Today Feb. 17, 2013 Eric Froehlich advanced through the top eight of "Magic: The Gathering" Pro Tour "Gatecrash" into the semi finals with an aggressive Naya deck list, beating Owen Turtenwald who was playing Jund.
Eric Froehlich's Naya deck list
Creatuers (28)
4 Boros Reckoner
4 Burning-Tree Emissary
4 Flinthoof Boar
4 Gyre Sage
4 Hellrider
4 Loxodon Smiter
1 Thragtusk
3 Thundermaw Hellkite
Other Spells (8)
4 Mizzium Mortars
4 Domri Rade
Lands (24)
3 Clifftop Retreat
2 Mountain
4 Rootbound Crag
4 Sacred Foundry
4 Stomping Ground
3 Sunpetal Grove
4 Temple Garden
Sideboard (15)
1 Aurelia, the Warleader
3 Boros Charm
2 Garruk Relentless
2 Nearheath Pilgrim
2 Pacifism
2 Rest in Peace
1 Thragtusk
2 Triumph of Ferocity
Despite no one drops Froehlich's deck can still have an explosive start thanks to Burning-Tree Emissary, allowing you to drop a Flinthoof Boar or Gyre Sage. While Gyre Sage can enable an early Thundermaw Hellkite most of the time it'll act like a Tarmogoyf as it evolves from bigger creatures such as Boros Reckoner and Loxodon Smiter, oftentimes becoming a 4/5. Even if you're creatures are blocked Hellrider can help deal the last few points of damage when you attack.
There's just eight non-creature spells in the deck in order to extract card advantage from Domri Rade. Mizzium Mortars is the only other spell in the deck, which can take out early threats or wipe an opponent's side of the battlefield when played with its overload cost. One of the reasons Mizzium Mortars is strong in the deck over Bonfire of the Damned is because of the presence of Frontline Medic in the metagame.
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Catch up on "Gatecrash"
Event decks: "Rally and Rout" and "Thrash and Thrive."
Intro Packs: "Orzhov Oppression," "Boros Battalion," "Gruul Goliaths," "Dimir Dementia," and "Simic Synthesis."
Card lists White, Blue, Black, Red, Green, Orzhov, Dimir, Gruul, Boros, Simic, Hybrid, Artifact, and Land.
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