Confined_Trenches T1.X

[Anonymous]

Hi, this is my first post on themanadrain, I was going to post this in the Extended forum, but I wasn't sure if unregistered people were allowed to post anywhere but here. So, I think my application is being processed. (Hopefully)

I thought I'd post a new deck concept I was thinking of, so here it is:

Confined Trenches:

3   Karplusan  Forest
2   Brushland  
9   Forest  
6   Plains
5   Mountain  
    
4   Birds of Paradise  
2   Llanowar Elves  
3   Groundskeeper  
2   Yavimaya Elder
2   Ravenous Baloth  
2   Harrow
3   Weathered Wayfarer
2   Wrath of God  
2   Solitary Confinement  
3   Enlightened Tutor    
3   Shock  
4   Volcanic Hammer  
3   Goblin Trenches

SB
2   Phantom Centaur  
2   Ravenous Baloth  
2   Naturalize  
1   Ray of Revelation    
3   Earthquake  
2   Wrath of God    
3   Coat of Arms  

Began this deck based on Solitary Confinement + Goblin Trenches + Groundskeeper/Weathered Wayfarer to provide a defense while generating huge numbers of tokens.

Ravenous Baloth - added to stay alive against early beats.
Yavimaya Elder - Pure card advantage
Llanowar Elves - Replaced Skyshroud Elves

SB - Creatures + Earthquake come in for swarm decks
Coat of Arms for game 2 when Engineered Plague is put in.
Enchantment hate for Rock, ALure, and Turbo Oath.

Suggestions? Comments? Opinions? Does it look viable?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention I was considering adding Squee, Goblin Nabob maindeck.

[Sandman]

OK - but how do you draw cards, after you had played the confinement?

And what are you doing against a 2nd turn flying fattie?

[Anonymous]

You get cards to pitch to confinement through Weathere Wayfarer (Your opponent will almost always have more lands than you) and Groundskeeper primarily (1G: Return a basic land from graveyard to hand).

I was also toying with using Squee as reusable discard.

[Anonymous]

Shock and Volcanic Hammer should be able to remove most threats (2nd turn flyers) until Solitary Confinement can be played. Wrath of God is used for the same purpose.

[Anonymous]

Many a times, i've waited for that white mana source to show up while Wrath of God sits useless in my hand, and that is playing blue/white!.

Good luck with a 3 color.

Also, using Painlands waiting to set up a Confinement lock can be painful, unless you draw what you need fast.

What set was Enlightened Tutor reprinted in? I remember it back in Mirage( i think ), but haven't seen the reprint.

If so, it's not legal in Extended right now (if not ignore my ignorance  )

[Anonymous]

Since i'm not registered, can't go back and edit.

Tutor is in VI'th, so nevermind what I said.

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I wasn't sure about Enlightened Tutor either, but I looked it up and it had been reprinted, so, lucky me.  

About the mana consistency, I occasionally had problems when I ran Skyshroud Elves over Llanowar Elves, and there's been a slight increase in colorscrew, but it works faster. I'm counting on BoPs and Weathere Wayfarer to get me that second white mana. (Although hopefully I won't need to Wrath)