So I was up at the local shop yesterday (Full Moon Games), and I played a match with the owner as he was giving me a few ideas to help tweak my deck. So far, everyone that I've talked to about it likes it, which is a plus. Me and one of the other more competitive guys that works at the shop have been sound boarding ideas back and forth and he's helped me make some valuable tweeks. My main point today is that I played against a deck that isn't seeing any attention in the metagame right now at all, which is strange. I don't have the exact deck list, but it is essentially Bant Pod with an emphasis on the UW side of things. There is of course the core of the Green in there for birds and the staples like Acidic Slime. What floored me is how much the deck played out like a Solar-Flare deck. There were so many great card interactions that I was left a little confused after a few of his plays and had to take the time to go through them step by step in my head before I let him finish. The deck was running Venser, Sun Titan, Phyrexian Metamorph, Phantasmal Image, Trinket Mage, Acid Slime and a ton of other great stuff. It was mind blowing how fast he got running, too. I think the best bit of tech in the deck were the Stonehorn Dignitaries paired up with the clones, the Pod, and the Sun Titans. After around turn 4 or 5 every game, I got Stonehorn locked within sight of victory. It was consistent, it was obvious and it was harsh.
My thinking is... In an Aggro dominated environment such as the one we're seeing in Standard right now, why is this deck not seeing more play? It's just too good against the other popular decks. It doesn't leave much room for escape over all. The way the Pod works in the deck is amazing. It gives a much more versatile package when paired with blue instead of Red. I'm going to go up there and ask Ray to give me another look at it later today.
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