Prject x-tended

[testyourmagic]

here is a deck I loved in standard an just ran across a list they were tuning for extened

Lands
4 Forest
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Plains
3 Temple Garden
3 Swamp
2 Marsh Flats
2 Godless Shrine
2 Overgrown Tomb
1 Blood Crypt

Creatures
4 Crypt Champion
3 Kitchen Finks
3 Sakura-Tribe Elder
3 Auriok Champion
3 Eternal Witness
3 Saffi Eriksdotter
2 Reveillark Spells
3 Phyrexian Arena
3 Path to Exile
2 Putrefy
2 Chord of Calling
1 Crime/Punishment
1 Day of Judgment
1 Wrath of God
1 Bitter Ordeal
1 Damnation
1 Blasting Station Sideboard
3 Kataki, War's Wage
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Ghost Quarter
3 Cranial Extraction
3 Celestial Purge

[testyourmagic]

So this is where im at right now

4 Forest
3 Verdant Catacombs
3 Plains
3 Temple Garden
3 Swamp
2 Marsh Flats
3 Godless Shrine
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Blood Crypt

3 Saffi Eriksdotter
3 Sakura Tribe Elder
3 Kitchen Finks
3 Crypt Champion
3 Auriok champion
1 teysa, Orzohv Scion

3 Phyrexian Arena
3 Chord of Calling
2 Crime//Punishment
1 Wrath of God
1 Day of Judgement
1 Damnation
3 Path to Exile
1 Blasting Station
2 Putrefy

SB
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Path to Exile
1 Qasali Pridemage
3 Kataki War's Wage
3 Celestial Purge
3 Cranial extraction
3 Chalice of the Void


It reuns well but if it mulligans it just doesnt like it. Matchups seem just fine, cantthink of an unwinnable one. Any suggestions or things ive missed let me know.

[Travis Lannoye]

I still don't know enough of the format to be very credible, but the one thing that stands out for me is the fact that you have 1 each of Damnation, Day of Judgment, and Wrath of God. They all do the same thing, so why not run more of the same?

[testyourmagic]

Simply stated if someone cranials me etirpates or what not I have a diversified amount of cards that have the sam effect so im not screwed

[testyourmagic]

So Im testing an some things are bothering me. First is I gues what you would call a bant aggro. Now control itsels doesnt usually hinder me to much but bants combo of aggretion backed by basic counter throws this deck. Im trying to figure out how to make it a better matchup. Any ideas. Nox I have cranial for various combo but it just doesnt seem to be fast enough. Extipirate is an option the only problem is I have to wait for a target to be in grave. Last is chalice of the void. Usually u set it for 1 or 2 maybe zero occasionaly. The problem is if it is set on two it makes my combo harder to puill off. Any suggestoions Pithing needle or something of the like?

[Travis Lannoye]

Maybe you should start by explaining exactly what your deck does, and follow that up with what your opponent does to beat you.

EDIT: I just found a thread that explains how this deck works...read about it here: forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?p=4644849#post4644849

The Reveillark engine looks like a lot of fun (kinda reminds me of my Teneb deck in EDH). I think I'll try it out and see how it goes.

[testyourmagic]

I know how the deck works and amazingly enough revilark is maybe relevent 30% of the time. Im finding that while the deck is fun, there is just such crossover hate and its temp seems just to slow so Im looking at othe roptions.

[Travis Lannoye]

When I started thinking about Extended, one of my first thoughts was to find some way to abuse Reveillark. From there, I thought about how John tried to make Boat Brew work in Extended. One of the key cards for that deck was Fulminator Mage. I'm wondering if that card might have a place in this deck. It seems like it would frustrate a lot of other decks right now.

EDIT: The more I look at this deck, the more it looks like a ton of fun. I'll give it a try tonight and see how it works.