RR lost both Falkenrath Gorger and Village Messenger. Falkenrath Gorger is replaced with Soul-Scar Mage. As of yet, this is the best replacement available for Village Messenger.
Interestingly, both lists that I've seen so far talk about not running as many 1-drops. BBD's article on TCG today has a deck list with only 7 1-drops (4 Courier/3 Mage). Similarly, Joel Larsson's list in his CFB article a week or so ago only has 8 1-drops.
I've actually been thinking that Inventor's Apprentice could make a comeback. With four Couriers, three Lannery Storms, and three Wily Goblin or Scrapheap Scroungers, that gives 10 artifacts and a 70% chance of increasing the Apprentice to a 2/3. Plus, with Apprentice you have the god draw of:
T1: Land, Apprentice
T2: Land, Scrounger, attack for 2
T3: Land, Lannery Storm, crack Treasure to cast Built to Smash, attacking for 11 (because Lannery gets a +1/+0 boost from the treasure sac too)
I'm thinking of starting with a list like this, although Wily Goblin over Scrapheap Scrounger is an option allowing us to run potentially one less land. I'm also still waiting to see what the red flip enchantment/land is going to look like.
It loses Falkenrath Gorger, which is a 2/1 on turn 1 and can attack turn 2.
Rigger is a 2/2 for 1 on turn 3 at best.
T1: Land, Bomat, Attack
T2: Land, Bomat, Attack with both Bomats, drop Rigger EOT
While it is a decent card, I don't think it's fast enough.
I've actually been thinking that Inventor's Apprentice could make a comeback. With four Couriers, three Lannery Storms, and three Wily Goblin or Scrapheap Scroungers, that gives 10 artifacts and a 70% chance of increasing the Apprentice to a 2/3. Plus, with Apprentice you have the god draw of:
T1: Land, Apprentice
T2: Land, Scrounger, attack for 2
T3: Land, Lannery Storm, crack Treasure to cast Built to Smash, attacking for 11 (because Lannery gets a +1/+0 boost from the treasure sac too)
I'm thinking of starting with a list like this, although Wily Goblin over Scrapheap Scrounger is an option allowing us to run potentially one less land. I'm also still waiting to see what the red flip enchantment/land is going to look like.
4 Ramunap Ruins
4 Sunscorched Desert
16 Mountain
Creatures
4 Bomat Courier
4 Inventor's Apprentice
4 Earthshaker Khenra
3 Scrapheap Scrounger
4 Ahn-Crop Crasher
3 Captain Lannery Storm
3 Hazoret the Fervent
1 Glorybringer
2 Built to Smash
4 Shock
4 Lightning Strike