So it's time for more sealed deck madness. Opened up my six packs and was fairly disappointed with what I got. However, I was able to throw together two mediocre decks. Here is the card pool:
Blue
Crab Umbra (U)
Aura Finesse
Distortion Strike
Fleeting Distraction
See Beyond
Halimar Wavewatch
Merfolk Observer
Eel Umbra x2
Frostwind Invoker x2
Champion's Drake
Drake Umbra (U)
Regress
Narcolepsy
Guard Gomazoa (U)
Sphinx of Magosi (R)
Black
Perish the Thought
Shrivel
Death Cultist
Nighthaze
Induce Despair
Bala Ged Scorpion
Cadaver Imp
Vendetta
Arrogant Broodlord (U)
Bloodright Invoker
Zulaport Enforcer
Corpsehatch (U)
Suffer the Past (U)
Artifact, Colorless, Multicolor, Land
Reinforced Bulwark
Not of this World (U)
Hand of Emrakul
Sarkhan the Mad (M)
Eldrazi Temple (R)
Red
Lust for War (U)
Brood Birthing
Fissure Vent
Raid Bombardment
Spawning Breath x2
Rapacious One (U)
Disaster Radius (R)
Staggershock
Kiln Fiend
Grotag Siege-Runner
Ogre Sentry
Lagac Lizard
Vent Sentinel x2
Valakut Fireboar (U)
Aloum Boulderfoot (U)
Goblin Arsonist
Green
Ancient Stirrings
Gravity Well (U)
Realms Uncharted (R)
Nema Siltluker
Bramblesnap (U)
Spider Umbra
Overgrown Battlement
Kazandu Tuskcaller (R)
Kozilek's Predator
Stomper Cub x2
Might of the Masses
Boar Umbra (U)
Sporecap Spider
Ondu Giant
White
Wall of Omens (U)
Dawnglare Invoker
Makindi Griffin
Lone Missionary
Affa Guard Hound (U) x2
Caravan Escort
Eland Umbra
Guard Duty
Stalwart Shield-Bearers
Demystify
Glory Seeker
Totem-Guide Hartebeest
Repel the Darkness x2
At first pass, I felt that I could try to build a deck around Sarkhan the Mad. I had a "bomb" in Sarkhan and I had some decent removal in Corpsehatch, Induce Despair, Vendetta, and Staggershock. I also had a decent amount of Red creatures. Therefore, I put together the following deck:
Sealed (RB) Sarkhan's Disaster
Spells
Corpsehatch (U)
Suffer the Past (U)
Induce Despair
Vendetta
Spawning Breath
Disaster Radius (R)
Staggershock
Sarkhan the Mad (M)
Creatures
Bloodright Invoker
Bala Ged Scorpion
Arrogant Bloodlord (U)
Cadaver Imp
Zulaport Enforcer
Vent Sentinel x2
Kiln Fiend
Ogre Sentry
Lagac Lizard
Grotag Siege-Runner
Valakut Fireboar (U)
Rapacious One (U)
Goblin Arsonist
Akoum Boulderfoot (U)
Land
8 Swamps
9 Mountains
After a few games, my naivety of the block and format showed through. What I found was that this deck didn't have much in teh way of breaking through many of the extremely large creatures available in Rise of Eldrazi. I was finding myself running into opponents with bigger creatures and better removal. The lack of having large creatures myself made cards like Disaster Radius and Induce Despair not very useful.
I took another look at the card pool and thought that I could build a deck using some of the other "good in limited" cards I had, namely the umbras, the Sphinx of Magosi, and Kazandu Tuskcaller. This deck would have almost no removal, with Narcolepsy, Regress, and Might of the Masses being the few ways deal with opponent creatures, and even then in a very limited way. However, I noticed it was strong in evasion. If I could get out a few key fliers with an umbra or two, I could hit my opponent hard enough and fast enough to get them before they got too strong. The umbras not only buffed my creatures, but also made them more resilient. The ratio of spells to creatures was not to my liking, but I had to play with the cards I was given, so the I created the following:
Sealed (UGw) Umbra Evasion Deck
Spells
Mammoth Umbra (U)
Boar Umbra (U)
Drake Umbra (U)
Spider Umbra
Eel Umbra x2
Regress
See Beyond
Narcolepsy
Might of the Masses
Creatures
Kazandu Tuskcaller (R)
Sphinx of Magosi (R)
Bramblesnap (U)
Guard Gomazoa (U)
Sporecap Spider
Overgrown Battlement
Dawnglare Invoker
Ondu Giant
Kozilek's Predator
Stomper Cub x2
Frostwind Invoker x2
Land
8 Forest
9 Island
1 Plain
While slow, the second deck proved to be a better option in this format against my opponents. This deck was good enough to stop KevinNash's Sealed Thought Gourger deck, and proved competitive against another friends sealed Black/Green Momentous Fall deck. I lost more often than won against the Momentous Fall deck, but he had great combos and great cards. There is probably a Blue/Red or a Red/Green floating in the above card pool that could be even better, but for now its time to move on to a new card pool.
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