Quote Originally Posted by rukcus View Post
I do appreciate the approach, and getting players to think outside the box. Yes, Deed is bonkers against Maverick - that much is obvious. The question then becomes: how do we best build a deck that wraps around Deed while still having the necessary tools to win effectively in the wide-open metagame that is Legacy?
That is the question and in order to be able to beat Maverick the G1 has to be better than what the most common BUG control lists ran. I am totally happy with my post-board results (altough it is still a fight and not a walk in the park), but with bad G1 odds it is still an uphill battle overall. My approach would be not to change the hole deck neglecting hymn, goyf and snapcaster mage because that's what made the deck successful in the first place, but to rather change the configuration of the 75 to make it more board control in G1... many players in decembers tcdecks did that.

For reference my next post-board list versus maverick:

24 lands including creeping tar pit & 4 Wasteland


2 Tarmogoyf
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Snapcaster Mage

4 ghastly demise
1 Darkblast
1 Go for the throat
1 Dismember
4 pernicious deed
2 Liliana of the Veil

3 Spell Pierce
2 thoughtseize
2 Inquisition
2 Surgical Extraction (Punishing) or 2 Hymn to Tourach

4 Brainstorm
1 Life from the Loam

 
To have more board control in G1 without giving too much away against the field I will test:
24 lands including creeping tar pit & 4 Wasteland

4 brainstorm
3 Jace
2 Liliana

3 Tarmogoyf
4 Snapcaster Mage

2 Thoughtseize
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Hymn to Tourach
3 Spell Snare
3 Spell Pierce

2 Ghastly Demise
1 Dismember
1 Go for the Throat
2 Pernicious Deed

SB:
2 Pernicious Deed
1 Darkblast
2 Ghastly Demise
1 Tarmogoyf
4 Force of Will
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Extirpate
1 Life from the Loam