On yesterday’s Day One of the 2015 World Magic Cup, I saw a deck strategy from a member of Team Indonesia on one of the live-streamed featured match coverages. The deck he is playing is Esper Tokens, with some interesting card choices, maybe because of Team Standard’s format limitation.

Here is what I think the deck looks like:

Maindeck
4 Eldrazi Skyspawner
4 Monastery Mentor
4 Seeker of the Way
3 Wingmate Roc

4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor

3 Duress
2 Murderous Cut
1 Painful Truths
1 Ruinous Path
2 Secure the Wastes
3 Silkwrap
2 Utter End

Lands
4 Caves of Koilos
4 Flooded Strand
1 Island
2 Plains
4 Polluted Delta
2 Prairie Stream
4 Shambling Vent
2 Sunken Hollow
2 Swamp

The complete coverage of the 2015 World Magic Cup can be found here.

This is somewhat a late post and sort of irrelevant Standard deck given that the rotation will be implemented by tomorrow’s release date of Khans of Tarkir, but I am still sharing the list to you guys. This would be my last major Magic tournament as I will be retiring from the game to focus on important things that we adults should do. Here is my deck nicknamed ‘Devotion to Rakdos’:

Lands
8 Swamp
4 Mutavault
4 Temple of Malice
4 Blood Crypt
2 Rakdos Guildgate
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Mountain

Creatures
3 Lifebane Zombie
3 Desecration Demon
4 Pack Rat
3 Goblin Rabblemaster
3 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
1 Stormbreath Dragon

Spells
2 Bile Blight
2 Dreadbore
4 Hero’s Downfall
2 Mizzium Mortars
1 Sign in Blood
4 Thoughtseize
3 Underworld Connections

Sideboard
SB: 1 Stormbreath Dragon
SB: 3 Drown in Sorrow
SB: 2 Rakdos’s Return
SB: 3 Duress
SB: 1 Slaughter Games
SB: 1 Doom Blade
SB: 1 Erebos, God of the Dead
SB: 1 Whip of Erebos
SB: 1 Ultimate Price
SB: 1 Silence the Believers

Last Sunday was the first phase of the World Magic Cup Qualifiers and was held in Alphaland Southgate Mall in Manila. My preparation for that event was not that concentrated and I only made references from the recent PT Magic 2015 and the M15 Gameday Iloilo. I made the list within one week before the tournament and did most of the playtest on Magic Workstation. Here is the deck I called ‘Rabble Rakdos Midrange’:

Lands
7 Swamp
2 Rakdos Guildgate
4 Temple of Malice
4 Blood Crypt
2 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Mutavault
2 Mountain

Creatures
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
4 Pack Rat
3 Lifebane Zombie
3 Desecration Demon
2 Stormbreath Dragon

Spells
2 Bile Blight
2 Devour Flesh
3 Underworld Connections
2 Mizzium Mortars
2 Dreadbore
3 Hero’s Downfall
4 Thoughtseize
1 Sign in Blood

Sideboard
SB: 1 Underworld Connections
SB: 3 Duress
SB: 2 Rakdos’s Return
SB: 1 Slaughter Games
SB: 2 Doom Blade
SB: 1 Whip of Erebos
SB: 2 Drown in Sorrow
SB: 2 Pharika’s Cure
SB: 1 Erebos, God of the Dead

Deck discussion, sideboard plan and tournament report to follow.