Naya question
Standard forum
Posted on Feb. 6, 2013, 3:57 a.m. by clcoleman15
i know naya decks R/G/W but what is the purpose of a naya deck. what is its goal? how should it run? basically im asking for a introduction to naya... maybe send a link to some good naya decks.... thank you in advance for your help
clcoleman15 says... #3
thanks im new to the site and i just saw mtg Q&A so i asked i will put something like this in the forum next time
February 6, 2013 5:43 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
I can move this thread for you. For now, I'll put it in the General forum. If you decide you're talking about a specific format (e.g. Standard), I'll move it to the appropriate format forum.
February 6, 2013 10:16 a.m.
evil_monkey says... #6
Standard Naya seems to be following the trend of Humans. Something like Champion of the Parish into Mayor of Avabruck Flip into Silverblade Paladin or Kessig Malcontents . The aim of Standard Naya, particularly, Naya Humans, is to play an aggressive curve and kill your opponent as fast as possible while pumping your Champion of the Parish every turn.
February 6, 2013 11:56 a.m.
I think the Naya Humans trend fits normal trends when new sets are released, but it'll be pulling back. There's no doubt that it's powerful, as its recent tournament wins have shown. But it's also soft to thinks like Terminus or Azorius Charm (which just destroys one of these decks when it turns a Champion of the Parish /Silverblade Paladin pair into a vanilla 2/2 creature and robs the aggro deck of a draw step), and as those sort of UW decks fight back for player share, Naya Humans will come back to earth a little.
At least through this block, Naya Midrange will be there the entire way. The idea of that deck is simple: get a lot of mana fast and play big creatures before your opponent can deal with them. It does this by using Farseek , Arbor Elf , and card:Avacyn's Pilgrim for fast mana to be able to hopefully cast a third-turn Thragtusk . If that doesn't happen, it can also easily put a second-turn Loxodon Smiter or a third-turn Huntmaster of the Fells Flip into play, and it has Restoration Angel to bounce the Thrag and the Huntmaster for a lot of extra value (meaning, in this case, extra life and extra creatures).
It can handle aggro through lifegain (Thragtusk and Centaur Healer , which is often in the sideboard) and sweepers (Bonfire of the Damned and card:Aurelia's Fury). It can handle control through uncounterability (Cavern of Souls and Loxodon Smiter ), its resistance to sweepers (Thragtusk and Garruk, Primal Hunter , which often comes out of the sideboard now), and its ability to stop them from casting spells (card:Aurelia's Fury). It hasn't done very well in the first week of the new format, but that's to be expected because it's not an aggro deck. It was very much improved by the new set and should be popular for some time to come.
KrazyCaley says... #2
This isn't strictly a rules question, so this should probably be in the forums rather than here, but here we go anyway:
When people say "Naya deck," they mean one of two things:
1 - Any deck that is W/R/G.
2 - A deck that specifically uses Naya-shard or at least Naya-colored cards from the Shards of Alara block.
If you're asking generally for a good W/R/G deck, that's a really broad answer. Most often I would say that W/R/G decks are aggressive creature-based decks that use white for spot removal and decent fliers, red for burn and other fast damage, and green for big beasties.
The same is more or less true of the second meaning of "Naya deck," decks based specifically on "Naya" cards from ALA block. Those cards tend to give benefits to decks that can get out creatures of 5 power or more, but a lot of competitive Naya decks from that era tend to care more about getting out a nice lean, aggressive curve of attacking creatures. Turn 1, Wild Nacatl or Scute Mob . Turn 2, Druid of the Anima or perhaps Elvish Visionary . Turn 3's options were vast; maybe a Woolly Thoctar or a Bloodbraid Elf INTO a Woolly Thoctar if you had gotten out that Druid of the Anima , and on turn 4 you're potentially attacking for over 10 damage.
Something like this deck was what people meant by "Naya deck" during Alara standard:http://wiki.mtgsalvation.com/article/Standard_Boss_Naya_deckFor W/R/G decks generally, there are a LOT of different approaches; the "aggro creature-based" strategy is by far not the only thing you can do with those colors. Browse the site a bit and get some ideas, I'd say.February 6, 2013 4:51 a.m.