Dime a Dozen #17: The Green Rangers

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Jason Moore

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  1. Good! Jason rocks again.

    I’ve been seeing Elves doing 4-0 and I thought “Waw, this metagame is really getting sweet!”. I’m a little surprise by not seeing the matches here, didn’t you recorded yet ? If you do not got the matches yet, nevermind, I appreciated all this explanations about the deck in the current field, and I’m waiting for them!

    Good job Jason, keep going!

    Fred

  3. Jason, yeah I really do! I started testing this deck but without the distant melody, and against some decks if you didn’t have the timberwatch elf you struggled to end games. With distant melody however, swarming the board is really easy if you manage to resolve one. Nice article!

  5. Sure I’m Jason. I got this same deck list in my Cockatrice(magic simulator for free), and i played it but not a lot, bcus idk how exactly the deck goes, just a little. In the future, if you can run some matches in a daily or just for testing, I’d like, if possible.

    By the way, I already got my MOL acc together with a buddy, we got just 3 decks: Affinity, WW and MBC. Sometimes, you’re up for some matches ? :D

    Fred

  6. The meta seems perfect for this, with a ridiculously good % against stompy (especially post-board – stompy cannot beat wellwisher basically) and decent matchups against UR post and delver. Spidersilik armour seems like a very important card in a few matches, it can really mess up a lot of the ways your opponent will try to interract with you. Seems better than archers vs delver too.

    Oh, and speaking of archers, do they actually do anything against fissure storm? I thought they’d just bounce the faeries in response to any attempt to kill them, and hadn’t been bringing them in for that match. I don’t have much experience with it thought.

  8. Fredmtgo – I’ll try to get those Elves into the red zone soon. I’m willing to jam some games on MTGO, but we will have to schedule it ahead of time.

    PB – I think (in theory) the idea is to kill Cloud of Fae in response to a bounce spell. There will be more info on this in the next Pauper’s Cage (Episode #21)!

    JustSin – Yeah, I decided to focus on this list since it was showing up the most. Justice could’ve made it into the “Cards to Consider” portion though.

  9. The main thing holding this deck back is that it folds to affinity. Credit for that main deck has to go to Samuel Kalkin of pauper revolution. I took his list and 4-0ed back to back dailies then the list started showing more. The main reason for kavu is a 7/7 is great in your worst matches (affinity and post). The convoke cost is what makes it playable.

  11. Great stuff Jason. I’ve been watching your vids all night, and am now eager to make a deck and jump into the format. However, it seems like mono blue fae is everywhere which makes me a little more hesitant (sort of boring/frustrating). What deck do you think is best suited for that matchup right now?

  12. Jon343 – Great to hear that you’re gearing up to play Pauper. It’s been my experience that Mono U Fae has a lot of soft spots, but the trick is playing a deck that beats them while still having a good stance against the other decks.

    First to answer your question: I don’t know what deck is absolutely the best against them, but out of the current popular decks I’ve had success with Affinity and Goblins (Goblins I would say more so). I like being able to pressure them/overloard their counters, outclass their creatures and two-for-one them with red removal. I have an article on Blackborder coming out tomorrow where I talk a little bit more about the weaknesses of Mono U Fae (and the other top decks as well)!

    I think you’ll have the most success in this format playing within your wheelhouse, so to speak.

    Based on what I know about your playstyle, I think you’d enjoy piloting one of the control decks in the format. Cloudpost variants are the best performing control decks, and there are a few to choose from. I’m not sure which one has the best Delver matchup, but I feel like you could tune Izzet to hurt Delver if you really wanted to. Izzet also tends to put up the best results.

    There are some Dimir builds you might enjoy, including a Cloudpost version and others that appear to be MBC splashing U. I can’t give much advice on these, but they don’t cash out as often as the top decks.

    You may also enjoy playing a deck like Simic Storm (which is a combo deck). An in-depth discussion on the deck is available at mtgcast.com (Pauper’s Cage #21). Now that I think about it, this kind of a strategy might be really enjoyable for you. The creator of the deck has put up insane results, and there are at least three pilots in our clan you can talk to in great detail about it.

    I hope this helps (sorry that I don’t have a clear answer for you). Please let me know if you have any other questions!

  14. Thanks for the in depth response! I started listening to that podcast early this morning and I’m now subscribed. The deck sounds sweet. It reminds me of a deck i used to pilot in old extended. It was an enchantress deck that got ahead using wild growth, fertile ground and cloud of fairies to combo off with words of wisdom. Anyway, I’ll do some research into that deck and the others you mentioned. I really liked that MBC deck you played earlier too.