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Originally Posted by IamPro
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Na I hate control (at least what it has become in std, would take Delver over Esper anyday).
At first I considered Naya Blitz bc it was cheap and I had a lot of the deck from drafting. I have been watching a lot of streams and the deck gets wrecked by early removal or even just missing white mana/1drops (the deck has put up some results in PTQs tho)
UWR looked like it was a nice deck but has bad matchups vs Esper which seems #2 deck atm.
I am a bit restricted with budget ($200ish or less) and trying to invest in a deck that could get wrecked either with new set and/or rotation.
I was thinking Gruul might have the most upside with those 2 factors and a deck type I like playing (aggressive but more resilient than Blitz).
Disagree on Blitz, I believe it's very very good at the moment. I would say the best Emissary deck by a good margin. Definitely edges out Gruul IMO because of Medic/Mayor and I believe the better builds have 2-3 Rampager which actually make it extremely resilient against say an Thragtusk or Reckoner. Blitz has an edge on Jund for example which runs around 10 2 drop removal spells (and when they tune against Rites/Esper they have some Dreadbores/Ground Seals as well it gets even better). Blitz is very very well positioned.
I 2-0'd a Bant Midrange deck today with a slow draw (T1 Cavern/Champion -> T2 tap land, Boros Elite -> T3 into Emissary/Medic) against a turn 3 and turn 4 Thragtusk. Mayor gives the deck some surprising mid-late finishing potential when hands are empty. The more decks tune for beating Rites the better. When it flat it falls flat, but it's not that often.
UWR is actually quite fine against Esper, depends on how the decks are built. The Boros Reckoner versions with Harvest Pyre do quite well IMO. Esper has been extremely underwhelming before this weekend although I do believe the versions running Liliana + Lingering Souls/Sorin are quite strong if they can avoid the sideboard hate (which is something to consider because LS hate is good against both LS and Rites (Electrickery in Gerry's main deck UWR deck, Staticaster + Curse of Death's Hold seeing play as well).
Essentially the best deck is extremely meta dependent. These would be my choices:
-If you're willing to have a weaker Esper matchup pick Aristocrats
-If you're willing to have a weaker Blitz matchup go with 3 Liliana Jund Midrange or Esper
-If you don't know what the meta is go for Blitz or UWR
Decks I would really like to test:
-RUG Flash, seems like it would have both a good Aggro and Esper matchup. Main deck counters are well positioned against Rites. Seems like it would be a tough UWR m/u though.
-Gruul ramp deck into Thundermaw. Thundermaw just seems so well positioned but I've never found a deck that could run him well.
-BWR Midrange deck seems pretty excellent if tuned right. I've played against it several times and it seems inconsistent if not built correctly. LS + Liliana is incredible right now if you can handle Sphinx.