BWG Rock Landfall

Sol622 · Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 8

Creatures: 23

4X Ob Nixillis, the Fallen
4x Baneslayer angel
3x Rampaging Balloths
4x Knight of the Reliquary
4x Lotus Cobra
4x Birds of Paradise

Other Spells:14

4x Harrow
4x Maelstrom Pulse
4x Path to Exile
2x Rampant Growth

Lands:24

4x Marsh flats
4x Verdant Catacombs
2x Teramorphic expanse
14x Basic Lands

Side Board; 15 (definately still testing)
3x mycloid Shepherd
3x Malakir Bloodwitch
3x White Knihgt
2x Summoning Trap
4x Vines of Vastwood

Yeah, it's an expensive deck, but I have it all. It's pretty good form what I've seen, good match against jund and boros, havn't played vamps a lot. Just looking to maybe tweak it a little. any thoughts?

Thanks.

kaamos · Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 145

If it didnt have all of those powercards I would say theres too much mana ramp, but the landfall works with baloths and ob, so Im actually interested to see how it goes.

Deuce · Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 96

24 land enough with 8 fetches? What happens if Cobra gets killed?

HujuVanikil · Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Posts: 17

the plan is to path his cobra in response to terminate or bolt so he can get land to play real spells

Sol622 · Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 8

Getting a cobra bolted or bursted is a rough blow early game but thats why i run 4 birds. It makes the game harder but I have a better late game than Boros does. Terminate is just one less removal to hit one of the 11-14 rocks.

24 land is usually good, im thinking about more.

What do you guys like better? Grim discovery or rampant growth?

SugarShark · Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 247

Sol622 · Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 8

Thanks, I didn't even think of the sheperd, good side-tek. Smile

So any thought on Grim discovery vs. Rampant? Rampant pulls land from the deck early game, but grim can recycle fetch lands and grab a rock from the grave.

It's a tough call.

SugarShark · Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 247

I was pondering the Khalni Gem
its not ramp per se but in a deck with WW BB GG it could smooth things out
and the draw back returns land to your hand so..

Sol622 · Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 8

Color is not an issue with this one. Fetch lands, harrow, and birds/cobra makes getting the right colors for the right rock pretty easy.

Sol622 · Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 8

Edited to include Sb.

Sol622 · Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 8

So here's some reports on how I played at my FNM and at Game Day today.

So I went with the above list but tweaked the SB, her's the final sb list I went with.

4x Vines of Vastwood
4x Celestial Purge
4x Vampire Nighthawk
3x Identity Crisis

Edit: Oh, and I went with Grim in the Main Board over Rampant and was very Happy

I went undefeated at my FNM last night, played 5 rounds, wrecked three Jund decks (Vines and purges game two won me almost every game)

I got third at Game Day Today here's the breakdown:

1. BWG Vs. Jund.

Won Game 1 on the play with birds 1st turn and knights.

Won Game 2 with a vines on a baneslayer

2. BWG Vs. Esper Control

Lost game 1 died to a sphinx of the steel Wind.

Won Game 2-3 With Identity Crisis and Purge

3. BWG vs. Jund

Pretty much the same as round 1.

4. BWG vs. BG Lord of Extinction.

Won games 2-3 with Knights and angels.

5. BWG vs. Janky Jund with Master of the wild hunt.

Couldn't win this match because I didn't have deathmark sb for the masters.

Made top 8

Played jund again in the top 8, wrecked it.

Then played Janky jund and lost 1-2. Ended up getting third. All in all i'm very happy with how the deck palys

Sol622 · Joined: 27 Oct 2009 Posts: 8

Bump. Cuz im playing at FNM tomorrow and could use some last minute advice.

Rassil · Joined: 05 Oct 2009 Posts: 2

Were Balloths helping you a lot?

How do you manage all those removal of jund (terminates pulses and LB for cobras)? and after SB it would seem even harder thought hemo / ruinblaster / more removals Very Happy

Anyway sorry i cant think off anything to add but yea vines on baneslayer rox Very Happy

EDIT: I can only suggest you to go through all games you played with this deck and decide if Vines of Vastwood was helping a lot if yes - swap with something, maybe 1 more grim disc for something, i bet you were always SB 4x vines in g2 Very Happy

EDIT 2: Btw wouldnt Mind Sludge be better than Identity Crisis? 1 less mana and 4 any colour - why would u need to remove grave in this meta Very Happy

kaamos · Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 145

harrow helps landfall alot, and mana if you have a cobra, im sure youve considered this...

Dunno, looks great!

kaamos · Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 145

I still like this decklist alot, i think it'll overpower many a decks

bump