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Slightly original delver fiend deck.

I totally revamped the deck erasing the overlong description.

Basically try to kill your opponent with an unblockable Elusive Spellfist, Kiln Fiend or Nivix Cyclops. Try to flip Delver of Secrets   to pressure the opponent asap thanks to all the library manipulation spells.

There is of course room for testing and improvement. This is not exactly the canon archetype version of Delver Fiend, as it carries Elusive Spellfist and lacks Lightning Bolt, but it has a lot of cheap spells which can voltron the pumpable creatures paying life instead of mana. Reckless Charge is usually badly rated, but haste is a very important thing, and Pauper is a very fast format.The single Forest and the 4x+1 Evolving Wilds are there to sideboard aura-hate ( Serene Heart or Naturalize). I don't want to go below 18 lands despite having 14-15 cantrips and 13-14 creatures.

Make sure you check the updates for the latest tech updates.

Please feel free to playtest, comment, suggest, share, etc! and don't forget +1 if you like it!

Sideboarding:


Curfew against Infect and Aura Hexproof; Smash to Smithereens and Gorilla Shaman against artifacts; Gut Shot for the mirror; Serene Heart against auras; Electrickery against tokens or goblins, or mana dorks...

Pyroblast is generic sideboarding but there's almost no blue in my local meta, so I would replace them with 2x Fog... Mainboard and extra Dispel are to counter removal or fogs...

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I just finished tied for second in a local tourney.

Thoughts after the tourney:

  • an extra Curfew in SB is probably necessary as it is essential against Infect
  • Gut Shot should go to the SB for the mirror match, replaced by a Lightning Bolt and a Flame Slash or even 2 Flame Slash, as they kill many 4-toughness creatures like Gary or that Constellation black 1/4 creature...
  • a Fifth Evolving Wilds (ie a 1x terramorphic expansion) could be considered, instead of a FRF lifeland or instead of an island..
  • the green splash is essential as sometimes you can hardcast Mutagenic Growth and you need it for Serene Heart which is essential against Selesnya hexproof auras, or Infect's or Naya Slivers' Rancor, or Orzhov extort witches...
  • I still think 14 creatures and 18 lands are more resilient than the 12 creature/17 land canonical version...
  • Creature mix for now is 4x Delver of Secrets  Flip, 4x Nivix Cyclops, and 3x each of Kiln Fiend and Elusive Spellfist, the rationale being that starting with 2 flipped delvers is lethal against most decks, and that the cyclops can block many early creatures, whereas the Fiend is very fragile...

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Date added 9 years
Last updated 8 years
Legality

This deck is not Pauper legal.

Cards 59
Avg. CMC 1.41
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