Goblin Love in Standard
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Posted on Nov. 12, 2012, 2:08 p.m. by beatsplitz
So I really like Goblins, and I've had two Krenko, Mob Boss sitting on my desk doing nothing since M13 came out, so I decided I was going to play underdog and try to make some kind of overrun goblin deck in the current meta, while still trying to be mildly competitive. This idea I got while making a Brion Stoutarm tap abuse EDH deck.
That's One Stout Arm! If EDH is your cup of tea by all means, it's my first one and it's even worse than this deck I'm willing to bet.
This goblin deck is the first Red/Blue deck I've ever made, feel like I'm not playing enough into the blue. Will take any suggestions, haven't played in the current standard at ALL.
Think multiplication tables; tap for double goblins, untap once or even twice and do it three more times in one turn. Was thinking of putting in one big burn with all the red mana from Battle Hymn once I have several goblins, but I wasn't sure if that was the best win strategy to use, or if it was viable at all in the current standard.
Please offer any suggestions for alternate cards or win strategies, and compliment any combos that I might have not noticed.
If you're going blue then perhaps include something like Cancel because against a mass goblin deck people are going to try and use board wipe spells and instants against you.
November 12, 2012 2:27 p.m.
beatsplitz says... #4
I've editted and playtested this deck a lot now.
It seems like I'm extremely vulnerable in turn 1-3 or 4 instead of gaining an edge, like every other Goblin deck I've ever made does. Any suggestions? I feel like the Goblin Arsonist doesn't work as well as he does in most goblin decks, even though he does discourage attackers. card:Krenko's Command feels sub-par, but only because I'm used to extended goblin play.
Hurting bad trying to get the 3 drops out quickly. I really, really miss Goblin Chieftain . :(
Cosmicfool says... #2
I had a nice green/red goblin deck i was running before we switched to the new block, I really loved running Krenko, Mob Boss with Parallel Lives and card:Descendants' Path is really fun if all you have is goblins, I'm still looking to make this work but mana costs on most the cards I want to include now are just to high as it works best at fast paces
November 12, 2012 2:23 p.m.