What We’d Play December 17th
The guys are getting ready for GP Louisville and they have Legacy on the brain. This means they are counting Brainstorm and Force of Will in their sleep.
Spencer Shardless BUG
4 Brainstorm
4 Shardless Agent
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Liliana of the Veil
2 Hymn to Tourach
2 Thoughtseize
2 Baleful Strix
3 Ancestral Vision
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Force of Will
1 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
2 Wasteland
1 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea
2 Bayou
1 Forest
1 Swamp
1 Island
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
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
Spencer has been playing this deck for a while cashing a few SCG opens with the deck it has just been a staple of his game for a long time. He has a new look on the deck with a new and improved Sideboard for what he thinks he will need to do to do well in a long event like a GP.
4 Wasteland
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
3 Tropical Island
2 Undergound Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Badlands
Grixis Delver Michael Hinderaker
4 Death Rite Shaman
4 Delver
3 Snapcaster Mage
2 True Name Nemesis
1 Leovold
2 Gurmag Angler
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Spell Pierce
4 Daze
4 Force of Will
4 Ponder
4 Brainstorm
3 Abrupt Decay
SB:
3 Surgical Extraction
3 Thoughtseize
3 Diabolic Edict
1 Painful Truths
1 Leovold
1 Kolaghan’s Command
1 Pithing Needle
2 Umezawa’s Jitte
Michael is also on the value train but with more of a tempo theme. Playing Grixis Delver to try and be a little better against the combo decks he hopes that this could be the statagey to get him some extra pro points and one step closer to his goal of Silver this year.
Casey’s Sneak and Show
4 Sneak Attack
4 Show and Tell
4 Ponder
2 Preordain
4 Griselbrand
4 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
3 Gitaxian Probe
3 Spell Pierce
4 Brainstorm
4 Force of Will
4 Lotus Petal
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Volcanic Island
3 Island
3 City of Traitors
2 Ancient Tomb
4 Scalding Tarn
4 Polluted Delta
SB: 3 Blood Moon
SB: 2 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Through the Breach
SB: 3 Pyroclasm
SB: 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
SB: 2 Grafdigger’s Cage
SB: 1 Flusterstorm
SB: 1 Vendilion Clique
Casey is back on an old favorite of his from days of old when we played Legacy almost Daily. Playing a lot like Twin from modern Casey believes that if he dodges Reanimator, and Death and Taxes he will have a good shot at getting another PT invite as well as a step closer to silver.