Options for Extended

[Turtlewax Joe]

i am now having second thoughts about playing Stompy for Extended season I have never had a problem playing with cheap under costed creatures and winning with a deck that runs 10 land. My options are simple. I can Play Hippo-Critical Forbid-a-Grif, Blue skies, Stompy, or Embargo. I personnally don't Care which I play, i'm going to leave it up to you guys....i'll be fine with any of these decks

1. Hippo-Critical Forbid-a-Grif (Oath Variant: tweaked Net Deck)

1x Hippo
1x Questing Hippo
1x Morphling

2x Arcane Laboratory
4x Brainstorm
4x Counterspell
2x Disenchant
4x Disrupt
3x Forbid
3x Crop Rotation
2x Gaea's Blessing
4x Impulse
4x Oath of Druids
1x Misderection

4x Treetop Village
1x Grassland
1x Flood Plain
3x Fairie Conclave
1x Gemstone Mine
1x Savahna
3x Tundra
4x Tropical Island
3x Wasteland
3x Island

probably the best choice and the funnest, the deck is originally for extended, so it should be consient. The deck is kind of expensive so I'm shying away but it is not completely ruled out.

2. Donate/Embargo(Scrye deck clinic 7.2, tweaked)

4x Donate
4x Embargo
2x Pherexian Collosus
1x Morphling
4x Counterspell
4x Thran Dynamo
4x Grim Monolith
4x Voltaic Key
3x Frantic Search
2x Stroke of Genius
2x Turnabout
4x Tinker

4x Saprazzan Skerry
4x Rishadan Port
11x Island

the deck looks good and very solid for a combo deck, there are a few little tricks in the deck that can be hard to disrupt. A solid Choice

3. Stompy (personal version, hours of blood sweat and tears)

4x Briar Shield
4x Rancor
3x Bounty of the Hunt
4x Land Grant
3x Winter Orb

4x Rogue Elephant
4x Elvish Spirit Guide
4x Wild Dogs
4x Skyshroud Elite
4x Elvish Lyrist
4x River Boa
4x Vine Dryad
4x Quirion Ranger

10x Forest

All about speed and this is what like....speed and fat and all that good stuff. The deck has good synergy and is probably the most consistent and amusing to play. It is also very easy to make.

4. Blue Skies (Canadian Champ Terry Tsang, tweaked for format)

4x Troublesome Spirit
4x Rishadan Airship
4x Spiketail Hatchling
4x Rootwater Thief
2x Masticore

4x Foil(can't get force of will)
4x Thwart
1x Miderection
4x Wash Out
4x Impulse
4x Gush

21x Island

If it's good enough for Canada it's good enough for me, EH? I like the way the deck plays and much like Stompy it is easy to make. My only fear is that it is kinda slow for the format.

T.J.

Plz Help! and make sure to vote!

 

[John`O]

XSkies

4 Cloud Sprite
4 Manta Rider
2 Cloud Skate
4 Spiketail Hatchling
3 Rishadan Airship
2 Cloud Spirit
4 Force of Will
4 Thwart
4 Foil
4 Gush
4 Unstable Mutation
4 Winter Orb
17 Island


John

 

[Istanbul]

Will Unstable Mutation still be in if Ice Age rotates out?

 

[Spiderman]

It should be unless 5th rotates out also.

 

[Lotus Mox]

Counter-Stompy!!!

4 Tropical Island
6 Forest
4 Land Grant
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
4 Ghazban Ogre
4 Rogue Elephant
4 Skyshroud Elite
4 Quirion Ranger
4 Druid Lyrist
4 River Boa
2 Vine Dryad
4 Rancor
2 Briar Shield
3 Bounty of the Hunt
3 Winter Orb
4 Daze
SB:4 Chill
SB:4 Emerald Charm
SB:4 Rushwood Legate
SB:3 Crumble

Maybe some Phyrexian Furnaces to the SB, if Reanimator is heavily played.

nice Skies.dec John'O what do you think about Daze? I somehow think 4 Thwart + 4 Gush + 17 Island is a bit risky.

 

[Turtlewax Joe]

I was kinda hoping for people to give opinions and reasons for their opinions on the existing four decks that are provided...not think upo entirly new ones

I like some of the ideas prestented however I esp like the "counter Stompy" that's cool, exept I'd try to put in some counters

Thanx, T.J.

 

[olwen]

It's the fastest and most consistent of the four. The other builds don't look as good. Just make sure you have a good opening hand by mulliganing aggressively.

You might want to put Phyrexian Furnaces main deck to deal with graveyard recursion -- maybe take out one Rogue Elephant and one River Boa.