League Day 2: The Mana

Here's what I've got going into Sunday:

Eaten by Spiders Wandering Wolf Grounded Geist Trappers Strangleroot Geist Somberwald Dryad Hollowhenge Beast Grizzled Outcasts Spidery Grasp Ambush Viper Moonmist Bountiful Harvest Druid's Deliverance Axebane Guardian Savage Surge	Harvester of Souls Essence Harvest Harrowing Journey Sightless Ghoul Morkrut Banshee Unburial Rites Walking Corpse Victim of Night Liliana's Shade Daggerdrome Imp
Leap of Faith Farbog Explorer Cathedral Sanctifier Ray of Revelation Smite the Monstrous Voiceless Spirit Oblivion Ring Guardian Lions Palisade Giant	Afflicted Deserter Pyreheart Wolf Fling Russet Wolves Somberwald Vigilante Uncanny Speed Searing Spear Traitorous Instinct
Favorable Winds Beguiler of Wills Nephalia Seakite Artful Dodge Runic Repetition Rooftop Storm Jace's Phantasm Encrust Faerie Invaders Merfolk of the Pearl Trident Index Vedalken Entrancer Doorkeeper Downsize Inspiration	Bladed Bracers Angelic Armaments Heavy Mattock Ghoulcaller's Bell Ring of Xathrid Slitherhead Izzet Staticaster Spawn of Rix Maadi Sluiceway Scorpion Shimmering Grotto Evolving Wilds Rootbound Crag Rakdos Guildgate 2xPlains Mountain Swamp

Filling out a 60 card deck is easy with U/B/G, so long as I am willing to play substandard cards. Doorkeeper is awesome! Jace's Phantasm is not. Then I thought I should go B/G/r because I do have some really good cards there. I just don't have enough to make 60. 

So there's the tension folks: I can play a deck with crappy cards or I can play an illegal deck. 

Except: the mana is there to splash Red. Rootbound Crag and the Guildgate mean that I can start putting in some Red without losing my ability to play Black or Green. The format is a little slower, so it's possible I could weed out the worst Blue, Black and Green cards to make room for even 4 Red ones, without disrupting the whole process. This is a very attractive prospect because it means I can play stronger cards, it just feels insane because there is one experience that I know is coming:

I have red cards and no Mountains. 

This means I'm going to have to take my advice from last time: Make sure I'm confident in my opening hand. So long as I keep that in mind, I should do OK. 

Everyone have a safe 4th of July!