BLB Prerelease - Golgari Midrange

Pre-release BRG (Jund) Counters Goodstuff Menace Midrange

EscapingBurger

Creature (16)

• 1x Bark-Knuckle Boxer
• 1x Bonebind Orator
• 1x Cindering Cutthroat
• 1x Huskburster Swarm
• 1x Junkblade Bruiser
• 1x Pond Prophet
• 1x Rottenmouth Viper
• 1x Scrapshooter
• 1x Starlit Soothsayer
• 1x The Infamous Cruelclaw
• 1x Thornplate Intimidator
• 1x Thornvault Forager
• 1x Three Tree Mascot
• 1x Three Tree Rootweaver
• 2x Treeguard Duo

Land (17)

• 8x Forest
• 1x Hidden Grotto
• 1x Mountain
• 7x Swamp

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Hunter's Talent
• 1x Innkeeper's Talent

Instant (4)

• 1x Early Winter
• 1x Nocturnal Hunger
• 2x Polliwallop

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Longstalk Brawl

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Sideboard

Creature (32)

• 1x Alania's Pathmaker
• 1x Alania, Divergent Storm
• 1x Barkform Harvester
• 1x Bonebind Orator
• 1x Bonecache Overseer
• 1x Finneas, Ace Archer
• 1x Fireglass Mentor
• 2x Frilled Sparkshooter
• 1x Harnesser of Storms
• 1x Hazardroot Herbalist
• 1x Hivespine Wolverine
• 2x Intrepid Rabbit
• 1x Jackdaw Savior
• 1x Kitsa, Otterball Elite
• 1x Nettle Guard
• 1x Nightwhorl Hermit
• 1x Pileated Provisioner
• 1x Plumecreed Mentor
• 1x Pond Prophet
• 1x Reptilian Recruiter
• 1x Roughshod Duo
• 1x Seedpod Squire
• 2x Shoreline Looter
• 2x Steampath Charger
• 1x Teapot Slinger
• 1x Tempest Angler
• 1x The Infamous Cruelclaw
• 1x Three Tree Mascot

Instant (14)

• 2x Dazzling Denial
• 1x High Stride
• 1x Into the Flood Maw
• 1x Long River's Pull
• 1x Mabel's Mettle
• 1x Pawpatch Formation
• 2x Rabbit Response
• 1x Run Away Together
• 1x Sazacap's Brew
• 2x Scales of Shale
• 1x Sonar Strike

Artifact (5)

• 1x Bumbleflower's Sharepot
• 1x Short Bow
• 1x Sinister Monolith
• 2x Tangle Tumbler

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Pearl of Wisdom
• 1x Portent of Calamity
• 1x Stargaze

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I went into the Bloomburrow prerelease hoping to make a Golgari squirrel deck, and got half my wish. I ended up in black-green due to a pretty deep card pool in those colors, good removal, and a couple nice bombs (Innkeeper's Talent and Rottenmouth Viper), but had very few squirrels and even less that played into their forage strategy. So this deck is kind of a pile of cards pulled from different archetypes, but it actually did super well. I went 3-0 overall, only losing one game in my final match.

Innkeeper's Talent did a ton of work in this deck; it can seem subtle, but getting counters turn after turn can really add up, and the Ward is a nice bonus. I only drew Rottenmouth Viper once, but it won me a game when I did. It turns out--and I didn't realize this until it was about to happen--that Innkeeper's Talent's third level doubles all kinds of counters you add, including the Viper's blight counters. So, the first time I attacked with it, it jumped from one to three and gave my opponent some very difficult choices.

Other than that, it was mostly just efficient creatures (Scrapshooter is only three mana!) and well-timed removal. There were enough frogs here to get Polliwallop down to 2 mana occasionally, but even at full price it wasn't bad. I'm still missing my squirrels, but this was a very nice deck!

Date added	4 months
Last updated	4 months
Exclude colors	U
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Pre-release legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 2 Mythic Rares 3 - 4 Rares 3 - 19 Uncommons 16 - 30 Commons
Cards	40
Avg. CMC	3.22
Tokens	Copy Clone, Fish 1/1 U, Food, Intrepid Rabbit 1/1 W, Steampath Charger 1/1 R, Thornplate Intimidator 1/1 B
Folders	My Limited Decks