Jescaw
Pauper*
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Learning Matchups —April 12, 2018
Went 2-1-1. First match, drew about UB control due to time; confident I would've won g3, my sideboard was better than his. Same UB player I played last week. M2 was against a new player with standard commons, won in 2. M3 against rainbow tron, won in 3 -- matchup seems fairly bad but he drew poorly. M4 against Bogles, and there's almost literally nothing I can do unless I can Electrickery t2 and they didn't enchant the creature yet. Very frustrating, and reinforces my hatred for linear, non-interactive decks. Might run a Curfew next time.
Grubbernaut says... #2
I've played the deck in both 21 and 22 land builds, and it could be placebo, but I believe 23 suits me best. With 3 colors and the need to include artifact lands, and the fact that we want to make at minimum our first five land drops, I like having the extras. I very rarely find myself wanting LESS lands when I play, versus more, and even when I have extras, Brainstorm lets me shuffle them away. I could probably trade out Mulldrifter for other, cheaper cards like Thraben Inspector or Kor Skyfisher and cut to 21
I originally had Prohibit, but I have a top-heavy meta where it performed poorly. I love the idea of Power Sink for the Inside Out and Burn matchups, though, which are some of our worst. I'll give it a shot in testing.
Regarding Oblivion Ring, I think the only enchantment we really want to remove (at least, in my local meta) is Pestilence. I could see an argument for having enchantment hate MB, but would probably use a singleton Dispeller's Capsule since it can be fetched. Then again, we don't lose much with a single O-Ring... Hmmm. Are there other enchantments we need to worry about that get played?
April 10, 2018 4:33 p.m.
Other Journeys, Other O Rings, Oubliette are very common to see. Boros and white decks tend to run Journey/O Ring, & Oubliette in MBC.
Also O ring deals with Artifacts + creatures too :0
It's a lame way of dealing with Rancor :s But hhmm ok about the lands. I guess I just don't like 23 but if it works it works! :)
April 11, 2018 5:08 a.m.
Grubbernaut says... #4
Valid points. I think rather than MB an o-ring, I'm going to shuffle my SB a bit for more enchantment hate!
Egrystal says... #1
You can easily shave a land or 2 with how low costed your stuff is on average.
I would personally drop the Deprives to either Power Sink or Prohibit as both are very versatile cards that staunch combo decks & help in counter wars. Good tempo.
Lastly, consider dropping 1 Journey for 1 Oblivion Ring.
April 10, 2018 4:13 p.m.