Brown Town

[Guy I Don't Know]

With Buried Ruin being printed Brown Stax seems like something to look into. Sundial of the Infinite I am going to test as well, it may be good enough, but could also be a win more card. It is very good with smokestack. It also counters swords to plowshares on factories and is synergistic with 3sphere(you know when you can play business spells b/c they can't eot spells like brainstorm). If sundial isn't good enough, it most likely be defense grid or powder keg. So here is the list:

4 Chalice of the Void
4 Crucible of Worlds
4 Ensnaring Bridge
4 Grim Monolith
4 Mox Diamond
4 Smokestack
4 Tangle Wire
4 Trinisphere
3 Sundial of the Infinite

4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Buried Ruin
3 Maze of Ith
4 Mishra's Factory
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
4 Wasteland

Sideboard:
4 Pithing Needle
4 Tormod’s Crypt
4 Razormane Masticore
3 Spellskite

Not too many card explanations needed I think... Spellskite is there to redirect removal and also slows the beats. It could be something else, it is against decks with qasali pridemage to protect bridge mostly.

The main thing I am wondering is if there is any other artifacts that are worth considering. Also, is there any problem matchups that need to be addressed.

[TheG]

Hi i thought too about a "combo" stax winning by Smokestack+Sundial lockdown. Howerver i insered a second wincon that's Tangle Wire+Contagion Clasp+Sundial and i replaced mishiras with inkmot as alternative wincon. i think that Cotagion clasp is a good card for the deck 'cause can manipulate Chalice played @1, mantain Tangle and add additional Venom counters on opp. without attacking (maybe during Sundial lockdown). Moreover you forgot Buried Ruin from m12 spoiler that's our Academy Ruins, imho is a must.

Here is my list

// Lands
4 [MI] Crystal Vein
3 [M12] Buried Ruin
2 [LG] The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 [BOK] Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai
4 [EX] City of Traitors
4 [TE] Ancient Tomb
4 [TE] Wasteland
3 [MBS] Inkmoth Nexus

// Spells
4 [SH] Mox Diamond
4 [MR] Chalice of the Void
2 [DDF] Contagion Clasp
3 [M12] Sundial of the Infinite
4 [UL] Grim Monolith
4 [NE] Tangle Wire
3 [10E] Crucible of Worlds
3 [SH] Ensnaring Bridge
4 [DS] Trinisphere
4 [US] Smokestack


For the sideboard i appreciate spellskite but we have already tombs and an Opp. the life loss could be to high. I would replace Needle for Phyrexian Revoker ;)

[Tacosnape]

You need a kill that doesn't require you manage to lock them off of every permanent. 1-2 copies of Karn Liberated comes to mind, but there's probably something better.

Also? This is the worst name for a deck ever. I can't even begin to share the horror of mental images conjured up. I will never play a deck called Brown Town.

[GGoober]

Brown Town takes the opponents to Frown Town Taco?

:P

[Guy I Don't Know]

Honestly, I picked the name because it rhymes and the deck plays bridges, cities, and smokestacks... not until I went to urbandictionary.com and typed in brown town did I know what you meant! I had a good chuckle at my naiveness, but the name needs to be changed. How about Brown Staxs?

I tested versus UW blade and it split the games 3-3. UW won whenever it had multiple forces and was able to land a crucible or jace. I think that the tabernacles are unneeded. I want to replace one with a maze of Ith. The last land could be almost anything. I think the top 3 would be God's Eye, Gate to the Rekai; Sheltered Valley; or Tabernacle.

-2 Tabernacle
+1 Maze of Ith
+1 Gate to the Rekai

@ TheG: I think the Nexus/Contagion Clasp Idea is cool. I would cut a Grim Monolith and put in the 4th crucible in your list. could welding jar be better than spellskite, it doesn't prevent bounce but it is cheaper. Can you post a sideboard?

[TheG]

i've cut a crucible due to the fact that we arent dependent on land recursion to mantain smoke, if i should cut a monolith mabye i will add another clasp.

Sheltered Valley, interesting! i never heard about it!
Welding jar: i think spellskite is better, paying :3: for a welding jar under trinisphere isn't good enough as spellskite that could also block something.

i have another question for you: how did u win vs caw blade? smokestack+sundial lock or mishira's beatdown?

What u think about Naked Singularity..... with sundial makes another good (between Blood Moon & Contamination, imho) lock, and also Glacial Chasm become playable

[Nihil Credo]

Play 4 Rishadan Ports and probably a couple of Dust Bowls as well before you mess around with crap like Sheltered Valley or Gods' Eye.

[Tiago_B.]

Brown Town sucks as a name...call it SundialStax or something like it.

[(nameless one)]

Brown Town sucks as a name...call it SundialStax or something like it.

I agree with this guy. I literally live in Brown Town, Ontario, Canada. If you're from the Greater Toronto Area, you know what I'm talking about.

[TheG]

Thx guys for the name advices, better is the name better is the deck. :|

Nihil Credo, why don't God's eye? is the best recursion land for smokestack
Why Dust Blow? is too mana expensive IMHO

Rishadan port on the other hand could be helpful during sundial lock..should i try it replacing wasteland?

[perm]

1x Gods' Eye is fantastic in brown stax, it's not like it excludes anything with that slot. Never replace wasteland. Port is worth trying

[Guy I Don't Know]

i have another question for you: how did u win vs caw blade? smokestack+sundial lock or mishira's beatdown?


Mostly smokestack crucible lock. Sundial helped in a few games by allowing smokestack to increase to 2+ counters.

I abandoning this deck because I tested against fish and it isn't too great on the draw. The only way to win is a resolved ensnaring bridge...

I am going to test a different build with stoneforger and batterskull but I am going to make a new thread.