Bombs versus synergy (TM)

kobisjeruk · Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 44

this is my recent 10th Sealed card pool and the pile o' cards that made it into my deck and won me a mini...

Main Deck
1 Benalish Knight
1 Benalish Knight
1 Blanchwood Armor
1 Civic Wayfinder
1 Elven Riders
1 Elvish Berserker
1 Ghost Warden
1 Ghost Warden
1 Hail of Arrows
1 Lure
1 Ornithopter
1 Pacifism
1 Rootwalla
1 Serra's Embrace
1 Skyhunter Patrol
1 Skyhunter Prowler
1 Skyhunter Skirmisher
1 Spined Wurm
1 Stalking Tiger
1 Steadfast Guard
1 Suntail Hawk
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Venerable Monk
1 Wall of Swords
9 Plains
7 Forest

Sideboard
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Aven Fisher
1 Aven Windreader
1 Aven Windreader
1 Bloodrock Cyclops
1 Bogardan Firefiend
1 Bogardan Firefiend
1 Boomerang
1 Cloud Elemental
1 Counsel of the Soratami
1 Crafty Pathmage
1 Dehydration
1 Distress
1 Dusk Imp
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Festering Goblin
1 Flashfreeze
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Highway Robber
1 Hill Giant
1 Honor Guard
1 Looming Shade
1 Overgrowth
1 Peek
1 Plague Beetle
1 Plague Beetle
1 Raging Goblin
1 Reminisce
1 Remove Soul
1 Reviving Dose
1 Reviving Dose
1 Robe of Mirrors
1 Rock Badger
1 Root Maze
1 Rootwater Commando
1 Rootwater Commando
1 Sea Monster
1 Shimmering Wings
1 Shock
1 Sift
1 Sky Weaver
1 Skyshroud Ranger
1 Spineless Thug
1 Thundering Giant
1 Uncontrollable Anger
1 Unholy Strength
1 Viashino Sandscout
1 Wall of Air
1 Wall of Air
1 Warrior's Honor
9 Plains
11 Forest
18 Mountain
18 Island
18 Swamp

i'm not saying its the best combination cause its not...
but with my card pool, i think this is the best (at least what i can think of atm)
it doesnt take much to see that i just put in most if not all of that particular color since i dont have any alternative for it.

but, seeing the list now, i think the reason i win is because of the great synergy not just between some cards, but a whole bunch of cards in the deck...

such as:

Troll / Skirmisher / Tiger / Riders + Embrace / Armor

Warden + Skirmisher (well, its pretty much every frickin creature but this take the icing or something)

Troll / Beserker + Lure

Hail o Arrows + F-strikers

...

So, given my card pool, how would you build your deck any different than this? I know my color combination lack the means to destroy Enchanment or Artifact, but I could (and maybe even have done so) Jedi Mindtrick'ed my opponent into thinking that I do have Cloudchaser/Naturalize/C.Mold in my SB..

I think U/R can be quite good but without
a single 'tom' or Incinerate or another 1-2 removals, it's not really worth it.

My point is, bombs win games obviously, but sometime so much synergy tromps bombs.dec

gl n hf

EDIT: crap, spoiler tag = OFF?

sgtpepper87 · Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 112

and you call Troll Ascetic not a bomb?
I'm sure thats what it is...

Stinky · Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 60

Blanchwood Armor = Bomb.

Revik · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 135

I'd call embrace a bomb :S

ant900 · Joined: 11 Oct 2004 Posts: 2470 Location: somewhere

your deck isn't a pile of synergy, it is a pile of bombs. troll ascetic, hail of arrows, blanchwood armor, and (2!) belanish knight. Along with a solid deck it is no wonder why you won.

coolcreep · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 235

holy shit! You won a whole fucking mini!?!?!?111!!2!!1 sinx2 + cosx2 y*1/y 0.9999(repeating)!!1!