Two Headed Giant Control Compliment.
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Posted on Jan. 26, 2014, 3:32 p.m. by aeternity
My boyfriend runs a control bant standard and I'm looking to make a new standard deck. We play two headed giant a lot, and I want to make a deck which compliments his. Ofc with most control decks he mid ranges/late games very well, issuing mainly with, he says, u/w control. So if anyone wants to throw out a few ideas of what type of deck I should make, I would appreciate it greatly!! Here's his decklist (excluding lands)
2x Dissolve
2x Syncopate
1x AEtherling
So lemme level with you from a general, two-headed giant standpoint:
You've got to provide the win condition. His deck has a single AEtherling , which seems to be the only thing capable of winning a multiplayer game in his deck. Polukranos is pretty much another Supreme Verdict , so he doesn't really count. Jace will die against focused opponents.
So he's got the "cripple-the-opponent" thing going pretty well.
You've probably got to provide the meat - the creatures and the win-conditions. He loses to U/W control because his counters and removal aren't hitting much of anything, and his entire endgame can be countered away.
When I played 2-headed giant in standard, I often had a control partner, and I'd be the idiot aggro. I found that aggro decks that can recover, and aggro decks that get bigger work well in 2-headed giant. Not sure if standard has anything like that, but monstrous seems good, provided you've got trample or regeneration.
January 26, 2014 4:06 p.m.
Selesnya aggro or Gruul Monsters will be the way to go paired in 2HG with this deck, they both have lategame presence while dropping the beats early.
aeternity says... #2
PS. I don't care if my deck can't play alone. When it comes down to it, it can be all counters or creatures or anything that will be helpful to his deck lol.
January 26, 2014 3:37 p.m.