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Goats N Stuff

Standard GW (Selesnya) Theme/Gimmick

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Brainstorming an Angelic Accord deck for a friend and I to work on after post Theros rotation.

Update: My current choice for jumping into MtGO. Still not solid on the sideboard, so suggestions there would be awesome. (1x's in Maybeboard are current considerations there.)

Breakdown:

  • Angelic Accord ~ One of the stars of the deck, turning ever-annoying lifegain into a win condition.
  • Trading Post ~ Another star of the deck. Discarding can turn dead cards into Angels with Accord. Goats can chump or be sacrificed elsewhere for life. And the last two abilities can be used to ditch / recover Bow of Nylea and each other if need be.
  • Bubbling Cauldron ~ For use with Accord and Post, turning 1 life and 2 mana into 4 life and an Angel. Originally cut from the deck, it was brought back as a one-of to shore up the"solid lifegain" count.
  • Commune with the Gods ~ Accord is a focus of the deck, and this lets us dig for it.
  • Elvish Mystic ~ Ramp, alternatively the other turn one play aside from Selesnya Guildgate. Will probably need more card draw if I want to keep him in the deck, though.
  • Loxodon Smiter ~ Big swinger, big roadblock. The incidental upsides got nothing on swinging with him on turn 3 off Mystic.
  • Selesnya Charm ~ Utility spell. They play something big and possibly indestructible? Exile it. Need a dude for a quick block or sacrifice? Knight it. And need a final push or want a goat to actually kill something? Pump it.
  • Soul Tithe ~ Goes on anything, forcing an opponent to slow down their casting to keep something alive, sacrifice it, or redirect any Disenchant efforts away from our stuff. In practice, it's served me well enough to dub it my super-secret tech.
  • Sylvan Caryatid ~ Our two main combo pieces cost four apeice. She can help defend our hides while casting them a bit faster. I'm torn between this and Voyaging Satyr.
  • Trostani, Selesnya's Voice ~ Makes for an annoying wall and mitigates Goat-creation life-loss. More importantly, can power the Angel engine along after one's already out.
  • Unflinching Courage ~ Win the race faster and with more potential angels.
  • Grove of the Guardian ~ Something to play with Trostani a little. Also, some end of turn shenanigans vs control.

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9th @ FNM 1/3 (3-1) — Jan. 4, 2014
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As a prelude to putting money into the deck online, I decided to borrow the physical deck and give it a whirl. My friend's not a sideboard user (in spite of my best efforts), so I tossed together the initial one above (4 Auramancer, 4 Centaur Healer, 3 Pithing Needle, 4 Sundering Growth). Only change was that due to access, two Voyaging Satyr were used in place of Sylvan Caryatid.

  • vs Golgari Something ~ These games were short, so I couldn't even tell what he was playing. Deck decided to make a strong opening for the night by flooding out like a madman. Overall, probably three lands per nonland while kill spells ensured I was getting smacked by a couple little critters. (0-2)
  • vs Izzet PyroControl ~ First game was a loooong one. Killed his Pyromancer (a la Soul Tithe) before it could do much damage, and with his control, it took a while for anything but Angelic Accord to stick. Eventually it came down to cracking a Grove of the Guardian with Trostani and two Accords out to win this one. With little time on the clock, I sided in both creatures and went aggro mode. It worked. (2-0)
  • vs Gruul Devotion Aggro ~ God hand for game one. T2 EoT (him tapped out) Selesnya Charm for a Knight, followed by T3 Unflinching Couragefoil and T4 Angelic Accord. On the defensive, he managed to kill the Knight, but it was immediately followed by another Courage on the first Angel. Second game was longer, with Soul Tithe mucking up his ramp and myself on the defensive (and below ten life multiple times) until I could stabilize. Trostani + Courage is better than I thought. (2-0)
  • vs Dimir Control ~ He flooded out game one, which let me pseudo-combo-off rather quickly. Game two was longer, with most of my threats not living too long. Still, three Trading Post and an Angelic Accord managed to stick. Between getting all that out, we played a silly game: He cast Soul Ransom on Trostani, Selesnya's Voice, and I followed it up with Soul Tithe on the Ransom. Goats ended up chumping her for the rest of the game after he put a Hands of Binding, Puppet Strings, and Dark Favor on the poor Dryad. (2-0)

That match one flood ended up slaughtering my tie-breakers, and I barely missed Top 8. Still netted a booster pack for my troubles. Plus another pack for just playing the event, I'd say I got my money's worth out of the $6 entry fee.

Thoughts:
The night helped build confidence in the deck. While I haven't tested / taken on the likes of Mono-Black or Blue Devotion, I think this could at least put on a show. Soul Tithe was a house and screwed up many an opposing plan, which is just what I wanted to see out of it.
And most importantly, I enjoyed myself.

Playtesting Changes — Oct. 5, 2013
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Date added 11 years
Last updated 10 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)

2 - 0 Mythic Rares

16 - 3 Rares

16 - 0 Uncommons

12 - 12 Commons
Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.64
Tokens Angel 4/4 W, Elemental 8/8 GW, Goat 0/1 W, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance
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