神河当時 - PTQシールドデッキ

Sharks of the Magic world have a lot to look forward to. Not only do we have the Champions of Kamigawa Sealed Deck PTQs just kicking off, but we are also about to hit the annual Champs tournaments. This article is going to address both halves of the busy days ahead: The first part is going to be a bit of a follow-up to last week’s article on designing a sealed deck, and the second half is going to be an introduction to Champs.

Part I: PTQ at Neutral Ground - New York, 9 October 2004

I had a chance to play in the Sealed Deck PTQ at Neutral Ground this past weekend. I applied the principles that I talked about in last week’s article and came up with this:

CHAMPIONS OF KAMIGAWA SEALED DECK

Creature (15)
1 Cursed Ronin
1 Gibbering Kami
1 Kuro, Pitlord
1 Nezumi Cutthroat
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Wicked Akuba
2 Burr Grafter
1 Humble Budoka
1 Kami of the Hunt
1 Iname, Life Aspect
1 Order of the Sacred Bell
1 Orochi Eggwatcher
1 Orochi Leafcaller
1 Rootrunner
Sorcery (4)
1 Befoul
1 Devouring Greed
2 Kodama’s Reach
Instant (4)
1 Rend Spirit
1 Kodama’s Might
1 Strength of Cedars
1 Yamabushi’s Flame
Land (17)
8 Forest
1 Mountain
8 Swamp
40 Cards

The hardest part about building this deck was whether I should play Wear Away or Kuro, Pitlord as my last spell. Wear Away is actually quite good in a deck like this one because it would theoretically be vulnerable to Honden -- especially the blue Honden out of especially another green deck -- as well as faux-removal stall enchantments like Cage of Hands and Mystic Restraints. Moreover, Wear Away is just good in a high mana deck with a lot of Arcane and a decent number of Arcane interactions. Ultimately I played Kuro because I was pretty sure I could cast him (where most decks can’t), not to mention I wanted another body. Despite the fact that I lost every single game one of the Swiss, Kuro won me at least two matches.

As you can see, my deck lacked any legitimate bombs. As such, I had to build on a curve. Nezumi Graverobber was very good, but half the time, it just ended up trading for a 3/3 while I tried to pedal for position against a vastly superior deck. I played several 2 power creatures for 2 mana, including the aforementioned Nezumi Graverobber, the superb Nezumi Cutthroat, and the dangerous Wicked Akuba. One of the really great things about this deck was that I played Orochi Leafcaller -- a card that many players would simply overlook -- that let me get in for three free damage game after game. The Leafcaller is one of the best mana fixers in the history of Limited Magic – peer, in its own way, to the vaunted Nomadic Elf from Invasion -- that allowed me crazy curve draws that followed up with Wicked Akuba on turn two, and snuck in Yamabushi’s Flame and Cage of Hands out of nowhere, that no opponent could have have seen coming. The mana fixing element of this deck was clearly strong, with double Kodama’s Reach allowing me to play Yamabushi’s Flame with a lone Mountain and side in strategic off-color answers.

引用元
BUSY DAYS AHEAD Posted in Feature on October 13, 2004
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/busy-days-ahead-2004-10-13

シールドのPTQについての、自戦記です。

ボムには恵まれなかったため、テンポよく展開していくアグロデッキになりました。《鼠の殺し屋/Nezumi Cutthroat》はじめ、2マナパワー2が数枚取れていたことは幸いしたようです。

マナフィルターである《大蛇の葉詠み/Orochi Leafcaller》のおかげ、3色目の赤をタッチしやすくしたのも地味ながら勝利に貢献したでしょう。