Warning this Deck is not Rotation Proof!
Full disclosure I expected to lose. Like full on lose. So I went with the intention of having fun, winning a game or two, and being done with G/W warriors. Little did I know I was about to have some of the best magic games i've ever had in a long time.
As you can see I managed to win with my off meta deck. I even played 2 of the big bads' of standard (U/W Teferi, R/B Aggro). My final standings was 6-1. Here were the rounds.
Round 1: vs W/B Knights (0-2)
Game 1: He went first and we went creature for creature in board creation. However history of benalia turned him the corner.
Game 2: I got stuck on 2 lands but I did manage to create a great board state. However without radiant destiny backup it was a losing battle. I sided naturalized to deal with enchantment removal and history of benalia.
Round 2: vs G/W Cats (2-0)
Game 1: it was a fairly close battle but essential spells like natures way and oketra helped make his blocks incredibly unfavorable.
Game 2: This was a close game and he had solid removal for many of my more problematic threats. However radiant destiny and Narnam renegade with cartouche of solidarity really stole the show. Sided in naturalize again for removal enchantments.
Round 3: vs U/B Artifacts (2-0)
Game 1: he had the 1 mana cost life gain artifacts which helped offset my damage early game somewhat but he could get enough chump blockers to deal with my increasingly large board.
Game 2: It was the same problem again for him except even worse since I sided in naturalize. He had traxos but it did very little against narnam and naturalize.
Round 4: vs G/R monsters (2-0)
Game 1: this was close and I very nearly lost it. Oketra made an impossible to deal with blocker and token creator. Renegade rallier allowed me to trade recur many of my valuable creatures.
Game 2: This was rough for him. He dropped a glorybringer turn 5 and swung in exerting with it and a steel leaf on a glory bound initiate with cartouche attached and destiny on the field. I blossoming defensed in response and blocked the steel leaf. He scooped because those were his only real creatures and next turn I would of had city's blessing and 12 damage on board with him at 15 life. Sided in cast out because of rhonas.
Round 5: vs Grixis pirates (2-0)
Game 1: was close and he managed to hostage take an early narnam renegade with cartouche attached. However pketra stalled the board and rallier turned chump blocks into 2 or 3 for ones.
Game 2: he could not get blue mana and I got mana screwed. However I drew into lands and he never got a blue mana. Tried to sword point diplomaxlcy but I took the damage and made him pitch the R/B cards.
Round 6: vs U/W Teferi (2-0)
Game 1: he got the wrong colors and couldnt counter correctly enough to prevent early damage. Failed to get fifth land quick enough to fumigate.
Game 2: Exact same thing happened except I also sided in sorcerous spyglass naming teferi and he got stuck with 2 in hand.
Round 7: vs R/B Aggro (2-1)
Game 1: he came off hard and fast and I couldn't stabilize easy enough. I removed threats but the worst card (Phoenix) made it difficult to keep ahead. It was close but he edged out the damage. Chandra, chainwhirler, and soul-scar helped with that.
Game 2: he had removal for days but I kept revolting and using rallier to get back traded creatures. I gained life enough to get me back in the game and eventually overrun him.
Game 3: He got stuck on 3 lands but he dis get multiple chainwhirlers. However 2 radiant destiny and ralliers and glory bounds just were too much for him to handle. Once the second destiny landed and I hit the city's blessing the writing was on the walls.
Take away? I cant believe I did as well as I did. I'm happy I did and couldn't think of a better farewell for my deck. Radiant destiny, narnam renegade, and cartouche of solidarity were all stars. Renegade Rallier was a silent hero, and glory bounds allowed me to survive aggro match ups.
I know the deck is not a true competitive deck which is fine by me. I wanted one last hoorah for my favorite standard tribe and I managed to get the best one I could of asked for.
