by Richard Rowell, Gaming Successfully Staff
The Zendikar's Rage Intro Pack for Battle for Zendikar is a Red and Green Landfall-themed deck. It features Oran-Rief Hydra as the cover rare, which is an effective card for the strategy. It also features R/G Landfall staples such as Makindi Sliderunner and Snapping Gnarlid, albeit in small numbers.
The second rare, Nissa’s Renewal is the better value rare in the deck, especially given the Landfall theme. Getting 3 Landfall triggers and 7 life off of a single card is extremely powerful. Also, two copies of Sylvan Scrying help you to grab your Blighted Woodland or Fertile Thickets - plus they are above-average uncommons value wise. You wouldn’t buy the deck just for these, and they’re not build around cards. But they’re good cards to have around, plus they are good in the deck.
Obviously, the number one thing to do with a Landfall themed deck is to replace the Evolving Wilds with the far superior fetchland Wooded Foothills, which lets you grab both Forests and Mountains. You may want to consider also getting a full playset of Cinder Glade, the red/green “tango” land from Battle for Zendikar. Having two basic lands in play usually won’t be an issue at all with this particular deck.
So how does this deck fare out of the box? Watch the video review to find out!
The second rare, Nissa’s Renewal is the better value rare in the deck, especially given the Landfall theme. Getting 3 Landfall triggers and 7 life off of a single card is extremely powerful. Also, two copies of Sylvan Scrying help you to grab your Blighted Woodland or Fertile Thickets - plus they are above-average uncommons value wise. You wouldn’t buy the deck just for these, and they’re not build around cards. But they’re good cards to have around, plus they are good in the deck.
Obviously, the number one thing to do with a Landfall themed deck is to replace the Evolving Wilds with the far superior fetchland Wooded Foothills, which lets you grab both Forests and Mountains. You may want to consider also getting a full playset of Cinder Glade, the red/green “tango” land from Battle for Zendikar. Having two basic lands in play usually won’t be an issue at all with this particular deck.
So how does this deck fare out of the box? Watch the video review to find out!
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