i think bgx players are just deathly scared of putting cards into the deck that are poor topdecks, which mana dorks have usually been classified as.
i was actually reading a piece by SaintDoom on reddit, who is a known aficionado of abzan traverse (he did a real nice write-up about it less than a week ago found here), and he is currently testing sultai with noble hierarch. the sultai writeup can be found here.
one point that he makes, that i think is important to emphasize, is that the deck needs to be tailored to maximize 3 mana plays; because that is the major benefit of the acceleration after all. be it a 3 drop, or impactful double-spelling. i see that as being more important than jamming a bunch of 4 drops and trying to ramp to them.
personally im still deciding between trying out abzan or sultai post-GRN. im heavily leaning towards traverse, or DS variants of either. my gut tells me abzan is better, but its hard for me to ever pass up playing snapcaster mage.
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i was actually reading a piece by SaintDoom on reddit, who is a known aficionado of abzan traverse (he did a real nice write-up about it less than a week ago found here), and he is currently testing sultai with noble hierarch. the sultai writeup can be found here.
one point that he makes, that i think is important to emphasize, is that the deck needs to be tailored to maximize 3 mana plays; because that is the major benefit of the acceleration after all. be it a 3 drop, or impactful double-spelling. i see that as being more important than jamming a bunch of 4 drops and trying to ramp to them.
personally im still deciding between trying out abzan or sultai post-GRN. im heavily leaning towards traverse, or DS variants of either. my gut tells me abzan is better, but its hard for me to ever pass up playing snapcaster mage.
UWGSnow-Bant Control
BURGrixis Death's Shadow
GWBCoCo Elves
WCDeath and Taxes(sold)