2023-09-19

2023-09-16 D&A RCQ Top 4 with Omnath Pile

 Decklist: 70 card 4+ Color Omnath

(26 lands - 12 fetches, 3 triomes, 6 shocklands, 3 basics, 2 Boseiju)
4 Flooded Strand
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Windswept Heath
1 Indatha Triome
1 Raugrin Triome
1 Zagoth Triome
1 Breeding Pool
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Plains
2 Boseiju, Who Endures

(18 creatures)
4 Delighted Halfling
4 Omnath, Locus of Creation
2 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
4 Fury
4 Solitude

(18 "spells")
1 Lightning Bolt
4 Prismatic Ending
4 Up the Beanstalk
4 Leyline Binding
4 The One Ring
1 Murderous Cut

(8 planeswalkers)
4 Wrenn and Six
4 Teferi, Time Raveler

// Sideboard
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
2 Veil of Summer
2 Hallowed Moonlight
4 Obsidian Charmaw
2 Endurance
2 Blossoming Calm
2 Chalice of the Void

Introduction:

  • I based the decklist on Danzant's MTGO 75+15 list which adds 3 lands, 4 Up the Beanstalks, and fills out 8 more spells to the stockier 60 card Omnath lists.
  • Didn't love Fable of the Mirror-Breaker during testing at weeklies. Feels like air and this deck wants to play a big game, so I cut them.
  • With the deck playing 4 Delighted Halflings, Chalice of the Void is really only meant to be cast on 0 so they got moved to the sideboard.
  • Added a Murderous Cut as a "fifth Leyline Binding" and switched in another black triome so I wouldn't get cut off Cut
  • Mana symbols (not incl. pitch elementals // pitch elementals // plus counting Prismatic and Leyline Binding as 0.5 // total)
    • White: 22 // 8 // 0 // 30
    • Blue: 8 // 0 // 4 // 12
    • Black: 1 // 0 // 4 // 5
    • Red: 8 // 8 // 4 // 20
    • Green: 16 // 0 // 4 // 20

Round 1 vs Karim A on Grixis Wizards (WW, 1-0)

Not much to say. Prismatic Ending on Harmonic Prodigy ASAP since that card gets out of hand. Then he got mana screwed on single U source in game 2.

In: 2 Veil of Summer, 2 Endurance
Out: 4 Fury

Round 2 vs Aaron M on UR (WW, 2-0)

Game 1 I dropped a couple Beanstalks, removed his threats and set cruise control to card advantage.
Game 2 he kept a 6 card 1 land Ragavan hand. Dealt with DRC, Ragavan, then just cast spells on curve. Halfling got killed by Ragavan flipping my one-of Bolt zz

In: 2 Veil of Summer, 2 Endurance, 1 Boseiju, 2 Chalice of the Void OTP
Out: 4 Fury, 2 Elesh Norn or something

Round 3 vs Stephen B on Temur Rhinos (LWW, 3-0)

Known quantity. Keep hands with Endings and Teferis.

In: 2 Veil of Summer, 2 Hallowed Moonlight, 2 Chalice of the Void
Out: 4 Fury, 1 Lightning Bolt, maybe an Elesh Norn

Round 4 vs James B on Temur Rhinos (LWW, 4-0)

Game 2 he was clearly sitting on a Commandeer, so I chilled on my Teferi and never drew Ring lol

In: 2 Veil of Summer, 2 Hallowed Moonlight, 2 Chalice of the Void
Out: 4 Fury, 1 Lightning Bolt

Rounds 5-6 Intentional Draws
2-seed going into top 8 cut

Quarterfinal vs Aaron M on UR (WW)

Game 1 kind of crushed
Game 2 got low down to 4 life with Ring, then cycled through them for 1 card replacing them with new Rings and chilled.

Semifinal vs Jon C on Sultai Living End (LL)

Game 1 mulliganed to 6, kept a mediocre hand with Beanstalk Omnath Fury some lands
Game 2 kept a 7 with Halfling Teferi, got Griefed out.
Probably should have mulliganed to Solitude in G1 and to Veil of Summer + other interaction in G2.

Conclusion

  • Didn't love Zagoth Triome as my third triome - probably Savai (Mardu) in the future
  • 70 is still a lot of cards. Fury copies 3-4 feel a bit redundant
  • I don't love Lightning Bolt locally, aggro feels underrepresented but maybe I'm not respecting it sufficiently?
  • Obsidian Charmaw - maybe it's correct to surrender the Tron & co. matchups, lean onto other archetypes ex. 3-4 Chalice of the Void, 3 Veil of Summer, Flusterstorm

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