[Primer] R/G Lands

[Crimhead]

In this tournament though Sanctum Prelate completely wrecked me. Shut off Loam, PFire and AD. I'm wondering whether I should split between Molten Vortex and PFire or drop PFire altogether.

Certainly the Jund builds do not get better because of Prelate!

A lot of lists are running a Vortex/PFire split - including the most recent list to place in a major event:
http://sales.starcitygames.com//deck...?DeckID=107582

I've been running the split myself and have been very happy with it (and I started before Prelate was spoiled).

I'm not sure what other tools we have to combat this.
It's clear to me that Prelate will have a big impact.

There is a RUG version of this deck which is not only more resilient to Prelate, but has always had a better D&T match up anyway. I don't necessarily think everybody should drop RG for RUG! But I do think every Lands pilot should be aware of (and test) both builds - especially those of us who play in a "local meta".

If you read the August update in the DTBF Philosophy & Deck Selection, the two builds are collectively putting up enough results to make DTB (if we considered them the same deck). So if you've dismissed RUG as outdated or obsolete, it might be time to take another look.

in an effort to not make broken lands, WotC has been printing interesting lands effects with high activation costs.