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Nice deck, seems pretty fun to play with… Probably you can weel 1 or 2 raven’s crime to use all the land you can have with the Gatecreeper Vine?
Another possibility may be to turn into a more aggro deck with wild mongrel and rootwalla?
of cirse just two ideas without testin…
Awesome article, as with all of your previous articles!
As for the decklist, the main problem I see is that the creatures you’ve chosen don’t seem to offer quite enough value for cards like Unearth to be truly awesome (even though I think that card is really good in Pauper). I wish there were some additional synergy there.
Also, I just remembered Arctic Merfolk existed. It’s not good, but it’s interesting in that its ‘gating’ ability involves a cost to cast it, meaning the bounce happens without your opponent’s ability to respond. Not sure how/if that could be relevant.
Nice to see such a unique brew that has teeth! Great design. Raven’s Crime and even one more jab seems warrented.
Great article and cool deck. Fun to see pauper’s own FTK make a list. I really feel that Ghitu Slinger is under-appreciated.
hey guys thanks for the responses!
@ Percif & deluxe: I feel that I made a big mistake in ending this… I didn’t take the time I should have to add a summary of my afterthoughts thinking that they might basically be clear during game play. You both pretty well nailed it, the issue I did find with the deck during these games was flood (oddly in testing it happened pre-Jab, and after testing with the jab for the first few games I was very mana short), I think it really could use, like you guys suggested perhaps another jab or a crime
@ PW (&Percif): something also left out when I really should have added final thoughts…. you’re right the deck was really missing kind of that BIG finish. You look at post decks for example they use Torch or Crusher as a big finish and this deck gets great speed/power off the Kavus and Zombies, but still sometimes found itself relying on burn to finish.. I’d love something like Wild Hunger to finish, but the cost on it is a bit high… actually Howl of the Hungerpack might have brought something to the table making like a visionary stronger mid-game and the deck can get plenty of kills for morbid off of chumping/burn/slinger/etc. Figuring out the finisher could be what moves this out of casual, but I also worry that its a bit slower thanks to the fact that bouncing and creatures are sorcery speed
actually you may be onto something with the merfolk there PW once gatecrash comes out and we get Simic Guildgate and some evolve spells
Sweet deck!
Just a thought though: in g1, wouldn’t it have been quite reasonable to bolt the second disciple to get you out of blast range? Then you could play the zombie to trade with the Enforcer (I mean, so what if it bounces the Kavu which you could replay and bounce the elf). A little less aggressive but safer, it seems to me.
Cheers!
This is great stuff…I know I already said it, but you deserve a second pat on the back. It’s like 3 articles in one. Getting tired of ‘video articles’ personally, nice to see such a great effort.