MRD block green deck

[Homestar]

Hey all, im workin on a MRD block green deck, no real theme just all the best block green cards. so far, as a list of maybes i have

Viridian Zealot
Pulse Of The Tangle
Troll ascetic
Molder Slug
Copperhoof Vorrac
Viridian Shaman
Oxidize
Tangle Golem
Beacon Of Creation
Eternal Witness

now im considering to make a deck with 4 of each of these but only 2 beacon of creation and eternal witness, would that be good? gimme ur suggestions!

 

[train]

It would be okay...

I think you need more artifact utility... and not necessarily the slugs..

 

[Homestar]

also im adding 2 Glissa Sunseeker, i like her a lot.

and by artifact utility do u mean I have to add artifacts or i have to more artifact destruction?

and im not sure i could part with molder slugs, they work so great,...........

 

[train]

More artifacts...

If you want to shut down almost all the strong artifacts in block - all you need is an eon hub, and damping matrix...

 

[Homestar]

yes but then a cant play zealots ability, my sunseekers ability, or my trolls regeneration with damping matrix.

what kind of artifacts do you suggest? i didnt put n e artifacts in cuz then all the shatters and echoing ruins and all that other stuff would just take up space in my opponents hand. so what do u suggest?

 

[train]

Are you building against one opponent, or the local metagame?... Details on the player and the metagame would help...

 

[Homestar]

o, yea,heres the scoop:

Tooth and Nail, 2 ppl
Blue/White Control, 2 ppl
Goblin Bidding, 1 person
Elves, 1 person
Black Sui, 1 person
March Of The Machines, 1 person
Ravager affinity, 2 ppl
Broodstar Affinity, 2 ppl
Cranial Affinity, 1 person
Oversold Cemetary, 1 person

Thats al im posotive of.

 

[Oversoul]

No Ironworks deck? Too bad...

But Tooth and Nail is annoying to play against...

Darksteel Colossus is very big and hard kill too. I do not like it.

 

[train]

Goblin bidding, Oversold, and elves (can't be too strong in MD5) aren't block... but here's what you listed...

Tooth and Nail, 2 ppl
Blue/White Control, 2 ppl
Goblin Bidding, 1 person
Elves, 1 person
Black Sui, 1 person
March Of The Machines, 1 person
Ravager affinity, 2 ppl
Broodstar Affinity, 2 ppl
Cranial Affinity, 1 person
Oversold Cemetary, 1 person

Beacon of Creation - Can generate tons of blockers, helps against goblins, elves, black sui, and affinity early on...
Creeping Mold: gets lands, artifacts, and enchantments... Slows tooth, control
Damping Matrix - shuts down ravager, march, elves,
Duplicant - perfect for getting your own colossus... and the colossus - doesn't get shuffled back in..
Icy Manipulator or Relic barrier - prevent the brood, ravager, or colossus from visiting you...
Isochron Scepter - nourish, oxidize, etc...
Reap and Sow - slows tooth, march, etc...
Sculpting Steel - great for playing right after a tooth...
Staff of Domination - very useful - but sad it costs so much to play...
Sundering Titan - this can really slow some decks - especially when they need mana to get thier stuff going, but costs a lot...
vEDALKEN oRRERY - this can't be bad, for any of your cards...

Overall Suggestions:
Damping Matrix doesn't stop the duplicant, sculpting steel, or orrery...
Relic is probably a good card to put in, over icy as icy costs more, and uses mana... it is stopped by the matrix... but can tap to stop the colossus, or ravager from visiting you...
Sculpting Steel - if it is a colossus - would also get shuffled into your library... Also helps to use their own strategy against them...
Orrery - It may take a 4-drop slot - but is definitely worth it...
Creeping Mold - It can help against every deck... even if it just buys you time by land killing...

Consider some of these for the sideboard, if nothing else...

 

[Homestar]

im not gonna put in creeping mold, i dont need to kill land, thats not what im worried about.relic barreir is a good SB idea. sculpting steel is good too. and the orrery, eh, im undecided. isochron scepter is good too, i like the idea with nourish.

