First Post / 'Drazi Warp

Since the Wizards Community blog system is a tad too clunky for my tastes, I'll try here instead. Laziness pending, expect a new deck at least once a week, and occasional FNM deck reports. Savvy?

Anyways, onto the deck!

I wanted to play with Warp World, but my older deck lists (Alara-Worldwake) for it were too slow in my opinion. Rise of the Eldrazi introduced new options that made a turn 4 Warp 'feasible' in theory (albeit not advisable), and ultimately I couldn't resist a go. 'Feasible' here being (A) able to gather permanents for a warp rather quickly, and (B) able to warp quickly enough to still be a "relevant" event in a given game. So here's the list after some hard brainstorming (and input from a fellow demented planeswalker).


'Drazi Warp
---Land (24)---
x4 Evolving Wilds
x4 Forest
x4 Khalni Garden
x8 Mountain
x4 Terramorphic Expanse

---Creatures (28)---
x2 Avenger of Zendikar
x4 Bloodbraid Elf
x1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
x1 Goblin Bushwhacker
x1 It That Betrays
x4 Joraga Treespeaker
x3 Lotus Cobra
x1 Madrush Cyclops
x2 Mnemonic Wall
x4 Nest Invader
x2 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
x1 Omnath, Locus of Mana
x2 Terastodon

---Spells (8)---
x4 Growth Spasm
x4 Warp World

---Sideboard---
Not yet finalized.


First thing's first, the creature section's a mess. I want to four-of the Cobras and eventually decide which hastey to stick with (Cyclops or the Bushwhacker - both have valid uses). The Eldrazi I want to switch out with Kozilek and Ulamog, since Warping into the current ones are okay, but (mainly with Emrakul) the mana base still has a tiny bit of trouble hitting anything above 11 mana quickly.

Premise of the deck is simple: Ramp up, net permanents whenever you can, and play Warp World as soon as you get the chance, hopefully catching your opponent with their guard down and most likely netting an advantageous post-warp board.

Playtesting has taught me that one of the fun qualities of this deck that I didn't expect is that an opponent too worried about Warp being played risks being beaten down by the little critters (point to Bushwhacker). And being the crazy fellow I am, I slapped together a crude sideboard and took it to the Rise Gameday, taking a place in the top 8. I'll be using it again this Friday, so we'll see how that goes.

So, criticism, yes? Also, I'd appreciate sideboard advice for use against Mythic. Thanks for glancing!