Deck of the Week: Grixis Control

It has been awhile since we had our deck for the week so I decided to bring it back, this time during Fridays. Hopefully, I can sneak a post for it in my sked. For this week, I’ll feature the deck that got 1st place in the Cruise Qualifier in Indianapolis, Indiana last March 29. It is a control deck based on the color of the Grixis shard (Blue-Black-Red) with the almost forgotten Demigod of Revenge as the bad a$$ beater and win condition. Here’s the decklist piloted by Matt Owens. Read more

Deck of the Week: Vengeant Merfolk

Hey guys. You may be wondering what the decklist will look like based on the deck name I mentioned above. Well, it is actually the creation of a Brazilian MTG player named Sávio Freixiela and he finished 7th place in the 2º Super Standard Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. The deck is a typical Merfolks build, except that it has burn for removal. Savio fixed the mana by adding Vivid Creek and Cascade Bluffs to have access to red and be able to splash Ajani Vengeant in the deck. Also, it has three copies of Incinerate in the main and three Vithian Stingers in the sideboard. Check out the decklist below.

Vengeant Merfolk
by Savio Freixela
Maindeck
3 Mutavault
4 Mystic Gate
3 Cascade Bluffs
2 Reflecting Pool
3 Vivid Creek
3 Shivan Reef
2 Island
4 Wanderwine Hub

4 Merrow Reejerey
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Stonybrook Banneret
3 Sygg, River Guide
3 Sower of Temptation
2 Reveillark
2 Merfolk Looter

3 Ajani Vengeant
4 Cryptic Command
4 Sage’s Dousing
3 Incinerate

Sideboard
2 Reveillark
3 Vithian Stinger
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Wrath of God
2 Glen Elendra Archmage
2 Flashfreeze

You can also check out my featured decks on the previous weeks here in my old blog.

Until next post.

Deck of the Week: Mono Black Aggro

This week’s deck feature is a Standard take of one of Magic’s favorite decks: Mono Black. It was created by Jim Stafford and got 7th at State Championships 2008 in Wyoming. The list uses the powerful black creatures in Standard like Ashenmoor Gouger and Demigod of Revenge, and spot removals like Unmake and Nameless Inversion. It also uses Dusk Urchins, which served both as a beater and card drawer source. Read more