Created: Sat Jul 27 18:22:00 UTC 2007 Design philosophy: Mana dorks, disruption, tutors and combo pieces. Alternative approach is to go slower with combo, build on board presence and pressurize, while threatening to win with combo. Legend: 1: part of the initial build (Created) +1: added/to be added to the build -1: removed/to be removed from the build ?1: maybe to be removed https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hl-patternrector-1/ https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/against-the-odds-saffi-combo-modern 100 Lands (35): 1 Bayou 1 Savannah 1 Scrubland 1 Arid Mesa 1 Marsh Flats 1 Verdant Catacombs 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Bloodstained Mire 1 Polluted Delta 1 Flooded Strand 1 Wooded Foothills 1 Windswept Heath 1 Prismatic Vista 1 Fabled Passage 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Temple Garden 1 Horizon Canopy 1 Silent Clearing 1 Nurturing Peatland 1 Darkbore Pathway 1 Branchloft Pathway 1 Razorverge Thicket 1 Blooming Marsh 1 Llanowar Wastes 1 Brushland 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth 1 Volrath's Stronghold 1 Phyrexian Tower 1 Dryad Arbor 1 Gaea's Cradle 1 Karakas 1 Forest 1 Snow-Covered Forest 1 Snow-Covered Swamp 1 Snow-Covered Plains Creatures (40): 1 Deathrite Shaman 1 Ignoble Hierarch 1 Noble Hierarch 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Gilded Goose 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim 1 Elvish Mystic 1 Fyndhorn Elves 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Elves of Deep Shadow 1 Arbor Elf 1 Carrion Feeder 1 Viscera Seer 1 Walking Ballista (combo with Heliod) 1 Sylvan Safekeeper (protects in Hulk piles, is faster and found with Zenith and Ecological Appreaciation) 1 Saffi Eriksdotter (combo with Sun Titan + Viscera/Carrion, also hits plenty of combo pieces) 1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit (3-card combo with Murderous Redcap/Kitchen Finks+Viscera/Carrion) 1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast (3-card combo with Murderous Redcap/Kitchen Finks+Viscera/Carrion) 1 Fiend Artisan (sacrifice outlet and tutor) 1 Fauna Shaman 1 Tidehollow Sculler 1 Qasali Pridemage -1 Witherbloom Apprentice (Chain of Smog, but Aluren/Acererak is easier to find) -1 Chain of Smog 1 Eternal Witness 1 Kitchen Finks (combo with Helios + sac outlet) 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned (combo with Spike Feeder/Ballista, also 3 card combo with Kitchen Finks+Viscera/Carrion) 1 Spike Feeder (Combo with Heliod and Light of Promise) 1 Recruiter of the Guard (Finks, Spike, Viscera, Carrion, Anafenza, Ballista) 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos (Feeder/Seer, Ballista) 1 Knight of the Reliquary (Phyrexian Tower, Dryad Arbor...) 1 Opposition Agent (wins on the spot, try as a silver bullet, good with Collected Company as well) 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide +1 Acererak the Archlich 1 Academy Rector (Recurring Nightmare, Light of Promise, Pattern of Rebirth) 1 Ranger of Eos (Carrion/Seer, Ballista) 1 Reveillark 1 Karmic Guide 1 Sun Titan (comboes with Saffi + Viscera/Carrion) 1 Woodland Bellower (Grist, Spike Feeder, Kitchen Finks, does not use grave as Sun Titan would, unless Witness is fetched) 1 Protean Hulk Spells (26): 1 Once Upon a Time 1 Entomb (Cabal Therapy, Hulk for Necromancy) 1 Abundant Harvest 1 Green Sun's Zenith 1 Imperial Seal 1 Crop Rotation (Phyrexian Tower, Volrath's Stronghold) 1 Thoughtseize 1 Duress 1 Inquisition of Kozilek 1 Cabal Therapy 1 Demonic Tutor 1 Diabolic Intent 1 Tainted Pact 1 Eladamri's Call 1 Recurring Nightmare 1 Light of Promise (infi life and body with Spike Feeder) 1 Necromancy (Entomb, Hulk. Also kickstarts combo) 1 Eldritch Evolution (kickstarts combo) ?1 Ecological Appreciation (Seer/Carrion, Ballista, or is spot tutor better?) 