Naya stuff

[Travis Lannoye]

This thread is for the discussion of all things Naya in Extended. It's mostly here to document my own thoughts on the subject, but commentary is always welcome.

There are two main ideas that I've been playing with for the upcoming Extended format.
- The first part is the more popular Fauna Shaman/Bloodbraid Elf/Vengevine mid-range aggro deck that is doing fairly well in recent PTQs.
- The second part is the package of four Prismatic Omens and four Valakuts. Since I'm already playing these colors, it would seem easy enough to just add these in.

The Naya decks that I've seen so far run some combination of the following spells:
- 1cc: Birds of Paradise, Figure of Destiny, Noble Hierarch
- 2cc: Fauna Shaman, Plated Geopede, Qasali Pridemage, Squadron Hawk, Stoneforge Mystic
- 3cc: Boggart Ram-Gang, Cunning Sparkmage, Fulminator Mage, Great Sable Stag, Kitchen Finks, Knight of the Reliquary, Woolly Thoctar
- 4cc: Bloodbraid Elf, Vengevine
- Non-creature spells: Ajani Vengeant, Basilisk Collar, Elspeth Knight-Errant, Lightning Bolt, Path to Exile

I've found that the biggest reason to include Omen/Valakut in Naya is the fact that most control decks are packing a lot of creature removal, but not a lot of non-creature removal. They can either bounce/counter the Omen with Cryptic Command, or they can try to kill your Valakuts with Tectonic Edge. To that extent, I thought about adding some Sun Titans to the mix (the Wargate Omen decks usually have a couple in the board), but they are almost always too expensive and usually get countered.

More on this to follow...

[Travis Lannoye]

Just finished reading through this article on StarCity: www.starcitygames.com/magic/standard/21504_Extended_Naya_And_The_Tribes_Of_Standard.html

It talks about a sweet new Naya list with the ever-popular new Swords. I'm only missing the following cards from that list:
- 3 Mirran Crusader
- 1 Murmuring Bosk
- 2 Wooded Bastion
- 3 Great Sable Stag

[John Galli]

I've got 1 Crusader. I'd be perfectly happy with having this brought with us as a backup option incase something doesn't work out with the mail or someone else in our group wants to play it. I still think Vengevine Naya is a great deck in this format.

[Travis Lannoye]

Yeah, I'll definitely bring the stuff with me. It would not be too hard to throw together. The core is very similar to the Bant Stoneforge deck I made, except with a few more bodies (Bloodbraid, Vengevine) and a few less removal spells (Bant Charm, Mana Leak).