Regionals - 060529

A quick look at the Regionals just past - 060529

The following is just me looking at decks of interest to me. Note that I am of limited experience =P Plus the fact that the meta for each area holding Regionals could be vastly different.


No listing or ranking of any kind. As said before, this is just decks that interest me =)

Most of these decks were taken from reports listed on mtgsalvation.com forums.


Now the Masterpiece, is a deck that M.Flore talked about last week, mostly reviews have been that it is relying on faith fetters and hierarch.... ??? when did that become a combo??? If they are talking about the mad lifegain?? DUH! I have been doing that since guidpact thank you very much. So it must be something more than that.

I haven't tested it yet, but it is likely to be a sped up Triad. Many have commented that it is triad with blue.. hmm who knows...


The second deck The End, posted 18th positioned by its player (the report link is with the deck)

I am glad to see this deck .. it finally makes use of Gleancrawler!!! Also the protean hulk is some cool!

The third deck here is an iunteresting UR Tron

Demon Fire is just so good in Tron Decks =)

The Masterpiece 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Temple Garden 1 Godless Shrine 1 Breeding Pool 1 Watery Grave 2 Plains 4 Swamp 1 Llanowar Wastes 3 Forest 1 Island 4 Loxodon Hierarch 4 Sakura-Tribe Elder 2 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 4 Birds of Paradise 2 Keiga, the Tide Star 1 Simic Sky Swallower 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni 2 Farseek 4 Phyrexian Arena 4 Faith's Fetters 3 Mortify 2 Putrefy 3 Persecute 2 Wrath of God SB 4 Last Gasp 3 Cranial Extraction 3 Bottled Cloister 3 Okiba-Gang Shinobi 2 Circle of Protection: Red	The End Maindeck: Creatures 4 Birds Of Paradise 4 Gleancrawler 4 Kami Of Ancient Law 1 Loxodon Hierarch 4 Protean Hulk 4 Sakura-tribe Elder 4 Wood Elves Enchantments 3 Greater Good 4 Utopia Sprawl Legendary Creatures 1 Keiga, The Tide Star 3 Kodama Of The North Tree 1 Yosei, The Morning Star Basic Lands 17 Forest 1 Island 2 Plains Lands 1 Breeding Pool 1 Temple Garden Legendary Lands 1 Miren, The Moaning Well Sideboard: 1 Indrik Stomphowler 4 Faith's Fetters 4 Leyline Of Lifeforce 2 Mana Leak 4 Naturalize report	Standish Choi 4 Urza's Mine 4 Urza's Tower 4 Urza's Power Plant 2 Island 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge 4 Steam Vents 4 Shivan Reef 3 Keiga, the Tide Star 1 Ryusei, the Falling Star 4 Mana Leak 4 Remand 4 Compulsive Research 1 Tidings 3 Wildfire 2 Demonfire 4 Izzet Signet 2 Dimir Signet 2 Confiscate 3 Repeal 4 Electrolyze SB 3 Muse Vessel 3 Volcanic Hammer 2 Pyroclasm 3 Hinder 4 Annex

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Another set of decks:

I dis agree with the Novijen, I like it at first, but with out any sort of tricks it is VERY slooooow.

Simic Growth Chamber together with the vinelasher Kudzu is just graavy. Though i dunno if Oboro is good?

Personal experience is that the deck is usually already quite thin on coloured mana, so I rather just stick with the karoos to grow the land. I actually run 3 karoos in my UG decks. Reason being that

1) this is a control deck primarily, you can afford to come out slow, but you must have lotsa mana mid to late game
2) Vinelashers means there is a reason for bounce

I generally do not like the bounce lands. I recommend 1 at most. But I am alright with it for control decks (and still I wouldnt recommend unless it has another purpose other than ramping up mana)

Many people like the plaxes, I really have to try it out. My impression of it was it was a little too one shot...

I suspect this deck is heavily reliant on the Jitte.

