Ptq- Velencia, TPF Block

[Nahlej]

Is anybody planning on going to these? Me and TJ are going next week to the one in Indy. What are your opinions on decks that should be and will be played?

[Blackpaws]

First and formost, from what I've seen mono black korlash decks are hot. However another good alternative it a black green build. Using korlash as your main kill option with Urborg tomb of yawgmoth, sudden death and damnation as your removal and use magus of the library, harmonize, mwonvuli acid moss to accelerate, draw cards and slow your opponent. Red green aggro decks with stormbind are also pretty strong. Probably the strongest. That combo seems to have the most options as far as what the colors can do for you within this block. You have anti artifact/enchantment options, removal, direct damage, huge aggro creature action, card draw, acceleration, and land destruction. Very tough to beat. However, there is a fun version of a aeon chronicler deck that uses mishra and jhoiras time bug to make for super draw power and a huge threat. The deck also plays epochrasite and chronozoa. However, it packs no removal and little control. Other than that. There are some versions of a red deck playing a little storm action to bust out empty the warrens early and beat with some tokens. Ultimately I think that this block is still open to a lot of interpretation. Thus, these decks are good, but there may be a rogue deck that gives everyone fits. I played against a monoblack build playing shadow critters, extirpate, and shimian specters. Weird and not exactly optimal(needed korlash in my opinion) but it had a lot of come back power and floored me. In fact I would have made finals if not for playing against that deck and playing against the red green stormbind deck in the first round.