 

[Tabasco]

I would go with G/u

4 Troll Ascetic
4 Predator Strike
2 Beacon of Creation
3 Tel-Jilad Justice
3 Viridian Zealot
4 Oxidize
4 Solemn Simulacrum...if you got 'em
4 Tel-Jilad's Chosen...owns
4 Condescend

16 Forest
5 Island
2 Stalking Stones
1 Blinkmoth nexus

SB:

2 March of the Machines...Vs. affinity
3 Damping Matrix....screws many decks
2 Aquire...Vs. Tooth n Nail
5 Island...for blue mana
3 Early Frost...It's like a time walk in block


None of the artifacts you are putting into your deck will survive,

Think of all the block artifact destruct spells....

Oxidize, Shatter, Shaman, Zealot, TJ Justice,........

If someone plays a U/R deck against you...run and hide

I got owned by a burn/counter deck

 

[train]

What were you playing that the burn/counter deck owned you Tabasco?...

 

[Homestar]

i was thinking about something like this........

Creatures:
Viridian Shaman x4
Troll Ascetic x4
Viridian Zealot x4
Copperhof Vorrac x2 (this guy works so great)
Eternal Witness x2
Tangle Golem x4
Glissa Sunseeker x2 (Tap:destroy target artifact land)
Fangren Firstborn x3

Spells:
Pulse Of The Tangle x4(even tho i most likely will have more creatures, its still a 3/3 for 3)
Oxidize x4
Beacon Of Creation x2
Noursh x2
TJ Justice x2

Artifacts:
Isochron Scepter x3


Chrome Mox x4
Forest x24

SB:
Damping Matrix x3 (swaps in for Isochron Scepter)
Relic Barrier x4
Duplicant x2
Sculpting Steel x3
?????????

Yea, thats what i had in mind.

 

[train]

I'd like to note your deck is sitting at 70 cards... That's kind of high for a standard-sized competitive deck...

Don't forget swapping in the matrix nullifies all your creature's abilities... but you have a lot of creatures, so do this against decks heavy in utilizing abilities...

 

[Homestar]

i kno im working on decreasing the decksize. and, thats what i said earlier about the matrix cuz my troll cant regenerate, my zealot cant kill stuff, my sunseeker cant kill stuff, and my isochron scepter is just a stick.

 

[Tabasco]

I was playing Tooth and Nail.....

Annul is so mean! He would wait til I played a tooth and Nail then Counter it....

When I tried to cast a Darksteel Colossus he annuled it..

He flamebreaked all my smaller creatures......

It wasn't pretty

Glissa isnt as good as March of the Machines

March totally Shuts down Affinity

Isonchron will not even be able to activate...It will be gone from an artifact destruct spell......

 

[Homestar]

thats true, so, trash that, and set my land count to 4 chrome mox and 22 forest. i kno march is better but i want to keep this deck green. and plus, she is a creature and has first strike with a fair p/t to boot.

 

[Oversoul]

That's funny, because I played against Tooth and Nail with a non-block blue control deck. It slaughtered me. Then again, that was not my day either, since I couldn't win against anything with anything, and I think my deck actually was better...

 

[train]

Here's the build I'd run for the block if playing mono-green...

CREATURES
Viridian Shaman x4
Troll Ascetic x4
Viridian Zealot x3
Eternal Witness x2
Tangle Golem x3
Fangren Firstborn x2
Tel-Jilad's Chosen x3

SPELLS
Oxidize x4
Beacon Of Creation x2
Noursh x2
TJ Justice x3
Reap and Sow x4

ARTIFACTS
Isochron Scepter x3

LANDS
Forest x21
Blinkmoth Nexus x2

SB:
Damping Matrix x3
Relic Barrier x2
Duplicant x2
Sculpting Steel x3
TJ Justice x1
Nourish x2
Ageless Entity x2

 

[Homestar]

hmmm, thats definatly good, il think about modifying that to what i curently have for a temporary deck.