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BMoor's Magic
The
Gathering
Deck Garage
I kept this guy
waiting a bit too long because I forgot he needed the
fix done in time for his tournament. So I put in a
little extra elbow grease over the Fourth of July to get
it done, and now you all get to enjoy the article!
You're welcome. ;)
Sorry to keep bothering you with this,
but with the tourney coming up soon, I've been testing
the deck, and have made some alterations. I figured
that if you were going to fix the deck, then I should
give you the new decklist:
3x Island
5x Swamp 4x Underground River  3x Watery Grave 3x Dreadship Reef 4x Terramorphic Expanse 2x Stinkweed Imp 4x Street Wraith 3x Tombstalker 2x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir 3x Looter il-Kor 3x Bonded Fetch 2x Damnation 4x Compulsive Research 4x Dread Return 4x Rune Snag 4x Cancel 3x Sudden Death SB: 4x Tormod's Crypt 2x Leyline of Singularity 4x Circle of Protection: Red 1x Plains 4x Prismatic Lens
Teferi gives a bit more control, plus an
alternate beater. The sidedeck here is designed to
fight off narcobridge, pickles, burn, and D-strom.
Ah, Tombstalker. The eternal hope of a 5/5 flier for 2 mana. Sort of reminds me of my old Odyssey-block deck where everyone was trying to fill up the graveyard as fast as possible, and everyone else was running graveyard hate. Ironically, your sideboard is geared to go against (among other things) NarcoBridge, despite the fact that your deck starts out fairly similarly. You see, the NarcoBridge deck wants to  fill
up its graveyard with all the right cards. You just
want to fill your graveyard, but you need at least six
cards there by the time you draw Tombstalker. Other
than that, you're basically just a control deck. You
can, however, take a page from the NarcoBridge playbook
and enable Tombstalker by burning through your deck like
a madman. Full graveyards make the 'Stalker happy, and
more draws means you see him faster. That's why I'd
like to see either Bonded fetch or Looter il-Kor
replaced with Magus of the Bazaar. Why settle for one
draw when you can have two? And don't worry about
discarding three; you get a free draw at the beginning
of your turn anyway, right?Speaking of drawing, I'm not really sure you need Stinkweed Imp. Yes, it blocks, but you want to be finding Tombstalker fast, not dredging away cards to get back your blocker. It could be good once you get your 'Stalker out, but if you leave it in, don't dredge it until you've already drawn what you need to (either 'Stalker or Teferi). Street Wraith is a decent way to dig that much faster, but that could also become Mishra's Bauble. They're both free (unless you want a 3/4 Swampwalker), but the Bauble doesn't cost 2 life a pop. It also goes well in a countermagic-heavy deck like yours, giving you a little warning if they're about to draw a card that needs to be stopped on the stack. They're both good of course. As for your noncreature spells, they all look fine except for maybe Compulsive Research. There's a lot of talk lately about which draw spells are better than which others, and it's got me wondering myself. Compulsive Research is the best there is for three mana, but unless you have a land in hand it's not even card advantage. And, needing a land, it essentially costs four.  Then
there's Foresee, which costs one more but gives you +1
advantage without any discarding, and has the added
power of being able to get you up to six cards into your
library. For faster decks, Tidings can be a welcome
refill, but your deck is pretty slow and has little to
do turn one, so Sleight of Hand might actually work
better. Then there's also Careful Consideration. With
good digging reach, it's certainly a consideration (no
pun intended), and has the extra advantage of being an
instant. In a deck with so much incentive to not tap
out (countermagic, Sudden Death, Teferi, and all your
other creatures once Teferi comes down), you likely
don't want a sorcery for your drawing, and you aren't
too worried about the extra discard that comes with
playing it out of your main phase either. You could
also try Think Twice or Truth or Tale, but Twice costs
more mana overall and the Tale puts too much control
(and information) in your opponent's hands. Telling
Time works as well, even though it's rotating out of
Standard before too long.
That ought to cover
everything. Remember, don’t be afraid to discard a card
you don’t need if it gets you a card you do. As the
flavor text of Gamble said, “When you’ve got nothing,
you may as well trade it for something else.”
~BMoor
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