Silmarillion: The War of the Jewels: 2nd Playtest
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2017-11-28
I just came out of a physical six man draft. I'll update this page at a later time, with decklists and such.
The clear winner was a 
mill deck. Main thing I could see it doing was Elf-Sage of Valinor with Forgive and Forget, Alas, Fleeting Dreams, and Pouring Melancholy.
Problems
Two important changes that are mandatory:
- Starkindler is 'bugged' in that, it + Light Before Fall / Pouring Melancholy is an infi-loop.
- Elf-Sage of Valinor is stupid powerful. Early on, it can give you like two or three mana per tap. Later on, it becomes something like 4/5 that's really hard to get around.
Changes will likely be:
- Starkindler the etb will be just "exile up to one target enchantment."
- Elf-Sage of Valinor: I'll probably increase the cost to
and remove the first ability entirely. To compensate, it will get 1 power.
Other notes
Once again, more ways to deal with enchantments were asked for.
Disembodied Guest performed quite well in a 
aggro-deck that sported 3+ copies of it.
Shed Innocence, Bitter Cold, and (((Varda’s Progeny))) were noted as being very pushed.
UPDATE:
DECKLISTS
Mill (3-0)
Notes
Many of the cards in this deck have already been nerfed.
CREATURE (7)
2 Elf-Sage of Valinor
2 Watchtower Loremaster
1 Lady of the Sea
1 Tideling of Turmoil
1 (((Cthonic Pourer)))
NONCREATURE (16)
3 Pouring Melancholy
3 Weary of the World
4 Forgive and Forget
1 Bitter Cold
2 Alas, Fleeting Dreams
1 Veil of Sleep
2 Doom and Woe
LAND (17)
Aggro-Ramp (2-2 or 1-3?)
CREATURE
1 Son of Anarchy
1 Almaren Arbor
1 Fierce Fëanorian
1 Ñoldorian Jewel-Wright
1 Dancing Deer
2 Arisen Liberator
1 Spiteful Heir
1 Ancient Huorn
2 Oromë's Ranger
1 Child of Melkor
NONCREATURE
2 Celestial Horizon
1 Essence of Being
1 Rise to Occasion
1 Crystal Ball
2 Let Them Burn
1 Resounding Delight
1 Overflowing Zeal
1 Kinslaying
1 Disaster's Wake
LAND
Chant
CREATURE
1 Fair-One of Minyar
1 Singer of the Shore
1 Eagles of Taniquetil
1 Lady of the Sea
1 Swanship of Alqualondë
2 Scion of Kings
2 Starkindler
1 Wingild Foam-Maiden
1 Chthonic Pourer
1 Sapphire-Winged Herald
NONCREATURE
1 Weary of the World
1 Pouring Melancholy
1 Light Before Fall
2 Abide in Waiting
2 Heaven's Arc
1 Call of the Sea
2 Fear No Evil
2 Sundering Storm
LAND
2 Undying Lands
6 Plains
10 Island
Elves (0-3)
CREATURE
2 Royal Messenger
1 Fair-One of Minyar
2 Dancing Deer
1 Evanescent Eminence
1 Utopia Ambassador
2 Green-Elf Wanderer
2 Host of the Eldar
NONCREATURE
1 Appointed Return
1 Glimmer of Hope
2 Celestial Horizon
1 Essence of Being
2 Stirred by the Stars
2 Coming of the Firstborn
2 Resounding Delight
1 Spring Unmarred
1 Glorious Theme
LAND
Rebels (1-2)
CREATURE
1 (((Ungoliant's Offspring)))
1 Son of Anarchy
1 Red-Handed Kinslayer
1 Lifeless Recreant
1 Fierce Fëanorian
1 Ñoldorian Jewel-Wright
1 Mistress of Shadowy Seas
2 Houseless Defector
1 Estranged Bride
1 Riders of the Starlit Dusk
1 Ungoliant, Spider of Night
1 Maiden of the Day-Star
1 Child of Melkor
NONCREATURE
1 Shed Innocence
1 Taint
1 Bitter Cold
1 Aulë's Craft
2 Clamour of Torment
1 Feed the Emptiness
1 Let Them Burn
1 Overflowing Zeal
1 Dismal Devices
LAND
Enchantment Aggro (2-2 or so)
CREATURE
1 Fair-One of Minyar
2 (((Ungoliant's Offspring)))
4 (((Disembodied Presence)))
1 Varda's Progeny
1 Dark-Folk Recusant
1 Eagles of Taniquetil
1 Mistress of Shadowy Seas
1 Abhorrent Master
1 Transcendent Myth
1 Starkindler
1 True Deceiver
NONCREATURE
1 Dissolving Malevolence
2 Bitter Cold
2 Taint
1 Abide in Waiting
2 Broken Vessel
LAND
2 Undying Lands
6 Plains
7 Swamp