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Flores UW in Extended
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-01-16 13:31:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Extended, Pro Tour Qualifier, PTQ, San Juan, Mike Flores, UW
Mike Flores is a man who knows how to solve formats. The list of his decks goes on and on and on, and he regularly makes the short list of top deck designers of all time (check out a recent interview with our own Bill Stark on DailyMTG.com where he did exactly that). "Deckade," his book on Magic and deck designing, can still be purchased from Top8Magic.com via this link. Most recently he managed to "win" the 2009 World Championships but putting the Naya Lightsaber deck in the hands of eventual champion Andre Coimbra, proving even as the years go on, Mike still has what it takes.
So with a new Extended season upon us, is it any surprise he's brewed up yet another wacky list with which he puts his full seal of approval on? Here's what went up on his blog, FiveWithFlores.com yesterday:
4 Relic of Progenitus
4 Cryptic Command
1 Echoing Truth
4 Remand
1 Repeal
2 Spell Snare
4 Think Twice
4 Kitchen Finks
2 Day of Judgment
4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Path to Exile
2 Wrath of God
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Hallowed Fountain
8 Island
4 Mystic Gate
4 Plains
A traditional UW control strategy is something we haven't seen in quite some time, but Mike thinks it's the thing for the new Extended format. Is he right? Check out his reasoning behind the deck, including his full sideboard, at the original article on FiveWithFlores.com.
For what it's worth, Flores claimed on Twitter that UW control is "The deck I'm PTQing with."
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.