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Update 4 (September 2019):

TESTING IN PROGRESS...

Maindeck:

-1 Dark Depths -1 Thespian's Stage -4 Deathrite Shaman -1 Qasali Pridemage -2 Stoneforge Mystic -1 Sword of Fire and Ice -1 Tireless Tracker -1 Sylvan Library

+1 Maze of Ith +1 Gaea's Cradle +1 Swamp +3 Noble Hierarch +1 Knight of Autumn +1 Umezawa's Jitte +1 Mother of Runes +2 Plague Engineer +1 Ramunap Excavator

Sideboard:

-1 Gaddock Teeg -1 Sylvan Library -1 Qasali Pridemage -1 Pithing Needle -1 Mindbreak Trap -1 Council's Judgment -2 Winter Orb -1 Garruk Relentless

+1 Sanctum Prelate +1 Thoughtseize +2 Surgical Extraction +1 Ethersworn Canonist +2 Containment Priest +2 Palace Jailer


Update 3:

Maindeck:

-1 Plains -1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar

+1 Bayou +1 Tireless Tracker

Sideboard:

-1 Abrupt Decay -1 Council's Judgment -1 Pithing Needle

+1 Garruk Relentless +2 Winter Orb

Now, compared to what seems like the "stock" Maverick list if such a thing exists, the differences between my deck and that are:

-1 Bayou -1 Gaea's Cradle -1 Mother of Runes -1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben -1 Sword of Light and Shadow

+1 Thespian's Stage +1 Dark Depths +1 Tireless Tracker +1 Titania, Protector of Argoth +1 Sylvan Library


Update 2:

Maindeck:

-2 Bayou -1 Verdant Catacombs -2 Dark Confidant -1 Maze of Ith -1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

+1 Forest +1 Plains +1 Wasteland +2 Swords to Plowshares +1 Deathrite Shaman +1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar

Sideboard:

-1 Garruk Relentless -1 Swords to Plowshares -1 Sylvan Safekeeper -2 Thoughtseize

+1 Sylvan Library +1 Abrupt Decay +1 Mindbreak Trap +2 Pithing Needle


Update 1:

Maindeck:

-4 Marsh Flats

+4 Verdant Catacombs

An upgrade now that I have Verdant Catacombs (would rather fetch Forest or Dryad Arbor than Plains)

-1 Sejiri Steppe

-1 Ghost Quarter

+2 Wasteland

Now that I have 3 Wastelands I had to make room for the other 2. Replacing Ghost Quarter is an upgrade and Sejiri Steppe seemed like the worst other land although I do still like it.

-1 Sword of Light and Shadow

+1 Sword of Fire and Ice

I like both swords, but I ran into too many situations where I could connect with the sword but had nothing in my graveyard to bring back.

-4 Thoughtseize

+4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Thalia seems better now that I have more Wastelands.

-1 Sylvan Safekeeper

+1 Stoneforge Mystic

I was running into situations where all I had were protection creatures and nothing worth protecting. I still like having this in my sideboard to bring in for matchups where protecting a hatebear could be key to winning.

-2 Swords to Plowshares

+2 Dark Confidant

This change is probably bad, but I'm currently testing it.

Sideboard:

-3 Ethersworn Canonist

-1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

+4 Thoughtseize

Now that Thalias are maindeck I want access to all 4 Thoughtseizes after sideboarding to fight combo.

-2 Wrath of God

-1 Abrupt Decay

+1 Sylvan Safekeeper

+1 Swords to Plowshares

+1 Zealous Persecution

Zealous is better than Wrath in a lot of cases, and I need room for some cards I still want but are taken out of the maindeck.

-1 Bojuka Bog

-1 Surgical Extraction

+2 Choke

I play against slower blue decks a lot more than I play against graveyard decks, and I still have tutorable Scavenging Ooze and Deathrite Shamans to deal with the graveyard in the maindeck.


Initial description (from ~2016):

The Maverick deck I'm currently playing on MTGO and in paper. This is the most fun deck I've ever played in any magic format, and now my main deck/format since Twin was banned in modern. It feels like you have some chance against everything which I really enjoy. I like having a green creature toolbox and a land toolbox.

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Last updated 5 years
Legality

This deck is Legacy legal.

Rarity (main - side)

2 - 1 Mythic Rares

45 - 8 Rares

9 - 6 Uncommons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 1.86
Tokens Elemental 5/3 G, Monarch Emblem
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