![]() Make no mistake, I’m not saying this deck will win the Mythic Championship. Into the mid-game I hope Pence has built up a pretty strong Pelt Collector to start holding its own against larger creatures, along with Klothys, who hopefully has had its devotion turned on so it can be a wall of a blocker.įinally I want Pence to finish with a combo of Questing Beast and Embercleave, potentially hitting in for ten damage on its own thanks to double strike. The deck, which I not-so-creatively call “Messy Gruul Aggro for Hunter Pence,” has potential.Ī creature-heavy deck, MGAHP uses a solid base of haste creatures which can immediately start hitting in for damage with Bonecrusher Giant’s ability to be played as a two damage instant, and Robber of the Rich stealing cards being the deck’s main sources of disruption. I am home brewing Pence a standard-legal deck from scratch that he can build on arena and, I believe, potentially get a win. Also that’s incredibly lazy, and I don’t believe in being lazy. ![]() The lazy thing to do would be for me to go to the results from the recently held “Magic: The Gathering World Championships” and copy a deck for Pence, but no Gruul deck placed highly. Pence’s messy, high-energy style naturally lends itself to an aggressive deck looking to hit people in the face quickly with creatures, and burn them down with spells. For example, I am generally risk-averse and prefer social engineering in games, so I play Bant (Blue/White/Green). However, ultimately I decided on building Pence a Gruul (Red/Green) deck for two reasons: Firstly, he played a Gruul deck a few years ago in Magic: The Gathering Online, and also that I believe a magic deck inherently reveals someone’s personality. This doesn’t help understand his nature when approaching an organized, constructed deck format. He’s been playing a lot of draft lately, which means he’s building a deck from scratch every time he plays out of a random assortment of cards. I combed through Pence’s history to try and understand his preferences when playing MtG, but really it’s all over the map. The Giants’ outfielder has made numerous appearances on various popular MtG streams, and even has his own Twitch channel where he plays Magic: The Gathering Arena almost exclusively, and routinely played Magic: The Gathering Online in the past. ![]() As a giant nerd who has been playing Magic: The Gathering since 1995, and also a sports fan, I feel I’m uniquely qualified to help Pence realize his dream of becoming mythic champion and build him a deck that suits his strengths.įirstly, this isn’t a bit from Pence. No, it’s not that his favorite food is kale salad, though that’s disturbing enough on its own - it’s what Pence wants to be when he grows up that really caught my eye.įor the uninitiated, Pence is referring to the “Magic: The Gathering Mythic Championship,” an esports tournament in Magic: The Gathering Arena, which is a computer-based version of the card game. ![]() The San Francisco Giants won media day with their school photo-themed motif, but there was something about Hunter Pence’s that really stood out. ![]()
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