Thursday, October 14, 2010

Joinin' the Bandwagon

Well, Infect has become a bit of a (weak in tournament play, but great in casual) bandwagon. It's all about poison counters. I even see non-infect decks splashing stuff to poison people to death because, well, it's fun. My experience with poison has been a mostly losing battle. These topdecked pump spells usually end games. But there's a better pump than that Might of Oaks (which my brother plays in his Legacy Infect deck) that's also Standard legal: Gigantiform.

Gigantiform, that card that makes the enchanted creature 8/8 and gives it Trample. Remember it? The wincon for Sovereigns before Conscription. Here's a rough UG list. I apologize for not having a "scroll over to see the card" kind of plugin. I don't know how to get one. Regardless, without further ado, here's the Standard-legal list.

4 Blight Mamba
3 Corpse Cur
4 Cystbearer
4 Ichorclaw Myr
4 Necropede
3 Thrummingbird

3 Contagion Clasp
1 Contagion Engine
4 Gigantiform
4 Mana Leak
4 Preordain

1 Bojuka Bog
2 Evolving Wilds
8 Forest
7 Island
4 Terramorphic Expanse

I have a sideboard for the deck, but it's really up to you to customize one to your meta. Feel free to make one up.

Until next time, play on.

2 comments:

  1. Are you planning to get Gigantiform and win by turn 8? Well, in Standard anyways, here's your problems:

    Valakut bolts your creature in response.
    Elves utterly destroys you by then.
    RDW does too.
    UW/UB control counters or removes immediately (cough condemn cough doom blade cough)
    Most decks can actually win by turn 8.

    You have /no ramp/, and this is not a control deck. How do you expect it to win?

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  2. This is really more of a casual list. Not competitive. And my weenies win some games, especially against control because their Wall of Omens actually dies and I can get in for some hits then. Stop trollin' man, this is just an idea.

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