UGB Rock

[Wyko]

Someone gave me the idea to try a 100 card highlander deck. I mostly played standard before, but I had a ton of one-of's of old cards that would never see play, so I liked the idea.

Anyone have some cool ideas to help me out here? I'm afraid I don't have a goyf or any of the old expensive lands. I just want to make a strong, fun, aggressive deck. Thanks!

// Lands
    1 Underground River
    9 Forest
    3 Island
    1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
    1 Llanowar Wastes
    1 River of Tears
    1 Reflecting Pool
    1 Vivid Marsh
    1 Vivid Creek
    1 Vivid Grove
    1 Terramorphic Expanse
    1 Pendelhaven
    1 City of Brass
    3 Swamp
    4 Snow-Covered Island
    3 Snow-Covered Swamp

// Creatures
    1 Murderous Redcap
    1 Shriekmaw
    1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
    1 Phyrexian Rager
    1 Keening Banshee
    1 Mulldrifter
    1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
    1 Epochrasite
    1 Steel Wall
    1 Garruk Wildspeaker
    1 Oona's Prowler
    1 Llanowar Elves
    1 Thornweald Archer
    1 Birds of Paradise
    1 Fyndhorn Elves
    1 Boreal Druid
    1 Wall of Roots
    1 Devoted Druid
    1 Deadwood Treefolk
    1 Kitchen Finks
    1 Eternal Witness
    1 Ana Battlemage
    1 Citanul Woodreaders
    1 Masked Admirers
    1 Razormane Masticore
    1 Wall of Blossoms
    1 Wild Mongrel
    1 Hypnotic Specter
    1 Mirri the Cursed
    1 Dusk Urchins

// Spells
    1 Profane Command
    1 Repeal
    1 Dark Ritual
    1 Thoughtseize
    1 Duress
    1 Terror
    1 Beseech the Queen
    1 Chromatic Star
    1 Loxodon Warhammer
    1 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Prismatic Lens
    1 Cream of the Crop
    1 Mystic Speculation
    1 Prismatic Omen
    1 Harmonize
    1 Primal Command
    1 Sleight of Hand
    1 Portent
    1 Ponder
    1 Serum Visions
    1 Unsummon
    1 Ancestral Vision
    1 Disperse
    1 Brainstorm
    1 Remove Soul
    1 Mana Leak
    1 Counterspell
    1 Condescend
    1 Telling Time
    1 Boomerang
    1 Rushing River
    1 Diabolic Edict
    1 AEther Vial
    1 Chainer's Edict
    1 Cruel Edict
    1 Tainted Pact

[Vazdru]

What do you think about following changes:

+ Impulse  - Disperse
+ Bone Splitter - Loxodon Warhammer
+ Troll Ascetic - Murderous Redcap
+ Winter Orb - Mystic Speculations
+ Trygon Predator - Ana Battlemage
+ Animate Dead - Primal Command
+ Viridian Zealot - Deadwood Treefolk
+ Giant Solifuge - Steel Wall
+ Blastoderm - Beseech the Queen
+ Call of the Herd - Thornweald Archer#
+ Phantom Centaur - Oona's Prowler
+ Wasteland - Swamp

[Wyko]

Thanks for your reply, and your suggestions as well! I will immediately be getting an Impulse, Troll Ascetic, Animate Dead, Blastoderm, Trygon Predator, and Wasteland.

Winter Orb: Well, I need the lands myself. With this deck I should be planting new cards on the field every turn.
Giant Solifuge: Its decently expensive in mana cost for a one-shot kind of creature.
Viridian Zealot: Its GG mana cost makes it hard to cast early game and I haven't seen too many deadly artifacts around. Mind you, my metagame here is tiny like that, and I'm sure there are reasons to have it in. As soon as I see one, I'll switch it in.
Phantom Centaur: If it blocks or is blocked (maybe twice), it dies.

If you have any suggestions or reasons I should take the others, please say so.

[Vazdru]

I've forgotten Rancor of course. It's clearly far better than Bonesplitter.

Ravenous Baloth is another nice option to replace Phantom Centaur.

What about Sakura-Tribe Elder and/or Wood Elves?

