MTG Deck Naming Thread

[osieorb18]

So when/where will this exist?

You can see my decks in my signature, though I could also post decklists.

[DuelLadyS]

My decks are all named after rock songs. No specific reason, just happened that way. Everything's Modern unless otherwise noted. Decklists are at tappedout.net

Made in Heaven
Rolling in the Deep (Pauper)
March of the Black Queen
Through the Fire and the Flames (standard)
Rockin' the Paradise
Mr. Roboto
One Vision (EDH, and under construction)
Green Tinted Sixties Mind (vintage)
Hungry For Heaven
Eye of the Tiger
Back to Humans (Dark Acension pre-release deck)

[Utilitarian]

I imagine osieorb18 is referring to the offer in the last Tap Tap Concede to name our decks. I'm willing to wager there will be a thread created prior to Febuary's epsidoe for us to submit in.

[Dubious_wolf]

Zoleth cartel?
Obzutlas cartel?
"Something fancy" cartel?
Orhzov names are hard...

[Gbot]

Hi,

First time posting on any of the LRR forums but having just watched tap, tap, concede episode 2 I thought this would be a fun opportunity to get my deck named.

The deck I'm playing at the moment is a very aggressive Red/Black Vampires deck with lots of removal in it. It was initially spawned form the "Carnival of Blood" Innistrad intro deck but has gained a bunch of stuff from other things in standard. I don't get many opportunities to trade or play a more competitive game on a regular basis so every in this deck was either pulled or traded for when I got the chance; I don't buy singles. The full deck list is as follows:

Creatures
2x Bloodcrazed Neonate
2x Crossway Vampire
2x Rakish Heir
3x Stromkirk Captain
2x Pyreheart Wolf
2x Necropolis Regent
2x Falkenrath Exterminator
2x Vampire Nighthawk
1x Bloodline Keeper
1x Markov Blademaster
1x Havengul Vampire (currently being tested, may replace)

Spells
4x Murder
3x Curse of Stalked Prey
2x Curse of Bloodletting
2x Vampiric Fury
2x Searing Spear
2x Auger Spree

Lands
1x Blood Crypt
1x Rakdos Guildgate
13x Swamps
11x Mountains

Would appreciate feedback if you're willing and looking forward to seeing whatever names are thought of.

[headband]

Well, let's see what the name for my recently revised main deck would be, which consists of the following.

Lands
Boros Guildgate
Forest (8)
Gruul Guildgate
Mountians (7)
Plains (8)
Selesnya Guildgate (3)
Sunpetal Grove
Transguild Promenade

Creatures
Angel of Glory's Rise
Attended Knight
Aurelia, the Warleader
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Avacyn's Pilgrim
Borderland Ranger
Burning-Tree Emissary
Cathedral Sanctifier
Court Street Denizen
Disiple of the Old Ways (2)
Eternal Witness
Fistfire Striker
Foundry Champion
Gatecreeper Vine
Gisela. Blade of Goldnight
Goldnight Redeemer
Kruin Striker
Pristine Angel
Restoration Angel
Riders of Gavony
Rubblebelt Raiders
Seraph of Dawn (2)
Serra Angel (2)
Shattered Angel
Skarrg Guildmage
Sunhome Guildmage
Urbis Protector
Wild Beastmaster
Wojek Halberdiers

Artifacts
Angel's Tomb
Bladed Bracers
Prophetic Prism
Scroll of Avacyn
Selesnya Keyrune
Trepanation Blade

Spells
Act of Treason (2)
Aerial Predation
Angelic Edict
Cloudshift
Colective Blessing
Common Bond
Defy Death
Farseek
Five-Alarm Fire
Flames of the Firebrand
Knight Watch (2)
Massive Raid
Natural End
Naturalize
Paraselene
Rain of Blades
Rampant Growth
Rancor
Righteous Blow (2)
Safe Passage
Selesnya Charm
Titanic Growth
Turn to Slag
Verdant Haven
Vigilante Justice
Wildwood Rebirth

Planeswalkers
Ajani, Caller of the Pride
Elspeth Tirel

I know, it's rather big and a bit of a work in process (though, aren't all Constructed decks), but I really would appreciate any name you would give it. I'm sure whatever it is will be really cool and cleaver sounding.

[JackSlack]

Hi,

And hello to you! I dub your deck: Cursed Blood. References the vampires, the abundance of red creatures, and the two sets of curses.

