k, this goes back to Toad.

I've been running words of wilding opposed to mesa for a few reasons. One, it's far faster than a mesa because it's colourless to activate. Two, a 2/2 bear is better than a 1/1 pegasus, flying or not. Moat isn't run in my area (most are budget players) and it doesn't really pose that much
of a concern. I'd rather alpha strike with 10+ bears than chip away with a few piddly little pegasi. And naturally, with the argothians, presence, libraries et al. card advantage isn't that much of a concern. with 2 libraries out, I'll still net 2 cards and 2 2/2 bears. Which isn't a bad thing.

Try it out. I've been testing with it, and although Mesa is good, Words of Wilding seems superior, at least in my meta.

Having tried both the budget and powered versions of the deck, I tend to gravitate more towards the straight G/W version. Not that I have anything against G/W/B, I find that the mana base (at least in the builds I've tried) is too shaky and too easily wastelanded, sinkholed, etc. In regards to the kill however, I've been experimenting with something besides Sacred Mesa. Words of Wilding seems like a good choice to me, at least. Consider that while it does cost one more mana to play, it is green (and thus suits the core of the G/W version), only costs 1 to use the ability, puts a 2/2 into play, and furthermore, with the sheer amount of card draw in the deck (enchantress, presence, sylvan, etc) it is quite easy to amass a large amount of bears for an alpha strike, or even little beats.

What do you people think?

Uh...off the top of my head:

Eureka (I have 4, but I'm still trying to break it so it cries like a little girl (and so do my opponents)

Ernham Djinn
Grinning Demon (same CC as Juzam, one more P/T, one more damage drawback, 5$ cost as opposed to Juzam's 80$+)
Lifeline (With Altar of Dementia, it's very, very, very evil. Try it in multiplayer. If you don't leave truly dead, you'll leave a winner   )
Chains of Mephistopheles (Oh, gods. Just evil.   )

Well, letsee.

My name's Bryan, I'm 18, and I live in Ontario Canada, where the beer is cold and the girls are pretty. I've been playing Magic since revised, and aside from a hiatus I took from Masques Block through to Odyssey block (a large gap, but no one I knew from the area was still playing). I generally don't get much sunlight as I am usually either playing Magic (either with cards or digitally) or spending countless hours and money on MMORPGS like Everquest and Star Wars: Galaxies. The first deck I ever played was a really jank G/W control deck (this was when 4th was brand new). It had all the white tricks (StP, Serra Angel, Wrath, Armageddon) and I splashed green for fun stuff like fog, berserk, sylvan library and the simply ridiculous (at the time) Ernham Djinn. I'm still thankful I held on to my cardboard crack (gotta love booster-pulled Bazaars and a LoA).

you can, if you wish, email me (or add me to MSN) at Shilleagh@hotmail.com.

-B-