Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Sandy Man Can! Hazezon Tamar (EDH League Deck)

In previous posts I've touched on the SoCal EDH League, of which I'm entering my third year of. It is a casual/competitive league that is run across half a dozen stores in Southern California on Monday nights. Players earn league points each week, one for participation, and bonus points for the top 3 finishers. The highest pointgetters across all stores qualify for a final tournament with a very hefty prize payout.

The league also makes a concerted effort to remain mostly casual during the regular season, including a lowly  two dollar entry fee to prevent players using 'unfair' decks just to win the prize pool. After discovering the Partial Paris mulligan allowed combo players many more chances to dig for their combo pieces, the rules were changed to create a modified mulligan. First mull is free, set aside your hand of 7 cards, draw a new 7, and then shuffle, drawing one less card each time. Players also recieve a 2-point penalty in the league standings if they win via an infinite combo (Taking infinite turns, Infinite combat steps, etc.).

A while back I talked about what I did to the Political Puppets Commander precon, detailing the changes I made. I said it wouldn't be my deck for my League matches, which of course presents the question of what I actually do play for it. So with no further delay, take a look at this decklist while I briefly discuss the kill conditions.