Both combatants will be using some of the top new cards from the guilds of Ravnica set, and we’ve got the full rundown of their decks below!
Aryeh: Izzet Arclight Phoenix/Goblin Electromancer
Aryeh has put his deck-building skills to good use this week, assembling a powerful Izzet deck built around several tough creatures that are buffed by a large number of instant/sorcery cards. First on the list is Arclight Phoenix, a 3/2 creature with Flying and Haste, which can be returned from the graveyard to the battlefield if the player casts enough instants. Thankfully, Goblin Electromancer is a low-cost wizard that makes every instant and sorcery cheaper to cast, providing plenty of fuel to bring the Phoenix back into the fight. Of course, the Phoenix can do enough damage on its own, but it will also be a vital defender to stall for the arrival of Crackling Drake, a fearsome flying creature whose power is equal to the sorcery and instant cards in the player’s graveyard (or in exile.) And with a total of 28 sorceries and instants in the deck, the Drake could easily gain enough power to chop away at Morgan’s health before he can mount a sizeable counterattack.
Aryeh’s full deck list includes:
Sorceries (18)
- 1 Beacon Bolt
- 4 Chart a Course
- 2 Crash Through
- 3 Discovery
- 2 Lava Coil
- 2 Maximize Velocity
- 2 Tormenting Voice
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2 Warlord’s Fury
Lands (20)
- 6 Island
- 6 Mountain
- 4 Steam Vents
- 4 Sulfur Falls
Creatures (12)
- 4 Arclight Phoenix
- 4 Crackling Drake
- 2 Enigma Drake
- 2 Goblin Electromancer
Instants (10)
- 4 Opt
- 2 Radical Idea
- 4 Shock
Sideboard (15)
- 1 Beacon Bolt
- 1 Lava Coil
- 1 Chemister’s Insight
- 2 Disdainful Stroke
- 1 Dive Down
- 1 Entrancing Melody
- 2 Fiery Cannonade
- 1 Firemind’s Research
- 2 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
- 2 Sarkhan, Fireblood
- 1 Spell Pierce
Morgan: Selesnya Resplendent Angel/Lyra Dawnbringer
Morgan has put together a Selesnya deck using the ever-popular token strategy based on History of Benalia. Benalia allows the player to quickly flood the field with a pair of powerful Knight tokens. And if that wasn’t bad enough, he’s also bringing the one-two punch of Resplendent Angel and Lyra Dawnbringer. Both are powerful in their own right, but Lyra’s combination of Lifelink and an Angel buff will mean that Resplendent Angel will also be able to spawn a 4/4 (buffed to 5/5 with Lyra) Angel token without too much difficulty. And, since both have Lifelink, it will be easier and easier to cover the field in angels with each passing turn.
Morgan’s full deck list includes:
Creatures (23)
- 3 Adanto Vanguard
- 2 Carnage Tyrant
- 2 Conclave Cavalier
- 3 Knight of Grace
- 3 Lyra Dawnbringer
- 4 Resplendent Angel
- 2 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
- 4 Thorn Lieutenant
Lands (25)
- 1 Arch of Orazca
- 7 Forest
- 9 Plains
- 4 Sunpetal Grove
- 4 Temple Garden
Planeswalkers (6)
- 3 Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
- 3 Vivien Reid
Enchantments (6)
- 4 History of Benalia
- 2 Ixalan’s Binding
Sideboard (15)
- 1 Carnage Tyrant
- 1 Conclave Cavalier
- 2 Knight of Autumn
- 3 Kraul Harpooner
- 2 Seal Away
- 2 Settle the Wreckage
- 4 Tocatli Honor Guard
To see what happens when these hard-hitting decks go head-to-head, check out the episode below!
