Strong_sad’s Swan Song

Todd Anderson says goodbye to VS Live! with one last look at some of his favorite decks in a final three-match set with Ross Merriam.

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Round 1: Azorius Delver VS Mono-Green Aggro

Azorius Delver Ben Isgur

Standard
2nd
Feb 3, 2012
BUY DECK
Creature (14)
4
Delver of Secrets // Insectile Aberration
4
Geist of Saint Traft
2
Phantasmal Image
4
Snapcaster Mage
Artifact (3)
3
Runechanter's Pike
Sorcery (8)
4
Gitaxian Probe
4
Ponder
Instant (15)
1
Faith's Shield
2
Gut Shot
4
Mana Leak
1
Mutagenic Growth
3
Thought Scour
4
Vapor Snag
Land (20)
4
Glacial Fortress
9
Island
3
Moorland Haunt
4
Seachrome Coast
Sideboard
2
Dissipate
1
Divine Offering
2
Dungeon Geists
2
Mental Misstep
1
Mutagenic Growth
1
Oblivion Ring
2
Ratchet Bomb
2
Revoke Existence
2
Sword of War and Peace
BUY DECK

Mono-Green Aggro Todd Anderson

Standard
5th
Star City Games Standard Open
Richmond, VA
Feb 4, 2012
BUY DECK
Creature (23)
1
Acidic Slime
1
Bellowing Tanglewurm
4
Birds of Paradise
4
Dungrove Elder
4
Llanowar Elves
3
Phyrexian Metamorph
4
Strangleroot Geist
2
Thrun, the Last Troll
Planeswalker (4)
1
Garruk Relentless // Garruk, the Veil-Cursed
3
Garruk, Primal Hunter
Artifact (4)
4
Sword of War and Peace
Sorcery (4)
4
Green Sun's Zenith
Instant (1)
1
Mutagenic Growth
Land (24)
24
Forest
Sideboard
2
Creeping Corrosion
1
Glissa, the Traitor
2
Naturalize
3
Ratchet Bomb
2
Surgical Extraction
2
Sword of Feast and Famine
3
Tumble Magnet
BUY DECK

Round 2: Abzan Aggro VS Jeskai Black

Abzan Aggro Thomas Koson

Standard
84th
Star City Games Invitational
Las Vegas, NV
Dec 10, 2015
BUY DECK
Creature (21)
4
Anafenza, the Foremost
3
Den Protector
4
Heir of the Wilds
4
Siege Rhino
4
Warden of the First Tree
2
Wingmate Roc
Planeswalker (4)
4
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
Instant (9)
4
Abzan Charm
4
Dromoka's Command
1
Murderous Cut
Land (26)
2
Canopy Vista
4
Flooded Strand
2
Forest
2
Llanowar Wastes
2
Plains
4
Shambling Vent
1
Smoldering Marsh
1
Sunken Hollow
4
Windswept Heath
4
Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Duress
2
Self-Inflicted Wound
3
Silkwrap
1
Sorin, Solemn Visitor
2
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
3
Transgress the Mind
2
Ultimate Price
BUY DECK

Jeskai Black Todd Anderson

Standard
19th
Star City Games Invitational
Las Vegas, NV
Dec 10, 2015
BUY DECK
Creature (11)
4
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
2
Monastery Mentor
4
Soulfire Grand Master
1
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Sorcery (9)
2
Duress
2
Painful Truths
2
Roast
3
Treasure Cruise
Instant (14)
4
Crackling Doom
4
Fiery Impulse
2
Kolaghan's Command
2
Ojutai's Command
1
Silumgar's Command
1
Utter End
Land (26)
4
Bloodstained Mire
3
Flooded Strand
1
Island
2
Mountain
3
Mystic Monastery
1
Plains
4
Polluted Delta
2
Prairie Stream
2
Shambling Vent
2
Smoldering Marsh
1
Sunken Hollow
1
Swamp
Sideboard
2
Arashin Cleric
2
Dispel
1
Kolaghan's Command
3
Negate
1
Ob Nixilis Reignited
1
Painful Truths
3
Radiant Flames
2
Roast
BUY DECK

Round 3: Bant Company VS Izzet Goggles

Bant Company Jim Davis

Standard
1st
Star City Games Standard Open
Baltimore, MD
Apr 8, 2016
BUY DECK
Creature (27)
2
Archangel Avacyn // Avacyn, the Purifier
4
Bounding Krasis
1
Den Protector
4
Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
1
Hidden Dragonslayer
4
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
1
Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist
4
Reflector Mage
4
Sylvan Advocate
2
Tireless Tracker
Instant (8)
4
Collected Company
3
Dromoka's Command
1
Ojutai's Command
Land (25)
3
Canopy Vista
4
Evolving Wilds
3
Forest
1
Fortified Village
2
Island
4
Lumbering Falls
3
Plains
1
Port Town
4
Prairie Stream
Sideboard
2
Clip Wings
2
Declaration in Stone
1
Den Protector
1
Hidden Dragonslayer
2
Invocation of Saint Traft
2
Lantern Scout
3
Negate
1
Ojutai's Command
1
Tireless Tracker
BUY DECK

Izzet Goggles Todd Anderson

Standard
4th
Apr 9, 2016
BUY DECK
Creature (10)
4
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
2
Jori En, Ruin Diver
4
Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror
Planeswalker (2)
2
Chandra, Flamecaller
Artifact (3)
3
Pyromancer's Goggles
Sorcery (7)
3
Magmatic Insight
4
Tormenting Voice
Instant (12)
1
Anticipate
2
Fall of the Titans
4
Fiery Temper
1
Kozilek's Return
4
Lightning Axe
Land (26)
4
Drownyard Temple
3
Highland Lake
3
Island
7
Mountain
4
Shivan Reef
4
Wandering Fumarole
1
Yavimaya Coast
Sideboard
1
Chandra, Flamecaller
4
Eldrazi Obligator
4
Fevered Visions
1
Kozilek's Return
3
Negate
2
Void Shatter
BUY DECK