I've also been trying a single Prey Upon lately since I find that while I can sometimes race a turn 3 Cyclops a turn 2 Kiln Fiend is pretty much impossible to race, so haumphing it with Prey Upon can actually buy me the time needed to win. It's been okay the few times its come up so far.
I tried a 4x Pit Fight in the sideboard in place of 4x Hornet's Sting. But 2 mana seems a bit much. So now I'm tying 4x Prey Upon.
I'm a new Stompy player and I like the deck a lot for the few games I played with it but I'm wondering about a few things.
- The matchup against Izzet Nivix Fiend seems horrendous. I always get smashed on turn 3/4 and there is not much I seem to be able to do about it. How should I play this matchup?
- Is the Izzet Nivix Fiend matchup one that Moment's Peace is for? Also wouldn't Fog be better since it costs less?
- I've replaced Vault Skirge with Wild Mongrel since it changing color + pump seems to be better against Izzet Nivix Fiend. Am I wrong here?
- Would Nature's Claim be better than Gleeful Sabotage against affinity and auras?
I tried a 4x Pit Fight in the sideboard in place of 4x Hornet's Sting. But 2 mana seems a bit much. So now I'm tying 4x Prey Upon.
- The matchup against Izzet Nivix Fiend seems horrendous. I always get smashed on turn 3/4 and there is not much I seem to be able to do about it. How should I play this matchup?
- Is the Izzet Nivix Fiend matchup one that Moment's Peace is for? Also wouldn't Fog be better since it costs less?
- I've replaced Vault Skirge with Wild Mongrel since it changing color + pump seems to be better against Izzet Nivix Fiend. Am I wrong here?
- Would Nature's Claim be better than Gleeful Sabotage against affinity and auras?
The list I'm running:
16 Forest
Creatures:
4 Nettle Sentinel
4 Quirion Ranger
4 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
4 Young Wolf
1 Scattershot Archer
3 Silhana Ledgewalker
3 Wild Mongrel
2 River Boa
1 Shinen of Life's Roar
4 Rancor
1 Bonesplitter
4 Groundswell
3 Gather Courage
3 Hunger of the Howlpack
3 Vines of Vastwood
4 Gleeful Sabotage
4 Hornet Sting
4 Moment's Peace
3 Scattershot Archer