The Rock

[mistercakes]

can you smell what the meta is cooking? then play this deck.

[Mr. Safety]

I'm building a deck for an October tournament, definitely going to post a few lists here once I figure something out.

[mistercakes]

good luck! it's a fun deck.

saw this come up on facebook recently

[Mr. Safety]

I played last weekend, 25 players, 5 rounds, went 2-3, had an absolute blast! This format is amazing and really balanced so far.

I wasn't able to get another Birds of Paradise so I ended up using Llanowar Elves, it was mostly ok. Big changes made after dipping my toes into the format.

My tournament list:

2x Birds of Paradise
4x Llanowar Elves
4x hypnotic specter
4x ravenous baloth
4x Blastoderm
2x spiritmonger
2x yavimaya elder
4x Duress
2x Vendetta
2x smother
2x Sylvan library
3x pernicious deed
1x rancor
1x life/death
4x llanowar wastes
4x treetop village
1x gemstone mine
2x wasteland
6x swamp
6x forest

Sideboard
2x choke
2x cabal therapy
3x tormod's crypt
2x naturalize
4x engineered plague
2x Diabolic edict

A few initial observations: Sylvan library isn't as good as I thought, and neither is Spiritmonger. I have since mined quite a bit of info on lists, as well as talking with the 3 other players on the deck for the tournament! It's pretty popular, even considered tier 1. From what I understand, Waking Nightmare is absolutely busted with Blastoderm and Baloth recursion. So I'll be getting some copies for future use. Until i locate some, this will be my working list:

3x Birds of Paradise
2x llanowar elves
4x wall of blossoms
3x mesmeric fiend
2x yavimaya elder
4x ravenous baloth
3x Blastoderm
1x Spiritmonger
3x duress
3x cabal therapy
2x Vendetta
2x smother
3x pernicious deed
2x rancor
4x llanowar wastes
4x treetop village
1x gemstone mine
7x forest
7x swamp

Sideboard
3x tormod's crypt
2x Sylvan library
4x engineered plague
1x infest
3x naturalize
2x choke

Future changes will include Recurring Nightmare x2 (cutting the rancors) and cutting Spiritmonger x1 + 1 other card for a pair of Deranged Hermit, which is one of the best threats in the format.

Cheers!