Old School Extended Challenge: Part Deux
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Posted on Nov. 12, 2014, 9:29 p.m. by reverendvile777
Shoutout to tooTimid for winning the last challenge with his build seen here: B/W Tokens | Extended Challenge. The winner of this challenge with battle tooTimid for the title of Old School Extended Champion. The same rules apply as last time, all cards from the Shards of Alara block and m11 core set to the present are legal, sans the banlist.
Since there was a serious lack of aggro in the previous challenge, I'm gonna go ahead and unban Bloodbraid Elf for this challenge. (Let's see some aggro brews this time around!)
The following archetypes were used last challenge, I ask you to not use the same archetype without drastically changing it.
-Esper Control
-Dimir Control
-RUG Twin
-BW Tokens
-Red Deck Wins
-5 Color Chromantic-Goodstuff
-Infect
-Jund Titans
My archetype for this challenge will be Mono Black Devotion. Get to brewing y'all! :D
November 12, 2014 10:03 p.m.
Is M10 allowed? You say M11, but M10 was released after Shards.
November 12, 2014 10:32 p.m.
reverendvile777 says... #7
Yes that was a mistake, it should be m10-present. Dat lack of edit function doe.
November 12, 2014 10:34 p.m.
Looking to go 2-2 :P
Good luck all!!!
Bant Hexproof | Extended Challenge 2 Playtest
Standard*
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 1 VIEWSNovember 12, 2014 11:08 p.m.
I think I should have done some research first, this is not going to be easy.
November 12, 2014 11:19 p.m.
I think I'm ready:
Old School Extended Challenge 2 - R/G Aggro Playtest
Casual
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 12 VIEWSNovember 12, 2014 11:52 p.m.
Kiora_Fan, I'm in the same position here, but I don't want to take it back at this point.
November 13, 2014 12:11 a.m.
reverendvile777 says... #18
Well for Reanimator, you have Unburial Rites, Faithless Looting, Grisly Salvage, Mulch, Faithless Looting, Forbidden Alchemy. You can go for big fat targets like Griselbrand, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Angel of Serenity, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, or you can go the Thragtusk + Restoration Angel Flash Rites, there's Elf+Craterhoof Behemoth combos, and at least two possible infinite combos involving Angel of Glory's Rise, so the sky literally is the limit for reanimator!
November 13, 2014 12:20 a.m.
I'm aware of all that. It's just really, really slow.
November 13, 2014 12:22 a.m.
Oh, and before someone comments on Borborygmos Enraged + Griselbrand + Necrotic Ooze , that's about the fastest reanimator kill in lieu of Goryo's Vengeance.
November 13, 2014 12:24 a.m.
November 13, 2014 12:26 a.m.
Well, I'm not 100% confident, but I have just wasted an hour I should have spent studying, so here we are. Here's to hoping that I can get things going fast enough.
Reanimator Extended Challenge Playtest
Modern*
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 14 VIEWSNovember 13, 2014 12:53 a.m.
Dibs on jund midrange (itll be different to titans)
November 13, 2014 1:03 a.m.
Question: Can I adjust a card's quantity, considering that OP removed Griselbrand from his deck after posting it?
November 13, 2014 2:07 a.m.
Yeah, you can do anything before Matchups are released.
November 13, 2014 2:10 a.m.
reverendvile777 says... #30
Yeah, fair game until the brackets are made.
November 13, 2014 2:12 a.m.
November 13, 2014 2:36 a.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #32
I'll pick up Naya aggro for this one. When is the submission deadline?
November 13, 2014 3:04 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #34
Is it fair to assume that cards printed in supplemental sets (e.g. Modern Masters) are illegal?
November 13, 2014 4:33 p.m.
Since it was mentioned, I happen to have a R/W Angel+Hunter Reanimation deck. Plays like aggro except for the combo.
I hope this submission isn't too late!
Boros Hunted Angel Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 5 | 0 COMMENTS | 2313 VIEWSNovember 13, 2014 4:50 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #37
Here's my Naya deck:
Naya Zoo (Extended Challenge) Playtest
Unknown*
SCORE: 0 | 1 COMMENTS | 12 VIEWSThe sideboard is fairly poor, but this was supposed to be for fun, right? Good luck to all others.
November 13, 2014 4:55 p.m.
Whoops, reading back it looks lke someone was already working on the last entry. If I'm too late then I can hope for a third part to this challenge.
November 13, 2014 4:56 p.m.
Here's the real final entry
Naya Zoo (Extended Challenge) Playtest
Unknown*
SCORE: 0 | 1 COMMENTS | 12 VIEWSNovember 13, 2014 5:04 p.m.
reverendvile777 says... #41
sewellius consider your spot locked in for the next challenge! The brackets are as follows:
RG Aggro vs Naya Zoo
Mono Green Ramp vs RG Humans
5 Color Reanimator vs Jund Midrange
Bant Hexproof vs Mono Black Devotion
November 13, 2014 5:20 p.m.
Honestly, I have a good dozen modern brew decks I could use for a challenge like this... so I hope you do plan on doing more challenges to come. :)
November 13, 2014 5:27 p.m.
reverendvile777 says... #46
First match: Naya Zoo takes down RG Aggro 2-1
Game one went to Naya with a double Wild Nacatl opener. Game 2 was stolen by RG aggro with a curve of Goblin Guide, Ash Zealot, Ball Lightning, Ball Lightning, Game 3 was a close back and forth match that ended up being taken by a pumped up Scavenging Ooze breaking through the final points with a little bloodrush from a Ghor-Clan Rampager.
November 14, 2014 4:35 a.m.
My goodness this is taking a long time-I'm getting nervous.
November 14, 2014 5:35 p.m.
reverendvile777 says... #49
Sorry guys, I went back to work and had a wedding to attend so it'll be another day or two before I get through all of it. I am going to commit myself to doing better thorough write ups as well, so stay tuned! Sorry for the delays!
November 14, 2014 7:21 p.m.
No worries! I hope the wedding was good.
Asher18 says... #2
mono green
November 12, 2014 9:55 p.m.