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2 Birds of Paradise 4 Doran, the Siege Tower 3 Gaddock Teeg 4 Lightning Angel 4 Noble Hierarch 4 Rhox War Monk 1 Woolly ThoctarLand (22)
3 City of Brass 2 Forest 3 Gemstone Mine 3 Horizon Canopy 1 Island 4 Pillar of the Paruns 1 Plains 4 Reflecting Pool 1 Treetop Village60 Cards
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3 Firespout 2 Jund Charm 2 Krosan Grip 3 Loxodon Hierarch 2 Relic of Progenitus 3 Rule of LawWhite (3)
3 Rule of LawMulti colored (37)
4 Doran, the Siege Tower 3 Gaddock Teeg 4 Lightning Angel 4 Rhox War Monk 1 Woolly Thoctar 4 Bant Charm 3 Countersquall 4 Lightning Helix 2 Mortify 3 Firespout 2 Jund Charm 3 Loxodon HierarchColorless (27)
3 City of Brass 2 Forest 3 Gemstone Mine 3 Horizon Canopy 1 Island 4 Pillar of the Paruns 1 Plains 4 Reflecting Pool 1 Treetop Village 1 Engineered Explosives 2 Umezawa's Jitte 2 Relic of Progenitus75 Cards
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4 Doran, the Siege Tower 4 Rhox War Monk 1 Woolly Thoctar 4 Bant Charm 2 Mortify 3 Firespout 2 Jund Charm 2 Krosan Grip 3 Rule of Law52 Cards
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After watching a similar deck Top 8 the recent Standard Pro Tour in Kyoto, Wataru Hosaka has adapted the Dark Bant strategy for Extended. Instead of the usual Blue-White-Green configuration, Wataru has touched just enough black to play things like Countersquall and Doran, the Siege Tower. The powerful strategy was good enough for a PTQ Top 8 at a recent event held in Japan.