[Duckay]

I called my old standard deck (before RTR rolled in and M12 and SoM block rolled out) "Duckay's Increasingly Inaccurately Named Goblin Deck". It wasn't a very clever name. It had this name because I originally built it for a tribal tournament, but then as I refined it to make it more competitive in standard, it had fewer and fewer goblins in it. But of course, everyone I played Magic with still called it my 'goblin deck'.

But, here is a new deck I have built, trying to evoke much of the same things as the old one, but with a bit of a new theme to it. What should this be called?

Creatures:
4 Ash Zealot
3 Boros Reckoner
4 Foundry Street Denizen
3 Hellrider
4 Legion Loyalist
3 Rakdos Shred-Freak
3 Vexing Devil

Spells:
2 Bonfire of the Damned
2 Brimstone Volley
4 Dynacharge
4 Madcap Skills
4 Searing Spear

Lands:
20 Mountain

[Gbot]

And hello to you! I dub your deck: Cursed Blood. References the vampires, the abundance of red creatures, and the two sets of curses.

Thanks man, that's really good. Yeah the curses took a while to get but are so worth it. Sure they're not instant to go with the fast nature of the deck but they can win games, especially the Bloodlettings.

[andNowMyWatchBegins]

I called my old standard deck (before RTR rolled in and M12 and SoM block rolled out) "Duckay's Increasingly Inaccurately Named Goblin Deck". It wasn't a very clever name. It had this name because I originally built it for a tribal tournament, but then as I refined it to make it more competitive in standard, it had fewer and fewer goblins in it. But of course, everyone I played Magic with still called it my 'goblin deck'.

But, here is a new deck I have built, trying to evoke much of the same things as the old one, but with a bit of a new theme to it. What should this be called?

2 Suggestions: Laugh as the World Burns, love the phrase and essentially that is how it wins, burn everything

or as a shoutout to WH40K and your previous Goblin Deck: Moar DAKKA!

[Dubious_wolf]

Burn Da 'umies!!!
DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA!!!

[T3h Merc]

Commander
Sheoldred, Whispering One

Land:
Barren Moor
Cabal Coffers
Bojuka Bog
x36 Swamps

Instant:
Tragic Slip
Doom Blade
Victim of Night

Sorceries:
Hymn to Tourach
Buried Alive
Mutilate
Army of the Damned
Dread Return
Beacon of Unrest
Promise of Power
Living Death
Zombify
Reanimate
Diabolic Tutor
Rise From the Grave
Life's Finale
Sign in Blood
Beseech the Queen
Victimize
Exhume
Profane Command

Creatures:
Hex Parasite
Crypt Ghast
Desecration Demon
Nirkana Revenant
Disciple of Bolas
Big Game Hunter
Doomed Necromancer
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
It That Betrays
Rune-Scarred Demon
Putrid Imp
Vampire Hounds
Grave Titan
Hell's Caretaker
Massacre Wurm
Geth, Lord of the Vault
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
Butcher of Malakir
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Solemn Simulacrum
Stinkweed Imp
Hypnotic Specter
Phyrexian Obliterator
Necropolis Regent
Fleshbag Marauder
Bloodgift Demon
Razormane Masticore
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Artifacts:
Lashwrithe
Lightning Greaves
Sol Ring
Mimic Vat

Enchantments
Necromancy
Animate Dead
Grave Betrayal
Dance of the Dead
Phyrexian Arena
Grave Pact

Planeswalkers
Sorin Markov
Liliana Vess
Liliana of the Dark Realms

[Gbot]

With Sheoldred and the very obvious kill and re-animate theme, it's hard not to make the comparison to Alex's "I ain't say she's a gravedigger..." deck from Friday nights.
The constant upheaval of grave residents however has me thinking of some sort of theme of death just being a trivial formality for the denizens of your deck. With that in mind how about "(un)death first, burial later", because really, who has time to waste about laying in the ground when the living are being so uppity and not doing your bidding?

[T3h Merc]

[quote="Gbot" With that in mind how about "(un)death first, burial later", because really, who has time to waste about laying in the ground when the living are being so uppity and not doing your bidding?[/quote]
Not quite pithy enough for a game opening. I do appreciate the effort, though. I ain't saying she's a gravedigger is my (in progress) name.

[guidance]

My deck needs a name before I take it to an FNM

Creatures
4x Talrand sky sommoner
4x Delver of secretes
4x Auger of Bolos

Spells
4x Mizzium Mortars
4x Searing Spear
4x Think Twice
4x Talrand's invocation
2x Cyclonic rift
2x unsummon
2x Bonfire of the Damned
2x Sleep

Lands
4x steam vents
2x sulfur falls
9x Islands
9x Mountains

[Gbot]

My deck needs a name before I take it to an FNM

Just off the top of my head; "off the board and into the fire". How's that?

