Vintage MtG — Captain Crunch vs. Sharkstill
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 2020-07-25

For this UOL season, I decided to play a brew of mine. Similarly to Modern Birthing Pod and Legacy Nic-Fit, Captain Crunch is a midrange deck that also features a combo in the form of Captain Sisay and Paradox Engine.

After resolving both, you first tap Captain Sisay in order to get Mox Amber, casting it to untap your permanents. Then, you get Mox Opal and do the same. After that, you get whichever other pieces you'd like, such as Hope of Ghirapur, Emry, or a planeswalker. With each loop, you float mana from your mana rocks and mana dorks so that you have enough to cast a huge payoff, which in this case is Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger (but which could, instead, be Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.)

That said, how well will a bunch of creatures do against a Sharknado? RAWR! Standstill is really good in conjunction with landfolk, planeswalkers, and abilities that make creatures, one of which is cycling Shark Typhoon.

 Here's my decklist via MtGgoldfish…
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3113236
…and here it is in text form:
Artifacts (12)
1 Black Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Mox Amber
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Opal
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Paradox Engine
1 Sol Ring
Creatures (23)
4 Captain Sisay
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
1 Fblthp, the Lost
1 Hope of Ghirapur
1 Kethis, the Hidden Hand
1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
1 Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
4 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
1 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
4 Noble Hierarch
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Instants (5)
1 Ancestral Recall
3 Force of Will
1 Mental Misstep
Planeswalkers (4)
1 Ashiok, Dream Render
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
1 Teferi, Time Raveler
Sorcery (1)
1 Time Walk
Lands (15)
1 Bayou
1 Flooded Strand
1 Karakas
4 Misty Rainforest
1 Savannah
2 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
4 Windswept Heath
Sideboard (15)
4 Force of Vigor
1 Force of Will
1 Gaddock Teeg
4 Grafdigger’s Cage
1 Kataki, War’s Wage
1 Thorn of Amethyst
3 Veil of Summer

Here's UncleFlacco's Sharkstill list from MtGgoldfish…
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3117993
…and here it is as text for you:
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
4 Tundra
1 Snow-Covered Plains
2 Snow-Covered Island
2 Flooded Strand
1 Mystic Sanctuary
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Karakas
1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
3 Mishra's Factory
1 Field of the Dead
4 Standstill
2 Shark Typhoon
1 Stony Silence
2 Soul-Guide Lantern
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Black Lotus
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Mental Misstep
1 Gush
4 Force of Will
1 Force of Negation
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Dig Through Time
3 Cryptic Command
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Ponder
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Balance
2 Teferi, Time Raveler
1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Sideboard (15)
3 True-Name Nemesis
2 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Serenity
1 Seal of Cleansing
3 Rest in Peace
1 Fragmentize
1 Energy Flux
1 Arcane Laboratory
1 Swords to Plowshares

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