[uskomaton]

So, here is my current block Doran build, let me know what you think.
The idea is to use Gaddoc to lock out the powerful commands and such,
other than that it's pretty basic Doran.

Creatures: 22
2 Cloudthresher
4 Treefolk Harbinger
2 Timber Protector
4 Chameleon Colossus
4 Doran, the Siege Tower
3 Gaddock Teeg
3 Shriekmaw

Spells: 16
4 Fertile Ground
4 Oblivion Ring
4 Firespout
4 Nameless Inversion

Lands: 22
6 Forest
4 Murmuring Bosk
3 Wooded Bastion
3 Reflecting Pool
3 Gilt-Leaf Palace
2 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Meadow

Sideboard: 15
4 Thoughtseize
3 Vexing Shusher
2 Oversoul of Dusk
3 Kitchen Finks
3 Wheel of Sun and Moon

[Chopperdave]

Looks solid.

[bgb8987]

Lee's going to ask you why you dont have bitterblossom ! lol

[Trick]

It's a good question

[uskomaton]

It is a good question, but with 'spout and 'thresher I'm not sure if it's
gonna server a purpose. I've been thinking of adding it, but can't seem
to make the cut.

Btw, the mana base is not final yet.

[Trick]

Next question: What do you do if someone plays Bitterblossom against you? The only answer I see is Oblivion Ring. Maybe consider Primal Commands or something else?

[uskomaton]

I will sit by watch them collect tokens while they slowly kill themselves,
then I will either 'Spout or 'Thresher the annoying pests and laugh
manically when they can't Cryptic Command it due to my Gaddock :D

[BassmanARW]

wilt leaf liege>timber protector. Even kitchen finks wouldnt be bad MD, but protector is just bad outside of straight treefolk

[uskomaton]

More "fixed" version

Creatures: 19
2 Cloudthresher
3 Treefolk Harbinger
4 Chameleon Colossus
4 Doran, the Siege Tower
3 Gaddock Teeg
3 Shriekmaw

Spells: 18
4 Fertile Ground
3 Oblivion Ring
4 Firespout
4 Nameless Inversion
3 Bitterblossom

Lands: 23
6 Forest
4 Murmuring Bosk
2 Wooded Bastion
3 Reflecting Pool
3 Gilt-Leaf Palace
2 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Meadow
2 Vivid Marsh

Sideboard: 15
4 Thoughtseize
3 Vexing Shusher
2 Oversoul of Dusk
3 Kitchen Finks
3 Wheel of Sun and Moon

Mana base will definetly need fixing now.
And no, Wilf Leaf Liege is not good here... well, not as good as BB anyway.

[bgb8987]

i like your fixed version a lot, for lands maybe drop one Bastion or one Reflecting Pool for another Vivid Meadow or Grove, and i would take out the wheel of sun and moon for Faerie Macabre which is a pretty strong graveyard hate card (probably see quite a few manequin variants around)

[uskomaton]

Edited the lands a bit, I wanna keep the Pools cos they are just awesome with
the Vivids, added another Marsh since it provides the all important black as base.
Not sold on the Macabre tho, the BB is hard on the mana base and WoSaM works
on me as well, tho I doubt I will use that much.

[bgb8987]

i just like the macabre cause of its effect,  decks with GY hate will most likely have some way to work around constant interuption like sun and moon, such as bounce effects or o-rings or the like, while the macabre cant be countered and is instant speed GY removal, i have some SBd in my standard doran deck right now and i never cast them but use their discard ability a good bit

[uskomaton]

Made a minor adjustement to the main deck, see if you can tell what it is ;)

[BassmanARW]

I went 5-2 at the Detroit PTQ tonight with Doran and placed 15th.

Land - 24
4x Murmuring Bosk
4x Gilt-LEaf Palace
4x Vivid Grove
3x Vivid Marsh
2x Wooded Bastion
3x Reflecting Pool
2x Forest
2x Swamp

Creatures - 18
2x Treefolk Harbinger
4x Doran, the Siege Tower
4x Chameleon Colossus
3x Wren's Run Vanquisher
4x Kitchen Finks
1x Shriekmaw

Spells 18
3x Bitterblossom
3x Thoughtseize
3x Firespout
3x Profane Command
2x Oblivion Ring
4x Nameless Inversion

SB
1x Firespout
1x Thoughtseize
2x Shriekmaw
2x Oblivon Ring
3x Gutteral Response
3x Fulminator Mage
3x Cloudthresher


Round 1: Win 2-0 vs GB elves
Round 2: Win 2-0 vs Faeries
Round 3: Win 2-1 vs Doran Mirror
Round 4: Loss 2-0 vs RG Shamans
Round 5: Loss 2-0 vs Merfolk
Round 6: Win 2-1 vs Faeries
Round 7: Win 2-1 vs Faeries

Some notes:
1. Nothing is more satisfying than countering Cryptic Command with Gutteral Response.
2. Fulminator Mage wrecks the mirror.
3. Merfolk is much more difficult in block than in standard constructed without the mana accel.
4. I kept a hand vs Shamans that led to T2 Bitterblossom, T3 Doran, T5 Colossus (due to opposing fulminator mage) and it did nothing against a solid RG hand due to a lack of removal. Both games I never saw o-ring or shriekmaw. If this is the case, there may be problems.
5. At first I hated the idea of Treefolk Harbinger because it is terrible in standard; however, without llanowar elves or birds of paradise, harbinger helped fix my hand quite well and against some decks getting an extra Colossus just because is quite good.

[uskomaton]

Grats on the win, BassmanARW, I'm happy to see Doran is viable in block,
tho I kinda lost my faith in it for a while, but it does have all the tools to
destroy the opponent.