![]() ![]() As Naya is more or less a ramp deck in style and function, this guy accelerates us into Turn 2 Boros Reckoners and Turn 3 four CMC cards like Huntmaster of the Fells, Garruk Relentless and Restoration Angel. Cards such as Thundermaw Hellkite and Aurelia, the Warleader serve as excellent finishers that will put the game to bed after your opponent has exhausted all his/her resources combating your early value creatures.Īvacyn’s Pilgrim – The premier mana dork of choice for the traditional Naya Midrange deck list. The Naya player’s victory condition is to eventually land a threat that simply reaches that critical mass of board presence or card advantage that will lead you on the path to victory. The reason these collection of creatures are so powerful is due to the need for your opponent to actively combat the health gain, creature token generation and the creature itself of the former two cards, while also being extremely wary of Restoration Angel repeating the ETB effects. I mentioned in the introduction that the core of the traditional Naya Midrange consistes of Thragtusk, Huntmaster of the Fells and Restoration Angel. While not as removal heavy as a Jund list nor graveyard based like Reanimator, the typical Naya Midrange list uses creatures with powerful ‘enter the battlefield’ (ETB) effects. Naya Midrange does the same thing but with a constant stream of resilient creatures that typically require multiple cards actions in order for the opponent to deal with them effectively and efficiently. Junk Reanimator similarly creates ‘2 for 1’ card advantage through Grisly Salvage finding extremely resilient creatures and cheating Angel of Serenityinto play via Unburial Rites. Jund Midrange creates these boardstates through proactive spells such as Rakdos’s Return and their own specialty creatures like Sire of Insanity and Olivia Voldaren. Midrange decks therefore attempt to play these ‘2 for 1’ threats consistently in order to negate the impact of their opponent’s cards and eventually they will land upon a series of threats (or a threat) that cannot be answered in the short term, setting the game up in an extremely favorable state for the midrange player. ![]() the use of 2 (or perhaps more) cards to answer any given card you play. The colloquial term is known as a ‘2 for 1’ i.e. The essential truth of all midrange decks is that they win by creating a critical mass of threats (or in some cases a threat) that must be answered by your opponent. The Saito Naya variant is extremely beatdown oriented at the cost of late game options, while the typical Naya Midrange deck is able to perform admirably in the long drawn out games against control or other green based midrange decks. Both decks will be touched on throughout the Primer but the key differences are there effective resiliency and speed. The other version was put forward by noted deck designer Tomoharu Saito which couples the explosive starts enabled by Burning-Tree Emissary at the cost of the long game resiliency. The more traditional midrange deck is The ‘Big’ Naya ramp style that utilize the holy trinity of Thragtusk, Huntmaster of the Fells, and Restoration Angel. This can be done via two different Naya Midrange decks in the current Standard environment. Traditionally, the deck focuses on ramp style play, building up threats to a critical mass at which point your opponent cannot deal with the constant pressure and is put into an unwinnable position. Please note that this Primer will be updated as the Standard season evolves and hopefully I will be on hand to edit the primer as M14 and Theros block comes around the corner and shakes everything up.īefore we start discussing specifically how the deck functions, it is important to think about what sort of play style and tempo you would like the deck to take on. Hello all and welcome to the new Naya Midrange Primer! Here you will find a thorough discussion of the archetype, an in depth discussion of how the deck functions and discussions of the key creature cards, planeswalkers and utility cards needed to compete against the top decks in the format post Dragon Maze. ![]()
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