Hello all, how many of you are have tried or are at least excited about the new Archenemy: Nicol Bolas set? I was not playing when the original Archenemy set came out and have never played it, but several of my friends are really excited about buying it. Although the game is playable right out of the box and the decks are apparently fairly balanced, if you look at the lists they aren't very good. They suffer from the same problems most preconstructed Wizards products do: inferior card choices, small numbers of duplicates, etc.Which leads me to the objective of this post:
Have any of you tried upgrading the deck lists in the set to make them better overall, but still balanced and flavorful for playing against each other. If you have please share your lists.
I've had a few pre-packaged decks given to me over the years, event decks and the like, and I've bought a few too.
They're always suboptimal.
I look at the actual value of the cards. If there's a set I'm keen on, I'll do the math and work out whether I can buy the cards I want (in the set) for cheaper as singletons or not and work out which way to jump.
I'm excited, but mostly for the new schemes. The decks looked bland and boring so I skipped them altogether. I'm just going to use my own built from scratch decks and ignore the flavor. The only exception I could see is building a Grixis Bolas deck because it fits flavorfully with an existing deck I was considering.
Have any of you tried upgrading the deck lists in the set to make them better overall, but still balanced and flavorful for playing against each other. If you have please share your lists.
They're always suboptimal.
I look at the actual value of the cards. If there's a set I'm keen on, I'll do the math and work out whether I can buy the cards I want (in the set) for cheaper as singletons or not and work out which way to jump.
4 Dimir Signet
// 12 Creature
4 Archaeomancer
1 Diluvian Primordial
3 Fleshbag Marauder
2 Merciless Executioner
1 Sepulchral Primordial
1 Izzet Chronarch
// 1 Enchantment
1 Flameshadow Conjuring
// 2 Instant
2 Cyclonic Rift
1 Blood Crypt
3 Bloodstained Mire
1 Dragonskull Summit
4 Drowned Catacomb
2 Island
1 Mountain
3 Polluted Delta
3 Steam Vents
3 Sulfur Falls
2 Swamp
1 Watery Grave
1 Capital Punishment
4 Dark Intimations
2 Exsanguinate
3 Cut // Ribbons
3 Syphon Mind
1 Painful Truths
1 Manifold Insights
2 Radiant Flames
Replace 2-3 cards with the Bolas Planeswalkers of your choice and I think you have a respectable Archenemy: Nicol Bolas deck.