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The Dragon's Den
OK, for those of you that
 don't
go out and play competitively, I have one thing to say;
You don't know what you're missing. Well, at least
right now. The extended format is one of the best
tournament formats that there have been in a while.
There is nearly perfect parody among the decks in the
format. There is also room for creativity. This is
always a bonus.
The other thing to remember is that Extended is the
format that allows the most cards/sets to be played
among Pro Tour Qualifier formats. So this is the one
time you will have to play cards from Tempest to present
and earn yourself a spot on the Pro Tour. For those of
you that are unaware though, let me give you a quick
rundown of what the Extended format looks like:
The following card sets are permitted in Extended tournaments:
The following cards are banned in Extended tournaments:
Check out that lists. That's a TON of cards that you
can play and very few that you can't play. Other than
what's available, the format as a whole is great right
now. Everyone is excited about it. Players always turn
up for Extended events that you may not see at any other
major event all year.
And it doesn't stop there. Wizards of the Coast has
taken a full step further and started posting the top 8
decks from every qualifier on their website. The link
is at:
Even better, is that you aren't too late. We are barely
reaching the halfway point in the season. So it is very
likely that there are still one or two Pro Tour
Qualifiers within driving distance of where you live.
The season runs all the way to March 26th.
OK, so maybe I still don't have you convinced. I'm
going to help you out, and hopefully motivate you just a
LITTLE bit more. I'm going to give a crash course on
the decks in the formats. I will be showing decks that
have done well across the nation this qualifier season.
So here they are (in no particular order):
This deck is pretty straight forward in what it does.
It wants to keep making more and more guys with the use
of Kiki-Jiki. Also, creature that sacrifice themselves
and have "comes into play" abilities work great in this
deck. However, when Opposition hits, things can become
a big problem. The good news is that this deck doesn't
run a lot of spell counters, so it can be dealt with.
The bad news is that it's hard to sneak out of a
Opposition lock if they have any backup.
This deck is based around flat out abusing cards. There
are a lot of ways to get your creatures into the
graveyard in this deck. Then it makes use of cheap
reanimation spells such as Reanimate and Exhume. It is
possible to be staring a turn two Akroma attacking you.
It doesn't spell the end of the game for you. It just
means that you need to be in a hurry.
This deck is summed up in one word: Efficiency. It's
got creatures with great abilities. It's able to hit
hard. It has a lot of removal. And it's got potential
for some huge damage out of the sideboard with cards
such as Blood Oath. The down side is that it's
creatures are a little fragile. So against cards like
Soul of Night's Betrayal, you will likely have to get
your damage in early and finish them with burn. It's a
fun deck to play too.
Every time I see a Rock build, it simply looks like a best of the best card list. And honestly, it just might be. The creatures are great and the spells are great. The deck has a lot of versatility and can go the distance with slow decks. The downside is that many people playtest against this deck. So your opponent usually knows the matchup better than you. However, it's still a strong deck.
There were rumors of the Goblins' demise. Those rumors
are obviously false. These guys are still viable. The
trick is that this deck needs the black mana. The
discard is so important in Extended. I would cut some
of the sideboard Wrench Mind for Soul of Night's
Betrayal. Red Deck Wins is an awful matchup for this
deck.
Honestly, this deck is interesting. It revolves around
Quirion Dryad. They play a ton of spells to make a
giant creature and bash you about the head and neck with
it. And if things go bad, they will try to finish you
with Psychatog.
Yeah, and speaking of Psychatog, here is featured in his
own deck. There aren't a lot of tricks here. They try
to stop everything you do. Then they try to land a
Psychatog to finish you off. Nothing special, but it's
still highly effective.
This deck is probably one of the easiest to build in the format. Lots of players still have the bulk of these cards from when they played the deck in Standard. It's highly effective and has some interesting tricks. If you are looking for a deck to play, this one isn't a bad choice.
OK, so review those above. That's a strong list of
decks. And that's not nearly everything. There's still
Blue/White control, Enchantress, Scepter Chant, Aluren,
and even Affinity.
Now is the best time to play Extended.
Do some testing. Get some friends together. Put in a
road trip. Enjoy Magic.
Until next time,
DeQuan Watson
a.k.a. PowrDragn
at Pojo dot com
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