Month: June 2016

Modern Smallpox – Deck 1, WB Control

Hi all,

I was thinking about the card [mtg_card]Smallpox[/mtg_card] recently. When I got back into the game at M12 I dismissed it as garbage (it’s an easy new player mistake to look at a card with symmetrical effects like that and just see it as something that hurts you).

Older (depressingly so) and wiser (insufficiently so) I thought I’d have a crack at making up some decks that make use of it. So I’ve started working on some deck lists that use it.

Specifically deck lists in the modern format (I know legacy even less than modern, one of these days I’ll finish the last couple of cards for my all foil “just for fun” legacy deck and show it off here) which use four copies of [mtg_card]Smallpox[/mtg_card] and two copies of [mtg_card]Liliana of the Veil[/mtg_card] (because I own two Lilianas and I figure the two cards pair rather well).

 

[d title="Modern Smallpox 1 - WB Control"]
Creatures
2 Fulminator Mage
4 Vampire Nighthawk

Spells
4 Smallpox
4 Thoughtseize
2 Wrath of God
2 Disfigure
2 Geth's Verdict
2 Go for the Throat
2 Hero's Downfall
2 Victim of Night

Planeswalkers
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
2 Liliana of the Veil
2 Ob Nixilis Reignited
2 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Enchantments
2 Bitterblossom

Lands
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Godless Shrine
2 Plains
4 Shambling Vent
12 Swamp

Sideboard
2 Barter in Blood
2 Despise
2 Dismember
3 Duress
2 Fulminator Mage
4 Lifebane Zombie
[/d]

The basic plan here is to land a planeswalker or bitterblossom and then grind your opponent out with control spells until you can hit a big finisher like Elspeth. The Fulminator Mages are some additional anti-tron support. The Nighthawks are interchangeable with plenty of other things, they’re mostly there to gain some life and block, plus they might come in handy against some aggro decks that take an early lead.

Cube Night, 7 decks

Another cube nights worth of decks. Seven people so there was a bye floating around.

[d title="Nate: UW Tempo - 1-2"]
Creatures
1 Augur of Bolas
1 Reflector Mage
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Banisher Priest
1 Thassa, God of the Sea
1 Thought-Knot Seer
1 Sakashima's Student
1 Restoration Angel
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1 Lavinia of the Tenth
1 Prognostic Sphinx
1 Frost Titan
1 Ætherling
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Spells
1 Force of Will
1 Rush of Ice
1 Revoke Existence
1 Roil Spout
1 Sleep
1 Planar Outburst

Non-Creature Permenants
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Blind Obedience
1 Venser the Sojourner

Land
1 Hallowed Fountain
6 Plains
7 Island
2 Wastes
[/d]

Ollie: 1-2

[d title="Ollie: GB Midrange - 1-2"]
Creatures
1 Dryad Militant
1 Gravecrawler
1 Vampire Lacerator
1 Lotleth Troll
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Kalastria Highborn
1 Heir of the Wilds
1 Knight of Infamy
1 Wolfir Avenger
1 Ghoulraiser
1 Pharika, God of Affliction
1 Renegade Krasis
1 Crocanura
1 Lumberknot
1 Nylea, God of the Hunt
1 Acidic Slime
1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
1 Hydra Broodmaster
1 Foe-Razer Regent

Spells
1 Putrefy

Non-Creature Permenants
1 Throwing Knife
1 Hedron Archive

Land
9 Swamp
9 Forest
[/d]

Chris: 1-2

[d title="Chris: Sultai - 1-2"]
Creatures
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Screeching Skaab
1 Armored Skaab
1 Diregraf Captain
1 Varolz, the Scar-Striped
1 Lord of the Undead
1 Dreg Mangler
1 Stitched Drake
1 Havengul Runebinder
1 Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
1 Havengul Lich
1 Relentless Skaabs

Spells
1 Dimir Charm
1 Tribute to Hunger
1 Ætherize
1 Far / Away
1 Sign in Blood
1 Cultivate
1 Moan of the Unhallowed
1 Unburial Rites

Non-Creature Permenants
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Whip of Erebos
1 Ashiok Nightmare Weaver

Land
1 Nephalia Drownyard
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Jungle Hollow
1 Watery Grave
1 Opulent Palace
5 Swamp
1 Forest
5 Island
1 Plains
[/d]

Rich: 2-1

[d title="Rich: Abzan - 2-1"]
Creatures
1 Gideon's Lawkeeper
1 Birds of paradise
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
1 Silverblade Paladin
1 Sin Collector
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Wayfaring Temple
1 Gideon's Avenger
1 Odric, Master Tactician
1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Lurking Automaton
1 Karametra, God of Harvests
1 Blood Baron of Vizkopa
1 Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis
1 Breaker of Armies

Spells
1 Selesnya Charm
1 Abzan Charm

Non-Creature Permenants
1 Glaring Spotlight
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Unflinching Courage
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Land
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
1 Grim Backwoods
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Blossoming Sands
1 Godless Shrine
1 Gavony Township
1 Temple of Silence
3 Plains
3 Forest
3 Swamp
[/d]

Adam: 2-1

[d title="Adam: BR - 2-1"]
Creatures
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Firedrinker Satyr
1 Rix Maadi Guildmage
1 Skinbrand Goblin
1 Generator Servant
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Blood Artist
1 Markov Blademaster
1 Chandra's Phoenix
1 Rakish heir
1 Pyrewild Shaman
1 Archetype of Aggression
1 Hellhole Flailer
1 Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Falkenrath Aristocrat
1 Thunderbreak Regent
1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Spells
1 Coordinated Assault
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Searing Blaze
1 Blinding Flare
1 Red Sun's Zenith
1 Toil / Trouble

Land
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Savage Lands
1 Blood Crypt
7 Mountain
4 Swamp
[/d]

Jim: 2-1

[d title="Jim: Temur - 2-1"]
Creatures
1 Goblin Guide
1 Strangleroot Geist
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Shambleshark
1 Jeskai Elder
1 Yasova Dragonclaw
1 Eternal Witness
1 Æther Adept
1 True-Name Nemesis
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Mistfire Adept
1 Rubblehulk

Spells
1 Magma Jet
1 Lightning Strike
1 Brimstone Volley
1 Char
1 Temur Charm
1 Dissolve
1 Distortion Strike
1 Pillar of Flame
1 Clan Defiance
1 Urban Evolution

Non-Creature Permenants
1 Sword of War and Peace

Land
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Frontier Bivouac
1 Steam Vents
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Rugged Highlands
1 Swiftwater Cliffs
4 Mountain
4 Forest
4 Island
[/d]

Danny: 3-0

[d title="Danny: Jeskai Midrange - 3-0"]
Creatures
1 Dragonmaster Outcast
1 Young Pyromancer
1 Nearheath Pilgrim
1 Ash Zealot
1 Seeker of the Way
1 Firefist Striker
1 Mindsparker
1 Brimaz, King of Oreskos
1 Monastery Mentor
1 Fiendslayer Paladin
1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
1 Firemane Avenger
1 Thundermaw Hellkite
1 Keranos, God of Storms
1 Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius

Spells
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Searing Spear
1 Anticipate
1 Counterspell
1 Midnight Haunting
1 Winterflame
1 Ponder
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Coastal Discovery

Non-Creature Permenants
1 Assemble the Legion

Land
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Temple of Enlightenment
1 Wind-Scarred Crag
1 Temple of Epiphany
5 Mountain
4 Plains
4 Island
[/d]