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Ego_Sum
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« on: May 19, 2011, 01:54:35 pm » |
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When I started to play vintage I decided to buy a full set of Oath of Druids just because they seemed a good option for the deck I played (as sideboard tech) TPS. After I tried to build different Oath decks just to take profit from the buy and didn't find a build that fitted my playstyle, it seemd that all Oath Builds are too controllish and play a very static game or that they have some cards that must play with very bad sinergy or making very bad top decks. Then Mr. Ellias ennlightened me offering the idea of making an Oath reanimator Hybrid, but still didn't like it.
A little after, when New Phyrexia was released I fell in love with a blue card. Gitaian Probe (maybe too much), and with it I found a build that fitted my playstyle and runs a full set of Oath. This is the conclusion:
Main deck 60
4x Forbidden Orchard 2x Undeground Sea 2x Polluted Delta 2x Misty Rainforest 1x Verdant Catacombs 1x Island 1x Swamp 1x Tropical Island
5x Moxen 1x Black Lotus 1x Sol Ring 1x Mana Crypt 1x Lotus Petal
4x Force of Will 2x Misdirection
3x Gitaxian Probe 1x Ancestral Recall 1x Brainstorm 1x Thirst for Knowledge
1x Demonic Tutor 1x Vampiric Tutor 1x Imperial Seal 1x Mystical Tutor 1x Merchant Scroll (can be Personal Tutor)
1x Iona, Shield of Emeria 1x Stormtide Leviathan 1x Inkwell Leviathan 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
4x Oath of Druids 4x Entomb 2x Reanimate 2x Exhume 1x Tinker 1x Show and Tell
1x Yawgmoth's Will 1x Time Walk
Sidebaord 15
4x Thoughtseize 2x Pithing Needle 2x Ancient Grudge 1x Volcanic Island 1x Forest 1x Dragon Breath (maybe should add a second one, but what to cut... maybe 1x Seize?) 1x Blightsteel Colossus 1x Emrakul, the Aeons Thorn 2x Nihil Spellbomb
The side is to change into Dragon Breath Oath because with new Phyrexian Metamorph I think that is the best plan an Oath deck has against MUD.
Gitaxian Probe gives you great consistancy so you can play a bomb early (if combined with the top Tutors).
The creature base is quite simple, every sinlg creature in the main deck can attack under Stormtide Leviathan effect (main reason why I don't play Colossus main deck, also because he cannot be reanimated). The four monsters try to cover all the metagame (well everything but MUD, just because there is no creature dedicated to beat it, Terastodon is not what he used to be when Phyrexian metamorphed...., and the other option being Emrakul cannot be reanimated so seems a little antisinergic in the with the maindeck).
What I really like about this build is that it does no longer wait in a controllish position, like regular Oath build do, but it is more proactive playing bombs since the begining of the game.
I have to say that GP maybe is not a superstar in this deck (as it can be in a Long deck) but I wanted to give it a try for its sinergy with the top dekc tutors. IT also gives very valuable information, and can be pitched to FoW or Misdi (I'm only playing 19 blue cards which is quite low for a 6 Pitch card deck).
Greetings,
Iņaki.-
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