[Polyjak]

SPORE CRY
Polyjak, XPDC 1.01, 1st Place

4 Fists of Ironwood
8 Forest
4 Llanowar Elves
7 Plains
4 Scatter the Seeds
4 Selesnya Evangel
4 Selesnya Sanctuary
4 Veteran Armorer
4 Essence Warden
2 Judge Unworthy
4 Kjeldoran War Cry
1 Marshaling Cry
4 Pallid Mycoderm
4 Sprout Swarm
2 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard
4 Ethereal Haze
3 Faith's Fetters
3 Terashi's Grasp
1 Judge Unworthy
4 Sunlance

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SPORE CRY
Polyjak, 1st Place, XPDC 0.07

8 Forest
7 Plains
4 Selesnya Sanctuary
2 Terramorphic Expanse

4 Essence Warden
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Veteran Armorer
4 Selesnya Evangel
4 Pallid Mycoderm

4 Fists of Ironwood
4 Scatter the Seeds
4 Sprout Swarm
4 Kjeldoran War Cry
3 Marshaling Cry

Sideboard
4 Terashi's Grasp
4 Guardian of the Guildpact
4 Sunlance
3 Faith's Fetters

Credit for this build, perfected in the Rav-TS Standard metagame, goes to Kingritz. All I did was alter the sideboard for the Future Extended metagame.

[Eegag]

Ok, I know this list has almost become a sacred, untouchable object, but I am going to suggest some changes:

First, I think 4x Pallid Mycoderm is too many. Jak often complains during FutEx matches that this is the case. Also, while I don't think 4x Sprout Swarm is, necessarily, too many, I think that having one less might be a better call (except when you're playing against counters, but we haven't seen many counter decks in recent weeks). So, 3x Sprout Swarm, 3x Pallid Mycoderm. This frees up two spots, which I think should go to Lumithread Field MAINDECK.

I also wanted to mention two other things. First, I often play a couple copies of Edge of Autumn in my Saps decks, just because I love Cycling in here. I also have an unhealthy liking for that card. Second, I think that Faith's Fetters should be replaced with Oblivion Ring in the SB once Lorwyn is legal. It comes down quicker, and we don't need the lifegain anyway.

[Sensei]

keep the fourth copy of Pallid in the SB. You absolutely need it for the mirror match, no questions asked. I like Edge of Autumn too, but every creature you play early on is like a timewalk till you can reach critical mass with your convoke spells, and Llanowar Elves is more valuable in that respect than being able to cycle in the lategame, which is really only applicable again to the mirror match as most non-mirror games never go past turn 10
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[Me5794]

[Eegag]

I am certainly not arguing about the importance of Pallid Mycoderm. It makes this deck as potent as it is. You just don't want to be holding two of them early in the game. Three, I believe, is the right number.

As for Edge of Autumn, I played it as a 2-of in my last version of the deck (which went 1-2 at Worlds, so take my advice with a grain of salt). I removed the Sprout Swarm and the Mycoderm. Instead of putting in Fields like I recommended above, I used Edge. I didn't draw it much, but when I did it seemed good. However, it might have been just as good if it had been another threat. So, the jury is still out.

[Polyjak]

To be honest with you, I think it's splitting hairs at this point. The deck's strategy is refined and these ARE the cards that make it happen. Shaving 1 off of 2 cards to add 2 copies of something seems more like a placebo move than anything else.

The sideboard is really where rough matches are decided. And even after O Ring comes out, I think I'm still going to prefer Faith's Fetters. That lifegain is an insurance policy.

[Eegag]

[Polyjak]

[hurriboy]

when i played brusselsprouts i only ran 2 marshal cry and 3 sprouts. i used fortify in the spots and it always caught someone. why was fortify cut from the deck? i never understood that.

[Polyjak]

[Eegag]

Spore Cry had two T4s at UPDC, but neither broke through into the Finals. One of the decks was Jak's traditional list. The other had a black splash for Deathspore Thallid and was piloted by this_guy_dan:

2 Llanowar Elves
2 Elves of Deep Shadow
4 Essence Warden
4 Sakura Tribe Elder
3 Deathspore Thallid
4 Selesnya Evangel
4 Pallid Mycoderm

4 Fists of Ironwood
4 Sprout Swarm
4 Scatter the Seeds
3 Echoing Courage

4 Terramorphic Expanse
4 Selesnya Sanctuary
9 Forest
4 Plains
1 Swamp

Sideboard
4 Aven Riftwatcher
4 Faith's Fetters
3 Ethereal Haze
4 Luminthread Field

Is a black splash worth it, or does it slow the deck down in the long run?
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[this_guy_dan]

It was literally a last second deck. I just wanted something to play a couple rounds with for fun, if you had given me Birds.dec, I'd have played that. I had Sakuras, had no time to browse the pool, so I just put in thallids.

GW is probably the way to go, but splashing is very easy so that depends on if the much larger pool has something good to play main or sb. Ideally, I'd like to see a sac. outlet that works well in the deck to counter Echoing spells.
A transformational sideboard is possible and might be needed in fut 1.x.

Notes

*Always play 4 Thallid Mycoderm.

*Ethereal Haze counters Martyr of Ashes.

*You don't need 10-12 pump spells to win. Mycoderm is the best one and that's 4. You only want 2-4 others, and usually only need one per game. Use those valuable slots elsewhere.

*Echoing Courage sux, don't play it.

*Veteran Armorer/Luminthread Field aren't as good in Fut 1.x as T2. The best sweepers vs this are Martyr, Echoing Decay, and Echoing Truth. Rain of Embers isn't the only option anymore.

*With 4 elves, 4 bouncelands, and 4 Sakura, 22 lands worked fine for me.

_TGD

[Polyjak]

I actually used a lot of this_guy_dan's suggestions in tweaking my deck for XPDC 1.01, and it paid off. So I'll run through them here.

[IberianWolf]

seeing how this deck has already proven of itself, shouldn't this thread be stickied?

[Boin]

What about adding another way to sack saps to the sideboard to deal with echoing spells.