Comments on: RG Valakut Combo, a Budget Competitive Standard Deck

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:09:28 +0000

you should play 4x explore man
just saying

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:39:11 +0000

King, cool deck and congrats on the win Looks fun to play. I like how you have many win conditions instead of just Valakut.

By: King

King — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:10:04 +0000

Dee,

Here’s a variation. It’s the wallakut variation! tried it out went 5-0 in a local tournament.

24 Lands:

2 terramorphic expanse
3 evolving wilds
3 forests
12 mountains
4 valakut, the molten pinnacle

14 creatures:

4 overgrown battlement
4 vent sentinel
4 wall of fire
2 avenger of zendikar

other spells:

4 khalni heart expedition
4 expedition map
4 harrow
4 rampant growth
4 comet storm
1 chandra nalaar

thought of it as a fun deck. but it goes nastier and nastier. didn’t expect to top a local tournament with this wall dudes. vent sentinel and ovegrown battlement is fun, as well as comet storm

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:38:48 +0000

Yeah, I agree with you. The Lavaball Traps were too inconsistent. Here’s a list I went 6-0 with at FNM to win 11 packs. It’s also done well on Magic Online.

3 Forest
3 Jund Panorama
11 Mountain
4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
25 lands

4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Goblin Ruinblaster
2 Oracle of Mul Daya
4 Siege-Gang Commander
14 creatures

1 Burst Lightning
4 Expedition Map
4 Harrow
4 Khalni Heart Expedition
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Rampant Growth
21 other spells

Sideboard

1 Burst Lightning
2 Earthquake
4 Grazing Gladehart
3 Magma Spray
3 Pyroclasm
2 Relic of Progenitus
15 sideboard cards

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:00:45 +0000

I just played this EXACT build at my local FNM and won 2 but lost 2 as well overall this build was BAD in my experience…. I lost to Bant control and RDW.

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:52:40 +0000

I never said it was good against Jund. I said that it seems to have a better matchup against Jund than UB Dredge, another budget deck.

I think the matchup is close especially if you have 4 Ruinblasters main.

By: gatch

gatch — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:03:39 +0000

we actually tried this for about a month and always got it to 3rd to 2nd place at tourneys, but it never made 1st because it just lost to Jund. What exactly makes you think this deck is good against Jund?

By: flip

flip — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:10:20 +0000

I spent a few weeks playing this as well (but have been running the RW version recently)

Can get some insane starts with the combo of Harrow/Khalni Heart/Rampant Growth – especially when firing off a fetchland, terramorphic, or the map. I’ve routinely had 7 or 8 mana in place after 4 or 5 turns.

I did tweak a little though, and ran 2 Siege Gang Commander and 2 Hellkite – the flash ability, and multi-target burn, won me several games where I was being run close. It’s a judgement call, but I certainly never drew the Hellkite and wished for a SGC