The top decks in the Australian and Canadian
Nationals, and other strong tourneys in Finland and France, are listed below.
These decks are the decks to either play, or be prepared for... because
you will be playing against them. To be competitive it is extremely important
to have the answer to massive board control, massive counterspells, or both.
With the reintroduction of Ice Age and Homelands, Swords to Plowshares, Serrated
Arrows, Icy Manipulator and Stormbind are all cards to look out for, as well
as the traditional Wrath of God. Also expect Ihsan's Shade and Ashen
Ghouls to make cameo appearances. Board control is the name of
the game, so expect Man 'O Wars every which way you turn, along with his
less friendly chum, Nekrataal. Abeyance is the super card (so far) to emerge
from the Weatherlight set, along with the versatile Gemstone Mine.
CounterPost, "Buried Alive" and "Abeyance" decks should be all the
rage. I'm still looking for strong deck archetypes, so if you have a
deck listing you're willing to share of a strong tourney winning deck, please
send it in.
| 1st Canada, Mike Donais'
Counter Post Deck |
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
2 Dissipate
3 Impulse
1 Steal Artifact
|
4 Wrath of God
3 Disenchant
1 Greater Realms of Preservation
|
4 Icy Manipulator
1 Serrated Arrows
1 Winter Orb
1 Mana Web
1 Soldevi Digger
1 Phyrexian Furnace
3 Sky Diamond
1 Marble Diamond
|
3 Thawing Glaciers
4 Quicksand
2 Kjeldoran Outpost
2 Adarkar Wastes
2 Flood Plains
6 Island
6 Plains
|
Sideboard: *UNKNOWN*
2 Swords to Plowshares
3 Exile
2? Karma
|
Sideboard (cont):
2 Mana Web
1 Disenchant
|
| 1st/2nd Australia,
Lenny Collin's/Rod Ho's Phelddagrif Deck |
2 Phelddagrif
4 Air Elemental
1 Waterspout Djinn
4 Counterspell
3 Force of Will
2 Dissipate
1 Brainstorm
|
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Wrath of God
3 Disenchant
1 Fireball
3 Incinerate
2 Sylvan Library |
|
4 Thawing Glaciers
2 Quicksand
2 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Adarkar Wastes
2 Kjeldoran Outpost
1 Forest
2 Mountain
5 Plains
8 Island
|
Sideboard:
1 Wrath of God
3 COP: Red
2 COP: Black
2 Pyroblast
|
Sideboard (cont):
3 Political Trickery
1 Disenchant
1 Serentiy
2 Pyroclasm
|
| 3rd Australia, Zhong
Ou's Squandered Haups Deck |
3 Rainbow Efreet
2 Suq'Ata Firewalker
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
4 Arcane Denial
4 Impulse
3 Squandered Resources
1 Hazerider Drake
|
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Wrath of God
2 Disenchant
3 Jokulhaups
1 Wildfire Emissary
4 Elvish Spirit Guide
1 Ukatabi Orangutan
|
1 Phyrexian Furnace
|
1 Thawing Glaciers
4 Undiscovered Paradise
4 City of Brass
3 Adarkar Wastes
1 Sheltered Valley
8 Island
|
Sideboard:
3 Gerrard's Wisdom
3 Pyroblast
1 COP: Blue
1 Wand of Denial
1 Spatial Binding
|
Sideboard (cont):
1 Stormbind
1 Disenchant
2 Political Trickery
1 Barbed Foliage
1 Abeyance
|
| 4th Australia, Matt
Goodall's U/W/r Deck |
1 Rainbow Efreet
2 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
2 Power Sink
1 Dissipate
3 Binding Grasp
|
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Wrath of God
2 Disenchant
2 Gossamer Chains
3 Incinerate
2 Fireball
|
2 Icy Manipulator
2 Nevinyrral's Disk
|
3 Thawing Glaciers
3 Kjeldoran Outpost
3 Undiscovered Paradise
2 City of Brass
2 Flood Plains
2 Mountain
6 Plains
5 Island
|
Sideboard:
1 Pyroblast
1 Flood
1 Sleight of Mind
1 Stone Rain
2 Disenchant
1 Political Trickery
|
Sideboard (cont):
2 Teferi's Honor Guard
1 Rainbow Efreet
1 Stormbind
1 Disrupting Scepter
2 COP: Red
1 Phyrexian Furnace
|
| 5th Australia, Ray
Harber's WW Deck |
