With PTQ Season on the horizon, and the release of shadowmoor.....

[Cashdog209]

What kinds of decks do you guys see viable?

There are quite a few options out there, anyone done testing yet?

Decklists post-shadowmoor?

[cmlancas]

I sincerely believe someone will perfect Rogues enough to get there. Sygg is really, really good.

[Cashdog209]

I sincerely believe someone will perfect Rogues enough to get there. Sygg is really, really good.

Sygg may be good, but I dont see Rouges being much of a force considering Faeries beats Rogues, and everything Rogues beats, Faeries beat too.... also every deck playing :b: has bitterblossom, which trades 1/1 black tokens for creatures rogues plays.....

That is why I can't see rogues being forceful, but I could see Sygg fit into some sort of faeries deck... which would really be interesting

[cmlancas]

I'm trying to build a B/R block sligh sortof rogue thing using Maralen, Shard Volley, Morsel Theft, Tarfire, and some sort of recursion to get there on fifth turn.

It's still in conception stages atm though, and needs a jackload of testing.

All in all, I sincerely believe that rogues will be competitive one day.

[cerebus40000]

Treefolk are still Extremely powerful (without Doran mind you). I would like to see a mono-green or G/W deck get there.

Elementals are also a VERY viable option. If you havent seen my thread about Kulrath Knight, go check it out. Its in the standard discussion. From some proxy decks I made, I could do some MASSIVE damage to everything but the Fae. The Fae are just too good...

[Rakavolver]

What kinds of decks do you guys see viable?

There are quite a few options out there, anyone done testing yet?

Decklists post-shadowmoor?

Click here to get started. That's the Lorwyn Block Constructed forum, where you'll find your/this thread. (http://forum.tcgplayer.com/forumdisplay.php?f=464) And thanks for starting this, because the "global overview" is pretty important. Plus I personally increasingly suck at the details, so this is right up my alley.

Well, lets start off with Warriors. Obsidian Battle-Axe gets a ton of new ones to play with. How good are they?

Rogues didn't gain much in shear numbers, but it it need much more?

Kithkin got a lot. Think "Kithkin Soldier."

Elementals do look to be very good.

I'm not a big fan of Treefolk in block, but feel free to prove me wrong. The problem isn't with Treefolk per se, rather that other tribes got better stuff. I'm willing to be convinced, thnx.

So, I would start testing against those 5, um, maybe 4 decks. OBA dex can go Gr or Gb. I'm sure Rogues can go in several directions as well. Kithkin can be straight up W, or Wu, or Wg, or maybe Wug. You'd like the G for Gaddock Teeg, and a lot of that depends on how powerful Blue Instants will be. Mass Calcify is expensive but interesting, as one-sided Wraths have always been. Not so hot in the mirror, natch. :p

BR Rakdos? I love the concept, and it's getting a lot of attention in Standard, but I'm not sure it will translate well to Block, which means I'm not sure it won't either.

Then there's Faeries. Always, there are Faeries. So add that tribe to your gauntlet, because regardless of goodness Faeries are always popular in the early going.

Then there's 3 color Changeling Zoo. Lots of possibilities.