Old Fart Magic League, Week 3

Well as so many league sealed pools end up, I have enough cards in the pool to make two almost completely separate decks. I chose to split along the thematic lines I eluded to last week, black-blue rogues & red-green warriors. As I expected black-blue rogues was more consistent and capable of explosive silly starts way more often than the more powerful, less consistent red-green warrior build. I won’t bother to list the list for red-green warriors but will note that even with Garruk and Nath, its lack of removal for creatures with four or more toughness made these two bombs too little too late.

However, I will list my build for blue-black rogues which after losing the first game to Jake, proceeded to win the next seven straight, including 2-0 sweeps of Kiersten, Dale, and Ed. Without further ado:

Black-Blue Rogues:
Boggart Loggers
Deeptread Merrow
Dewdrop Spy
Drowner of Secrets
Fencer Clique
Inkfathom Divers
Latchkey Faerie
Moonglove Changeling (2)
Mulldrifter
Sage of Fables (2)
Stinkdrinker Bandit (2)
Stonybrook Angler
Morsel Theft
Pact’s Disdain
Research the Deep
Thieve’s Fortune
Violet Pall
Weedstrangle
Whirlpool Whelm
Wings of Velis Vel

A couple of quick comments about this build. In eight games I never saw Pact’s Disdain once. Wings of Velis Vel isn’t really that good in this deck, so it would be one of the first things to go, in favor of an addition from the next pack. Overall, this deck did exactly what I expected it to do, generate a lot of card advantage early and swarm with evasion guys and use its pinpoint removal to stall my opponents big guys.

I also seem to be reinforcing the belief that I prefer to play control decks. Whether this true or not, in sealed I build & play the best build and tend to lean towards consistency versus raw power (However, this is still format dependent as some formats are full of bombs in every color combination and others have very few overall) which in Morningtide sealed either becomes a controlling rogue build or an aggressive warrior beat down deck. Feel free to disagree, but that is what I see.

For next week, the last pack:

Changeling Sentinel (#2)
Graceful Reprive
Dewdrop Spy (#2)
Fencer Clique
Floodchaser (#4)
Mind Spring
Stonybrook Banneret
Morsel Theft (#2)
Nightshade Schemers
Squeaking Pie Grubfellows
Mudbutton Clanger
Spitebellows
Ambassador Oak
Luminescent Rain
Reins of the Vinesteed

This brings the final sealed pool to:

White:
Cenn’s Heir
Crib Swap
Harpoon Sniper
Hillcomber Giant
Kinsbaile Balloonist
Kithkin Healer
Shields of Velis Vel
Springjack Knight
Ballyrush Banneret
Burrenton Bombardier
Burrenton Shield-Bearers (2)
Changeling Sentinel (2)
Forfend (2)
Graceful Reprive
Mosquito Guard
Redeem the Lost (foil)
Shinewend

Blue:
Deeptread Merrow
Drowner of Secrets
Ego Erasure
Inkfathom Divers
Mulldrifter
Ringskipper
Stonybrook Angler (foil)
Wings of Velis Vel
Whirlpool Whelm
Dewdrop Spy (2)
Disperse
Fencer Clique (2)
Floodchaser (4)
Latchkey Faerie
Mind Spring
Merrow Witsniper
Nevermaker
Research the Deep
Sage of Fables (2)
Stonybrook Banneret
Stream of Unconsciousness
Thieve’s Fortune

Black:
Boggart Birth Rite
Boggart Loggers
Facevaulter
Final Revels
Nectar Faerie
Thieving Sprite
Weed Strangle
Festercreep
Moonglove Changeling (2)
Morsel Theft (2)
Nightshade Schemers
Pact’s Disdain
Pulling Teeth (2)
Scarblade Elite
Squeaking Pie Grubfellows
Stinkdrinder Bandit (2)
Violet Pall

Red:
Adder-Staff Boggart
Blades of Velis Vel
Boggart Sprite-Chaser
Flamekin Brawler
Goatnapper
Hearthcage Giant
Ingot Chewer
Lash Out
Lowland Oaf
Needle Drop
Kindred Fury
Stingmoggie
Boldwyr Intimidator
Brighthearth Banneret
Lunk Errant (foil)
Mudbutton Clanger
Release the Ants
Rivals’ Duel
Roar of the Crowd
Seething Pathblazer
Sensation Gorger
Shard Volley (2)
Spitebellows
Sunflare Shaman
Taurean Mauler

Green:
Fertile Ground
Garruk Wildspeaker
Heal the Scars
Jagged-Scar Archers
Kithkin Daggerdare
Kithkin Mourncaller
Lignify
Warren-Scourge Elf
Ambassador Oak
Cream of the Crop
Deglamer (2)
Elvish Warrior (2)
Everbark Shaman (2)
Fertilid
Hunting Triad
Luminescent Rain
Orchard Warden
Reins of the Vinesteed
Winnower Patrol

Multi:
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf

Artifact:
Moonglove Extract
Rings of Brightearth