Black and Green
It’s been quite a while since I posted last, and for that I apologize. But recently I have decided to start blogging again, if only to keep myself energized about Magic. Last year in February I had a baby boy, who basically turned my world from halfway upside-down to fully upside-down. And on top of that, I’m in graduate school trying to get my MBA. Quite the workload to try and fit Magic in to. And yet, for some strange reason, I am unable to stop playing Magic. I have always been drawn to the game, there’s no mistaking that, but now I can’t see myself pulling away from it for any long period of time.
So this past weekend, Conley Woods won a Grand Prix and in so doing ensured that MTGO would be full of people trying to play his deck. Yay! Now, having no advanced knowledge of the deck or how to play it, I obviously built it immediately (why not, every other deck I’ve played sucks and I have a death wish).
Black-Green Mana Ramp (c0urtesy of Mr. Conley Woods)
1 Dragonskull Summit
7 Forest
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Inkmoth Nexus
2 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Mountain
5 Swamp
4 Woodland Cemetery
25 lands
2 Acidic Slime
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Glissa, the Traitor
4 Grave Titan
4 Primeval Titan
4 Solemn Simulacrum
16 creatures
3 Black Sun’s Zenith
2 Doom Blade
1 Go for the Throat
2 Geth’s Verdict
2 Green Sun’s Zenith
4 Rampant Growth
1 Ratchet Bomb
4 Sphere of the Suns
19 other spells
Sideboard
1 Ancient Grudge
2 Batterskull
1 Black Sun’s Zenith
2 Curse of Death’s Hold
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Go for the Throat
1 Liliana of the Veil
2 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Ratchet Bomb
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Tree of Redemption
1 Viridian Corrupter
Figuring I would play against some of the mirror, I switched out one Doom Blade in the main for a Go for the Throat. I know it’s a small change, but being able to kill Grave Titans on sight seems pretty important. In a world full of hay-makers, the guy with more hay-makers is the one who wins (generally).
I then proceeded to play four Standard 2-mans. I only had enough tix to enter one 2-man, so I had to chain them in order to get back in the game. I won the first three… against the mirror. And I lost the fourth one against the mirror. That’s right, FOUR mirror matches!! I like the deck, though, and would recommend it if you’re in for fun and some mirror matches… lol.
