Deck of the Day: Four Color Copycat

[[card: Saheeli Rai]]

Today's deck of the day is a four color Saheeli Rai deck that placed in the top 16 of Grand Prix Pittsburgh. Robert Graves narrowly missed top 8 and there are a few nice pieces of technology here.

The first is Chandra, Torch of Defiance.

[[card: Chandra, Torch of Defiance]]

Chandra is a powerful card that can not only kill creatures but pressure planeswalkers as well. Chandra is especially potent when it can be played on turn 3 off of a Servant of the Conduit.

Another piece of technology is Tamiyo, Field Researcher from the sideboard.

[[card: Tamiyo, Field Researcher]]

The metagame looks like it is a rock-paper-scissors between Saheeli, BG, and Vehicles decks right now. Tamiyo seems great against BG and the slower Saheeli decks.

 A final piece of technology is Baral's Expertise

[[card: Baral's Expertise]]

This card is undeniably powerful and has not yet had its chance to shine being from the latest set. It can serve two purposes. First, it can just be a great tempo play against decks like BG that are trying to put a few big creatures in play. Second, it can remove a walking ballista or Thalia from play and then play one half of the Saheeli combo to win on the spot.


This was definitely one of the most innovative decks at the top tables of GP Pittsburgh and is definitely worth trying out.


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[[published_at: 13 Feb 2017, 3:00 pm]]
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[[preview_content: Check out this innovative deck that top 16'd GP Pitt]]
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BG Delirium

[[card: Winding Constrictor | set: AER]]

Today's deck of the day may prove to be the boogeyman of the new Standard format.

It plays a very strong tempo game, especially when it gets to run its synergies off of Winding Constrictor. Meanwhile, cards like Traverse the Ulvenwald and Tireless Tracker add some late game card advantage.

This is a well-rounded deck with a lot of high-powered synergies. Definitely a forced to be reckoned with.

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[[published_at: 1 Feb 2017, 3:00 pm]]
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[[preview_content: Try out the deck that won the first big tournament of new Standard!]]
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4 Color Saheeli

Adding green to the [[card_link: Saheeli Rai]] + [[card_link:Felidar Guardian]] combo gives you a good amount of extra card selection.

[[card: Oath of Nissa]] [[card:Traverse the Ulvenwald]]

Oath of Nissa does its best impression of Ponder here as it can find either part of the combo. Traverse the Ulvenwald also can find one half of the combo provided you can get to Delirium.


[[deck: 11036]]
[[published_at: 20 Jan 2017, 3:00 pm]]
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[[preview_content:This deck is a spicy one. A different color added makes this deck exceptional.]]