[Deck] GW/x Maverick

[BlackStarDeceiver]

Good job, well done, that Affinity match was hilarious :D What the was he doing? :D

[catmint]

what do you think about the new spoiled cards for maverick?

Thalia looks like a very nice hatebear...weakens GSZ,... but very powerful versus aggro control and combo decks.

I can imagine that punishing fire is very important versus the mirror and all kinds of blue decks, but black would open up the new Sorin, confidant and tidehollow sculler.
Would that be somehow useful?

[Esper3k]

Congrats, Rukcus - way to represent! :)

[ImpinAintEasy]

Congrats, Rukcus - way to represent! :)

Well Played Sir!

[KobeBryan]

Rukcus...you are one HELL of a player. Congrats.

[KobeBryan]

iscare's tournament report, drafted by Avatar.

The game was at time. The match was Iscare's Punishing Fire Mav versus a RUG Delver.

Turn 5 of the game. It was Iscare on the play. The match was already at 1 - 1. This was the deciding moment of the match. Iscare was down to 7 life, out of bolt range, out of price of progress range.

Iscare had a Knight of the Reliquary, a scryb ranger, and a mom. The other guy had a 2 delvers in play.

Iscare's knight was at 8/8. He then proceeded to cut a forest with the knight, getting a wasteland. He used his wasteland, hoping there was no stifle from the RUG delver and shot at his own savannah.

He then gives protection to his knight from mom, returns a forest with the scryb ranger and swings for the finally 11 points for damage. GAME. iscare's record is now 2-1

Then the following matchup he was playing against affinity. A very easy matchup for pfmav. Iscare had a scyrb ranger out equipped with a jitte with 4 counters. His opponent with 2 etched champion, one equipped with cranial plating. Iscare was down to 5 life.

It was Iscare on the play. the match was at 1-1. Iscare used his jitte counters to gain life. And then tried to attack. Knowing that he cannot block the etched champion on his opponent's turn, iscared scooped the match. He is now at 2-2 and out of contention.

[jnosrati]

Jacob, I have this strange feeling that you weren't running terminate in maverick. Care to post a more accurate list? thanks!

http://sales.starcitygames.com//deck...p?DeckID=43198

[Koby]

Terminate... Terravore... they're all terrible; including my hand writing.

[iScare]

Good job, well done, that Affinity match was hilarious :D What the was he doing? :D

Please disregard Avatar of Shadow's commentating regarding the Affinity match up. I gave the game away. I misunderstood's etched champion's "Pro: from all colors." I thought i couldn't shoot them with my Jitte. I should have had board control as I had grove of the burnwillows out, Oooze at 8/8, Maze of Ith, Noble Hierarch and Scryb Ranger with Jitte equipped (w/4 counters) and Punishing Fire in the GY. My opponent had two Etched Champion out, one was equipped with Cranial Plating. For some stupid reason, i thought I couldn't target them with Jitte, but i was Mazing one of them the whole match up. I should have known that if i could have mazed them, i should be able to shoot them with Jitte. So pretty much the misplay cost me the game. I had never practice match up with Affinity. But after playing it, I feel that PF Mav can easily beat it. Maybe my hunger after 4-5 hours of playing got the best of me.

Overall, it was a fun event. I think it was a good learning experience. It was my 1st big tournament and who would have thought they wouldn't give you a lunch break. I didn't think the event was gonna go on for 8-10 hour straight.

[jnosrati]

Thanks a lot bro. Im testing a new deck and would love to see how it does vs a good maverick pilot. Its sort somthin between my old zoo and thresh. Let me know if/when you're down to play on cockatrice (in israel currently)

Oh, and congrats!

[ThePrevailer]

I just won with Maverick at my local store (9 people, but all good Pilots with powerful decks). This is also my first post here, though I've been reading this thread since July.

Here's a report:

http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/s...439#post613439

[mini1337s]

Mini, did you try out -1 Forest -1 Savannah + 2 Taiga for REB out of the board, without using punishing fire?

I did actually (why Foothills is my other green fetch :P), and had success with it. I had 3x REB and 2x Firespout (Delver and opposing Maverick decks. Worked really well when I had Elspeth) in the side. I went back to the Tutor package though, as it's really only good when it's unexpected. It's certainly helpful versus Tempo to have REB though.

[Fatal]

Welcome, and good luck, you should complete first core such a cards like wastelands, jitte, 4 GSZs, Mother of Runes are must have.

Also MD Canonists aren't too good in deck with such a manacurve.

[maurobad2k4]

It seems it was a good weekend for us Maverick players, because I won a playset of Taiga last Saturday and the deck is finally making sucess in the SCG Opens. My list is slightly different from yours, but I'll withhold it for the moment because there is a important tourney next Sunday.

Do you think there is a chance of combo decks returning or the Tempo decks will keep them away ? So far the ambient is really good for this deck.

[Koby]

Fastest kills from the tournament:

Round 8 - Game 1 - Play
Me: Forest, Hierarch
Opp: Tundra
Me: Waste Tundra, Pridemage
Opp: Fetch
Me: Fetch, GSZ for Pridemage, attack for 5 with Pridemage
Opp: Karakas SFM EOT, StP SFM
Me: Fetch, KotR, Hierarch, attack for 6 (no more hand)
Opp: dead on board with 1 land in play.

