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This is the list transcribed from Conley's Deck Tech at Pro Tour: Born of the Gods today. Knight of the Reliquary is the only surprise, and it's only a two-of.
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Creatures
4 Birds of Paradise
2 Noble Hierarch
2 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Kitchen Finks
Spells
3 Abrupt Decay
3 Birthing Pod
4 Chord of Calling
One-Of Creatures
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1 Viscera seer
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Spike Feeder
1 Archangel of Thune
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Nekrataal
1 Eternal Witness
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Reveillark
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Wall of Roots
1 Spellskite
Lands
1 Gavony Township
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Ghost Quarter
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Marsh Flats
2 Overgrown Tomb
1 Temple Garden
1 Godless Shrine
2 Razorverge Thicket
3 Forest
1 Swamp
Sideboard
4 Thoughtseize
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Shriekmaw
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Cloudthresher
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Orzhov Pontiff
1 Entomber Exarch
1 Obstinate Baloth
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Ethersworn Canonist
From a competitive standpoint, I don’t like the list. There are arguments on both sides and a lot of things that can be said, but I think 2KotR don’t justify playing a “bad” card in Bojuka Bog when you have access to Scavenging Ooze. 3 Abrupt Decays main strikes me as too many. The DRS banning made UWR control style decks much better, and Decay is terrible against most of those lists. Also, DRS banned means less Dark Confidants, which I think was one of the better reasons to main Abrupt Decay. That said, the deck list is certainly financially relevant.
I love the formatting of this decklist
sarcasm?
I don’t think it’s sarcasm, it’s actually the easiest way to read a Pod list.
That was my thinking, at least. Theres a difference between “creatures” and “pod targets”