Tales of 5-Colour Green That Wasn't:

P1P1 Ratchet Bomb over Doom Blade. That's probably not the right pick, but I've wanted to play with Bomb a bit more and I'm not a fan of splashing in M14 if B gets cut off.

P2 Baloth over Deathgaze Cockatrice and Fireshrieker followed by Enlarge over Mark of the Vampire and Child of Night suggests that both B and G are open, but I stick with G for P1 picking up a late Haven and Ingot.

The problem with having access to all 5 colours is that most of the good cards can't be splashed. I don't remember a set that had so few splashable good cards. I grab a Pacifism and some sideboard options, but I pass a Banisher Priest.

I foolishly grab Ajani's Chosen in P3 over Giant Growth and a 2nd Howl, followed by Serra, but when I went to build I realized I just didn't have enough cards.

(As an aside, I find it a bit frustrating that there are all these cards that benefit from enchantments, but not enough enchantments to make them worth it. It's like they're all intended for the "enchantment matters" set coming out in two months...)

I end up playing Gw with Pacifism and Serra off of 5 Plains, which is awful. Of course, the only colour trouble I had was finding GG on T2 for Tusker. I got lucky.

I tried Haven + Ingot +...Accursed Spirit? Frost Breath? It was a mess.

Highlights:

1) R1 we both stall on 2 lands, but he discards and never gets his second colour. Then he stalls on 2 lands in G2 as well. Not a fun match for him.

2) R2G1 I mulligan to a 4-land hand and draw 5 lands and Baloth. I have 13 lands on T14. What's weird is that I might have been able to win if I'd played more aggressively as he had a very slow start. Normally it's better to stall the board in hopes of drawing your spells, but instead he drew his Shadowborn Demon and sac'd Elemental tokens that should have been chump blocking my Baloth.

3) R2G2 goes to me because he draws too much land, R2G3 I play Pacifism on his Blur Sliver to avoid discard and early beatings, and I regret it much later when Shadowborn Demon arrives.

4) R3G1 I choose not to trade Hunt + Serra for 5/5 Nightmare assuming he won't have a 6th Swamp on T8 so I have a turn to play Groundshaker Sliver.

He plays a Swamp. The 2-1 for one not in my favour hurts.

5) I boldly play Enlarge on my Giant Spider to kill his Elvish Mystic. He taps it for mana in response. I have now learned that Mystic cannot be killed by Enlarge.

6) It's an epic battle with giant guys showing up on both sides. Sengir, Reaver, Nightmare and Abomination for him, Baloth, Serra, Behemoth, Groundshaker for me.

Finally, the dream draw - Howl of the Night Pack with 7 Forests!

7) Next game he plays the Recluse that kept trading with my better guys due to Corpse Hauler. I attack Tusker into it, he gets it back with Hauler...and I Bramblecrush his only Forest!

He never draws another one as I quickly lay down Baloth, Serra and Behemoth.

2-1.