Decklist

Decklist

Example List

This is a list very close to the one that took 16th place in Grand Prix Las Vegas.

Lands (24)
Underground Sea
Tropical Island
Bayou
Forest
Swamp
Island
Misty Rainforest
Polluted Delta
Wasteland
Dark Depths
Thespian's Stage
Cephalid Coliseum
Creeping Tar Pit
Bojuka Bog
Karakas
Cabal Pit

Artifacts & Enchantments (1)
Pernicious Deed

Instants and Sorceries (22)
Abrupt Decay
Brainstorm
Ponder
Crop Rotation
Thoughtseize
Force of Will
Life from the Loam
Toxic Deluge

Planeswalkers (4)
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Liliana of the Veil
Liliana the Last Hope

Creatures (10)
Snapcaster Mage
Baleful Strix
Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Nimble Obstructionist
Sideboard (15)
Surgical Extraction
Thoughtseize
Spell Pierce
Golgari Charm
Flusterstorm
Invasive Surgery
Pernicious Deed
Garruk Relentless
Liliana, the Last Hope
Sorcerous Spyglass
Maelstrom Pulse

These core, defining cards are essential to the strategy of the deck and should never be taken out of a full 75 card list. Nor should they typically be reduced too far below their stated quantities (e.g. If they are not in the main deck, they should probably be moved to the sideboard rather than removed entirely.) NOTE: Mox Diamond has been replaced with Deathrite Shaman, which has been replaced by more Baleful Strix — the card provides immediate advantage, and provides a stall-tactic for keeping creatures at bay.

Core Cards

Lands (5)
Dark Depths
Thespian's Stage
Wasteland

Planeswalkers (3)
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Liliana of the Veil

Creatures (7)
Baleful Strix
Snapcaster Mage

Instants (13)
Abrupt Decay
Brainstorm
Crop Rotation
Force of Will

Sorceries (2)
Life from the Loam

Tokens (1)
Marit Lage

This totals up to 25 cards, and assuming a core mana-base of 18 colored mana producing lands (recommended), leaves eighteen flex slots (excluding additional flex provided by mana-producing, utility lands).

Utility Cards

These are cards that prove useful in the deck depending on play-style and current meta-game. Typically these cards have synergy with the Crop Rotation / Intuition / Life from the Loam / graveyard value package.

Lands (12)
Academy Ruins
Cabal Pit
Lonely Sandbar
Tranquil Thicket
Barren Moor
Creeping Tar Pit
Maze of Ith
Karakas
Bojuka Bog
Volrath’s Stronghold
Mortuary Mire
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale

Graveyard Playables (3)
Raven’s Crime
Darkblast
Worm Harvest

Planeswalkers: (3)
Garruk Relentless
Nissa, Vital Force
Liliana the Last Hope

Creatures (6)
Snapcaster Mage
Vendilion Clique
Venser, Shaper Savant
Nimble Obstructionist
Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Runic Armasaur

Spells (3)
Stifle
Thoughtseize
Collective Brutality