Magic ccg

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First off: I've been playing one of my favorite decks when we do tournaments. Goblins. I've always loved the archetype, as its an aggro deck (of which I don't usually play) that can handle practically any situation with small adjustments. It doesn't just fold to certain decks and can rebound very well. Its just explosive and all around durable to even things like Wrath effects.

The format we've chosen is Legacy. The reason is that this lets even the older players that have large collections but don't spend much to play pretty much any casual deck they want, some more competitive than others. Since its sanctioned now, I have to play something that I can win with, because I do care about my rating and I lose a lot more points if I lose to one of them than I win from beating someone, since they are all brand new ratings. Its just how ELO works. However, at the same time, since it IS intended to be fairly casual, I've been trying to avoid going with something guaranteed to win, like ANT combo (Ad Naseum - Tendrils Storm Combo) or other consistent "O shit I win" decks (My god I enjoy Solidarity, a blue combo deck that can win fairly strongly if your opponent doesn't know how to interrupt it - the problem is that its like playing solitaire if they don't. I'm basically just going through all my motions on my turn while they drum fingers and then lose.) Since its fairly casual, I try to avoid doing that because since there is no prize that we are fighting for, we are just having some fun. There's nothing fun (for them) about leaning back and watching me combo off.

So Goblins. Its interactive between the players, and it puts me where I can steal wins by playing correctly (there's a lot of difficult plays to make and I fuck them up all the time, but you can steal a win from quite a few situations with Sharpshooter and sac outlets). Its not like a normal aggro "Turn shit sideways" deck. And its creature based, which is kinda what they tend to prefer.

Anyway, here's the build I've been playing, tweaked to the meta of the friend group rather than tournaments.

3x Goblin Ringleader
4x Goblin Warchief
4x Goblin Piledriver
3x Goblin Lackey
2x Gempalm Incinerator
2x Goblin Matron
1x Siege-Gang Commander
1x Goblin Goon
2x Goblin Sharpshooter
2x Goblin King
2x Warren Instigator
3x Goblin Sledder
4x Skirk Prospector
1x Sparksmith
1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1x Krosan Grip
[URL="http://www.magiccards.info/autocard.php?card=Naturalize]1x Naturalize[/URL]
2x Chrome Mox

Lands: 13 Mountains, 1 Forest, 2 Karpulsan Forest, 1 Stomping Ground, 2 Tendo Ice Bridge, 2 Barbarian Ring

Sideboard: 1 Krosan Grip, 3 Burst Lightning, 1 Sparksmith, 3 Blood Moon, 2 Goblin Ruinblaster, 1 Fireball, 2 Goblin Matron, 2 Burning-Tree Shaman

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Yeah, its not really as tuned as I wish, but I basically converted it over from an old Extended format Goblin deck and haven't had the money to properly work the mana base out, nor replace certain elements. I definitely have numerous changes I intend to make though before next Tuesday. The problem is that Erin will only play if I let her play Goblins, and I'd like her to play, so I'll probably tweak it and hand it to her and find something else (some kind of blue white control or something I guess). Anyway, just thought I'd share. Remember, the bit of tuning it DOES have is towards a completely open "play random shit" metagame, mostly. Thus why I'm not boarding against Faerie Fish, Solidarity, ANT, Stax, Pox, Ravager Affinity, Goyf decks, Death and Taxes, Aggro Loam, Dredge, etc. If one of them discover and play something that costs them that much AND knows how to pilot it correctly, I will shake their hand and enjoy the game, win or lose.