Daily Digest: Guess Who’s Bach?

Yep, it’s #marduguy, back for more. Cody Lingelbach took his innovative Mardu deck with a bunch of awesome Thopter synergies to the top 4 of #GPOAK.

Thopter Engineer highlights the Thopter squad, but Pia and Kiran Nalaar plus Hangarback Walker do a ton of work also. In a world full of spot removal, tokens are a helluva way to attack the format. Secure the Wastes is also very solid.

In order to take advantage of the various 1/1s, this deck has Gideon, Ally of Zendikar; Sorin, Solemn Visitor; and Kolaghan, the Storm’s Fury to pump them up.

The rest of the deck is typical Mardu fare, with Crackling Doom, Murderous Cut, and various Shocks to keep the board clear. There are zero Painful Truths in this 75, which may come as a surprise. However, when your card advantage is built into your creatures and planeswalkers, you want cards that directly affect the board.

Mardu Thopters

Cody Lingelbach

4th Place at Grand Prix on 01-09-2016

Standard

Creatures (17)

• 2 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
• 3 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 4 Abbot of Keral Keep
• 4 Hangarback Walker
• 4 Thopter Engineer

Planeswalkers (4)

• 1 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
• 3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Lands (25)

• 4 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Plains
• 1 Swamp
• 2 Mountain
• 2 Windswept Heath
• 3 Bloodstained Mire
• 2 Battlefield Forge
• 2 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 2 Canopy Vista
• 4 Shambling Vent

Spells (14)

• 4 Crackling Doom
• 2 Murderous Cut
• 3 Wild Slash
• 1 Silkwrap
• 2 Secure the Wastes
• 2 Fiery Impulse

Sideboard

• 2 Duress
• 2 Arc Lightning
• 1 Utter End
• 2 Outpost Siege
• 2 Roast
• 2 Self-Inflicted Wound
• 2 Infinite Obliteration
• 2 Transgress the Mind