Decks of the Week March 11

by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-03-11 01:27:00
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Another week, which means it's time for the Decks of the Week highlight!

 

Jonathon Loucks

7th Place - British Columbia - Burnaby - 3/6

 

4  Arid Mesa

3  Flagstones of Trokair

1  Forest

1  Ghost Quarter

2  Misty Rainforest

1  Mountain

1  Plains

3  Sacred Foundry

1  Scalding Tarn

1  Sejiri Steppe

1  Stirring Wildwood

3  Stomping Ground

1  Temple Garden

1  Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

1  Vesuva

 

4  Knight of the Reliquary

4  Plated Geopede

4  Steppe Lynx

3  Tarmogoyf

4  Vinelasher Kudzu

4  Wild Nacatl

 

4  Lightning Bolt

4  Path to Exile

4  Scapeshift

 

Sideboard:

2  Ancient Grudge

2  Aven Mindcensor

1  Bojuka Bog

1  Damping Matrix

1  Elspeth, Knight-Errant

1  Ghost Quarter

2  Ranger of Eos

1  Ravenous Trap

1  Rule of Law

1  Temporal Isolation

2  Umezawa's Jitte

 

Jon Loucks made the Top 8 of a PTQ in Vancouver (Burnaby) using an aggro landfall Zoo deck with a Scapeshift trump. While he eventually discovered he had been playing Vesuva incorrectly all weekend, the deck is a fascinatingly powerful take on the ZooShift concept. Check out Jon's article on the deck here.

 

Evan Gedzelman

4th Place - Alabama - Mobile - 3/6

 

3  Arid Mesa

1  Celestial Colonnade

3  Hallowed Fountain

10  Island

7  Plains

 

4  Aven Mindcensor

2  Baneslayer Angel

3  Meddling Mage

1  Venser, Shaper Savant

 

2  Condescend

1  Day of Judgment

1  Engineered Explosives

2  Jace, the Mind Sculptor

3  Mana Tithe

2  Oblivion Ring

2  Path to Exile

3  Repeal

3  Spell Snare

3  Temporal Isolation

2  Threads of Disloyalty

2  Wrath of God

 

Sideboard:

1  Aether Spellbomb

2  Angel's Grace

1  Day of Judgment

2  Ethersworn Canonist

1  Flashfreeze

2  Hindering Light

1  Mind Control

1  Negate

1  Oblivion Ring

1  Repeal

1  Temporal Isolation

1  Threads of Disloyalty

 

UW Control is all the rage in Standard, but Evan Gedzelman deserves credit for making the final table in Mobile, Alabama with his take on the subject for Extended. Aven Mindcensor is a powerful card in the current Extended format, blanking fetch lands. A smattering of counterspells, removal, and of course Baneslayer Angel and you've got yourself a deck!

 

Aras Aziz

1st Place - Alabama - Mobile - 3/6

 

4  Dark Depths

2  Overgrown Tomb

1  Snow-Covered Forest

7  Snow-Covered Swamp

4  Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

4  Verdant Catacombs

 

4  Dark Confidant

3  Tarmogoyf

4  Vampire Hexmage

 

3  Beseech the Queen

4  Chrome Mox

2  Duress

1  Extirpate

1  Grim Discovery

3  Into the North

1  Maelstrom Pulse

1  Naturalize

2  Rite of Consumption

4  Shred Memory

1  Smother

4  Thoughtseize

 

Sideboard:

3  Chalice of the Void

2  Darkblast

3  Deathmark

3  Extirpate

1  Grim Discovery

3  Maelstrom Pulse

 

Taking the top slot in Mobile was Aras Aziz with Black-Green Dark Depths. Eschewing the tried and true blue version, Aras paired green for Into the North, Tarmogoyf, and Maelstrom Pulse in the sideboard. The deck is apparently pretty good as Vincent Elliot also Top 8ed playing a virtually identical list.

 

Marshall Arthurs

1st Place - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - 3/6

 

3  Hallowed Fountain

8  Island

4  Mutavault

4  Scalding Tarn

4  Wanderwine Hub

 

4  Crypt Champion

4  Cursecatcher

4  Lord of Atlantis

2  Merfolk Sovereign

4  Merrow Reejerey

4  Silvergill Adept

4  Wake Thrasher

 

4  Mana Leak

4  Path to Exile

3  Umezawa's Jitte

 

Sideboard:

4  Ethersworn Canonist

1  Journey to Nowhere

4  Meddling Mage

4  Temporal Isolation

2  Threads of Disloyalty

 

No your eyes do not deceive you; this is Extended, not Legacy. Marshall Arthurs put together a title winning Merfolk list for the PTQ in Pittsburgh. This deck seems awesome, with Jitte, Path to Exile, and a smattering of control in the form of Mana Leak. That meant Marshall's creatures had to get him most of the way there. The list doesn't appear to be complete, however, missing four cards in the maindeck where the published list has 4 Crypt Champion (which Marshall couldn't cast and couldn't benefit from discarding).

 

Read all the top Decks of the Week from DailyMTG.com here.

 

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