1 Chord of Calling 1 Pattern of Rebirth 1 Collected Company +1 Aluren SB: -1 Urza's Saga (Skullclamp) -1 Summoner's Pact (this deck may not be this fast) -1 Starved Rusalka -1 Liliana, Heretical Healer -1 Filigree Familiar -1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier (probably too slow, add back if tutoring power is needed) -1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire (same as with Sidisi) -1 Renegade Rallier (this or Eternal Witness, or Lurrus? Witness still the best as most versatile. Lurrus maybe for board control version.) -1 Vizier of Remedies (Devoted Druid, sorcery speed combo, also vulnerable) -1 Vraska, Golgari Queen (Grist is better) -1 Plaguecrafter -1 Vesperlark -1 Giver of Runes -1 Mother of Runes (As deck not only has instant speed combos, but sorcery speed ones as well, these may be needed. Maybe for board control version.) -1 Call of the Death-Dweller -1 Mythos of Nethroi 1 Luminous Broodmoth (for board presence build) -1 Boreal Druid 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (for board presence build) -1 Stirring Wildwood (maybe for board presence build) -1 Gavony Township (may for board presence build) ?1 Sakura-Tribe Elder ?1 Wall of Roots ?1 Wall of Omens ?1 Wall of Blossoms ?1 Lotus Cobra -1 Dimir House Guard -1 Shriekmaw -1 Mesmeric Fiend -1 Terastodon -1 Body Snatcher -1 Elvish Visionary -1 Bloodthrone Vampire -1 Grave Titan -1 Ravenous Baloth -1 Skinrender -1 Sword of Fire and Ice -1 Faith's Fetters -1 Natural Order -1 Primal Command -1 Living Death -1 Tarmogoyf -1 Nantuko Husk -1 Phyrexian Ghoul -1 Vampire Aristocrat -1 Loxodon Hierarch -1 Bone Shredder -1 Putrefy -1 Mortify -1 Idyllic Tutor -1 Yawgmoth's Bargain (Good in Finnish meta though) -1 Fleshwrither ?1 Grim Discovery ?1 Night's Whisper (Or Village Rites?) ?1 Vindicate (Rector, Hulk, Guy with Pattern) ?1 Maelstrom Pulse (Rector, Hulk, guy with Pattern) ?1 Archangel of Thune (combo with Spike Feeder, but maybe more so with board presence version) ?1 Sylvan Tutor ?1 Worldly Tutor ?1 Swords to Plowshares (can't kickstart combo on my side Abrupt Decay) ?1 Yavimaya Elder -1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth -1 Godless Shrine -1 Brightclimb Pathway -1 Concealed Courtyard ?1 Wasteland (may randomly win, but is this needed as an answer for something?) -1 Caves of Koilos -1 Murderous Redcap (3-card combo with Anafenza+Viscera/Carrion. Bellower does not fetch, nor Company find.) -1 Unmarked Grave (Imperial Seal is cheaper, and more universal) -1 Footsteps of the Goryo (Entomb/Unmarked Grave. Necromancy is better, as can choose not to sac. Also this can't be found by Rector) -1 Indatha Triome (Mana should be good without this too) +1 Abrupt Decay +1 Dread Fugue -1 Stoneforge Mystic (skullclamp, jitte) -1 Skullclamp -1 Umezawa's Jitte +1 Siona, Captain of the Pyleas (Pattern) +1 Extraction Specialist +1 Arwen, Mortal Queen (combo with Heliod and Walking Ballista) +1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron (combo with Heliod, Feeder, Ballista)