Two Contenders

[John Galli]

Two possibilities I'm thinking of right now are the mono-red decks that were floating around at worlds and a specific bant list. Mono-red is easy to play and I have most of the cards (not to mention fun), with the one drawback that midwest players tend to be ready to defeat it.

The other option would be a reformatted version of the bant list that a guy took to 3rd place at a Standard Minneapolis PTQ a year ago. I liked his list a lot because it was very consistent in getting a turn 1, 2, 3, 4 punch and didn't mess around with late-game, answers, or midrange plans. It was essentially bant-crasher, and while his list would need updating, it's the direction I think extended bant should be geared towards in order to be in the position of the aggressor.

Here are the two lists I've been peepin-

Benedikt Klauser Demigod-Red

18 Mountain
18 lands

4 Demigod of Revenge
4 Deus of Calamity
3 Magus of the Moon
4 Simian Spirit Guide
15 creatures

4 Blood Moon
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Chrome Mox
4 Desperate Ritual
3 Empty the Warrens
4 Rite of Flame
4 Seething Song
27 other spells

Sideboard
3 Dead // Gone
4 Figure of Destiny
1 Magus of the Moon
4 Relic of Progenitus
1 Shattering Spree
2 Tormod's Crypt

Jason Evans Bantcrasher

3 Adarkar Wastes
4 Brushland
1 Flooded Grove
2 Forest
1 Island
1 Mystic Gate
1 Plains
2 Reflecting Pool
4 Treetop Village
1 Wooded Bastion
4 Yavimaya Coast
24 lands

3 Birds of Paradise
3 Dauntless Escort
4 Jhessian Infiltrator
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Rafiq of the Many
4 Rhox War Monk
4 Shorecrasher Mimic
26 creatures

4 Bant Charm
3 Finest Hour
3 Path to Exile
10 other spells


Sideboard
3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Kitchen Finks
3 Negate
3 Qasali Pridemage
4 Snakeform

[Travis Lannoye]

The Bant deck looks like a hold-over from Standard. I would think about adding some duals and/or fetches to it.

EDIT: DOH! Reading helps. Still, if you just add a few shock and fetch lands, you should be good.