Honestly... I don't even know what types my decks are; Aggro, Control or Combo. Each of them (W, B and BR) take a while to build up to a decent force and are quickly outmaneuvered. No specific win conditions or anything like that: I'm pretty sure the two I use most often (W and B) are pretty badly built. Might revamp them both now, while I think about it.So what's your favorite Aggro build? Do you play Red for Goblins, mono-Blue Illusions, or something more unique like Angry Kitties a la Loading Ready Run? Do you like mono-colored builds, or do you prefer multiple colors in your Aggro?
sounds like the worst type: Unfocused.CounterAttack said:Honestly... I don't even know what types my decks are; Aggro, Control or Combo. Each of them (W, B and BR) take a while to build up to a decent force and are quickly outmaneuvered. No specific win conditions or anything like that: I'm pretty sure the two I use most often (W and B) are pretty badly built. Might revamp them both now, while I think about it.So what's your favorite Aggro build? Do you play Red for Goblins, mono-Blue Illusions, or something more unique like Angry Kitties a la Loading Ready Run? Do you like mono-colored builds, or do you prefer multiple colors in your Aggro?
Well I've got a G/W humans build (You left out Mirran Crusader the most aggro friendly turn 2/3 drop there is )Encaen said:Aggro
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This is probably due to your ratios of lands to spells of the colour you need. In standard you can easily have 16 sources of each colour in a typical 24 land two allied-colour deck without much thought thanks to M12 and Scars duals. If you don't have them though It can be a slight problem but sometimes it's as simple as taking out 1 Island for another Swamp and seeing your manabase go from unstable to decent.TheAweDude said:On the subject of colour, screw multicoloured. I have seen, and experienced, enough "Hands of blue, but all swamps" to stay away from multicolour. If I'm playing green, then I might do a bit of splashing, because I will have a tonne of mana fixing. But, if I'm playing any other colour, than no. Monocoloured FTW!
Reading back on that... I didn't mean to make it sound like Delver was a poorer choice, just that as far as "potential" goes it can never be more than a 3/2 flier, whereas Champion and Stromkirk can both get more out of hand. You're absolutely right, though, in the grand scheme of things, the almost-guaranteed 3/2 flier is generally superior to the unrealized potential of either Stromkirk or Champion!SL33TBL1ND said:I would argue that Delver is more useful. It's seen a lot of play in Legacy in RUG tempo decks.
As for your question, however, I normally don't play Aggro. The only thing close to it that I play is Black beatdown with the long-game in mind, as opposed to throwing 4 lightning bolts at someone.
I love to see a good zombie deck in action. [user]Kross[/user] had a really nasty zombie/unearth deck that was incredibly resilient. It took a few turns to get going, but if he got it started it was nigh impossible to stop. He disassembled it for a Balthor the Defiled [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=20842] EDH deck that has filled the table with zombies on many occasion.TheAweDude said:I am a controlling aggro with a few combos. My Zombie deck, aka my "I hate you and your damn creatures" deck, features lots of creature based control. But, it also has some efficiently casted zombies, Cemetery reaper, Phyrexian crusader and DIregaf Ghoul, and can be a beatdown deck in desperate situations. And then I have my ZendiGoblins which can ONLY be described as an aggro deck. It's goblins, what do you expect?
On the subject of colour, screw multicoloured. I have seen, and experienced, enough "Hands of blue, but all swamps" to stay away from multicolour. If I'm playing green, then I might do a bit of splashing, because I will have a tonne of mana fixing. But, if I'm playing any other colour, than no. Monocoloured FTW!
Not enough to give me my last two Phyrexian Crusaders! DON'T FEAR THE UNDEAD HORDE, THEY ONLY WANT TO HUG YOUR BRAAAAAIIIIIINNNNSSSSSEncaen said:I love to see a good zombie deck in action.
No problem, buddy. Also, loving the column. Haven't had something on this site that I enjoy reading this much for a while.Encaen said:Reading back on that... I didn't mean to make it sound like Delver was a poorer choice, just that as far as "potential" goes it can never be more than a 3/2 flier, whereas Champion and Stromkirk can both get more out of hand. You're absolutely right, though, in the grand scheme of things, the almost-guaranteed 3/2 flier is generally superior to the unrealized potential of either Stromkirk or Champion!SL33TBL1ND said:I would argue that Delver is more useful. It's seen a lot of play in Legacy in RUG tempo decks.
As for your question, however, I normally don't play Aggro. The only thing close to it that I play is Black beatdown with the long-game in mind, as opposed to throwing 4 lightning bolts at someone.