On the R/W weenie I like it alot.. Manriki-Gusari , how not to like =P

U/R Magnivore -

I just wanted to note the variations in the build

this one run 6 counter and 3 boomerangs another U/R Magnivore later is more heavy on counters. not sure which is better =/

4 Breeding Pool 4 Yavimaya Coast 2 Simic Growth Chamber 1 Novijen, Heart of Progress 6 Forest 5 Island 4 Llanowar Elves 4 Vinelasher Kudzu 4 Wood Elves 4 Cytoplast Root-Kin 4 Plaxcaster Frogling 3 Kodama of the North Tree 2 Keiga, the Tide Star 4 Remand 4 Mana Leak 3 Umezawa's Jitte 2 Voidslime SB 4 Spell Snare 3 Plaxmanta 3 Pithing Needle 2 Voidslime 3 Naturalize

1 Eiganjo Castle 5 Plains 3 Boros Garrison 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Battlefield Forge 3 Tendo Ice Bridge 4 Isamaru, Hound of Konda 4 Savannah Lions 4 Paladin en-Vec 4 Kami of Ancient Law 4 Hand of Honor 4 Manriki-Gusari 4 Lightning Helix 4 Char 4 Flames of the Blood Hand 4 Volcanic Hammer SB 2 Pacifism 2 Descendant of Kiyomaro 4 Threaten 3 Bathe in Light 4 Hidetsugu's Second Rite

U/R Magnivore 9 Island 6 Mountain 4 Steam Vents 4 Shivan Reef 23 land 3 Magnivore 3 creatures 3 Spell Snare 3 Mana Leak 4 Stone Rain 2 Demolish 3 Wildfire 3 Boomerang 1 Genju of the Spires 2 Pyroclasm 3 Sleight of Hand 2 Tidings 4 Eye of Nowhere 4 Compulsive Research SB 2 Keiga, the Tide Star 2 Demolish 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All 3 Threads of Disloyalty 2 Pyroclasm 4 Volcanic Hammer 1 Spell Snare

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A firemane Deck

There first is really a R/W/u control deck, the second is a True Firemane Deck, with Zur's Weirding. i like te Weirding lock alot. The second one came out tops, I think the first came out 2nd. In different tournaments of course.

The third another variation of U/R Magnivore is more counter heavy. Ramping up to 10 if necessary, the previous one only 7, this one runs only one boomerang though

4 Steam Vents 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Azorius Chancery 1 Boros Garrison 2 Battlefield Forge 2 Shivan Reef 3 Adarkar Wastes 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All 2 Island 3 Plains 2 Shard Phoenix 2 Keiga, the Tide Star 1 Firemane Angel 3 Condemn 4 Lightning Helix 4 Mana Leak 3 Telling Time 3 Electrolyze 2 Char 3 Wrath of God 2 Faith's Fetters 2 Gifts Ungiven 2 Pithing Needle 2 Remand Sb 2 Shattering Spree 1 Pithing Needle 4 Spell Snare 3 Kami of Ancient Law 4 Azorius Guildmage	3 Adarkar Wastes 3 Plains 3 Island 2 Boros Garrison 1 Battlefield Forge 2 Shivan Reef 4 Hallowed Fountain 3 Steam Vents 3 Sacred Foundry 24 land 1 Windreaver 4 Firemane Angel 1 Zur's Weirding 4 Lightning Helix 4 Mana Leak 1 Invoke the Firemind 4 Electrolyze 2 Tidings 2 Odds // Ends 3 Wrath of God 4 Compulsive Research 2 Rewind 4 Hinder SB 1 Shard Phoenix 3 Repeal 3 Ivory Mask 4 Azorius Guildmage 4 Giant Solifuge	1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All 8 Island 2 Izzet Boilerworks 4 Mountain 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds 4 Shivan Reef 2 Steam Vents 24 land 3 Magnivore 4 Compulsive Research 3 Eye of Nowhere 4 Mana Leak 1 Boomerang 3 Demolish 2 Pyroclasm 4 Sleight of Hand 4 Stone Rain 3 Tidings 3 Wildfire 2 Remand SB 1 Keiga, the Tide Star 2 Pyroclasm 2 Remand 4 Repeal 4 Spell Snare 2 Boseiju, Who Shelters All

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The first deck in this set uses weathered wayfarer, some cool!

The second is a strange deck that ran Dovescape together with the Grand Arbiter. Gotta watch this!

The third is yet another Tron, Demon Fire is beginning to look like a shoo in.

