I was going to do a video on the RG deck and what changes I made to it now, but then I realized I could do a celebratory cube video instead! So, I don’t mind talking about the GP and RG deck a bit here.

I played RG because I thought it would be an easy deck to pilot for the 14+ rounds and still be a powerful choice. That turned out to be a really good decision. Here’s the list I played with a few of the sideboard plans:

4 Copperline Gorge
10 Forest
2 Kessig Wolf Run
3 Mountain
4 Rootbound Crag

1 Acidic Slime
1 Avacyn’s Pilgrim
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Daybreak Ranger
4 Huntmaster of the Fells
4 Llanowar Elves
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Strangleroot Geist
1 Thrun, the Last Troll

3 Brimstone Volley
2 Galvanic Blast
4 Green Sun’s Zenith
4 Sword of War and Peace
1 Garruk Relentless

Sideboard
1 Acidic Slime
2 Act of Aggression
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Arc Trail
1 Batterskull
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Increasing Savagery
2 Manabarbs
1 Primeval Titan
2 Sword of Feast and Famine

For Delver:
-1 Acidic Slime, -1 Garruk Relentless, -X Green Sun’s Zenith, -Y Brimstone Volley (if they don’t have Dungeon Geist)
+ as many Arc Trail and Ancient Grudge as you can fit

For Ramp:
-1 Daybreak Ranger, -3 Galvanic Blast, -4 Sword of War and Peace, -2 Brimstone Volley
+1 Acidic Slime, +2 Act of Aggression, +2 Ancient Grudge, +1 Garruk, Primal Hunter, +1 Increasing Savagery, +2 Manabarbs, +1 Primeval Titan

This plan forgoes artifacts because they will almost always have Ancient Grudge. But Swords in general aren’t that bad against them (same idea for mirror).

For Zombies:
-2 Phyrexian Metamorph, -4 Sword of War and Peace
+2 Arc Trail, +1 Batterskull, +1 Garruk, Primal Hunter, +2 Sword of Feast and Famine

You’re the control deck. Your goal is generally to cast as many Huntmasters as you can but still maintain a plan to beat Phyrexian Obliterator.

Despite a lot of Delver players saying that RG is their worst matchup, my only losses were to Delver so I’ve made a few changes to try to make the matchup a bit better:

4 Copperline Gorge
4 Rootbound Crag
3 Mountain
2 Kessig Wolf Run
10 Forest

1 Avacyn’s Pilgrim
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Strangleroot Geist
2 Daybreak Ranger
3 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Acidic Slime

3 Galvanic Blast
2 Brimstone Volley
4 Sword of War and Peace
4 Green Sun’s Zenith
1 Garruk Relentless

Sideboard
1 Acidic Slime
1 Act of Aggression
2 Ancient Grudge
2 Arc Trail
1 Batterskull
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
2 Increasing Savagery
2 Manabarbs
1 Primeval Titan
1 Stingerfling Spider
1 Sword of Feast and Famine

Thanks for watching/reading, and as always, you can find me on twitter @theshipitholla.