Pro Tour Paris 2011 Deck Tech: Caw-Go with Brad Nelson

Player of the Year contender Brad Nelson talks about his Blue-white Control Standard deck that he's playing in Pro Tour Paris and in the POY showdown with Guillaume Matignon.

4 Squadron Hawk
4 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sylvok Lifestaff
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 Gideon Jura
2 Mana Leak
2 Stoic Rebuttal
4 Spell Pierce
1 Deprive
4 Day of Judgment
4 Preordain
4 Tectonic Edge
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Celestial Colonnade
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Island
4 Plains
1 Marsh Flats
1 Scalding Tarn

Sideboard

4 Oust*
3 Ratchet Bomb*
1 Baneslayer Angel*
1 Elspeth Tirel*
2 Divine Offering*
2 Flashfreeze*
1 Deprive*
1 Sword of Body and Mind*

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[Pluthegtotheone]

Little did we know what a fucking monster this deck would turn out to be...

[jonjonteru]

can u please LAY DOWN THE DAMN CARD and stop holding and shaking them!

[HadesDoomOcculta]

@GarciaCornbread 2 As I said,I played the deck from the time it was introduced to the time jace and stoneforge were banned.Yes,I agree it was a modular deck.It could fight any deck at a different angle.It DEMOLISHED Valakut Ramp,but until batterskull was released,it had clunky aggro matchups.Then Batterskull was released,and the deck really did become unbeatable cause it had a way to attack and clock the opponent as early as turn 3 while at the same time defend its jace.

[MrDragonmaster146]

its stupid how u are a dumb magic player and looking at this guys deck :(

[GarciaCornbread]

@HadesDoomOcculta I disagree....it's a deck with so many options in the main deck. It could shut down anything it played against. The only time I lost to CawBlade was when my opponent made a mistake.

[DJBranden]

Squadron Hawk 1W

Creature - Hawk

1/1 Flying

When you cast Squadron Hawk draw 3 cards.

BROKEN!

[HadesDoomOcculta]

Actually people,this deck was my favorite deck of the 2011 standard season.I played since right after pro tour paris up until jace the mind sculptor and stoneforge mystic got banned.The only reason this deck was so absurd was because no one in magic would put the caw-blade deck down and try something else.This deck has a lot more bad matchups than people percieve it to have.

[StreethingX]

Who would've knew squadron hawk could be the most dominating card in standard

[ConjuredMassacre]

..if i went pro i would want to play for star city @_@

[MrKaiizenn]

@rabbit7676 ??? Does everybody hate him or something?

[MusicIsLove1129]

@indestructigamer Lol .

[indestructigamer]

@MusicIsLove1129 yup.