"Midweek Magic 2018 #23 : Building Xenagos"

"Midweek Magic 2018 #23 : Building Xenagos" 

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

For a few weeks now I have been amazed at the efficiency at which Xenagos has been killing me and my other group mates. I have tried to steer of creating my own version of the deck but one day as I was trying to desperately improved on the Marath deck that I ended up with it dawned on my that I have gathered enough Red and Green pieces that I would be able to create my own version of the deck that Jethro has been killing as with. I need to put a little twist on my own in it though and I wondered what that would be.

Among the pile was the R/G Manland Raging Ravine which I think will be a great addition since it is something that cannot be countered and grows steadily the more that you use it.

Another card that I included though I had reservations was Magamatic force.Sure it was 7/7 and it is one of those that I have not played with and since my whole Battlebond opening phase I have had 2 copies of the behemoth just waiting for a deck. And this seemed a deck that needed it.

Another card was another card that I had with me for over a decade which is my Copperhoof Vorrac. A Mirrodin rare that never really quite found a home for one reason or another but in this Xenagos deck that I was building it felt like it was a great fit and so in it went.

As another improvement on the deck and as a surprise I added Triumph of the hordes. It might work or not but at least I had another option to go ahead and infect someone. I really missed doing that.