I'm going to go ahead and start a thread regarding Reid Duke's victory at GP Louisville with this:
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Tarmogoyf
4 True-Name Nemesis
2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Brainstorm
2 Ponder
2 Thoughtseize
3 Daze
4 Force of Will
1 Murderous Cut
3 Abrupt Decay
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sylvan Library
1 Forest
1 Island
2 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
3 Underground Sea
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
2 Verdant Catacombs
3 Wasteland
Sideboard
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Thoughtseize
2 Submerge
2 Pithing Needle
2 Flusterstorm
2 Mindbreak Trap
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Dread of Night
1 Painful Truths
1 Nihil Spellbomb
It is obvious from this list that Reid started with Bant and found the white to not be sufficient and cut it completely for more of the traditional Sultai cards. This is made possible with the inclusion of Leovold, who most likely won games singlehandedly. The list is very traditionally built. Nothing out of the ordinary; just a very streamlined list. The big change will be to see how the deck evolves with the inclusion of Fatal Push.
I finished watching all of his Dark Bant videos this weekend and I really enjoyed how frequently he was able to make a T2 3-drop creature.
It's a real shame there was no coverage this weekend, I would have loved to have seen how much Leovold screwed with people. His price has been spiking like crazy all week, and I'm sure it's nothing but up from here after his 1st place finish.
Pretty sure he started with a GSZ BUG, then replaced the zeniths + some other cards for Hierarchs and a full set of TNNs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pACaOXKx368
He called the first deck draft Leovold Sultai, and apparently registered his deck as True-Name Nemesis Sultai.
It looks like there are officially 5 flavors of BUG now:
Combo Aluren - Traditional all in combo
Leovold Aluren (or Value Aluren) - Value deck with combo elements
BUG Delver - Good ol' Team America
Shardless BUG - Good ol' value bug control
TNN BUG - Reid's fine work at midrange deckbuilding.
"Ach! Hans, run! It's the Lhurgoat!"
Triggered. Name changed.
Leovold is such a beating against the format, this deck doesn't shock me at face value. How does it handle with 8 Mana creatures?
If I have the timeline correct this is how his deck evolved:
December 19: http://www.channelfireball.com/video...sultai-legacy/
December 27: http://www.channelfireball.com/video...old-dark-bant/
January 6: http://www.channelfireball.com/video...bant-2-legacy/
The 2nd video adds a lot of white, the 3rd video cuts down on white significantly, and of course at the GP he appears to have just eliminated it altogether.
Oh I bet. TNN is a beating, making it stronger doesn't sound at all problematic to me... Gods that card.
So this is already doing well online? Does anyone have links to the vids? I think that's going to answer most reactionary questions people will have.
Edit.
Thanks.
This list really reminds me of the deck he won the scg invitational with 4 years ago.
He has always been a fan of Daze in midrange decks which I find super interesting, especially how he has stated so often in the past he likes making his decks the most "objectively powerful" he can.
Recap of the finals match since we will never get to watch it: http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/c...ano-2017-01-08
I wonder how much having 3 JTMS really helps; most decks now run 2 at most aside from the odd Miracles list. His Dark Bant videos never used it as a wincon.
With 8 dorks 3 Jace seems right, maybe a Garruk as an alternate win con?
I played around with BUG Leovold midrange as well, but adding 4 Noble and 4 Nemesis never occured to me.
Multiple nobles play well with an unblockable attacker I guess.
Just wondering why not a single Vendilion Clique made it in the 75.
Currently playing: Elves
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
I think Sultai is going to be a mainstay post-push. If I were to guess I'd think pairing Strix with Leos is one route and this deck for more velocity would be another.
Good point. Probably doesn't hurt to ask though, just in case.
Indeed. I think the right step here is to consider how the meta reacts to this. BUG decks have been plentiful in the past, but I can see people gearing their boards more now. Possibly a rise in Blood Moons? Also, perhaps a rise of more Red/Burn decks?
"The Ancients teach us that if we can but last, we shall prevail."
—Kaysa, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
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