Top 8 - Game 1 - Draw (I drew each game in the mirror match FYI, lower land count dictated I needed to find more of them)

turn 1 - Fetch, hierarch
turn 2 - fetch, mom, hierarch
turn 3 - Gaea's Cradle, KotR
turn 4 - SofI, equip to KotR, attack (no blocks 19->12)
Turn 5 - GSZ for Scryb Ranger, fetch, KotR for fetch, fetch, pro:green with Mom, attack for lethal.

[mini1337s]

It seems it was a good weekend for us Maverick players, because I won a playset of Taiga last Saturday and the deck is finally making sucess in the SCG Opens. My list is slightly different from yours, but I'll withhold it for the moment because there is a important tourney next Sunday.

Do you think there is a chance of combo decks returning or the Tempo decks will keep them away ? So far the ambient is really good for this deck.

From the LA SCG Open:

Where have the combo decks been lately?
John Kornacki
Force of Will and Surgical Extraction have been holding them down.

Rick Zou
I think more people just like fair decks that let you interact with your opponent.

Vidianto Wijaya
People are lazy and just want to play decks like Maverick, but that’s not going to fly in this format. People have been trimming Force of Will, but I doubt six will be enough this weekend.

Greg Hatch
Spell Pierce is seeing heavy play, and Snapcaster Mage gives decks redundant protection maindeck. It just gets worse for the combo decks after board.

James Gates
Snapcaster Mage pushes the aggro-control decks to the top, and the combo decks can’t compete.

Someone suggested, somewhere in this thread I believe, that because there are so many U/W Blade decks that can often beat combo like ANT or Belcher, that combo is often kept down during large tournaments. At this point, there are enough non-blue decks performing well that we may see a bit of a resurgence, but those non-blue decks can pack ample hate as well.
Combo decks can also be very skill intensive, and easily fold.
Right now, I semi-agree with Vidianto Wijaya and Rick Zou, as, while I don't know if it's just people being lazy, people want to play fair decks, especially ones that beat up on U/x control decks.

[Water_Wizard]

Fastest kills from the tournament:

Top 8 - Game 1 - Draw (I drew each game in the mirror match FYI, lower land count dictated I needed to find more of them)

turn 1 - Fetch, hierarch
turn 2 - fetch, mom, hierarch
turn 3 - Gaea's Cradle, KotR
turn 4 - SofI, equip to KotR, attack (no blocks 19->12)
Turn 5 - GSZ for Scryb Ranger, fetch, KotR for fetch, fetch, pro:green with Mom, attack for lethal.

Interesting that you drew against the mirror, but it makes sense, 22 lands, 4 mana dorks, 4 GSZ (potentially finds dryad), it helps to have the extra card.

I like the 2X KotR swing FTW! Congratulations!

Looking forward to the tournament report

[lorddotm]

I guess this goes here. No I haven't read the thread. I still don't know why I bothered thinking about a GW Aggro deck, but alas here it goes:

4 Noble Hierarch
4 Fauna Shaman
4 Vengevine
3 Mother of Runes
3 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Tarmogoyf
2 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Basking Rootwalla
2 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Gaddock Teeg

3 Swords to Plowshares
4 Green Sun’s Zenith
1 Batterskull
1 Sword of Fire and Ice

4 Windswept Heath
2 Misty Rainforest
3 Savannah
3 Forest
1 Plains
4 Wasteland
1 Karakas
1 Gaea's Craddle
2 Horizon Canopy
1 Maze of Ith
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Gaea's Cradle

SB: 1 Jötun Grunt
SB: 1 Faerie Macabre
SB: 1 Gilded Drake
SB: 1 Path to Exile
SB: 1 Swords to Plowshares
SB: 1 Ethersworn Canonist
SB: 1 Phyrexian Revoker
SB: 1 Bojuka Bog
SB: 4 Mental Misstep
SB: 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
SB: 1 Qasali Pridemage
SB: 1 Batterskull

Similar to the old G/W Survival decks, it should beat Zoo and stuff by having more Stoneforges and Goyfs than they have.

I might move the Jötun to the main, dropping a Pridemage. He gives you insane inevitability with Fauna Shaman. I haven't tested the list, but I definitely like how it looks. The SB Missteps are for Control (counters Snare and Swords) and Combo (slows them down enough for us to land a hate bear).

This deck was sweet. Anyone think an updated version could be good against the mirror?

[Koby]

I guess this goes here. No I haven't read the thread. I still don't know why I bothered thinking about a GW Aggro deck, but alas here it goes:

3 Mother of Runes
2 Tarmogoyf
2 Knight of the Reliquary
3 Swords to Plowshares

1 Karakas
1 Gaea's Craddle
1 Maze of Ith
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Gaea's Cradle

No. Clearly missing are:

Iona, Shield of Emeria + Loyal Retainers
Elesh Norn + Loyal Retainers
Garruk Relentless (tutoring -1 ability)

EDIT:
Houston, we have a problem.

[Zand]

How well do you guys think this deck can function in a meta involving that card? Do we need to start sideboarding more artifact hate? Is it even worth siding in against us compared to other decks?

I personally am not that hopeful...

Edit: to be clear I'm talking about Grafdigger's Cage