ODBC: Nov/Dec Challenge - More Than One Way

[timmermac]

As am I. Fallen Empires storage lands may be bugged. I'm posting about it in the Bugs topic.

[lord of 13]

I created a deck that can win by lifegain. The core engine is inspired by Soul Sisters, of course - 12x 1-cmc weenies and Ranger of Eos with Felidar Sovereign. However, the StP allows for clever shenanigans on your own Pridemate at the end of an opponents turn to break that 40-life threshold and win the game. It has also often won by sheer weenie beatdown; O-ring and Path facilitate this route to victory.

3 Felidar Sovereign
4 Ajani's Pridemate
4 Serra Ascendant
4 Soul Warden
4 Soul's Attendant
4 Ranger of Eos
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Ajani Goldmane
3 Elspeth Tirel
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Path to Exile
17 Plains
4 Flagstones of Trokair

[LokiUndergod]

Nice going, guys! Two fun decks so early in the challenge. I figured we'd all wait around for the last week or so.

I have a couple of ideas brewing. I really wish Forge had Contagion Clasp--it would definitely benefit a couple of those decks.

[friarsol]

I was about to post my deck and realized that I have at least one card that's only in the SVN right now. I guess I'll wait to post it when the next Beta is out.

[LokiUndergod]

Infect-Stompy

Land(22):
16x Forest
3x Gaea's Cradle
3 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood

Creatures:

4x Llanowar Elves
3x Priest of Titania
4x Blight Mamba
3x Elvish Visionary
3x Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
4x Cystbearer
3x Putrefax

Other spells:

4x Giant Growth
4x Rancor
3x Might of Oaks
3x Garruk Wildspeaker

The name pretty much says it all...This is a new twist on the Stompy archetype. Instead of trying to beat your opponent down from 20 life, you're trying to get them to 10 poison counters instead--which is very easy to accomplish with one swing in this deck.

The trio of Llanowar Elves, Priest of Titania, and Rofellos provide a significant mana ramp, allowing you to play Putrefax early, or a series of growth spells on your Blight Mamba. Combine that with Gaea's Cradle and Garruk for massive mana production. Oran-Rief provides a bit more bite to your infect creatures. If you find yourself struggling, Garruk's ultimate ability is almost guaranteed to finish the opponent off.

Elvish Visionary will help you draw into what you need as well as making your Priest of Titania more effective. It can also be used to chump block, of course.

Enjoy

[bTester]

Great thread! Here's my bit...

The idea is to get Vesner, the Sojourner out and control the board until you get the exile emblem. You can recycle instants and sorceries using Mnemonic Wall and eventually locking the opponent using Time Warp (or any variant).

Primary victory condition is library death by Jace, the Mind Sculptor. Alternate wins are Celestial Colonnade and Sunblast Angel (works wonders with Tumble Magnet + Vesner, the Sojourner)

I feel the 8 counterspells just works right. Overflowing chalice helps lighten up the mana curve load. I also tried to use newer cards for variety, but I'm sure there's more better alternatives to my choices, but well.

Since forge currently has no sideboarding options, I didn't worry much about other potentially worst matches and anyway, if you manage to get Vesner, the Sojourner to produce the exile emblem, every spell you play has "exile target permanent" and you'd be able to recycle your counter and removal spells via Mnemonic Wall.

60 Total Cards

11 Creatures
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4x Mnemonic Wall
3x Sunblast Angel
4x Wall of Omens

25 Spells
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2x Everflowing Chalice
2x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4x Mana Drain
4x Negate
4x Path to Exile
2x Time Warp
4x Tumble Magnet
3x Venser, the Sojourner

24 Land
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2x Celestial Colonnade
4x Glacial Fortress
12x Snow-Covered Island
6x Snow-Covered Plains

I kind of wish Frost Titan was in the current version as it would really fit this deck well.

[psillusionist]

Awesome deck ideas by the early entrants!

