There used to be a thread for this but I can't find it now. I decided to just make a new one.
Since Gift of Orzhova was recently rarity shifted to Common I thought it might be a good time to re-look at this deck. This is a list I pulled off of MTGGoldish. Seems like a good enough starting point.
The list is pretty tight. Not sure what you would want to change up but I have a few ideas.
Remove Blind Hunter. I hate saying that because its such a good creature I think. Alone it can represent upwards of 6 damage and 4 life gain all for doing things that just naturally happen over the course of a game. The problem I think is that it is the top of the curve and removing it means we can also cut a couple lands which let's us add a couple slots. I'm thinking -2 Blind Hunter, -1 Land (57 Cards)
Removing Blind Hunter reduces our creature count. We could consider adding additional copies of Mourning Thrull. Only thing is that Thrull doesn't get much benefit out of Gift of Orzhova. +2 Mourning Thrull (59 Cards)
We have a lot of removal, 8 copies in the main is probably overkill. I would maybe go down the Doom Blades because Mono-B is still a thing. -2 Doom Blades (57 Cards)
We have 3 slots we could add for Gift of Orzhova at this point. Fill 'er up I guess. +3 Gift of Orzhova (60 Cards)
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I think your comparison to Boggles is very interesting. I mean, its kind of like that but the deck is really more built around maximizing the output from Nightsky Mimic and less about the enchantments themselves. Its about finding as many multi-colored spells as possible to trigger the activated ability of Mimic. The reason why Gift of Orzvhova and Edge of the Divinity are so good is because they trigger Mimic but also have lasting effect on the board. I could see an argument for adding Heliod's Piglrim though to grab the two enchantments. While I think that Ethereal Armor is a powerful card, things like Castigate, Unmake, and Pillory of the Sleepless are more what the deck wants to be doing because they are powerful AND trigger Mimic. Mimic is a 3-swing kill w/ Edge of the Divinity if you can consistently trigger it. Gift of Orzhova is a nice addition because Mimic is kind of weak if you can't consistently trigger it but Gift is on curve and being able to hit for 5 Lifelink in the air can really swing the tempo in your favor. Leaving behind a 3/2 Lifelink Flier isn't the worst either if you never manage to trigger Mimic again. That's really what this deck is trying to do. Suiting up your other creatures to turn them into more viable threats definitely helps push Gift of Orzhova in terms of value in this deck, not so much because of the Boggle plan but because if your Mimic dies the other threats kind of suck on their own. Giving them Flying & +1/+1 or +3/+3 helps make them into more legitmate threats.
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Has anyone had much luck with Gift of Orzhova? I'm probably gonna throw that into my pauper deck pretty quick here and I think it'd work great with Nightsky Mimic, personally!
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I wonder is main deck Journey really necessary? If too few creatures is our problem then maybe a couple of main deck Beckon Apparitions is a good idea. In this format its not hard to hit an opponent's turn 1 Evolving Wilds on the draw. It would be another creature, main deck 'yard hate, and trigger Mimic at instant speed so that's good.
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Since Gift of Orzhova was recently rarity shifted to Common I thought it might be a good time to re-look at this deck. This is a list I pulled off of MTGGoldish. Seems like a good enough starting point.
4x Nip Gwyllion
2x Mourning Thrull
4x Nightsky Mimic
4x Tithe Drinker
4x Kingpin's Pet
2x Blind Hunter
SPELLS (8)
2x Castigate
2x Doom Blade
4x Unmake
4x Edge of the Divinity
2x Journey to Nowhere
4x Pillory of the Sleepless
4x Orzhov Guildgate
9x Plains
9x Swamp
2x Orzhov Basilica
3x Guardian of the Guildpact
3x Beckon Apparition
3x Duress
2x Apostle's Blessing
2x Castigate
2x Echoing Decay
The list is pretty tight. Not sure what you would want to change up but I have a few ideas.
4x Nip Gwyllion
4x Mourning Thrull
4x Nightsky Mimic
4x Tithe Drinker
4x Kingpin's Pet
SPELLS (19)
2x Castigate
4x Unmake
4x Edge of the Divinity
3x Gift of Orzhova
2x Journey to Nowhere
4x Pillory of the Sleepless
3x Orzhov Guildgate
9x Plains
9x Swamp
2x Orzhov Basilica
3x Guardian of the Guildpact
3x Beckon Apparition
3x Duress
2x Apostle's Blessing
2x Castigate
2x Shrivel
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