This was my absolute favourite precon deck and I feel was probably the best precon in Masques. As a primarily Whie Weenie player in my younger years this one spoke to me greatly. Although it was neat that they released Outrider en-Kor which comboed very well with Task Force and Worthy Cause.
I recall after a certain point I got tired of playing this deck. Recruiting is pretty powerful and consistent, but fun? Hmm. It’s worth nothing that a 2/2 vigilance for 2 was a pretty efficient creature back then. Green and white got bears, but the other colours had to make do with 2/1s or downsides like “can’t block”. In fact, Walking Corpse from Innistrad - 12 years later - was the first vanilla black bear. Afterlife found it’s way into a few decks, once I realised that the drawback was manageable and sometime Terror or Incinerate weren’t enough. Great in my Pestilence deck where it could deal with opposing pro black creatures, or those with a higher toughness than I had swamps. A 1/1 didn’t last long there! But you missed a very important issue: check out the drip on the Commander. Rocking those braids.
I still have it at home with the worn-out deck box 😁 my absolut fav precon deck of all time. I later added Lin-Sivvi to the mix, which made the deck even more ridiculous.
This was my first deck ever and it felt so underpowered against my friends' decks made from Tempest cards. I also opened a Pariah and my 'combo' was Pariah on Cho Manno obviously. It fell apart at the first black removal spell. It's funny I played Standard but I guess I stopped playing before Rebels fully rotated in because it seemed like there was no way those Rebels decks would beat blue control, land destruction, bargain, replenish, or even stompy.
I really like your take on rebels being fitting more with Red than White. I never thought of this.
This was my absolute favourite precon deck and I feel was probably the best precon in Masques.
As a primarily Whie Weenie player in my younger years this one spoke to me greatly.
Although it was neat that they released Outrider en-Kor which comboed very well with Task Force and Worthy Cause.
I recall after a certain point I got tired of playing this deck. Recruiting is pretty powerful and consistent, but fun? Hmm.
It’s worth nothing that a 2/2 vigilance for 2 was a pretty efficient creature back then. Green and white got bears, but the other colours had to make do with 2/1s or downsides like “can’t block”. In fact, Walking Corpse from Innistrad - 12 years later - was the first vanilla black bear.
Afterlife found it’s way into a few decks, once I realised that the drawback was manageable and sometime Terror or Incinerate weren’t enough. Great in my Pestilence deck where it could deal with opposing pro black creatures, or those with a higher toughness than I had swamps. A 1/1 didn’t last long there!
But you missed a very important issue: check out the drip on the Commander. Rocking those braids.
I still have it at home with the worn-out deck box 😁 my absolut fav precon deck of all time. I later added Lin-Sivvi to the mix, which made the deck even more ridiculous.
This was my first deck ever and it felt so underpowered against my friends' decks made from Tempest cards. I also opened a Pariah and my 'combo' was Pariah on Cho Manno obviously. It fell apart at the first black removal spell. It's funny I played Standard but I guess I stopped playing before Rebels fully rotated in because it seemed like there was no way those Rebels decks would beat blue control, land destruction, bargain, replenish, or even stompy.