Does anyone think that land destruction might be viable in standard?
Was it ever viable? I was playing in the times of Stripmine x4 Sinkhole x4, but after that? ;)
It definitely viable but it also paints a big target on your back, lol
The only way in type 2 to do LD is g/r and to use the turn one land bird turn two beast withen then what ever red LD then on... The lack of the 3 mana LD kinda stalls the deck... Thank god for beast withen... I think it will be some time b4 a tier 1 type 2 LD is back in the meta... Come on reprint stone rain
I'm almost tempted to play LD in this next FNM. Make somany people mad... Tho it doesn't make the as mad as mill...
When LD was land bird go.... Land stone rain .... Land reap and sow/ demolish.... Land plow under.... Then eternal whitness that gets u mad.... Lol plow under was the best land shift ever
Love plow under. Back around Mirrodin is where I saw lots of LD builds.
They will never print stone rain or molten rain in the same standard format with beast within I don't think.
If they do it will be like 3 red mana or at least 2
Molten rain does cost 2 red, still no lol nobody likes to play against land destruction so wizards doesn't go out of their way to make it stronger.
A little home brew of my build for LD.
Deck
45 cards, 15 sideboard
6 Forest
6 Mountain
3 Raging Ravine
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Tectonic Edge
23 lands
3 Acidic Slime
4 Birds of Paradise
2 Goblin Ruinblaster
3 Invader Parasite
2 Overgrown Battlement
14 creatures
3 Beast Within
2 Chandra Ablaze
2 Chandra, the Firebrand
3 Explore
2 Fireball
3 Harrow
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Roiling Terrain
23 other spells
Sideboard
3 Act of Aggression
3 Creeping Corrosion
3 Lavaball Trap
3 Ratchet Bomb
3 Summoning Trap
15 sideboard cards
Here is a completely standard 2011 r/g/w Ld deck. 60 cards (main)
4 razorverge thicket
4 copperline gorge
4 ghost quarter
2 sun petal grove
2 root bound crag
10 forest
26 lands (ghost quarter for LD)
4 birds of paradise
4 porcelain legionaire
4 blade splicer
1 master splicer
1 solumn simulacrum
2 sun Titan
2 acidic slime
1 brutalizer exarch
1 maul splicer
20 creatures
3 beast within
3 tectonic rift
4 birthing pod
4 mimic vat
14 spells
2 acidic slime
2 timely reinforcements
1 solumn simulacrum
2 wing splicer
3 surgical extraction
1 sensor splicer
3 mental mistep
1 brutalizer exarch
15 side board
Cool! I'm actually partial to a Lil LD.
I had a standard LD that revolved around {Galvanoth}, {Noxious Revival}, {Reclaim}, and {Melt Terrain}.
LD = grieffing
:(
I really like running LD decks. Partially because I'm a bastard, but mainly I just really like control decks. My other main tourney deck is a B/U control/zombie (extra heavy on control!) It's only got 2 different creatures in the whole deck. Any chance I can whip up a control deck with a color other than blue or black I'm on it. Even my mono red burn deck is only creature control until I get my finishers out. HE HE HE! I mean really, what is more controlling than stripping you of your mana.
By the way, great idea with the nouxious revival. I'll have to work that in some how.
You want some real control with mono red. {Cunning Sparkmage} and {Basilisk Collar}. I call it the death poker. Lol