Eldrazi Midrange
UPDATE I'm playing with this on MTGO if you wish to help me test it, let me know.
I have been wanting to play a colorless deck in Pioneer for some time now. I don't want these Wastes to waste sitting in my binders.
For the past few weeks before making this list up, I played with my GW Enchantments deck (Go check it out it's really fun). After looking at Mystic Forge and Ugin, the Ineffable, I decided this is where I would start with the core of my next Pioneer deck. I wanted to go UB, but that just seemed like an investment in cards that would end up not really working with the deck as a synergistic unit. Thoughtseize is a card I love to play with, but since it's colored I can't play that off a Mystic Forge, and Ugin, the Ineffable doesn't make it cost less, I'd like the deck to be able to be played right off the top of the library in the Midgame after my hand is low on resources. Not saying that there isn't a place in the deck for a card such as Thoughtseize, but in the meantime, colored cards are off the list, allowing me to focus more on Warping Wail and Titan's Presence, which synergize with my core in the mid to late game and provide some crazy value.
24 has appeared to be the right land count for the deck thanks to all those who took the time to playtest and get a larger data set for me! Tomb of the Spirit Dragon pairs very well with Hangarback Walker and the creatures all turn it on so that's a real benefit main deck against the various Red decks running about Pioneer without drawing back any advantages over other match-ups. I am looking into different utility lands, I think the card draw can be big for us especially when the soft combo of Ugin and Mystic Forge is online.
The Sideboard
I haven't thought the sideboard through yet in true depth, but I was waiting for the March Banned and Restricted Announcement to really make some choices (RIP Once Upon a Time and Underworld Breach you will be missed by me at least), I will be working on the board tonight with my local group. There's an example Sideboard for you all it's probably not right, Perhaps Leyline of Sanctity?
The Maybeboard
The other cards included are ones I feel are meta-dependent and are good cards to look at if you need to replace something that isn't working for you, or for cards you don't have in the main deck yet. I'll remove cards from this list that I deem invalid for this deck. I should probably remove all of them? xD
Conclusion
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Until next time,
Amoskeag
