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new list, sort of

[Talara's Battalion]

thanks for the reply..

about the ideas:

Talara's Battalion - maybe to hard to cast, but again it can be played with GSZ and it is a 4/3 for 2mana... don't know, must try it more
Edric - it is awesome, keeping it.
Beast Within - I'v tried the white splash, but it wasn't good enough, and it is the only green removal( i think), so i would't splash white
Poacher - Keep!
Magistrate - think i'll cut it, it seems like it is to bad, and as you say, win more.

Natural Order - Maybe, could be awesome, i'll try it
Garruk 2.0 - What does it do? Draw cards(1 cards), make token.. don't think it is good enough
White Splash - Don't think it is good enough, and it does make the manabase a little more shaky, and as you say Moon effetcs etc.
think im just keeping it Gb, i consider the Trop, makes Edric better

Think Shriekmaw could be very good, don't know about the others

I couldn't find a proper List so i tried with my own. I don't think it is 100%, so i hope you guys can help me again. I haven't tested it a lot so if some of the choices is odd, so bare over me

Lands:
17 Forest
2 Swamp
Bayou
Owergrown Tomb
Gilt-Leaf Palace
Gaea's Cradle
Wirewood Lodge
Bloodstained Mire - i wanted another black scource but another swamp is to narrow, and fetches is always nice
Verdant Catacombs
Wooded Foothills
Misty Rainforest
Windswept Heath
Wasteland

0CC
Dryad Arbor
Summoner's Pact

1CC
Llanowar Elves
Fyndhorn Elves
Boreal Druid
Arbor Elf
Birchlore Rangers
Joraga Treespeaker
Elves of Deep Shadow
Heritage Druid
Noble Hierarch
Birds of Paradise - i dont know if this is right, but it seemed ok
Wirewood Symboite
Quirion Ranger
Nettle Setinal
Skyshroud Elite
Joraga Warcaller
Duress
Inquisition of Kozilek
Thoughtseize
Wordly Tutor
Sylvan Tutor
Crop Rotation - fetches Cradle
Rancor

2CC:
Devoted Druid
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Priest of Titatia
Wirewood Hivemaster
Elivsh Visionary
Fauna Shaman
Viridian Zealot
Eladamri, Lord of Leaves
Wren's Run Vanquisher
Talara's Battalion
Time of Need - not sure, but i fetches Rofellos, Edric, Eadamri and Ezuri
Sylvan Scying - Cradle
Demonic Tutor
Night's Whisper
Nameless Inversion
Go for the Throat
Doom Blade

3CC:
Viridian Shaman
Viridian Corrupter
Elvish Harbinger
Elvish Archdruid
Trival Forcemage - always morphed
Eternal Witness
Edric, Spymaster of Trest - not sure again, but i seemed insane and can be spalshed/played by Noble, Birds, Birchlore, GSZ, Harbinger and The pod
Imperious Perfect
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Elvish Champion
Adaptive Automaton - maybe?
Beast Within
Maelstrom Pulse
Krosan Grip

4CC:
Sylvan Messenger
Skyshroud Poacher - why not
Immaculate Magistrate
Wilt-Leaf Liege
Chameleon Collosus
Birthing Pod
Garruk Wildspeaker
Triumph of the Hordes - Overrun nr. 2

5CC:
Deranged Hermit
Overrun
Coat of Arms
Eldrazi Monument

7CC:
Regal Force

XCC
Green Sun's Zenith
Chord of Calling


I hope you have imput, thanks in advance

mother of runes! I really forgot about this card, i think im gonna find a spot for it, it's just an awesome Ranger target
soltari champion, i think this card is better in full-blown aggro decks, like WW and Boros
into the roil, maybe
pestermite, im not really impressed with this card, it's not big enough!:D... i had it in but i cutted it because it was to slow.
stonecloaker, the bounce a creature thing is cuite akward, but it's still a big dork with evasion
man-o-war, maybe, it is a cuite good argument, i'll try it
baneslayer angel, too slow, the curve ends at 4 and maybe 5 with Gideon(not counting cards like FoW, Misdirection and Gush), i think it's better to run eater big cheap creatures or "small" "expensive" value creature like Sphinx, Clique etc.
mirror entity, maybe looks cuite good
kor skyfisher, had it in, but i don't think it's good enough

Sorry im a little sceptical, but i think your surgetions is good. But i might try cards like Mother, Man O War and Mirror Entity.

i got the list from one of my friends, and i works very well, sometimes you have some akward draws, but witch deck dosen't
And i can really recommend the deck, it is really good versus Control, and after my latest changes the Aggro matchup has become really better.

new list, please check it out

i like it, but the point is that if is a 1:2 trade, it still takes an removal spell of of the opponent. maybe against RDW it isn't the best, but in almost any ofher matchup it takes an removal spell for 1 blue, i think that is a pretty good trade.

yeah that is right, but its somewhat the same...

but yes, it is pretty nice that the "pros" can help me´:)

II would also cut Curiosity and Unstable mutation as they both are 2 for 1 disadvantage when your creature got removed.

Actually Unstable Muation and Curiosity is some of the best cards in the deck, Mutation deals alone 10 damage on a small flyier.

