Top 8 Magic – Brian David Marshall and Michael J. Flores – Standard Nonsense (fixed)

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Mike and I played with a handful of Standard decks on MTGO the other day and talked our way through the new Standard format. Decks ranged from Mike’s brews to a Grixis Control deck to Evan Erwin’s GW Behemoth Pledge. Each installment is one match on MTGO with a particular deck.

Standard Nonsense: Part One
Here is the decklist we were using for this match:
Junk Mana Ramp
4 Grim Discovery
4 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
2 Sorin Markov
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Putrid Leech
4 Lotus Cobra
4 Baneslayer Angel
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
4 Path to Exile
1 Graypelt Refuge
4 Forest
4 Marsh Flats
4 Plains
4 Swamp
4 Sunpetal Grove
4 Verdant Catacombs
Sideboard:
4 Doom Blade
4 Mind Shatter
2 Sorin Markov
4 Celestial Purge
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant

[part 2]
Another match with the same Junk Mana Ramp list…
Standard Nonsense: Part Two

[part 3]
Mike and I switched decks and started playing with a “slightly awkward” Nissa Revane creation of Mike’s. Nissa Revane definitley seemed like it could be a real Constructed card at the right moment in time…just not sure that moment is now.
Standard Nonsense: Part Three
Here is the list in all its awkward glory:
Nissa’s Last One Chosen
4 Baneslayer Angel
1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Ajani Vengeant
2 Kazandu Refuge
2 Graypelt Refuge
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Turntimber Ranger
4 Sunpetal Grove
4 Jungle Shrine
4 Elvish Archdruid
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Nissa Revane
1 Mountain
1 Plains
4 Forest
2 Forest
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Nissa’s Chosen
Sideboard:
3 Path to Exile
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
4 Acidic Slime
4 Great Sable Stag

[part 4]
Another match played with Nissa’s Last One Chosen
Standard Nonsense: Part Four

[part 5]
We switched away from MIke’s decks for a moment to try out the green-white Conqueror’s Pledge deck that Evan Erwin had been twittering about that day. His list seems to have evolved further but this was where it was when he shuffled up for a couple of games with Behemoth Pledge.
Standard Nonsense: Part Five
Here is the decklist we were using:
Behemoth Pledge
8 Forest
8 Plains
1 Behemoth Sledge
3 Dauntless Escort
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Path to Exile
3 Valeron Outlander
3 Ajani Goldmane
2 Garruk Wildspeaker
2 Captain of the Watch
3 Honor of the Pure
4 Sunpetal Grove
3 Steward of Valeron
2 Brave the Elements
4 Conqueror’s Pledge
4 Graypelt Refuge
2 Journey to Nowhere
Sideboard:
1 Behemoth Sledge
2 Qasali Pridemage
3 Celestial Purge
3 Oblivion Ring
2 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2 Pithing Needle
2 Luminarch Ascension

[part 6]
Mike and switched decks again…this time to the deck formerly known as Mono Cascade. Apparently Jon Becker was peeved (imagine that) that the deck was not actually “mono-anything” — color, cascade, what-have-you. Mike has taken to calling the deck BeckerDotDec in honor of our curmudgeonly friend. This was definitley my favorite deck that we played on the evening although it felt pretty cumbersome at times with all the do nothing turns and come-into-play tapped lands. Still it was a lot of fun to play and really highlighted for me just how powerful Blightning is against the Planeswalkers strategies we kept seeing on MTGO that evening.
Standard Nonsense: Part Six
Here is the list:
BeckerDotDec
4 Bituminous Blast
4 Blightning
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Captured Sunlight
4 Deny Reality
4 Enlisted Wurm
4 Esper Charm
4 Baneslayer Angel
2 Arcane Sanctum
1 Arid Mesa
4 Crumbling Necropolis
4 Exotic Orchard
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Mountain
2 Plains
4 Rupture Spire
4 Savage Lands
2 Seaside Citadel
1 Swamp
Sideboard:
3 Ajani Vengeant
4 Maelstrom Pulse
4 Rhox War Monk
4 Lightning Bolt

[part 7]
One last match with BeckerDotDec
Standard Nonsense: Part Seven