Subject: GWR Recycle (new extended) - Matt Bove

Green cards (35):
4x Recycle
4x Priest of Titania
4x Llanowar Elf
4x Skyshroud Elf
4x Birchlore Ranger
4x Seeker of Skybreak
4x Wall of Blossoms
4x Crop Rotation
3x Birds of Paradise

White Cards (3):
3x Enlightened Tutor

Gold Cards (5):
2x Meteor Storm
2x Fires of Yavimaya
1x Sterling Grove

Land (17):
11x Forest
1x Thran Quarry
1x Brushland
1x Karplusan Forest
3x Gaea's Cradle

    The main object of the deck is to kill with Meteor Storm (Stormbind 
substitute in new extended) with the help of a lot of cards from recycles 
and a lot of mana from cradles and priests.  The deck is capable of third 
turn kills, although not terribly consisent, but forth turn kills are 
common.  I was debating whether or not to run a fourth cradle because they 
are godly to crop rotate into, but I decided against it at the risk of 
drawing one too many by accident.  The deck ditchs threat removal for speed 
and it is well worth it in my opinion especially in the currect metagame.  I 
decided to go with seeker of skybreak rather than wirewood elf based on a 
friend's suggestion - it's potential to untap an elf-buff priest was too 
good to pass up.  Birchlore rangers are a little interesting, at first 
glance seeming to be a rather second or third tier card, but their ability 
allows friends with summoning sickness to play a part in a turn when they 
would normally be more or less out of the picture.  An important note when 
using crop rotation, enlightened tutor or sterling grove:  Be aware that you 
can alter the stack in your favor in situations where you play one of these 
and have recycle in play.  Take note of the current setup and decide whether 
it would be more beneficial to draw before or after you search your library. 
  In most cases (especially when crop rotating for a Cradle) you'll want to 
draw after you search so you don't risk drawing the card you want by 
accident.
    A remake of my recycle deck from old extended (with ice age and mirage 
blocks.)  The deck loses a lot of speed with the absence of Quirion Ranger 
and Fyndhorn Elf, but it recovers fairly well and surprisingly enough holds 
up against some of the tougher matches like Reanimator.  One of your biggest 
and hardest opponents will be Sligh - their ability to nuke all of your 
creatures before you can start to pose a threat is very tough to get by.  I 
left the sideboard out of this build purposely because frankly I'm not very 
good at constructing them.  Your biggest lifesaver against sligh is most 
likely going to be a sideboarded Eladamdri, Lord of the Leaves and some good 
life-gain to keep you alive until you can find him.  Its an extremely fun 
deck, if not terribly serious.  Its so much fun watching your opponent's 
shocked face when you go on to kill them with a crappy card like meteor 
storm on turn 3.  I'd love to hear comments and suggestions for main deck 
and sideboard.

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Good luck, have fun,
-Matt Bove