The last chance qualifiers have wrapped up for Pro Tour Austin and Jund dominates the tournament tables again, showing five in the Top 8. Let’s talk about the other three decks that topped.Decklists are Here
This Top 8 did not contain Boros Bushwhacker (Not surprising), Mono Red, or Vampires. This doesn’t mean that these decks are out of the running for top tier slots but the results definitely show the development of Naya and Knight of the Reliquary decks.
GBW Lotus Angel
Apparently when you build a deck with eight $30 mythic rares you can almost beat Jund. If you look closely you’ll notice that this deck is very similar to last week’s Naya Lotus Angel deck (The one that I said had a lot of potential). It drops Red and Cascade for Black and Planeswalkers. Woolly Thoctar becomes Putrid Leech, Rampaging Baloth becomes Thornling, Lightning Bolt becomes Pulse and Behemoth Sledges get Maindecked. The other innovation was the addition of Terramorphic Expanse, which is really not bad with the Cobra on the board. I like the direction that this deck is going. It has options for Tidehollow Sculler, Day of Judgment and Ob Nixilis, The Fallen.
Creatures
4 Baneslayer Angel
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Putrid Leech
3 Thornling
Spells
3 Behemoth Sledge
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
4 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Path to Exile
Lands
5 Forest
4 Marsh Flats
3 Plains
1 Sunpetal Grove
2 Swamp
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard
2 Celestial Purge
3 Duress
3 Great Sable Stag
1 Path to Exile
3 Qasali Pridemage
3 Zealous Persecution
Naya Zoo + 1 Swamp
This deck is also making use of the Terramorphic Expanse as a supplemental fetch land. Last week’s Naya Zoo was rocking Scute Mobs and Naya CharmsThis is your typical Ranger of Eos Zoo build with the exception of one lonely swamp, which was splashed to fuel the powerhouse removal spell Maelstrom Pulse. I think this needs another Vengeant but other than that this deck looks like it hit’s hard and has a lot of staying power. The sideboard is sporting Dauntless Escorts to keep your dudes alive after sweepers and Celestial Purges to put the crunch on Jund.
I think decks like this can really capitalize on a singleton Goblin Bushwhacker; It would give things like Thoctar's and KotR haste and it's tutorable with the Ranger of Eos.
Creatures
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Goblin Guide
3 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Ranger of Eos
4 Steppe Lynx
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Woolly Thoctar
Spells
1 Ajani Vengeant
4 Lightning Bolt
3 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Path to Exile
Lands
4 Arid Mesa
2 Forest
2 Jungle Shrine
2 Marsh Flats
3 Mountain
3 Plains
1 Swamp
3 Terramorphic Expanse
3 Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard
1 Behemoth Sledge
3 Celestial Purge
3 Dauntless Escort
2 Pithing Needle
3 Volcanic Fallout
3 White Knight
RWU Control
Finally the control players get tossed a bone and someone stuck Cancel in a T2 deck (The pilot of this deck said that Cancel should have been Double Negative). This deck looks legit but I am not sure about the “Walls” plan. I can say that I have played with Sphinx of the Lost Truths and Bogardan Hellkite and both are very good. The same can be said about the new life lands. I run eight in my Grixis Control list and they usually negated my opponent’s first attack, kinda like a Time Walk. Creatures
4 Baneslayer Angel
2 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
2 Sphinx of Lost Truths
2 Wall of Denial
2 Wall of Reverence
Spells
3 Ajani Vengeant
2 Armillary Sphere
1 Banefire
4 Day of Judgment
2 Earthquake
3 Jace Beleren
1 Martial Coup
1 Obelisk of Alara
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Rite of Replication
Lands
1 Arid Mesa
2 Exotic Orchard
4 Island
3 Mountain
4 Plains
4 Rupture Spire
3 Scalding Tarn
3 Sejiri Refuge
Sideboard
3 Cancel
3 Celestial Purge
3 Harm's Way
3 Luminarch Ascension
3 Swerve
That’s all for today, I will be posting my Hellkite control list soon with card explanations. Here is the deck in its current form. Click here for the Link.
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