This week in standard Manny is all in on Rakdos Dragons once again. With the power of Draconic Roar Manny hopes to gain an advantage by playing the best two mana removal spell in standard.
3 Hangarback Walker
4 Thunderbreak Regent
2 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
4 Flamewake Phoenix
4 Kolaghan, the Storm’s Fury
4 Bloodstained Mire
2 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
4 Polluted Delta 3 Smoldering Marsh
4 Wooded Foothills
5 Mountain
3 Swamp
4 Draconic Roar
2 Fiery Impulse
3 Grasp of Darkness
3 Murderous Cut
2 Duress
4 Hordeling Outburst
SB: 2 Goblin Dark-Dwellers
SB: 2 Outpost Siege
SB: 3 Kozilek’s Return
SB: 1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
SB: 1 Duress
SB: 2 Roast
SB: 4 Transgress the Mind
Casey is currently in the mood to disrupt his opponents mana. Whether it be with Ghost Quarter or Spreading Seas Casey wants to make sure his opponents have a hard time casting their spells.
4 Cursecatcher
4 Harbinger of the Tides
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Master of Waves
2 Merrow Reejerey
4 Silvergill Adept
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
9 Island
2 Cavern of Souls
2 Darkslick Shores
4 Mutavault
3 Ghost Quarter
4 AEther Vial
4 Spreading Seas
1 Dismember
2 Spell Pierce
2 Vapor Snag
SB: 2 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 1 Threads of Disloyalty
SB: 2 Dismember
SB: 2 Dispel
SB: 2 Hibernation
SB: 3 Hurkyl’s Recall
SB: 1 Spell Pierce
SB: 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
SB: 1 Merrow Reejerey
After time messing around with things like Tasigur Spencer is back on his closer to stock Shardless Bug list. Just wanting to play a deck that he both knows as well as gives him a decent chance in many matchups, Spencer is happy where he has ended up with Shardless at this time.
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Liliana of the Veil
4 Brainstorm
2 Hymn to Tourach
2 Thoughtseize
4 Ancestral Vision
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Force of Will
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Toxic Deluge
4 Shardless Agent
2 Baleful Strix
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
2 Wasteland
2 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
1 Bayou
1 Forest
1 Swamp
1 Island
1 Verdant Catacombs
SB: 1 Abrupt Decay
SB: 1 Massacre
SB: 1 Golgari Charm
SB: 1 Baleful Strix
SB: 2 Flusterstorm
SB: 2 Nihil Spellbomb
SB: 1 Umezawa’s Jitte
SB: 1 Force of Will
SB: 1 Toxic Deluge
SB: 2 Disfigure
SB: 2 Chill
This week on Constructed Criticism Spencer and Casey debate the power of Fiery Impulse in standard as well as a Training Grounds on Justifying losses. Don’t forget the power rankings on legacy this week!