Escalating Caw-Blade

Standard* Aggro Control GWU (Bant) Stoneblade Tempo

CG1248

Land (21)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 4x Copperline Gorge
• 1x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 4x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 3x Seachrome Coast
• 1x Sunpetal Grove

Creature (27)

• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 2x Enclave Cryptologist
• 4x Fauna Shaman
• 2x Goblin Guide
• 1x Kor Skyfisher
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Signal Pest
• 4x Squadron Hawk
• 4x Stoneforge Mystic
• 4x Vengevine

Artifact (3)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of War and Peace

Planeswalker (3)

• 3x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Quest for the Holy Relic

Instant (3)

• 3x Lightning Bolt

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x War Priest of Thune

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Gideon Jura

Instant (6)

• 2x Beast Within
• 2x Dispatch
• 2x Surgical Extraction

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Leyline of Sanctity

Artifact (2)

• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind

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White Weenie Quest for the Holy Relic for Argentum Armor. It was dumb, quick, fun. Enchantment/Artifact hate was a thing. Memnite, Ornithopter, Glint Hawk and Stoneforge Mystic with Sword of Body and Mind was a weak board. So I included G for Fauna Shaman and Vengevine, R for Goblin Guide and Lightning Bolt. It was clearly superior to W only. I included Sword of Feast and Famine, Batterskull and Jace, the Mind Sculptor following Caw-Go's success.

Brian Kibler surprised everyone with Caw-Go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNW8BMRqubM

Jerry Thompson went with a WUR build, Ben Stark and LSV further developed the concept. http://www.blackborder.com/q/node/10933

Brad Nelson won Player of the Year with Caw-Blade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6qiezIHRgA

Date added	12 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 4 Mythic Rares 31 - 5 Rares 7 - 5 Uncommons 8 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.05
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Human 2/2 G, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Wolf 2/2 G