately, I've been fascinated by Show and Tell / Sneak Attack / Natural Order decks that put fatties in to play. Who doesn't want to play turn 1 Emrakul? :wink:
But somehow, these decks fail to make tier 1 status. I will be focussing on the Show and Tell / Natural Order combination because these are both sorceries and because of the UG combination, which, imho is better than anything packing red.
What is wrong with Show and Tell / Natural Order decks imho, is that it's betting on two horses (is this proper english, lol!).
I was toying around with this list, and suddenly it hit me. Show and Tell forces you to play a higher creature count so you have both Show and Tell and a creature in your hand. Natural Order wants you to have a creature in your library, so it profits from a low creature count. How to solve this?
Two answers: Worldly Tutor and Personal Tutor.
Worldly tutor fetches Show and Tell targets, so you can keep creature count low. It doubles as a fetch for Natural Order sac targets, like Dryad Arbor, Noble hierarch.
Also, I put some tech in the sideboard that utilises Worldly Tutor nicely. You got 1 Ethersworn Canonist against combo, 1 Trygon Predator against anything packing artifacts or enchantments, 1 Xantid Swarm against control and 1 Trinket Mage as a mini toolbox with 1 Needle, 1 Crypt and 1 EE. You can tutor for Trinket Mage, that searches for the artifact you also side in. Also, against Goblins and Merfolk you side in 1 Stoneforge Mystic you can search with Worldly Tutor and fetch Sword of Fire and Ice. Not bad, eh?
Show and Tell and Natural Order are both sorceries, so Personal Tutor is insane when it comes down to consistently going off. This is also an advantage over Show and Tell/Sneak Attack.
The package of these 7 tutors (I cut 1 Worldly Tutor since having 2 in your hand is a bit meh and you've got 1 Fierce Empath doubling as tutor for SnT and sac for NO) is what makes this deck amazingly consistent at getting the right card at the right moment. We only need 1 creature to seal the deal most of the time.
Also, ALL fetches are able to get Dryad Arbor so no need to run a high count on sac creatures.
And you only use UG (only 2 white creatures sideboard), so its less vulnerable to mana disruption.
Show and Tell can be cast turn 1 with a good hand, turn 2 more realistically. Natural Order turn 2 with good hand, turn 3 realistically.
Here is the list I came up with. It still needs some finetuning but I did some goldfishing and it looks very promising I must say:
NO Show
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Birds of Paradise
1 Fierce Empath
1 Terastodon
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Progenitus
4 Show and Tell
4 Natural Order
4 Personal Tutor
3 Worldly Tutor
4 Brainstorm
2 Ponder
4 Force of Wil
3 Daze
2 Lotus Petal
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Forest
1 Island
4 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Windswept Heath
2 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard something like this? (under construction)
1 Xantid Swarm
1 Eternal Witness
1 Trygon Predator
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Trinket Mage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Krosan Grip
2 Divert
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Vendilion Clique
Any suggestions more than welcome!
But somehow, these decks fail to make tier 1 status. I will be focussing on the Show and Tell / Natural Order combination because these are both sorceries and because of the UG combination, which, imho is better than anything packing red.
What is wrong with Show and Tell / Natural Order decks imho, is that it's betting on two horses (is this proper english, lol!).
I was toying around with this list, and suddenly it hit me. Show and Tell forces you to play a higher creature count so you have both Show and Tell and a creature in your hand. Natural Order wants you to have a creature in your library, so it profits from a low creature count. How to solve this?
Two answers: Worldly Tutor and Personal Tutor.
Worldly tutor fetches Show and Tell targets, so you can keep creature count low. It doubles as a fetch for Natural Order sac targets, like Dryad Arbor, Noble hierarch.
Also, I put some tech in the sideboard that utilises Worldly Tutor nicely. You got 1 Ethersworn Canonist against combo, 1 Trygon Predator against anything packing artifacts or enchantments, 1 Xantid Swarm against control and 1 Trinket Mage as a mini toolbox with 1 Needle, 1 Crypt and 1 EE. You can tutor for Trinket Mage, that searches for the artifact you also side in. Also, against Goblins and Merfolk you side in 1 Stoneforge Mystic you can search with Worldly Tutor and fetch Sword of Fire and Ice. Not bad, eh?
Show and Tell and Natural Order are both sorceries, so Personal Tutor is insane when it comes down to consistently going off. This is also an advantage over Show and Tell/Sneak Attack.
The package of these 7 tutors (I cut 1 Worldly Tutor since having 2 in your hand is a bit meh and you've got 1 Fierce Empath doubling as tutor for SnT and sac for NO) is what makes this deck amazingly consistent at getting the right card at the right moment. We only need 1 creature to seal the deal most of the time.
Also, ALL fetches are able to get Dryad Arbor so no need to run a high count on sac creatures.
And you only use UG (only 2 white creatures sideboard), so its less vulnerable to mana disruption.
Show and Tell can be cast turn 1 with a good hand, turn 2 more realistically. Natural Order turn 2 with good hand, turn 3 realistically.
Here is the list I came up with. It still needs some finetuning but I did some goldfishing and it looks very promising I must say:
NO Show
4 Noble Hierarch
2 Birds of Paradise
1 Fierce Empath
1 Terastodon
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Progenitus
4 Show and Tell
4 Natural Order
4 Personal Tutor
3 Worldly Tutor
4 Brainstorm
2 Ponder
4 Force of Wil
3 Daze
2 Lotus Petal
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Forest
1 Island
4 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Windswept Heath
2 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard something like this? (under construction)
1 Xantid Swarm
1 Eternal Witness
1 Trygon Predator
1 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Trinket Mage
1 Tormod’s Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Engineered Explosives
2 Krosan Grip
2 Divert
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Vendilion Clique
Any suggestions more than welcome!