GWB Token

Xanzurth · August 10, 2012, 09:51:13 PM

GWB Token

75 cards, 15 sideboard

3 {Plains}
4 {Isolated Chapel}
2 {Evolving Wilds}
4 {Woodland Cemetery}
4 {Sunpetal Grove}
3 {Forest}
3 {Swamp}

23 lands

3 {Bloodline Keeper}
3 {Hero of Bladehold}
3 {Birds of Paradise}

9 creatures

2 {Garruk, Primal Hunter}
3 {Lingering Souls}
3 {Dismember}
4 {Intangible Virtue}
3 {Go for the Throat}
2 {Elspeth Tirel}
3 {Midnight Haunting}
3 {Oblivion Ring}
2 {Sorin, Lord of Innistrad}
3 {Farseek}

28 other spells

Sideboard

2 {Black Sun's Zenith}
2 {Grafdigger's Cage}
3 {Doom Blade}
3 {Noxious Revival}
3 {Stony Silence}
2 {Surgical Extraction}

15 sideboard cards

Guitello · August 10, 2012, 10:00:28 PM

Replace the {Garruk Relentless}'s with {Garruk, primal hunter}, he makes 3/3's as opposed to 2/2's and 1/1's, also his ult makes a crap ton of 6/6's

Xanzurth · August 10, 2012, 10:05:59 PM

I understand he makes "bigger" tokens but {garruk relentless}s ultimate makes more sense with all my tokens plus his tokens have death touch.

Guitello · August 10, 2012, 10:11:36 PM

Quote from: Xanzurth on August 10, 2012, 10:05:59 PM
I understand he makes "bigger" tokens but {garruk relentless}s ultimate makes more sense with all my tokens plus his tokens have death touch.

That much makes sense, but with {Garruk, primal hunter}, his ult pretty much says "you will win". Only once or twice have I popped that ult and lost. Also, from my experience with tournament play, {Garruk Relentless} rarely ever sees a flipped ult. Requiring him to go down to 1-2 loyalty is very risky, as he dies to pretty much any direct damage or a mass attack. And when comparing 3/3's to 1/1's with deathtouch, the 3/3s win out IMO. Plus, in a pinch, he draws you cards.
Even if you manage to ultimate {Garruk relentless}, you don't have many creatures to be in your GY, as you are very token based

Guitello · August 10, 2012, 10:16:32 PM

Quote from: Xanzurth on August 10, 2012, 10:05:59 PM
I understand he makes "bigger" tokens but {garruk relentless}s ultimate makes more sense with all my tokens plus his tokens have death touch.

Also his ult is actually quite counter-intuitive because of all your tokens. You will probably find it tough ultimate for more the. X=1-2

Coffee Vampire · August 10, 2012, 10:21:00 PM

IMHO {Garruk, Primal Hunter} is mainly good for his draw power. And it id only useful if you run big creatures.

Guitello · August 10, 2012, 10:24:57 PM

Quote from: Coffee Vampire on August 10, 2012, 10:21:00 PM
IMHO {Garruk, Primal Hunter} is mainly good for his draw power. And it id only useful if you run big creatures.

With intangible virtues, you can draw 4 from his tokens from his +1

Xanzurth · August 10, 2012, 10:45:19 PM

I guess what scares me is his trip green requirement. And I can't believe I missed the GY requirement for his ultimate.

Xanzurth · August 10, 2012, 10:55:46 PM

So updated with {garruk, primal hunter}. Gonna love to run this at FNM next Friday.

Xanzurth · August 11, 2012, 09:53:40 PM

So proxied out a few cards I need to get but the deck ran pretty good in test runs. Was over runnning board by turn 4-5 with pumped tokens.