G/B Tron = viable?

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Posted on Aug. 13, 2015, 3:26 p.m. by canterlotguardian

As someone who loves G/B as a color combination and as someone who is becoming more and more interested in Tron by the day, I'm curious as to your thoughts as to whether or not G/B Tron could be a thing. You'd get access to things like Abrupt Decay and you'd still get green for Ancient Stirrings and whatnot.

Any thoughts? I think it could work, given the right set-up.

Rhadamanthus says... #2

I've tried in the past but didn't enjoy much success. That being said, I also don't consider myself a very good deckbuilder. This is a list from early last year (I think the last time I played it was before the release of Khans): Modern Death Tron.

August 13, 2015 3:40 p.m.

Coinman1863 says... #3

After just taking a gander at a G/R tron list it looks like to would be viable at least for the main deck. In the list I looked at only 1 card (Pyroclasm) was red in the mainboard. So sure I feel like you could come up with an adequate replacement i.e. Drown in Sorrow.

The sideboard is where is gets iffy. You are loosing out on about 1/3 of the sideboard by not (regularly) having access to Slaughter Games, Boil, and most notably (I think) Rending Volley.

So I think it would be doable but it would take a lot of work to make a good sideboard.

August 13, 2015 3:41 p.m.

EmblemMan says... #4

Ok so I play RG tron and I dont wanna sound like a downer but the reason it is played and successful is because its just the better of the color combinations. As someone said the only red main deck card is pyroclasm. Yes but ive tried building other color combinations with tron and pyroclasm is one of a kind and irreplaceable you need it game one against things like affinity or burn sometimes zoo playing it on turn three like drown will kill you. Also i feel like playing things like abrupt decay and the like just dilute the point of tron which is to get the lands and play big things if you take turns off to get 2 colors for things like abrupt decay and drown then your playing lands like llanowar wastes and stuff and not playing tron lands and thatll set you back a whole turn which at that point things like karn and o-stones might not be enough. Thats just my opinion on it but youre welcome to test and make a decklist id like to see it if you do.

August 13, 2015 3:56 p.m.

JA14732 says... #5

The issue is that there are so many cards that require multiple colored mana and can't be cast by Tron. Decay is just one example, and don't forget that Pyroclasm costs 2, 1 of which is colored AND doesn't reduce the power of your creatures or kill them.

August 13, 2015 4:08 p.m.

horatio13 says... #6

I play Utron and have never thought of playing any other trons colors, your idea might work if you made it like a control/kill deck + tron stuff.

August 13, 2015 5:08 p.m.

forestlore44 says... #7

I always thought of building a Tron brew in UG colours.

August 13, 2015 8:32 p.m.

canterlotguardian says... #8

The decklist is here.

August 13, 2015 8:35 p.m.

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