Main Deck 4 Mortify 4 Faith’s Fetters 3 Ghost Council of Orzhova 3 Weathered Wayfarer 2 Yosei, the Morning Star 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star 3 Wrath of God 3 Castigate 3 Orzhov Signet 3 Dimir House Guard 2 Phyrexian Arena 1 Bottled Cloister 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni 2 Debtors’ Knell 1 Angel of Despair 1 Night of Souls’ Betrayal 1 Cranial Extraction 3 Godless Shrine 2 Caves of Koilos 2 Orzhov Basilica 1 Shizo, Death’s Storehouse 1 Eiganjo Castle 1 Miren, the Moaning Well 6 Swamp 6 Plains Sideboard: 2 Persecute 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All 1 Ivory Mask 1 Kagemaro, First to Suffer 1 Nekrataal 3 Condemn 1 Scour 2 Cranial Extraction 1 Eradicate 1 Stinkweed Imp 1 Orzhova, the Church of Deals	Main Deck 4 Wood Elves 4 Sakura-Tribe Elder 4 Birds of Paradise 4 Supply // Demand 4 Loxodon Hierarch 3 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV 3 Shining Shoal 1 Simic Sky Swallower 1 Glare of Subdual 1 Congregation at Dawn 1 Indrik Stomphowler 2 Dovescape 2 Patron of the Kitsune 3 Selesnya Guildmage 4 Temple Garden 4 Breeding Pool 3 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree 2 Selesnya Sanctuary 1 Simic Growth Chamber 3 Forest 2 Plains 1 Island 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers 1 Eiganjo Castle 1 Brushland Sideboard: 3 Faith's Fetters 1 Viridian Shaman 1 Shining Shoal 1 Dovescape 1 Glare of Subdual 1 Congregation at Dawn 2 Kodama of the North Tree 3 Yosei, the Morning Star 1 Arashi, the Sky Asunder 1 Silklash Spider	Main Deck 60 cards Sideboard 4 Urza's Tower 4 Urza's Mine 4 Urza's Power Plant 4 Steam Vents 4 Shivan Reef 1 Island 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge 1 Tendo Ice Bridge 23 land 2 Meloku the Clouded Mirror 4 Keiga, the Tide Star 6 creatures 4 Mana Leak 4 Remand 4 Izzet Signet 1 Azorius Signet 3 Repeal 2 Electrolyze 2 Pyroclasm 3 Wildfire 4 Compulsive Research 2 Tidings 2 Demonfire 31 other spells 4 Hinder 4 Volcanic Hammer 2 Spell Snare 2 Pyroclasm 2 Pithing Needle 1 Tidings 15 sideboard cards

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Another Plax deck, this one uses B/G/u that was what attracted me to it

The second is an Azorius/Dimir deck? Diabolical! The third is a strange concoction, that still runs Debter's Knell! Some cool!

Main Deck 60 cards Sideboard 3 Yavimaya Coast 4 Watery Grave 4 Overgrown Tomb 4 Breeding Pool 3 Forest 1 Swamp 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse 1 Underground River 21 land 4 Plaxmanta 4 Hypnotic Specter 2 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni 4 Trygon Predator 4 Dark Confidant 4 Birds of Paradise 2 Elves of Deep Shadow 24 creatures 4 Putrefy 4 Umezawa's Jitte 4 Remand 3 Mana Leak 15 other spells 2 Naturalize 2 Dimir Cutpurse 2 Last Gasp 2 Pithing Needle 2 Cranial Extraction 2 Spell Snare 3 Iwamori of the Open Fist 15 sideboard cards	Main Deck 56 cards Sideboard 2 Adarkar Wastes 1 Caves of Koilos 4 Godless Shrine 4 Hallowed Fountain 2 Island 3 Plains 2 Swamp 1 Underground River 4 Watery Grave 23 land 4 Azorius Guildmage 4 Azorius Herald 4 Dark Confidant 4 Dimir Cutpurse 2 Ghost Council of Orzhova 18 creatures 4 Last Gasp 4 Mana Leak 4 Mortify 3 Remand 15 other spells 3 Faith's Fetters 3 Shrieking Grotesque 2 Bathe in Light 4 Condemn 3 Ravenous Rats 15 sideboard cards	Main Deck 60 cards Sideboard 2 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree 4 Temple Garden 3 Forest 3 Overgrown Tomb 2 Selesnya Sanctuary 2 Plains 1 Swamp 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse 1 Miren, the Moaning Well 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers 1 Orzhov Basilica 1 Golgari Rot Farm 22 land 4 Wood Elves 4 Loxodon Hierarch 4 Sakura-Tribe Elder 3 Yosei, the Morning Star 1 Paladin en-Vec 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Dark Confidant 1 Arashi, the Sky Asunder 1 Selesnya Guildmage 1 Angel of Despair 1 Watchwolf 1 Ghost Council of Orzhova 24 creatures 1 Debtors' Knell 4 Sensei's Divining Top 2 Putrefy 2 Mortify 2 Chord of Calling 1 Umezawa's Jitte 1 Wrath of God 1 Greater Good 14 other spells 1 Arashi, the Sky Asunder 2 Wrath of God 2 Naturalize 3 Last Gasp 3 Cranial Extraction 4 Okiba-Gang Shinobi 15 sideboard cards

