Hello fellow planeswalkers, I've been traveling on the plane of Zendikar for quite some time now and it appears (from the meta that I've been playing at least), that Tri-color decks are vary popular. An occasional four and five color deck has been seen but not in large quantities. Just a tip to all those playing Gruul (R/G), Jund (R/B/G) or just any deck that uses the theme of LAND DESTRUCTION: target the lands that the deck mostly pivots on. I know this may seem like a no brainer to most people but when you're playing against a 3-4 color deck blowing up or using
demolish on the correct land can be crucial to a mid-game swing for your victory. There are two very effective ways to make land destruction work in your favor:
1. If you know the colors of the deck then destroy the colors that the deck pivots off of. For example, If its your JUND (R/B/G) deck against their ESPER (U/W/B) then 9 times out of ten you're gonna want to destroy their BLUE mana first to prevent them from playing cards such as
cancel,
dispel,
spell shrivel,
ulamog's nullifier, and even their creatures that have the blue devotion. This can save you from a lot of trouble later and keep your opponent from interfering with your deck's main goal.
2. This one may take a bit of skill and practice but if you don't actually know what the color focus is (if one exists) or how their deck seems to be running then begin color wiping. Even if the opponent is playing a lot of fetch lands and dual color lands then the match won't run as smoothly for them if their deck is running on only 1 or 2 colors when it's initial design was for 2 and 3 colors. Back to the Jund vs. Esper match up; even if Esper is using three colors, wipe out all of ONE color first and persistently. I usually do this by taking out the color that is in the least amount of quantity. This way their deck falls to being an Azorius (W/U), Orzhov (W/B) or Dimir (U/B). Different decks work in different manners but if you can cut off their resources and force them to use a particular color pair that you are familiar with then the
odds will be more in your favor.
I chose Esper as my target because the colors are mostly used in CONTROL based decks. Also referring back to those particular guilds (for anyone familiar with the RAVNICA block, those three guilds were highly proficient in stalling, life draining, and milling. All of which could be in any deck that uses those similar colors so forcing a person to one color color pair in a way limits their options which should give you an advantage over your opponent.Stay strong fellow planeswalkers, and I hope my advice is well received.
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