Pioneer MtG — Gruul Land Destruction vs. Azorius Ensoul
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 2020-08-23

Do you remember when I ran land destruction back during Battle for Zendikar's standard life? Yeah, this is that deck all over again, albeit now with a better landbase and more mana dorks that can double as win-cons if need be. Please pardon the missing lands that may seem obvious to you, as they are to me as well. Unfortunately, I simply don't have any copies of Fabled Passage or Sheltered Thicket or Memorial to War (or whatever other green and red lands are ideal for this strategy.)

On the one hand, I could not be more thankful that Structural Distortion and Creeping Mold interact with artifacts, which stops both Gingerbrute and Ornithopter. On the other hand, Karametra's Blessing is a pain, and I'm not sure that running Detection Tower or Shadowspear just for that is worth it. Still, he does seem to bring Azorius Ensoul to our meta consistently, so maybe the investment is worth it after all.

That said, here's the decklist as I played it that day (as best I remember:)
Creatures (10)
2 Incubation Druid
4 Ulvenwald Captive
4 Worldbreaker
Instants (7)
3 Kozilek's Return
4 Scorching Dragonfire
Sorceries (18)
4 Creeping Mold
2 Lava Coil
4 Rubble Reading
4 Structural Distortion
4 Violent Impact
Lands (25)
4 Ginder Glade
4 Evolving Wilds (which should be Fabled Passage)
4 Forest
4 Game Trail
1 Mountain
1 Rootbound Crag
3 Sanctum of Ugin
4 Stomping Ground
Sideboard (15)
4 Arborback Stomper
1 Chandra, Flamecaller
4 Chandra's Pyrohelix
4 Roast
1 Take Down
1 Westvale Abbey

Obviously, the deck is not optimized. The sideboard, in particular, was basically just thrown together at the last minute, as I needed to finish resleeving my cards before the tournament started.

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