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You gotta love the name =)

W/R Tron, whats there not to like ;) What attracted me was the genju of the fields tech, this has been talked about for a while...

Descendant Ozhov - gogo Saviors of Kamigawa!!

The last. a Rakdos that hit top eight. I think this is the only one, but I am probably wrong. Still to have only one Rakdos catch my attention.

This one matched the forum thoughts on Rakdos

1) Aggro with disruption, almost Aggro/Control
2) Reliance on Jitte
30 Splash of white

Some personal thoughts on Rakdos:

1) The deck is extremely difficult to tune, either dies or implodes on itself
2) Inconsistent
3) not the most aggro
4) Control is probably to go

I feel that Rakdos should play attrition and burst when the time is right. Remember no one burst out quite like Rakdos =)

Deck Name: Santa-Tron Deck Designer: Jeff Stewart White-Red Lands: 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep 4 Urza's Mine 4 Urza's Power Plant 4 Urza's Tower 1 Miren, the Moaning Well 4 Sacred Foundry 6 Plains Creatures: 3 Yosei, the Morning Star 4 Ryusei, the Falling Star 4 Godo, Bandit Warlord 4 Weathered Wayfarer Spells: 1 Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang 2 Umezawa's Jitte 3 Sensei's Divining Top 3 Genju of the Fields 4 Boros Signet 4 Wrath of God 2 Fellwar Stone 1 Bottled Cloister 1 Demonfire Sideboard: 1 Demonfire 4 Kami of Ancient Law 2 Pithing Needle 4 Condemn 2 Bottled Cloister 2 Ivory Mask	1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse 2 Orzhov Basilica 4 Swamp 7 Plains 4 Caves of Koilos 4 Godless Shrine 1 Eiganjo Castle 23 lands 4 Paladin en-Vec 4 Dark Confidant 3 Ghost Council of Orzhova 4 Hand of Honor 3 Kami of Ancient Law 2 Descendant of Kiyomaro 20 creatures 4 Mortify 2 Phyrexian Arena 4 Umezawa's Jitte 3 Last Gasp 4 Castigate 17 other spells 2 Pithing Needle 2 Descendant of Kiyomaro 3 Distress 2 Slay 2 Terashi's Grasp 2 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails 2 Shining Shoal 15 sideboard cards	Zack Wolff- 3rd Place 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse 2 Swamp 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep 4 Godless Shrine 4 Blood Crypt 4 Sacred Foundry 4 Sulfurous Springs 1 Battlefield Forge 2 Caves of Koilos 23 lands 1 Lyzolda, the Blood Witch 4 Dark Confidant 4 Hand of Cruelty 4 Isamaru, Hound of Konda 4 Rakdos Augermage 4 Rakdos Guildmage 21 creatures 4 Rise // Fall 4 Umezawa's Jitte 2 Phyrexian Arena 2 Faith's Fetters 4 Lightning Helix 16 other spells 2 Faith's Fetters 3 Crypt Champion 4 Condemn 2 Kumano, Master Yamabushi 1 Slay 1 Demonfire 2 Okiba-Gang Shinobi 15 sideboard cards

Thats it for today. I don't think Regionals is over still so many, but the current one that past last week will shape the coming ones. Hold on to your seat belts!!!

Note that this is not a meta analysis, this is just decks I kinda like. Heezy is still there, though more burn. Also there is Zoo. Husk is also there. The variety is there. But notably the numbers of B/W is very high, but only a few got top placement.