I thought about playing Stoneforge, and then playing SoFaI, Empyrial Plate and maybe SoLaS... i thought about cutting Top, Hokori and Mealstrom Djinn. The Sphinx is just to good.

what about Gush, when you play Empyrial Plate?

witch would totally destroy the curve... why do you want 4 mana counterspell, in an aggro deck... no aggro deck would play venser and cryptic command. the original skies deck played 1/1 evasion dorks, and if i wanted to make another deck, i would have done it.

[Round 1]

Tournament Rapport:

Since it is a relativly new deck, i was nice to try it out in a local Highlader Tournament...

We were 8 persons and played 4 round - Final.



Round 1, vs GW Aggro

this should be a very bad matchup from my side, since he had both small cheap guys, and lots of equipments.

Game 1:
He had a lot of early presure, but i was just swimming in removal and counterspells, so my little flying weenies took the game home.

Game 2:
I had no play turn 1 or turn 2, but luckly my opponent only had an Qasali Pridemage beeting me. i O'ringed it, but he had to much gas, so game went in his favour.

Game 3:
This game went very fast after my opponent was stuck on one land, witch i wasted. so his only creatures were noble hierarch and savannah lions... but a perfectly timed standstill and serendib efreet won me the game...

1 - 0


Round 2 - vs Gw RAMBO

this deck is the boogeyman of our meta, small mana eleves and eldrazies, this was an even badder matchup.

Game 1:
This game went very fast, and dont remember a lot of it, but i remember loosing.

Game 2:
This was more interesting. i had an early flyier, but my opponent had Natural Order into Pelakka Wurm turn 2, with help from Arbor Elf and City of Traitors. This was not the best, because it ment that i could't race him. I got an serra avenger with specter's shroud and an Zephyr Sprite. But when he flashed in Avenger of Zendikar with Quicksilver Amulet i knew the game properly was over. I made a wrong block and ended up killing myself with my own Serendib Efreet.

1 - 1



Round 3, vs Jund Aggro

After my first win aganinst an aggro deck, my hopes were up high.

Game 1:
He had alot of early presure, but my bigger flyiers took home the game.

Game 2:
After my opponent had 4 dudes in turn 2, and i had no gas before turn 3, i quickly lost.

Game 3:
My opponent mulliganed to 6, without the oppourtunity to send any cards away, so when i had mox diamond, island into turn 1 winter orb, he looked a little sad. He was stuck on one land, and i had counter backup for whatever he would play. When my second flyier hit the board, he conceded.

2 - 1



Round 4, vs WB Death and Taxes

I haddent really watched this deck in action, but i knew it had a lot of removal and discard spells.

Game 1:
When he just had removal for all of my flyiers and discard spells for my removal, i died relativly quickly.

Game 2:
I cant remember a lot from this game, but then he fetched Karakas to bounce my only blocker, the game was over.


2 - 2


All in all, i was pretty happy with the deck. Even though i went 2 - 2, i was surprised how well it did against aggro, maybe i was just lucky? I was a little unhappy that i didn't meet any control deck, when my deck has the best matchups against those kinda decks.

Here is the updated version of the deck. i changed quite a few cards, and i feel like the deck runs very nice. Still if you have some ideas, i would like to hear them:

Lands(32):

10 Island
7 Plains
Tundra
Hallowed Fountain
Adarkar Wastes
Polluted Delta
Flooded Strand
Windswept Heath
Scalding Tarn
Misty Rainforest
Arid Mesa
Marsh Flats
Wasteland
Karakas
Faerie Conclave
Mutavault
Mishra's Factory


0CC:
Chrome Mox
Pact of Negation

1CC
Isamaru, Hound of Konda
Elite Vanguard
Savannah Lions
Figure of Destiny
Student of Warfare
Phantasmal Bear - really impressed with this guy, is almost just an Isamaru
Cursecather
Æther Vial
Spell Pierce
Force Spike
Mana Thite
Mental Misstep
Condescend
Spell Snare
Ancestral Vision
Path to Exile
Swords to Plowshares
Brainstorm
Sensei's Divining Top


2CC:
Mistral Charger
Stormfront Pegasus
Serra Avenger
Spiketail Hatchling
Ninja of the Deep Hours - Ninjitsu
Stoneforge Mystic
Coralhelm Commander
Jötun Grunt
Grand Abolisher
Phantasmal Image - so many good interactions
Daze
Mana Leak
Remand
Memory Lapse
Mana Drain
Counterpell
Miscalculation
Standstill
Into the Roil
Journey to Nowhere


3CC:
Serendib Efreet
Aven Mindcensor
Vendilion Clique
Mirran Crusader
Kitchen Finks
Fathom Seer - Morphed
Porcelain Legionaire
Wake Thrasher - Testing, seems decent
Stitched Drake - also testing, not complitely satisfied
Spiketail Drakeling
Aven Mimeomancer
Geist of Saint Traft - BROKEN!
Oblivion Ring
Psionic Blast
Back to Basics
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Light and Shadow
Sword of Feast and Famine
Jace Beleren


4CC:
Ranger of Eos
Venser, Shaper Savant
Elspeth, Knight Errant
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Cryptic Command

5CC:
Batterskull
Force of Will
Gush