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G/r Stompy Jul 30, 2014 20:28:36 GMT -6

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Post by strider9820 on Jul 30, 2014 20:28:36 GMT -6

As Derek is fond of noting, I have a certain appreciation for weenies and the attack step. So upon sinking my teeth into Peasant, I decided to peruse the various Pauper Magic forums out there for some notables. Several variations of the following struck my fancy:

4x Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
4x Quirion Ranger
4x Nettle Sentinel
4x Silhana Ledgewalker
8x [various undercosted green dudes]

4x Rancor
4x Groundswell
4x Vines of Vastwood
4x Gather Courage
4x Hunger of the Howlpack

16x Forest

SB:
3x Scattershot Archer
3x Gleeful Sabotage
3x Sandstorm
3x River Boa
3x Hornet Sting

Beatdown? Meet Face. Face? Beatdown.

This deck just comes roaring out, 6-10(!) damage on turn 2 being well within its wheelhouse. Typically the 8x Various Green Dudes are some variation of Nest Invader, Young Wolf, or Wild Mongrel. After your opponent's jaw hits the table, you should remind them it's their turn and they get to draw a card. Hope it's a Doom Blade.

The long game, however, is not in this deck's wheelhouse. If you get drawn into attrition, you'll spend a few agonizing turns trying to stockpile some pump spells to sneak through that last 10 damage while your opponent draws the kill-spell for your last, lonely Quirion Ranger.

But this isn't Pauper, it's Peasant. We get to load up the silver bullets in this format. Enter this guy:

We throw in a few Mountains and we get access to 4x Guttersnipe, who tosses Shocks at your opponent's face while your Green Dudes trample through blockers on the ground. Drop this guy turn 3 and suddenly all those instants you're casting (read: everything in your deck except dudes and Rancor) are doing double duty. And, of course, splashing red means we play 4x Lightning Bolt for that extra bit of reach -- or creature removal, as the situation demands.

We don't want to hamstring our ground game too much, so it's really just a splash of red. But our sideboard gets a lot meaner, too:

Suck it, white weenies.

Anyway, here's the list I'm sleeving up right now:

R/G Stompy

4x Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
4x Quirion Ranger
4x Silhana Ledgewalker
4x Young Wolf
4x Nettle Sentinel
3x Guttersnipe

4x Rancor
4x Groundswell
4x Vines of Vastwood
4x Hunger of the Howlpack
4x Lightning Bolt

6x Mountain
11x Forest

SB:
4x Electrickery
4x Sandstorm
4x Gleeful Sabotage
3x River Boa

Stomp, stomp, stomp. Zap. Stomp. Zap.

Zap.

Last Edit: Aug 3, 2014 19:48:36 GMT -6 by strider9820

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G/r Stompy Jul 31, 2014 20:05:58 GMT -6

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Post by SwartDawgMillionaire on Jul 31, 2014 20:05:58 GMT -6

Thoughts:

Nettle Sentinel seems worse in a deck that doesn't run only green spells. Given time, it will come up that it's relevant that Lightning Bolt and Guttersnipe can't untap it, and you're going to miss a turn of attacking, which I don't think you can afford. Your plan is to attack enough in early turns of the game before an opponent can mount a defense, and a missed attack might mean that you can't win. Sligh decks, and that's what this is, are mostly about dealing 20 ASAP.

I don't know what to put in its place, but Kird Ape comes to mind. It was common in Revised. Having only 6 mountains might bind up your ability to cast him though.

I'm presuming that the reason you don't run Evolving Wilds or Terramorphic Expanse is that you don't want to stumble on turn one. Not running them will probably let you keep more 1-2 land hands, but they might be worth a consideration. I might up the land count to 19 and add some combination of those things in. The deck thinning is nice, but it also gives you added flexibility in casting splash spells.

I considered putting things like Stone Rain or Pillage in a red sideboard. In the right situation, it can give you another turn of attacking, or punish an opponent for taking chances with a mana base. You could bring it in for those 3+ color matches.

How does the deck test? It seems like anything with repetitive life gain would be challenging. As I said, the terms of a game with a deck like this are "Can I deal 20 damage in about 6 turns?" If that becomes "Can I deal 26 damage in 6 turns?" your winning percentages will likely plummet.

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G/r Stompy Aug 1, 2014 8:36:17 GMT -6

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Post by strider9820 on Aug 1, 2014 8:36:17 GMT -6

Good thoughts. Although if we're going to resign ourselves to lands coming in tapped, why not Gruul Guildgate? Most CC's in the deck are {G}, so a Mountain is in itself useless to roughly 90% of the spells.

Nettle I think will be fine -- only 7 of 43 spells are red. Though if we're upping our land count, maybe -2 Nettle, +2 [something that produces or fetches {R}]? Or -2 Quirion Ranger? Her ability is quite good, but I never want to see more than 1 or 2 in a game, and she doesn't hit as hard as a lot of the other dudes. Given the choice, I'd rather see lots of Nettles than lots of Rangers.

I tested Mono-G Stompy against Ryan's new Extort.dec yesterday (lots of life gain from extort itself, plus some lifelink creatures); Stompy won the match 2-1, with the two wins occurring by a fairly wide margin. In fact, the game I lost had an opening hand of 3x Forest, 2x Quirion Ranger, and a couple pump spells. V. bad. Then I drew into another Ranger and by that point it was over.

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G/r Stompy Aug 1, 2014 16:31:24 GMT -6

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Post by SwartDawgMillionaire on Aug 1, 2014 16:31:24 GMT -6

This is top of the head stuff, but I saw a Modern Infect list a minute ago, and it seemed to do what you want, in about half the time. It's three colors, so you'd have to find a way to work around that. I think the three colors matter because it gives access to three different evasive 1-2 mana cost 1/1's with Infect (Blighted Agent, Glistener Elf, and Plague Stinger). It buffs evasive guys, but only deals in Poison counters instead of damage.

It's a very different direction for creatures, but keeps the same pump action from attacks.

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G/r Stompy Aug 2, 2014 10:04:56 GMT -6 via mobile

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Post by strider9820 on Aug 2, 2014 10:04:56 GMT -6

I do have a B/G Infect list I'm working on, but it won't have a third color. Neither of these decks can afford to wait around for tricolor mana fixing.

Infect is very brutal and there are distinct advantages; however, I own far less of the card base right now and I just like Stompy better.

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G/r Stompy Aug 4, 2014 16:57:40 GMT -6

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Post by strider9820 on Aug 4, 2014 16:57:40 GMT -6

After some testing, I'm finding that Guttersnipe in the hand tends to make we want to pull my punches (i.e., pump spells) in order to increase his value. Is that something we want to be doing with this deck? My gut says no. Thoughts?

Post by strider9820 on Jul 30, 2014 20:28:36 GMT -6

Post by SwartDawgMillionaire on Jul 31, 2014 20:05:58 GMT -6

Post by strider9820 on Aug 1, 2014 8:36:17 GMT -6

Post by SwartDawgMillionaire on Aug 1, 2014 16:31:24 GMT -6

Post by strider9820 on Aug 2, 2014 10:04:56 GMT -6

Post by strider9820 on Aug 4, 2014 16:57:40 GMT -6

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