T&K: Bear-Weaver
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Marchesa Tourney, Ikoria, & April 2020 Ban Update! —April 24, 2020
(Before I start, it is also important to note that I'll be shifting this Primer more towards one on Moxfield due to Deck Database requests. Similar features, so look forward to that in the coming month or so.)
Part 1. Various changes were made to accommodate for the tourney during March: -Spell Snare, -Grasp of Fate, -Disenchant, -Cavern of Souls +Force of Negation, +Samurai of the Pale Curtain, +Talisman of Creativity, +Caves of Koilos
While I do still feel FoN is better in decks that can cast their haymakers on opps turns (Ad Naus & Flash for ex.), it's not dead early like Pact of Negation. So I cut Snare for FoN. Grasp was somewhat outdated but may come back in staxy metas, same with Disenchant. Although the number of Humans might go up here, Caverns was swapped to smooth out mana over uncounterability (will monitor over time).
Part 2. After the tourney we received the Ikoria & Commander 2020 spoilers, as well as a banlist with unforeseen results: Flash banned! Changes here inlcuded: - Grafdigger's Cage, - Drown in the Loch, - Hushbringer, - Plague Engineer + Drannith, + Fierce Guardianship, + Dockside Extortionist, + Kira.
With the lack of Flash now, I expect way less Hulk so I believe Cage can be relegated to Sideboard for metas of say Yisan, Bloodpod, etc. Drannith still covers gy casts as well as CMDR hate in the form of a creature. Drown has been hit or miss, especially when running RIP, so Fierce will take its place. Although Hushbringer still hates on Oracle, it was mostly for Hulk. Swapping it out for Dockside is good since there's less antisynergy now. Plague Engineer has just shown diminishing returns. Perhaps in a Najeela or Yuriko heavy meta, otherwise the return of Kira is a welcome sight.
Other cards I am looking at next include: Plunge Into Darkness, Thassa's Oracle, Lotus Petal, Gitaxian Probe, & Deflecting Swat.