Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Naya - The Reveal

So, I've had a change of heart about revealing my gauntlet Naya list.  It's not really revolutionary, but no one is talking about the deck and I really don't understand why.  It stomps most of the random brews we've thrown against it.  The deck is really strong, really consistent, and really good (it's also really expensive, but we won't go there yet).  I haven't really done much with the sideboard, as the full spoiler isn't out yet, but you can get a decent idea of what cards are good looking at block sideboards for the deck.  The key here is to realize that the Theros temples mean Naya cannot run 1 drops, and thus becomes a bigger deck.

Big Naya:

4x Voice of Resurgence
4x Fleecemane Lion
2x Scavenging Ooze
4x Loxodon Smiter
3x Boros Reckoner
4x Ghor Clan Rampager
4x Stormbreath Dragon
3x Purphoros, God of the Forge

4x Domri Rade
4x Flex Slot (currently 2x Mizzium Mortars and 2x Selesnya Charm)

4x Temple Garden
4x Sacred Foundry
4x Stomping Ground
3x R/W temple
3x R/G temple
3x Selesnya Guildgate
2x Forest
2x Plains

Throw your random brews against this monster, because I'm pretty sure this is the gatekeeper deck of the format.  Some notes:

Domri + Purphoros is really really really good.  You can only run 2x Purphoros if you want to get to 60 cards, but I think the 3rd one is correct.  25 lands is definitely correct.

The flex slots are genuinely flex slots.  Run whatever you want, the deck will perform fine as long as the cards in those slots are fairly functional in aggressive builds.

Voice is the card that is underperforming the most.  You'll still want the card, but we're playing around with lists that don't have the full 4 maindeck right now.

If you play the deck correctly, the mana doesn't generally get too much in the way of playing your threats in a timely manner, as your curve is so strong.  Sometimes you might play a 3 drop on turn 4 but that's fine, given the quality of threats in your deck.  This deck is simply very consistent at producing a stream of 3/3 and 4/4 threats to beat your opponent's face in.  It works.

This is the gauntlet list we've been testing against and why we feel Naya is the gatekeeper deck of the format.  Seriously, run stuff up against it; you'll see how good it is.

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