2 Repentant Blacksmith
3 Duskrider Falcon
4 Freewind Falcon
4 White Knight
4 Order of the White shield
2 Swords to Plowshares
2 Disenchant
3 Empyrial Armor
3 Armageddon
|
3 Sea Sprite
2 Arcane Denial
3 Sleight of Mind
1 Mind Bend
|
3 Winter Orb
|
2 Thawing Glaciers
3 Kjeldoran Outpost
3 Undiscovered Paradise
4 Adarkar Wastes
2 Quicksand
2 Island
8 Plains
|
Sideboard: *UNKNOWN*
|
Sideboard (cont):
|
| 6th Australia, Ben
Seck's /Howard Mak's Forgotten Orb Deck |
2 Shadow Guildmage
4 Fallen Askari
3 Knight of Stromgald
4 Black Knight
3 Nekrataal
3 Barrow Ghoul
3 Contagion
|
4 Arcane Denial
3 Memory Lapse
3 Man 'o War
|
4 Winter Orb
3 Serrated Biskelion
|
2 Quicksand
3 Undiscovered Paradise
3 City of Brass
4 Underground River
2 Island
8 Swamp
|
Sideboard:
3 Dystopia
2 Gloom
2 Disenchant
|
Sideboard (cont):
4 Hydroblast
3 Choking Sand
1 Bad Moon
|
| 7th Australia, Andrew
MacDonald's Green Machine |
3 Llanowar Elves
3 Quiron Ranger
3 Ghazban Ogre
3 Rogue Elephant
4 River Boa
1 Whirling Dervish
1 Spectral Bear
3 Fallow Wurm
4 Harvest Wurm
2 Uktabi Orangutan
1 Elvish Spirit Guide
2 Nettletooth Djinn
1 Kaysa
|
3 Giant Growth
1 Armor of Thorns
1 Bounty of the Hunt
2 Emerald Charm
2 Hurricane
|
|
1 Thawing Glaciers
1 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Heart of Yavimaya
16 Forest
|
Sideboard:
2 City of Solitude
1 Ankh of Mishra
1 Winterblast
1 Whirling Dervish
3 Armageddon
|
Sideboard (cont):
1 Uktabi Orangutan
3 Plains
1 Thawing Glacier
1 Brushland
1 Gemstone Mine |
| 8th Australia, Sheppard's
"Comerish" Turbo-Xerox Deck |
3 Waterspout Djinn
3 Suq'Ata Firewalker
3 Man'o War
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
3 Dissipate
4 Memory Lapse
3 Power Sink
|
4 Portent
4 Brainstorm
4 Foreshadow
4 Impulse
1 Foresight
|
|
2 Quicksand
14 Island
|
Sideboard:
2 Knights of the Mist
1 Suq'Ata Firewalker
1 Man'o War
2 Disrupt
2 Dream Tides
|
Sideboard (cont):
1 Island
2 Phyrexian Furnace
2 Remove Soul
2 Political Trickery
|
| Hovi's "Sumu" Deck |
4 Sandstalkers
4 Incinerate
4 Thunderbolt
4 Fireblast
2 Hammer of Bogardan
|
4 Fog Elemental
4 Memory Lapse
4 Impulse
1 Ancestral Knowledge
4 Frenetic Efreet
|
|
2 Quicksand
9 Island
14 Mountain
|
No Sideboard.
|
|
| Sam Ward's Flying Counter
Post |
3 Wall of Air
2 Air Elemental
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
3 Dissipate
2 Political Trickery
2 Browse
|
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Wrath of God
3 Disenchant
4 Abeyance
|
|
3 Thawing Glaciers
3 Kjeldoran Outpost
3 Adarkar Wastes
9 Plains
8 Island
|
Sideboard:
4 Hydroblast
2 Serrated Arrows
1 Greater Realm of Preservation
3 Glaciers
|
Sideboard (cont):
1 Political Trickery
1 Feldon's Cane
1 Disenchant
2 Mana Web
|
| Eric Tam's "Buried
Alive" Deck |
2 Nether Shadow
4 Fallen Askari
4 Black Knight
4 Knight of Stromgald
2 Erg Raiders
4 Ashen Ghouls
|
2 Dark Ritual
3 Contagion
1 Drain Life
2 Choking Sands
4 Buried Alive
2 Necropotence
4 Bad Moon
|
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
|
3 Quicksand
18 Swamp
|
Sideboard: *UNKNOWN*
4 Dystopia
1 Contagion
|
Sideboard (cont):
3 Nevinyrral's Disk
|
| Szwedowski's 4Color
Black Deck |
2 Shadow Guildmage
4 Fallen Askari
4 Skulking Ghost
4 Nekrataal
2 Contagion
1 Vampiric Tutor
|
4 Suq'Ata Lancer
4 Incinerate
1 Pyrokinesis
4 Man 'o War
4 Arcane Denial
2 Uktabi Orangutan
|
3 Winter Orb
|
3 Quicksand
4 Undiscovered Paradise
3 City of Brass
3 Mountain
2 Island
7 Swamp
|
Sideboard:
4 Dystopia
1 Contagion
1 Winter Orb
3 Pyroblast
|
Sideboard (cont):
3 Hydroblast
1 Uktabi Oragutan
1 Dwarven Miner
1 Knights of the Mist
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