Quick Deck Tech: Dark Gruul Monsters

My weekend was on Manila, in which I played in the Pro Tour Qualifier to Journey into Nyx in Neutral Grounds Sto Domingo in Quezon City. I was short to the top 8 but then I am proud of the performance of the Standard deck I piloted for the event. The deck I played was RG Monsters splash Black which finished 6-2 of the 8-round tournament. Here is just a quick share of the decklist.

Maindeck
Lands
5 Forest
2 Mountain
4 Temple of Abandon
4 Stomping Ground
4 Overgrown Tomb
4 Blood Crypt

Creatures
3 Ghor-Clan Rampager
4 Polukranos, World Eater
4 Stormbreath Dragon
4 Sylvan Caryatid
4 Elvish Mystic
4 Courser of Kruphix
1 Reaper of the Wilds
2 Xenagos, God of Revels

Spells
2 Mizzium Mortars
2 Xenagos, the Reveler
4 Domri Rade
1 Putrefy
2 Dreadbore

Sideboard
SB: 2 Anger of the Gods
SB: 1 Doom Blade
SB: 2 Golgari Charm
SB: 4 Mistcutter Hydra
SB: 1 Mizzium Mortars
SB: 1 Putrefy
SB: 2 Rakdos's Return
SB: 2 Slaughter Games

Blue Black Mill

Here is a decklist that I've thought about last Tuesday when I was sorting through other win conditions for control decks. This actually is a remake of a classic deck strategy back when I started playing Magic in the early 2000s. It is called the 'Blue Black Mill Plan'.

Lands
3 Mutavault
4 Temple of Deceit
6 Island
6 Swamp
2 Dimir Guildgate
4 Watery Grave

Spells
1 Jace, Memory Adept
2 Jace, Architect of Thought
3 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
3 Far/Away
1 Dissolve
1 Essence Scatter
4 Pilfered Plans
1 Elixir of Immortality
2 Millstone
4 Psychic Strike
2 Crypt Incursion
1 Ratchet Bomb
3 Hero's Downfall
1 Doom Blade
1 Ultimate Price
2 Devour Flesh
3 Thoughtseize

The deck's details here.

MtG Iloilo Tournament Results January 3-4,2014

Friday Night Magic (January 3, 2014)
Top 4:
1. Carlo (RG Monsters)
2. Mark Ian (Naya Hexproof)
3. Raoul (Devotion to Blue)
4. Oliver (Devotion to Black)

12 players, 4 Rounds of Gameplay

Saturday Standard Tournament (January 4, 2014)
Top 4:
1. Oliver (Esper Midrange)
2. Speedy (UW Control)
3. Rei (UW Control)
4. Jason (RW Devotion)

16 players, 4 Rounds of Gameplay

Tymaret and the God of the Forge

I've recently submitted this decklist that got chosen in the honorable mentions of Gavin Verhey's Reconstructed column in the mothership. I hope I could get to build this with the card pool before the second set Born of the Gods is released. Here is the decklist:

Mark Ian Alloso's Tymaret and the God of the Forge
Standard

12 Mountain
3 Swamp
4 Blood Crypt
4 Rakdos Guildgate

4 Young Pyromancer
4 Tymaret, the Murder King
4 Chandra’s Phoenix
4 Purphoros, God of the Forge
2 Stormbreath Dragon

4 Molten Birth
4 Magma Jet
4 Shock
4 Lightning Strike
3 Chandra, Pyromaster