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Klep
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« on: April 23, 2007, 11:14:39 pm »

I'm not very experienced with Sealed, so I'd like to solicit opinions as to how I should have constructed my deck at the Prerelease over the weekend.  Without further ado, here is the pool:

White                                                                Black
Amrou Seekers                                                   Assassinate
Blade of the Sixth Pride                                        Augur of Skulls
Chronomantic Escape                                           Death Rattle
Detainment Spell                                                 Drudge Reavers
Forysian Interceptor                                             Funeral Charm
Fortify                                                                2x Lost Hours
Gift of Granite                                                     Mana Skimmer
Jedit's Dragoons                                                  Mass of Ghouls
Knight of Sursi                                                     Psychotic Episode
2x Lymph Sliver                                                   Putrid Cyclops
Marshaling Cry                                                     Skittering Monstrosity
Outrider en-Kor                                                    Street Wraith
Plated Pegasus                                                    Traitor's Clutch
Samite Censer-Bearer                                           Trespasser il-Vec
Temporal Isolation                                                Witch's Mist
Watcher Sliver

Blue                                                                   Red
Blind Phantasm                                                    Aetherflame Wall
Cloudseeker                                                        Blazing Blade Askari
Crookclaw Transmuter                                          Conflagrate
Eternity Snare                                                     Emblem of the Warmind
Infiltrator il-Kor                                                    Flamecore Elemental
Leaden Fists                                                        Flowstone Channeler
Mystic Speculation                                                Ghostfire
Pact of Negation                                                 Haze of Rage
Sarcomite Myr                                                      Henchfiend of Ukor
Spiketail Drakeling                                                 2x Homing Sliver
Telekinetic Sliver                                                   Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
Temporal Eddy                                                     Magus of the Moon
2x Unblinking Bleb                                                 Mogg War Marshal
Walk the Aeons                                                    Pandemonium
Whip-Spine Drake                                                 Plunder
Wipe Away                                                          Riddle of Lightning
                                                                         Rift Elemental
Green                                                                 Undying Rage
Aspect of Mongoose
Edge of Autumn                                                   Other
Glass Asp                                                             Assembly Worker
2x Llanowar Empath                                              Calciform Pools
Phantom Wurm                                                    Dakmor Salvage
Rites of Flourishing                                                Dodecapod
Spinneret Sliver                                                    Saffi Eriksdotter
Sporoloth Ancient                                                 Terramorphic Expanse
Sprout                                                                Zoetic Cavern
Thallid Shell-Dweller
Virulent Sliver
2x Wrap in Vigor

I felt very uncomfortable about this pool because none of my rares were very powerful, and the fat was basically non-existent.  I ultimately settled on playing WUr, and played the following:

White                                                                  Blue
Amrou Seekers                                                     Crookclaw Transmuter
Blade of the Sixth Pride                                          Sarcomite Myr
Fortify                                                                  Spiketail Drakeling
Knight of Sursi                                                      Telekinetic Sliver
2x Lymph Sliver                                                     2x Unblinking Bleb
Marshaling Cry                                                       Whip-Spine Drake
Outrider en-Kor
Temporal Isolation                                                 Red
Watcher Sliver                                                      Conflagrate
                                                                           Ghostfire
Other                                                                  2x Homing Sliver
Calciform Pools                                                      Undying Rage
Dodecapod
6x Island
3x Mountain
6x Plains
Terramorphic Expanse

Miraculously, I lucked out and went 3-0-1 despite playing against better decks rounds 2 and 3.  My round 3 opponent actually had a Sliversmith to complement a sliver contigent which put mine to shame (Sidewinder, Quilled, Spinneret, Fury, Bonesplitter, and I think some others.  I had to side out the TK and Watcher Slivers against him.).  I felt like I was really lucky to do as well as I did with this pool, but do you think I could have built my deck better?
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So I suppose I should take The Fringe back out of my sig now...
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« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2007, 02:05:33 am »

Red, green, and black aren't as interesting as blue and white in your pool.

There are two configurations that I'd go with. One is blue/white and the other is blue/white/splash red. Either would work out pretty well with the main difference is the amount of risk you want to take with the mana base.

UW:

1-cc:
knight of sursi

2-cc:
blade of the sixth pride
infiltrator il-kor

temporal isolation

3-cc:
amrou seekers
outrider en-kor
blind phantasm
sarcomite myr
spiketail drakeling
whip-spine drake

fortify
leaden fists
wipe away

4-cc:
watcher sliver
telekinetic sliver
crookclaw transmuter

temporal eddy

5-cc:
2x lymph sliver

pact of negation

6-cc:
jedit's dragoons

walk the aeons


Land:
1 calciform pools
1 zoetic cavern
9 island
7 plains


16 creatures
18 land
average cc ~ 3.3

This version is very solid. There are multiple flying and other evasion creatures and good ground support with the lymph/watcher slivers and dragoons. The concern comes to the lack of removal; temporal isolation, leaden fists, and pact of negation are the main contenders with the temporal eddy and wipe away being used when necessary.


In the version that splashes red, these are the changes that I'd make from the decklist above:

-1 walk the aeons
-1 temporal eddy
-1 zoetic cavern
-1 plains
-1 island

+1 conflagrate
+1 ghostfire
+1 terramorphic expanse
+2 mountain

This version has a pretty unstable mana base and will probably give lots of trouble 1 in 5 games because of not having the correct mana. However, I'd consider boarding into this configuration if your opponent has multiple problem creatures that are overwhelming your removal suite. Siding in the flowstone channeler could be a strong option also in which case you'd probably want to SB out the calciform pools for an additional mountain.

The blue white version would probably be the best choice because it's not going to lose to itself.
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