Recently, I've been playing my B/G Rock variant, Commands Rock, on Magic Online (as I describe in this post). I named it after the fact that I'm running both the oft-used Profane Command and the under-used Primal Command.
Which is AMAZING.
Just saying. More in the extended.
For a bit now, I've been wanting to jam together a bunch of my favorite cards into one hideous concoction. Specifically, I've been enjoying playing Rock decks of late, but you know what's been missing?
Hellkites.
And Void.
So why not just jam everything together into one black-red-green mash that has the best of all three colors and their respective combinations? And if you're doing that, why not go ahead and have a legendary Elf Warrior as part of your manabase instead of those wimpy little birds? What, after all, could be cooler than Radha, some dragons, some planeswalkers, Voiding away your opponent's field and hand, and then Profane Commanding them out of the game?
Morningtide was released last week, and per the new policy, is already Standard legal. Although I can't promise massive creativity, here are some post-Morningtide Standard deck designs. We have (all in the extended):
That's Weird - A fast-paced aggro goblin deck that hopes to have some reach past turn three
Oblivion Idyll - A creatureless deck that leverages the power of Idyllic Tutor and combines it with a transformative sideboard for game two
Prowl Rack - A TarmoRack update that builds in some interesting synergies with Dryads and Outlaws, of all things.
Alexander Shearer is a biologist, gamer, and writer. He has written for games and educational comics, and writes the ongoing In Development column at ChannelFireball.com when he's not collecting his gaming thoughts here at Gifts Ungiven.
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