Believe it or not I was just sitting in my chair enjoying my drink and thinking about this new spoiled card. I stood up and surfed to my favorite magic forum to write a small article about the 'effect is tempo' were the idea is to play massive amounts of creatures with abilities that are effective the minute they hit. This card is faster, cheaper and more effective than vial/xantid/shusher when it comes to playing against blue counter magic. The problem however is that the casting cost is above 4 and this won't work with an active teeg. The positive thing about this card is that it is free and you can run it with null rod. But know this, when it successfully does its job it is strong.
Not really the place to write my thoughts down as an amateur writer, but i did get inspired. I ll keep it short. The idea has been haunting me for some time now. 'Everything has got legs' except for your acceleration. The focus of trying to do everything with creatures interests me a lot. It is aggro control in its purest form. But their are problems. The main issue is that their is a difference between holding a threat and actually paying mana and cast it. Running acceleration does fix a portion of this problem, you can drop multiple threats in one turn. However that opens another problem by itself, you are burning your hand size quicker. Sure dropping your hand asap looks nice but you are very vulnerable as well to mass removal, ending up in top deck mode. These thoughts led me to the idea of 'effect is tempo'. Every creature you drop should do something right there right now. And there are not that many creatures that do this at the cost of 1-2-3 cc range.
So the aggro player drops multiple threats asap, but only utility. No sneaking in tarmogoyf. Not because he isn't godly good but to stay loyal to the primary goal: Play with walking control cards. Darkblast has the idea of hitting welder, confidant, Aven and so on. Mogg Fanatic is your walking darkblast. Don't take this to literal. I am comparing sure but I am not claiming that darkblast and fanatic look alike. Orim's Chant or whatever way to try slowing down a tendrils kill. Just to replace those anti storm slots in the deck with something that has legs, children of korlis can be used. It buys time for the more heavy artillery and it is active as soon as it hits the battlefield, just like fanatic.
Dark confidant, Tarmogoyf are used alongside force of will/null Rod. You drop confidant and have another separate spell ready.
Summoning Trap could be that separate spell you are holding in your hand in case you face a force or drain OR those 1cc counters spell snare and SP from Zendikar.7 cards deep is a lot in a deck that uses only creatures. You will always have multiple choices. By the way, the choice factor is extremely important in the approach I am presenting. When do I cast What? Teeg, Canonist or Pridemage? I will now post the creatures I think should be used. You can of course have doubts about some or suggest creatures that weren't mentioned. But remember, it has to be able to use the ability or have an immediate effect. Preferably without activation cost. Some of the creatures can have a cost to activate thats not that bad, but this should be avoided when possible.
Gaddock Teeg
Ethersworn Canonist
Aven Mindcensor
Qasali Pridemage
Gorilla Shaman
Mogg Fanatic
Magus of the Moon
Children of Korlis
Tin Street Hooligan
All of these have an immediate effect. Gorilla Shaman and Qasali Pridemage do demand mana but I think these are worth it. I didn't add True Believer but that is because of the dual white. White/Red and Green Splash give you the best creature to implement this direct pressure strategy.
Feel free to correct, criticize and/or comment,
Guli
[for reference this is a list I am fooling around with]
// Lands
2 Forest
2 Plains
2 Wooded Foothills
3 Windswept Heath
3 Arid Mesa
1 mountain
1 Savannah
1 Taiga
1 Plateau
// Creatures
4 Gaddock Teeg
4 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Aven Mindcensor
4 Qasali Pridemage
4 Gorilla Shaman
4 Mogg Fanatic
4 Magus of the Moon
4 Children of Korlis
4 Tin Street Hooligan
// Spells
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Emerald
1 Black Lotus
4 AEther Vial
