Grand Prix Louisville
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Posted on Sept. 1, 2013, 9:55 p.m. by blurmcclure18
Hey everyone im probably going to the GP in Louisville and I have 2 decks in mind of taking but not quite sure which one to take. Keep in mind innistrad will have rotated before GP. These are the decks Esper Control (http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/azorzhov/) Jund Aggro (http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/jund-aggro-01-09-13-1/) the esper deck has room for 1 more spot in side board. The biggest deck I'm afraid of is bant hexproof any advice on these decks will be greatly appreciated hoping to go top 32 so I need a lot of help lol thanks
pokeyrabbit says... #3
Azorzhov and Jund Aggro but i like the esper deck more i think it will do better post rotation, you might just want to cut black all together
September 1, 2013 10:48 p.m.
Well there is no way to say for certain what the meta will be, not only do we see a bunch of new cards, but also a big selection of the RTR cards that have been on the edge compared to their Innistrad counter-parts will suddenly be being used. Grand Prix Louisville is late enough post rotation that folks should have somewhat settled in, but trying to make a deck selection now is a little premature. The better route would perhaps be to identify what cards you think will be strong going forward, and what suite works best together in a deck.
Of the two however, I think the Esper deck is in a much better place. Though control is all about custom tailoring your balance of answers to what question other decks are asking at the time. Try to get a feel for what's being played. Example, if Burning Earth is still a big deal, you may want to consider dropping a color, probably black.
The Jund Aggro deck needs to be stripped down and figure out what its game plan is. It's all over the place on enchantments, combat tricks, removal and cards that basically do nothing - Savage Summoning . It's an aggro deck with fewer threats than most midrange decks. Heck, it only has less than a 40% chance of even getting in for damage T2, 44% chance to have drawn Spike Jester sans how often you won't have RB mana T2. It might be something fun to play, assemble a super Kalonian Hydra , but it's just going to get blown-out over and over on 2 for 1s at a competitive event like a GP.
If you're dead set on trying to play the dream curve of Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch into Kalonian Hydra , I would just convert that into a midrange deck. Cut the enchantments, Giant Growth , Savage Summoning - maybe 1-2 of those, and then up the lands, run some mana dorks, bigger removal suite and probably some mainboard cards for the midrange or control matches, is planeswalkers or cards like rakdos return.
And be mentally prepared that if someone board in Act of Treason -effects, they will just steal games off you.
"The biggest deck I'm afraid of is bant hexproof" - Don't, that deck is all but dead come rotation. The remaining pool of hexproof creatures and enchantments is much weaker without Geist of Saint Traft , Rancor , Spectral Flight , Invisible Stalker , etc. Baring some really choice inclusions in Theros, it's not going to be any where on the same level.
kriskurse says... #2
I'll be going to this as well. It'll be a rush to get Theros cards together.
September 1, 2013 10:09 p.m.