Another great article as always :) you have been spoiling us with content lately.
I kid you not, about a month before Bloomburrow dropped, I was playing this deck call "Big booty and reach" and it was playing cards like Arboreal Grazer, Elder Gargaroth, Cavilier of Thorns, Ulvenwald Hydra, and a bunch of cards like Nissa's Pilgrimage along with Ugin The Spirit Dragon and Lair of the Hydra and Sunken Citadel. The deck DESTROYED Phoenix because they actually give you quite a bit of time to ramp up. By the time they get out 1 or 2 phoenix you usually have a big 6/6 dude with reach that they then need to double spell to remove and then you just play another big dumb idiot or an Ugin and blow them out. I wanted to play blue in it and am usually afraid of going the Yorion route because I'm just not used to calculating the land needed for a deck that size and mana in general for me can be difficult to measure (not just how many but how many of which ones). As soon as I saw Fecund Greenshell,Dreamdew Entrancer and Clifftop Lookout I knew that the deck I had was in for some serious upgrades.
I know you like to attack the meta from unpredictable angles, but man would I love to see your take on Ygra. That is a deck that has seemingly dozens of ways to approach it. I have seen lists play the pretty standard shell of small cat, big cat, goose, oven, Scavenger's Talent but I've also seen these too:
Woe Strider, Experimental Confectioner, Prosperous Innkeeper, Vinereap Mentor, Trail of Crumbs, Rottenmouth Viper, Chord of Calling, Agadeem's Awakening, Stitcher's Supplier along with a bunch of grisly salvage-like effects and Mausoleum Secrets, Squirming Emergence. The deck seems crazy interesting. You can be all in game 1 to cheese people with the combo win and then side into a more steady midrange plan game 2 and 3. I know you haven't been a huge fan of Golgari because why would you play Golgari when Fable of the Mirror Breaker exists, but would now be the time for it to shine? Would love to hear your thoughts on it :)
So the one Ygra league I played...I was playing Rakdos! The idea was to just get Ygra back with Scavangers Talent or I could cast it off a Treasure or discard it with a blood and reanimate.
It felt promising but my version was only so so. But just like you say, so many potential card choices it will take a ton of time to tune, so haven't had a chance to make it a focus.
Another great article as always :) you have been spoiling us with content lately.
I kid you not, about a month before Bloomburrow dropped, I was playing this deck call "Big booty and reach" and it was playing cards like Arboreal Grazer, Elder Gargaroth, Cavilier of Thorns, Ulvenwald Hydra, and a bunch of cards like Nissa's Pilgrimage along with Ugin The Spirit Dragon and Lair of the Hydra and Sunken Citadel. The deck DESTROYED Phoenix because they actually give you quite a bit of time to ramp up. By the time they get out 1 or 2 phoenix you usually have a big 6/6 dude with reach that they then need to double spell to remove and then you just play another big dumb idiot or an Ugin and blow them out. I wanted to play blue in it and am usually afraid of going the Yorion route because I'm just not used to calculating the land needed for a deck that size and mana in general for me can be difficult to measure (not just how many but how many of which ones). As soon as I saw Fecund Greenshell,Dreamdew Entrancer and Clifftop Lookout I knew that the deck I had was in for some serious upgrades.
I know you like to attack the meta from unpredictable angles, but man would I love to see your take on Ygra. That is a deck that has seemingly dozens of ways to approach it. I have seen lists play the pretty standard shell of small cat, big cat, goose, oven, Scavenger's Talent but I've also seen these too:
Woe Strider, Experimental Confectioner, Prosperous Innkeeper, Vinereap Mentor, Trail of Crumbs, Rottenmouth Viper, Chord of Calling, Agadeem's Awakening, Stitcher's Supplier along with a bunch of grisly salvage-like effects and Mausoleum Secrets, Squirming Emergence. The deck seems crazy interesting. You can be all in game 1 to cheese people with the combo win and then side into a more steady midrange plan game 2 and 3. I know you haven't been a huge fan of Golgari because why would you play Golgari when Fable of the Mirror Breaker exists, but would now be the time for it to shine? Would love to hear your thoughts on it :)
So the one Ygra league I played...I was playing Rakdos! The idea was to just get Ygra back with Scavangers Talent or I could cast it off a Treasure or discard it with a blood and reanimate.
It felt promising but my version was only so so. But just like you say, so many potential card choices it will take a ton of time to tune, so haven't had a chance to make it a focus.