Monday, November 5, 2007

Magic: Paul Cheon's Blue/White Pickles

Paul Cheon traveled to Krakow to compete in the Grand Prix, which he went on to win with Blue/White Pickles lock.


4 Adarkar Wastes
4 Calciform Pools
3 Nimbus Maze
10 Snow-Covered Island
4 Snow-Covered Plains
2 Urza's Factory

27 lands


3 Brine Elemental
4 Phyrexian Ironfoot
2 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
2 Venser, Shaper Savant
4 Vesuvan Shapeshifter

15 creatures
4 Ancestral Vision
4 Cryptic Command
3 Oblivion Ring
4 Rune Snag
3 Wrath of God

18 other spells

Sideboard

2 Aeon Chronicler
3 Aven Riftwatcher
3 Faerie Trickery
2 Jace Beleren
2 Magus of the Tabernacle
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Wrath of God

15 sideboard cards

Cheon added white for Oblivion Ring and Wrath of God to deal with Planeswalkers. I'm a fan of the mono-blue version more, though. It seems like all the games in top 8 he sided out Wrath of Gods and Oblivion Rings, so I think mono-blue is the play to conserve space for more control cards. I really love how you can lay Shapeshifter and Elementall and just say "Better luck next time?" and your opponent is devastated. Pickles is huge in Lorwyn Standard right now, and it will be for a while, look out for this beast at tournaments near you.

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