Winter Orb is quite nice in your deck because you play alot Mana-Elves, Mana-Atrifacts and with a low average CC. Give it a chance

[Mythrandir]

I've forgotten Rancor of course. It's clearly far better than Bonesplitter.

Ravenous Baloth is another nice option to replace Phantom Centaur.

What about Sakura-Tribe Elder and/or Wood Elves?

Winter Orb is quite nice in your deck because you play alot Mana-Elves, Mana-Atrifacts and with a low average CC. Give it a chance

trust vazdru, winter orb is killer card, if you happen to have a superior board position, the orb will benefit you, specially if you play low CMC and mana-artefacts/creatures.

[Wyko]

The baloth looks like a wonderful card indeed. A cheap 4/4 that gains you life after a bit? Also, I took your suggestion and played winter orb once. Waiting till he tapped out for something and then playing the orb produced very satisfying results. Hehe!
As for the elders; I like the idea. What should I replace though?

[Mythrandir]

The baloth looks like a wonderful card indeed. A cheap 4/4 that gains you life after a bit? Also, I took your suggestion and played winter orb once. Waiting till he tapped out for something and then playing the orb produced very satisfying results. Hehe!
As for the elders; I like the idea. What should I replace though?

yeap, the orb is a though card.

as for the elder you could replace by some of the card vazdru wrote in the early post..

[Wyko]

This is what I have now. Some cards are still coming in the mail... any comments?

// Lands
    1 Llanowar Wastes
    1 Watery Grave
    1 Vivid Marsh
    1 Dimir Aqueduct
    1 Pendelhaven
    1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
    1 Breeding Pool
    1 Vivid Creek
    1 Golgari Rot Farm
    1 Simic Growth Chamber
    1 Vivid Grove
    3 Island
    1 Strip Mine
    1 Terramorphic Expanse
    1 Underground River
    1 Reflecting Pool
    1 Mishra's Factory
    3 Snow-Covered Swamp
    1 Snow-Covered Island
    1 Swamp
    7 Forest
    1 Yavimaya Coast
    1 River of Tears
    1 City of Brass

// Creatures
    1 Solemn Simulacrum
    1 Epochrasite
    1 Shriekmaw
    1 Oona's Prowler
    1 Liliana Vess
    1 Keening Banshee
    1 Mirri the Cursed
    1 Hypnotic Specter
    1 Dusk Urchins
    1 Birds of Paradise
    1 Ana Battlemage
    1 Llanowar Elves
    1 Wall of Blossoms
    1 Masked Admirers
    1 Thornweald Archer
    1 Ohran Viper
    1 Blastoderm
    1 Garruk Wildspeaker
    1 Wild Mongrel
    1 Fyndhorn Elves
    1 Wall of Roots
    1 Eternal Witness
    1 Chameleon Colossus
    1 Utopia Tree
    1 Murderous Redcap
    1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
    1 Kitchen Finks
    1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
    1 Trygon Predator
    1 Mulldrifter

// Spells
    1 Loxodon Warhammer
    1 AEther Vial
    1 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Mind Stone
    1 Dark Ritual
    1 Profane Command
    1 Terror
    1 Thoughtseize
    1 Tainted Pact
    1 Chainer's Edict
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Damnation
    1 Animate Dead
    1 Diabolic Edict
    1 Sylvan Library
    1 Harmonize
    1 Cream of the Crop
    1 Kodama's Reach
    1 Recoil
    1 Putrefy
    1 Mana Leak
    1 Condescend
    1 Sleight of Hand
    1 Serum Visions
    1 Unsummon
    1 Ancestral Vision
    1 Rushing River
    1 Remove Soul
    1 Counterspell
    1 Boomerang
    1 Ponder
    1 Brainstorm
    1 Portent
    1 Telling Time
    1 Impulse

[Mythrandir]

its a better build than before, but u should cut the strip mine since is banned (by our Banned list.. dont konw if you´re going with this list or a similar one... if not you should add jitte ), cut strip mine add wasteland. also no volraths stronghold??

also there are some sub-optimal cards there:

keening banshee, portent...

where's the worldly tutor? rancor?


edited: here´s the link to the banned list: http://www.highlandermagic.info/index.php?id=bannedlist