Inspired by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtzB3bsxHaY&t=32s but some unique spins based on Dominaria and budgetary concerns(such as removing
Noble Hierarch
,
Horizon Canopy
, and the black splash, and cutting the price by more than half). 3x
Damping Sphere
sb and 1x
Shalai, Voice of Plenty
mb are exciting new additions!
I'm currently looking for 1 high value creature in the slot of
Siege Rhino
. Shalai has one slot, but I'm interested in another 3-4 mana selesnya threat. Just a third liege might be reasonable, or a second
Tireless Tracker
.
Also some argument about the optimal mana dorks, as the orginal list was 4 hierarchs 2 birds.I upped the bird count, cut the hierarchs, and have llanowar elves as 2 standins...we'll see.
Brief note on the
Wooded Foothills
and
Arid Mesa
: they're in the list because I have them, not because I have some delusion that they're affordable.
I'm also aware that my deck/sb isn't well balanced to handle control matchups. I'd like to be able to sideboard out a bunch of manadorks and
Eldritch Evolution
, but realistically I only have maybe 5 reasonable things to bring in. I don't know how to address this without damaging my combo and tron matchups.
Turn 3 kill:
t1: green land >
Birds of Paradise
t2:
Lotus Cobra
> fetchland to generate 3 mana >
Spike Feeder
t3: land >
Archangel of Thune
, gain infinite life and swing for an infinte power/toughness cobra. If the third land is another fetch, the bird can be another infinitely large attacker, or alternately the 6 total mana can be used to play any 3 drop +
Eldritch Evolution
for the angel.
It's also totally possible that this should just be a Knightfall list. I could cut 1 feeder, 1 archangel, 2 chords, and 3 more things(perhaps the maindeck
Kitchen Finks
) to have 4x
Knight of the Reliquary
and 3x
Retreat to Coralhelm
, with almost no further changes apart from trading
Rest in Peace
for
Bojuka Bog
and tweaking the mana for a splash of blue. That list might be significantly more consistent while still true to the same flavor of deck. Notably, that version of the deck could comfortably run
Gaddock Teeg
. Also
Lotus Cobra
+
Knight of the Reliquary
nets MONDO mana...turning it into shalai activations or a clue cracking machine is pretty damn good.
NEWEST take: I'm cutting the cobras for now. While have your dorks be 2/1s threats is nice, as is having a 2 drop eldritch evolution fodder, t1 acceleration is likely more important. Cobras shine with the company of
Renegade Rallier
or
Knight of the Reliquary
, to cheat in additional lands, OR if the deck requires difficult mana fixing for
Saheeli Rai
or
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
but this deck is not leveraging more than a singleton rallier, and the mana is fairly easy, so cobra goes to the side for now.
