Ghost Dad's Circus Stampede
Standard*
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Testing changes —March 22, 2013
Making a few changes in the sideboard and mainboard:
+1 Thragtusk
Lilly just isn't as good as she is when she's a one-of. In most cases, she usually just ends up being a subpar sorcery speed Diabolic Edict and then gets removed the next turn since usually when I casted her, my hand was always too loaded to pitch anything. Putting in the fourth Thragtusk will give me a better chance of drawing him when I need him most.
-2 Nevermore
+3 Acidic Slime
Centaur Healer is great but not as a 2-of and in the sideboard. I don't really have room for him in the main (plus mostly only Junk Rites run them main and a full set). Nevermore tends to not come up to my hand when I need them to (or at all) so I'm gonna ditch it. I've never seen any success with the card so I guess it's just bad juju.
Acidic Slime was suggested to me and it seems to synergize very well with the mainboard with all the flickering. It takes out key threats like Assemble the Legion, Nephalia Drownyard, Kessig Wolf Run (or any land for that matter). Playing him on turn 4 to choke out their key mana/color is pretty huge and could result in a win.
Elixir of Immortality was the old school way of dealing with mill (if it doesn't get milled first) and some form of aggro. It also lets you replenish your spells for quite cheap. If this doesn't work, I'm considering putting in one Rhox Faithmender or Trostani, Selesnya's Voice to have some fun with aggro.
These changes are still experimental and there still are a few cards I'm considering. The hardest part is cutting since the list is tight and I need to keep the synergy:
Unburial Rites - I've tried a couple of these in the main before and it worked just like it should. Obviously it won't be as potent as it is Junk Rites but it still lets me replenish my big threats should they get milled/killed.
Sigarda, Host of Herons - Cheap and extremely hard to remove efficiently. She has won me a few games on her own and has proven her worth.
Gonna need to make a few cuts for those slots. Cuts pending.
DNSolver says... #1
If you are having trouble with aggressive decks at all, you could consider playing fewer shocklands. You are running 12, which may be a little much for a midrange deck like this; you aren't running Arbor Elf or Avacyn's Pilgrim or any other reasonably good one-drop, so I don't see the point of running as many shocklands as the fastest 3-color decks in the format that really really need that speed. I've seen control decks run as few as 8 shocklands. Just something to consider as a possibility.
March 21, 2013 10 p.m.