MTG Salvation

This card has been a pet card of mine for awhile, so I was wondering if we could strategize cards around Hatching Plans.

Cards that I have found so far:

-Crack the Earth

-Ichor Wellspring

-Perilous Research

-Smallpox

Given your examples, a Grixis shell wouldn't be terrible, but it still needs more support, like other cards that are beneficial to destroy.

Someone came up with a fun list in the deck creation forum. Definitely check it out.

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Given your examples, a Grixis shell wouldn't be terrible, but it still needs more support, like other cards that are beneficial to destroy.

I agree but the only thing I can think of are token makers.

The ideal play for Hatching Plans is to play a sacrifice outlet (that doesn't require mana to activate) on turn 1 and Hatching Plans on turn 2, then sac it immediately. The problem is that no such sac outlet exists. Greater Gargadon would have been good but it can't sac enchantments. Auratog costs 1 mana too much so you can't get the cards until turn 3. Claws of Gix costs mana to activate so again you're not getting the cards until turn 3.

More importantly though, does Hatching Plans offer you enough reward to play it? Assuming you can sac it for 1 mana, that's a 2-card combo that requires 3 mana input to draw 3 cards. Mana dork + Harmonize/Concentrate requires the same amount of mana input (the dork provides the fourth for Harmonize) and the dork is less dead when you don't draw Harmonize (unlike Crack the Earth/Claws of Gix).

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Claws of Gix
Ertai, the Corrupted
infernal tribute
Abjure
all is dust
balancing act
cataclysm
smokestack
world queller

Everything you suggested besides Claws of Gix, All is Dust, and World Queller aren't Modern legal.

I'm currently brewing a deck that has hatching plans, demonic pact, and strionic resonator to double up those triggered abilities. no this deck is not in any way competitive, but it is awesome. whats better than hatching plans to welch on your deal with the devil?

on topic: hatching plans does seem like a lot of hoops to jump through for the reward. if i copy that effect with a resonator its a 3 card combo netting me 6 cards, 8 cards if i use perilous research to get rid of the plans. the next question is what to do with the rest of your deck you're hoping to draw once you crack hatching plans? it just doesn't seem like that this deck will be very proactive.

Claws of gix

I played it in a blink deck that revolved around Claws of gix. Abusing cards like Fiend Hunter, Leonin relic warden, Tidehollow Sculler, Magus of the Disk

Eh, I wouldn't bother playing bad cards to try and turn plans into a draw 3. It's better to play good cards and just play Perilous Research alongside Flagstones of Trokair and Kitchen Finks fwiw.

I used to use Hatching Plans in a jank Leyline of Singularity deck back when the legend rule forced all copies to be sacrificed. I would also use Hunted Horror and the like which was very fun.

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I used to use Hatching Plans in a jank Leyline of Singularity deck back when the legend rule forced all copies to be sacrificed. I would also use Hunted Horror and the like which was very fun.

not as good now, but i'd consider that still a viable strategy for abusing singularity.

Maybe a controll-y shell with cards like Greater Harvester could work.

Oddly enough, it's Origins that would benefit whatever madness could be created out of Hatching Plans.

Sphinx's Tutelage.

It's the perfect alternate win condition. All of a sudden your Hatching Plans "done came up like 7-up, champ". Jace, Vryn's Prodigy would be good in letting you rebuy Crack the Earths, Perilous Researchs, and so forth. Even Day's Undoing sounds like a solid fit here.

dromoka's command would be a good spell that has the ability to get rid of the hatching plans in addition to potentially doing something else.

what about shrouded lore to get it back from the graveyard?

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what about shrouded lore to get it back from the graveyard?

...this is a card?

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what about shrouded lore to get it back from the graveyard?

...this is a card?

LOL thank you

Seems like this would be best as a draw engine for auratog, honestly.

Perilous Reserch is the deal...
I've already thinked about it, but having 6+ draw spell make good even think twice...=_=

Super-dredging here... but... all I gotta say is Hatching Plans with Enigmatic Incarnation...