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Beat Downs with the Boz: Standard R/G Delirium Ramp

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The white knight! The home town hero! The Pro Tour Eldritch Moon Top 8 Competitor! Reid Duke! Reid Duke! Reid Duke!

I might be a little biased on this one, but Reid is one of my best friends and I have known him since before he could read Shivan Dragon. (He played before he could read, but that is a story for another article). I can't tell you how pumped I was to see him top 8, but honestly I think his deck is great! Reid hit a sweet spot combining all his knowledge of Farseek and Read the Bones to make the best Nissa's Pilgrimage deck. So often the problem with ramp strategies is that they don't have enough early plays and are prone to flooding out. Essentially, they are high variance. With cards like Traverse the Ulvenwald and Grapple the Past you have access to early plays that hit your land drops but also find your threats later in the game. Cards like Nissa's Pilgrimage and Hedron Archive are card advantage and ramp. These elements are pivotal in making this the most functionally consistent ramp deck in Standard.

Deck Tech


Match 1: Temur Emerge

Match 2: B/R Vampires

Match 3: B/G Delirium

Match 4: Mono Eldrazi

Match 5: Sultai Delirium


We had some pretty sweet and close games with this deck. We ended up on the wrong side of variance, but we still got to see the power this deck has, (even slogging through hate cards like Infinite Obliteration!) I doubt this will ever be the most popular deck in Standard, but it will most certainly hold onto a Tier 1 spot. The cards in the list that I didn't love were the 2 Gather the Pack and the 2 Fiery Impulse. If I were to play it again I would play 2 more Sylvan Advocates, a 2nd Nissa, Vastwood Seer and the 4th Kozilek's Return. This would give the main deck a bit more presence on the early turns, while packing just as much punch later on. I am also tempted to cut the Hedron Archives for Explosive Vegetations to synergize with the Advocates, Nissas and Shrines, but I think we would run out of basic lands. You might be able to get away with this change, but I am unsure to recommend it. Either way, this is a great deck and I encourage you to try it out, especially if you expect a lot of control strategies because those are great matchups.

Until next week, GLHF friends. May you smite thy enemies with a Golden Axe!

—Andrew Boswell


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