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bloosh123
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BW Deadlocked
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January 19, 2008, 02:21:10 pm »
Here's a little deck I would like to spruce up a bit. This is meant to be a budget build. I just need a good manabase and then I'm good to go really.
Deadlocked!
4 Ancient Tomb
3 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
(Insert manabase here = 12 cards)
4 Dark Confidant
4 Aven Mindcensor
4 Glowrider
4 Jotun grunt
3 Shriekmaw
2 (I need a big creature here-not sure what though)3-4 cc
4 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Chalice of the Void
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Crucible of Worlds
3 Swords to Plowshres
3 Oblivion Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
SB
4 Yixlid Jailer
3 Sudden Death
3 kataki, War's Wage
3 Ronom Unicorn
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 oblivion Ring
The idea of this deck is to lock out your opponent before they can get a headstart, and then bring on the beats with Glowrider and other creatures.
I'll explain the non-obvious card choices
Factory's: I find them helpful, especially when my opponent has no creatures and just passes the turn. They speed up the kill.
Mindcensors: They throw off any tutors, fetches, and other crap that my opponents play. With Thorns or Chalice, they can be deadly.
Shriekmaw: These are getting tested. I like these becuase creatures are getting somewhat heavy in my meta, and it bypasses Thorns + Riders. This also gives a nice beater late game.
Chalice: These are usulaly placed at 1 unless I'm facing haevy creatures, which then I place at 2 or 3 after a good board postion. Maybe these need to come out. I'm not quite sure yet.
Crucible: I can go Crucible + Strip or Crucible + Factory in the late game to finish off opponents.
Oblivion Rings. These things from Lorwyn are not half-bad. I would play Seals of Cleasning, but since these get creatures also, I like em.
***I need help with my manabase, a suggestion for a 3-4 drop win-con, and any suggestions to make this deck more competitive, without sacrificing too much of the budget component. Yes, duals and fetches are allowed.
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Re: BW Deadlocked
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January 19, 2008, 05:41:46 pm »
Reading your list, I like the idea of BW control, though you are missing some key cards. I would suggest somehting similar to this:
2 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
4 WasteLand
4 Scrubland
2 Swamp
1 plains
2 Windswept heath
3 bloodstained mire
Land 19
4 Dark Confidant
4 Aven Mindcensor
3 Kataki, Wars Edge
4 Jotun grunt
3 Glowrider
Creatures 18
2 Thoughtseize
4 Duress
2 Extripate
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
3 Swords to Plowshres
3 Vindicate
2 Sensi's Devining Top
1 Hide/Seek
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Sol Ring
Total 23
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