Help Tuning a Deck
Standard Deck Help forum
Posted on Oct. 25, 2017, 2:27 p.m. by Cragon18
Hello fellow brewers,
I have been playing this deck for sometime now and it has been a total blast to play. I have slowly added a removed pieces the more I have played it and it is at a fairly good spot right now. It does decently well against the MTGO Standard meta, outside of Abzan Tokens, which I have tried to rectify by adding Rampaging Ferocidon to the sideboard. I have yet to play the matchup with that card though so no telling if it will be enough to overcome the token deck's lifegain.
So far I am happy with all of the cards except Ripjaw Raptor. It AT MOST draws me one card, but more often than not it will get Fatal Pushed and that feels really bad. I am also on the fence about Weaver of Currents. It was put in the deck as a way to quickly cast a big Nissa or Aetherwind Basker (more on this card in a bit), but unless I see it on turn 3 I am normally not happy to see it. I would love some input on replacements for these cards.
Cards I have been happy with are all of the "Energy Package" cards. They are all great. Aehterwind Basker has actually been surprisingly good. If the opponent doesn't have a answer it will almost always win the game the next turn. Bounty of the Luxa has also been great as a source of card advantage and the mana can make for some explosive turns. Nissa, Steward of Elements has been great on many levels. An early Nissa can fix your draws for a turn or 2 and a late Big Nissa can unexpectedly close out a game.
Sideboard is pretty straightforward but I would welcome some input on that as well.
This deck does really well against many mid-range strategies and control(particular post board). It is a 50/50 matchup against mono-red. Tokens, as I mentioned is this deck's worst matchup. Short of Confiscation Coup a resolved The Scarab God can spell trouble for this deck, so I am trying to find better answers for that. I appreciate any an all feedback and Happy Brewing!