HOU Standard Deck Update: BG Energy

One deck archetype I’ve found from the recent Starcity Games Standard Open Top 8 decks was the version of Black Green Energy played by Stephen Dykman. The list looks to be composed of the typical creatures and removal spells except that a new card

has been included: Dreamstealer. This Menace discarder can be the right answer to disrupt the hand of midrange opponents. Sure for a 1/2 creature, it can be easily killed but with the Eternalize mechanic, it can later on come back to finish the job.

The list though didn’t have Rishkar or Verdurous Gearhulk to boost the Dreamstealer’s power for a better discard effect. I built my version last night and hopefully, I could get to test it on tonight’s FNM. Here below is his decklist that finished in the Top 4 of the event:

25 LANDS
4 Aether Hub
4 Blooming Marsh
5 Forest
4 Hissing Quagmire
8 Swamp

23 CREATURES
2 Dreamstealer
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
4 Servant of the Conduit
3 Tireless Tracker
4 Walking Ballista
4 Winding Constrictor

6 INSTANTS and SORC.
3 Fatal Push
3 Grasp of Darkness

6 OTHER SPELLS
2 Liliana, the Last Hope
2 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
2 Ob Nixilis Reignited

SIDEBOARD
1 Appetite for the Unnatural
2 Crook of Condemnation
2 Lost Legacy
1 Murder
2 Natural State
1 To the Slaughter
4 Transgress the Mind
2 Yahenni’s Expertise