First of all I would like to thank all the "repliers" of this forum for helping me understand better the deck and his strategies, especially DTG_UR, Elfkid, Charm_Master3125 and Scapeshift84.
I've made a 10th place finish in GP Birmingham (13-2 with no byes...it's not bragging it's just showing the consistence of my list that I want to share with you).
Gratz on the finish! Why did you choose to play Swan Song over Dispel? For the Scapeshift match-up?
Pretty good card in the early turns against Mono-red and Zombie and at the same time a decent draw later in the game, helps trigger Sanctum of Ugin and is castable with Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
A worse Cut // Ribbons against BG or Energy, but a good tech against Zombies and UW Gift
That's the deck, here's my doubts:
- I believe adding the 26th land (a Mountain) wouldn't be that bad, but I'm not sure what to cut: either Chandra, Ulamog or Walking Ballista
- I would also like the fourth Hour of Devastation to deal more frequently with Hazoret and planeswalkers, see above
- Does my 3-1 split for Gift of Paradise and Weirding Wood actually make sense?
- My lone copy of Dissenter's Deliverance in the SB could very much be something else, have I missed any good SB cards?
- Should I board Thought-Knot Seer in against mono-red? Maybe only on the play?
I'm going to play this deck for the first time, but I have a question about it: can someone explain why the Hive Mind plan has usually been left out of the 75?
Boros Guildgate is #231 and Crumbling Necropolis is #233 and they didn't spoil anything else that could be #232, I'm pretty sure I can guess which card is going to be in the set between those two.
Oh hell yea. My soul is getting wet wating between all those stalactites and stalagmites...
I just hope it won't be "upgraded" to mythic rare.
Boros Guildgate is #231 and Crumbling Necropolis is #233 and they didn't spoil anything else that could be #232, I'm pretty sure I can guess which card is going to be in the set between those two.
Gratz on the finish! Why did you choose to play Swan Song over Dispel? For the Scapeshift match-up?
4 Walking Ballista
Pretty good card in the early turns against Mono-red and Zombie and at the same time a decent draw later in the game, helps trigger Sanctum of Ugin and is castable with Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
3 Worldbreaker
3 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
2 Chandra, Flamecaller
Your payoffs for ramping
4 Abrade
4 Kozilek's Return
4 Sweltering Suns
3 Hour of Devastation
How you keep the board clear
3 Gift of Paradise
1 Weirding Wood
4 Hour of Promise
Your ramp cards, my idea behind playing just 1 Weirding Wood is that you usually don't want to be flooded with Gifts, so that's a way to compensate it
4 Game Trail
4 Sheltered Thicket
4 Mountain
1 Forest
4 Ramunap Ruins
3 Hashep Oasis
3 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
1 Sanctum of Ugin
1 Scavenger Grounds
For a total of 25 lands, 16 red sources, 12 green sources, 12 colorless sources and 8 deserts
SIDEBOARD
3 Thought-Knot Seer
Against decks with counterspells
4 Chandra's Defeat
Against Mono-red, it's a good early removal for Kari Zev and it's a pretty clean answer to Chandra and Glorybringer
3 Tireless Tracker
Against decks with counterspells or discard spells
1 Dissenter's Deliverance
Against Mardu and UW Gift
2 Cut // Ribbons
Against any deck with Winding Constrictor or Longtusk Cub
2 Struggle // Survive
A worse Cut // Ribbons against BG or Energy, but a good tech against Zombies and UW Gift
That's the deck, here's my doubts:
- I believe adding the 26th land (a Mountain) wouldn't be that bad, but I'm not sure what to cut: either Chandra, Ulamog or Walking Ballista
- I would also like the fourth Hour of Devastation to deal more frequently with Hazoret and planeswalkers, see above
- Does my 3-1 split for Gift of Paradise and Weirding Wood actually make sense?
- My lone copy of Dissenter's Deliverance in the SB could very much be something else, have I missed any good SB cards?
- Should I board Thought-Knot Seer in against mono-red? Maybe only on the play?
No, those are going to be in Unstable
They're close, but Entreat takes the win
http://www.mtgstocks.com/cards/482
http://www.mtgstocks.com/cards/609
I just hope it won't be "upgraded" to mythic rare.
As the link in your post shows, it was already printed in Kaladesh.