[Drecon]

Or how about "What sorcery (or instant) is this!"

[Gbot]

Or how about "What sorcery (or instant) is this!"

You sir have bested me and I commend you on your wit.

[guidance]

Or how about "What sorcery (or instant) is this!"

Good now I have something to say as I am casting bonfire, instead of just watching their happiness fade.

[Kapol]

Cross posted from the TTC thread, here's a couple decks I'm trying to find good names for:

The first is this:

3 Cavern of Souls
3 Rootbound Crag
4 Temple Garden
3 Sunpetal Grove
2 Gavony Township
1 Stomping Ground
3 Clifftop Retreat
3 Forest

22 Lands

3 Silverblade Paladin
3 Somberwald Sage
3 Sigarda, Host of Herons
4 Huntmaster of the Fells // Ravager of the Fells
3 Aurelia, the Warleader
3 Wolfir Silverheart
3 Restoration Angel
2 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
3 Angelic Skirmisher
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
2 Angel of Serenity

33 Creatures

3 Domri Rade
2 Akroma's Memorial
5 Other Spells


Sideboard
2 Rest in Peace
4 Immerwolf
4 Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
4 Scorned Villager // Moonscarred Werewolf
1 Garruk Relentless // Garruk, the Veil-Cursed

Here's a more visual look. This is the same deck, but when I need to face more aggro decks. The main goal is to get out big creatures as fast as possible. Use Domri to get more creatures into hand or as removal, Akroma's to make my army next to invincible, and ramp creatures to bring out big stompy things. Most of the other creatures are just meant to punch things. Silverblade/Silverheart combo, Gisela to just destroy my opponent, Skrimisher to serve whatever role I need. The base for this was intended to be wolves and angels, but now it's wolves, humans, and angels.

When I need to face down red or R/B decks that can easily outrace me, I switch to the secondary mode. Switching out all the angels for wolves and werewolves to make the deck much faster in nature. I haven't been able to test this mode out yet.

That's my main deck. My secondary deck is this one:

4 Isolated Chapel
2 Forest
2 Plains
1 Swamp
2 Vault of the Archangel
4 Sunpetal Grove
2 Overgrown Tomb
1 Woodland Cemetery
4 Temple Garden
2 Cavern of Souls

24 Lands

3 Rhox Faithmender
4 Champion of Lambholt
3 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
3 Geist-Honored Monk
3 Angelic Skirmisher

16 Creatures

3 Parallel Lives
4 Lingering Souls
2 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
3 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
2 Collective Blessing
2 Cathars' Crusade
4 Farseek

20 Other Spells

Sideboard
4 Oblivion Ring
4 Aerial Predation
3 Sundering Growth
4 Young Wolf

Visual Form Here. The deck is Token/Lifegain based entirely around the fact that I pulled an Ajani during a M13 prerelease. The win conditions are to either make my life total so high that my opponent can't really stop me from pulling big stuff, flood the board with tokens (hopefully with pump from Cathars' Crusade and Collective Blessing), or use tokens to make Champion of Lambholt giant.

[Utilitarian]

For the first one how about Heavenly Host of Naya

[Kapol]

Hmm... for some reason, I like that name, but I don't. It sounds good, but there's something a bit... off about it. I think it might be that it makes the angels out to be the big focus of the deck, when the secondary 'mode' is meant to get rid of most of the angels anyways. It does, however, sound like a good name. I just don't think it fits the deck as it stands. Thanks though.

[Gbot]

With respect, a good half the creature in the first version of the deck are angels so it sort of fits.

[Kapol]

Huh, that's true. I guess I haven't considered it like that since this is a pretty recent revision. I dunno though, there's just something that feels off about that name for that deck. Not sure what it is exactly in all honesty. Maybe it just feels a bit too... elegant for the deck, if that makes sense. Could be I just don't like naming a deck after Naya since I wasn't around for shards.

I'll think on it a bit more, because I do like the name. Maybe my brain is just derpin out on me. It IS three-thirty in the morning.

[Gbot]

for the Second deck how about "It's a Horde knock life" ? you're gaining ridiculous amounts of guys for your horde of creatures and they all add to your life totals.

the other deck I'm a little unsure on. I've been thinking along the lines of "foul beast of wing and claw" but I'm not sure now to nail it down.