In the past year, Wizards of the Coast drastically changed the nature of the Extended Magic: the Gathering format. Casually being called "Double Standard," the new Extended makes use of sets of Magic from Lorwyn (released in 2007) through the current set, which as of February 4 will be Mirrodin Besieged, the second set in the Scars of Mirrodin block.
The following is a suggested Green and White deck for the new Extended format.
Creatures (16)
2x Qasali Pridemage
3x Knight Exemplar
4x Knight of the Reliquary
1x Stillmoon Cavalier
3x Wilt-Leaf Liege
1x Reveillark
2x Sun Titan
Spells (7)
3x Path to Exile
3x Oblivion Ring
1x Austere Command
Artifacts (8)
2x Ratchet Bomb
1x Behemoth Sledge
2x Mimic Vat
2x Sword of Body and Mind
1x Eldrazi Monument
Planeswalkers (5)
1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
2x Garruk Wildspeaker
2x Gideon Jura
Lands (24)
2x Misty Rainforest
2x Murmuring Bosk
1x Razorverge Thicket
2x Stirring Wildwood
3x Sunpetal Grove
1x Tectonic Edge
1x Verdant Catacombs
6x Forest
6x Plains
A few notes:
- Sun Titan and Reveillark perform well as the super-powers that they are by recurring the majority of your creatures, including the amazing Knight of the Reliquary, and Sun Titan can bring back your Oblivion Rings, Equipments, and Fetchlands for more shenanigans.
- Knight of the Reliquary plus Fetchlands is simply nuts.
- The wolf tokens made by Sword of Body and Mind are great for sacrificing to your Eldrazi Monument, which when played should pretty much mean "I win!"
- Mimic Vat is stellar. Create copies of your creatures, your opponent's creatures, and if you need to sacrifice something big to keep your Monument in play, you can simply get another one of it!
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Planned updates post Mirrodin Besieged (so far):
-1 Knight Exemplar; +1 Mirran Crusader
- 1 Sword of Body and Mind; +1 new Sword (Sword of Feast and Famine?)
Sideboard Notes
While a complete sideboard is not yet constructed, notable cards to include are:
- Guttural Response (to stop those pesky counterspells)
- Day of Judgment or Hallowed Burial or Martial Coup
- Gaddock Teeg
- Genesis Wave (?)
- Asceticism (?)
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