Which Deck to Play?
Standard Deck Help forum
Posted on Nov. 8, 2017, 11:43 a.m. by TuckerMTG
I am deciding which deck to play in standard. I am deciding between ramunap red, blue white God-Pharaoh's Gift, and black blue treasure that wins with either Marionette Master or Mechanized Production.
brandonsperry25 says... #3
Have to agree with Argy, God-Pharaoh's Gift is a pretty great deck. I faced off against a version at SCG Dallas with my Temur Energy deck and it was a total beat down. That guy took 19th that weekend.
November 8, 2017 3:41 p.m.
GPG will actually be much worse after Pro tour because people starts to play more Abrades after they have seen power of GPG and because of Mardu being deck again, so i would go with Ramunap Red.
November 8, 2017 6:04 p.m.
The Pros who played GPG handled Abrade with Refurbish, so that's not a good enough reason not to play the deck.
Not to mention that you can pack it with Counter spells as well, coz
November 9, 2017 2:17 a.m.
GPG will not not be unplayable for sure, but it will be much weaker if more decks have main deck Abrades that is very obvious.
November 9, 2017 5:38 a.m.
How so, when it can pack Refurbish, Spell Pierce, Censor, Negate, Supreme Will, and Disallow?
I'd say that's enough to take care of Abrade.
Also, you do realise that the deck can win even WITHOUT God-Pharaoh's Gift, right?
November 9, 2017 6:24 a.m. Edited.
Yes i do know what i'm talking about. First, deck doesn't probably want to cut anything for counter spells but of course it is always option.
And yes it can win without GPG but it is kinda unrealistic still.
I'm 100% sure that it will not be tier 1 deck for too long. Post board artifact and gravehate makes it too vulnerable.
This is my opinion and you can always disagree with it, i have not played standard at all lately but i know what is going on.
November 9, 2017 6:58 a.m.
This has turned into a ridiculous discussion where I keep pointing out that what you are saying isn't correct ... yet you just keep saying it.
OP has probably lost interest in this topic, I know I have.
Asaaaand Unsub.
November 9, 2017 7:44 a.m.
multimedia says... #10
OP hasn't even returned to the topic yet that was created less than a day ago. Argy, it's proper to wait for the OP to reply before you have your usual freak out session.
The most competitive of the three decks you listed is Ramunap Red. It's also the most sure thing, you know it's going to be good for a long while compared to the other choices. The most fun is GPG. What are your intentions in Standard? Are you going to play FNM or even larger tournaments like SCG? Or casual with friends?
I can only suggest Blue/Black Treasures if you're playing casual with friends. In a competitive enviroment the deck can't compete with the other two choices as well as other more established decks in Standard. Blue/Black control with Torrential and Scarab God has a hard enough time winning in Standard at the moment and it's light years better than a treasures/artifact strategy.
I agree that GPG will be hated out there's a deck just like it at every Pro Tour that does very well, but these decks are anomalies. Other examples are Grixis Control(PT KLD, it won and never saw the light of day after) and Golgari Rites(PT SOI, LSV crushed all matchups into the semis). These decks are metagamed perfectly for the tournament, but they don't have staying power to keep up after a good showing.
My best advice is if you want to have the most fun such as at FNM play GPG with Angel. If GPG gets too hated on at FNM then switch to Ramunap Red. If you're wanting to play in PPTQs, SCGs or higher tournaments play Ramunap Red. If you're playing causally with friends play, brew and have fun with Blue/Black Treasures.
November 9, 2017 10:08 a.m.
brandonsperry25 says... #11
Well said multimedia. All depends on the intentions.
Argy says... #2
I wouldn't play the Treasure deck. It gets outpaced.
GPG came second at the Pro Tour. I'd play that, unless you REALLY love Aggro decks.
November 8, 2017 11:56 a.m.