Mardu AAA (All Allies Aggro)
Standard
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FNM - April 15 2016 —April 19, 2016
2-0-1
WB Eldrazi : 1- win, 2- lost (should have mulligan that one land hand), 3- lost, but opponent was near death, and he didn't like my deck at all. That's a good sign!
RB Reanimator : 1- lost to Kolaghan, 2- win, 3- win.
WB Midrange : 1- win, 2- lost to Transformed Abbey, 3- win.
Weapon's Trainer without any equipment in the deck is pretty terrible. You are much better off playing any interaction or card draw spell. Consider Expedite or ANY removal. Drana's Emissary is not an aggressive card. Zulaport Cutthroat does nothing in this deck; you have no sacrifice outlets.
Also, how does this deck beat Kozilek's Return? Or a flipped Avacyn?
You need more interaction, even just to kill blockers so you can bash in for damage with your allies. Playing 38 creatures means you have NO answers whatsoever if they play a boardwipe or a creature you can't kill in combat.
April 17, 2016 12:09 p.m.
Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate it.
Here's my take on the Weapon Trainer (see above, I just added this explanation)... This one puzzles all opponents. In fact, they most often smile, thinking the game will be easy against an Equipment deck. The Trainer has 3 huge advantages that make him a must in this deck : he's 3/2, he's 2cmc, and he's an Ally. He's better than Kor Castigator, less mana hungry than Serene Steward, and he triggers all other Allies on the battlefield. I don't care playing no Equipment, and losing the value of his ability. His body just do the job.
April 17, 2016 2:13 p.m.
I just added the strategy vs Wrath effects. See above.
So this is how I deal with Kozilek's Return. TBH, I faced more Languish against WB Eldrazi, WB Midrange, or Rakdos Reanimator. Languish plays at sorcery speed, so does Radiant Flames. This deck won against both, using above strategy. :)
I learned to play all creatures with M14-M15 Slivers. The only non-Sliver card was my 4 Athreos. Even sidedeck was Slivers only (I would side in or out Slivers that are good or bad against certain matchups). I won 30+ players tournaments with it, even against Obzedat and the Whip. Slivers and Allies are special tribes, unlike vampires and werewolves. The later two can perform with removals, while the formers are weaker with any other cards. I admit Allies are not as good as Slivers, but then Standard is under powered now anyway, with no Searing Spear, no Elvish Mystic, no Siege Rhino, etc.
So, inspired by Slivers+Athreos, I think this deck with Cutthroat can perform as well against wrath effects. It's just very counter intuitive for an aggro deck to play very slowly, but I can assure you it does the job very well. ;)
Note : While Slivers were quite aggresive, their damage output wasn't as great by turn 3 as this Ally deck. At best, Galerider, then Predatory, then Blur Slivers for total of 10 damage. I could kill on turn 4, but not totally put the opponent off balance as this deck can.
April 17, 2016 2:55 p.m.
I will post later on the reasons for Cutthroat, and why it is aggressive in this deck.
I admit however that Drana's Emissary is not very good. Drana herself, I don't like very much, simply because they're both 3cmc, and do nothing on the turn they're cast.
If you have any ideas, I'm in.
April 17, 2016 3 p.m.
krnlkin : About adding spells for card advantage, please see above for explanations on Munda. On top of providing effective card advantage for couple of turns on a single trigger, he's a 3/4 haste body, and an Ally to trigger all others. I don't think any spell can compete with that in this deck. ;)
patbou says... #1
Give me your comments on this deck, thanks!
April 17, 2016 11:04 a.m.