For everyone's benefit, here's the list of banned and restricted cards in the Vintage format:

Banned:
Amulet of Quoz
Bronze Tablet
Chaos Orb
Contract from Below
Darkpact
Demonic Attorney
Falling Star
Jeweled Bird
Rebirth
Shahrazad
Tempest Efreet
Timmerian Fiends

Restricted:
Ancestral Recall
Balance
Black Lotus
Brainstorm
Burning Wish
Channel
Demonic Consultation
Demonic Tutor
Fact or Fiction
Fastbond
Flash
Gifts Ungiven
Imperial Seal
Library of Alexandria
Lion’s Eye Diamond
Lotus Petal
Mana Crypt
Mana Vault
Memory Jar
Merchant Scroll
Mind’s Desire
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Mystical Tutor
Necropotence
Ponder
Regrowth
Sol Ring
Strip Mine
Thirst for Knowledge
Time Vault
Time Walk
Timetwister
Tinker
Tolarian Academy
Trinisphere
Vampiric Tutor
Wheel of Fortune
Windfall
Yawgmoth’s Bargain
Yawgmoth’s Will

Please note that as of October 1, 2010, both Frantic Search and Gush (which previously were on the Restricted list) are now unrestricted.

For those unaware of the difference between banned and restricted, banned means you can't use that card in any deck, restricted means you can only use one copy of that card in any deck.

[slowe]

Awesome deck ideas by the early entrants!

For everyone's benefit, here's the list of banned and restricted cards in the Vintage format:

Thanks for that! Now, I don't want to complicate things, but what about cards that are allowed as 4-ofs in Legacy but restricted in Vintage (like Brainstorm and Fact or Fiction)? I don't think there are any power-level concerns, but if it's just easiest to stick to Vintage-legal only, that's fine.

[psillusionist]

It's probably just easiest to stick to Vintage-legal. Legacy bannings won't even let us use the power 9. We still have lots of awesome cards to work with despite the Vintage bannings and restrictions.

[Resonantg]

Well here's hoping that we get a new release this November. That's part of what I've been waiting for, before I make my deck. Been not happy with some of the errors in 'card finder' cards.

But if not, lots of choices of decks to make.

[Chris H.]

We would like to release a beta on Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Granted, there is a substantial amount of new work that has been added since the last beta. A lot of bugs have been found and fixed, but the new work will likely create a few new bugs for people to find.

[Resonantg]

That's why we love you guys.

::: does happy chair dance :::

[friarsol]

As promised since the next Release is planned for tomorrow here is my deck for this challenge.

I call it Helixhaups. The goal is to get Braid of Fire/Helix Pinnacle fueling some major upkeep mana advantage. And Jokulhaups to keep the board clean.

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helixhaups
[general]
constructed
[main]
3 Ghostly Prison
4 Plateau
3 Jungle Shrine
2 Windswept Heath
4 Taiga
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
4 Helix Pinnacle
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Volcanic Fallout
2 Sterling Grove
4 Jokulhaups
2 Enlightened Tutor
2 Wall of Omens
3 Darksteel Citadel
2 Awakening Zone
4 Braid of Fire
2 Wall of Blossoms
4 Savannah
4 Dwarven Ruins
2 Life from the Loam
3 Doubling Season
[sideboard]


[psillusionist]

We only have a few days left. I hope everyone is working on their decks.

I'll be posting mine on Tuesday.

[zaroblan]

Here's my take on the Turbo Fog deck. Wins by milling an opponent, while stopping anything they do with counter magic and damage prevention. It is a fun deck to play ... and wins with amazing regularity.
I hope you enjoy it!!!

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RL-TurboFog
[general]
constructed
[main]
4 Angelsong
2 Tezzeret the Seeker
3 Sejiri Refuge
2 Azorius Chancery
3 Oblivion Ring
3 Coastal Tower
2 Plains
3 Island
4 Holy Day
3 Glacial Fortress
2 Wrath of God
2 Reliquary Tower
2 Celestial Colonnade
4 Jace Beleren
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
4 Howling Mine
4 Counterspell
4 Mana Leak
3 Path to Exile
1 Academy Ruins
4 Font of Mythos


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Turbo Fog deck

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