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Unknown Argy

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Buffs and Impossible Dragons —Oct. 4, 2015

After a re-think I decided to make this deck a bit more powerful in the mid to late game.

Citadel Siege has been added to provide constant buffs.

Dragonmaster Outcast has been added as a nasty late game surprise, if it is lucky enough to survive.

I got rid of Feat of Resistance as it was useless against so many of the colorless decks, and added another Drana, Liberator of Malakir, as it was winning me so many games.

I've kept 4x Chasm Guide as it's so useful to give Gideon, Ally of Zendikar haste on his turn, if it is played after he has become a Creature.

The whole rig now feels much more competitive.

FrankTrollman says... #1

The Chasm Guide is really more of a combo card than it is a stand-alone card. If you were using Rally the Ancestors or March from the Tomb the Chasm Guide would make a lot of sense because you'd be suddenly bringing in several allies all at once who would like to immediately attack. As is, the Chasm Guide is mostly just giving Haste to a Zulaport Cutthroat, and that doesn't really matter.

The Rally mechanic is that when it triggers it gives the bonus to all of your creatures. For something like Menace or Lifelink, that can be a really big deal. But haste literally only matters on the turn a creature comes into play, so if you aren't bringing out more than one creature at the same time, the fact that the Chasm Guide is giving haste to multiple creatures isn't helping you. You might as well save mana and use a Reckless Cohort (or more likely one of the cheap White allies), because without creature spam support you're basically using the Chasm Guide as a warm body with the Ally tag. Or get a bigger body with a Rally effect you'll use more like an Ondu Champion

October 1, 2015 9:25 a.m.

Argy says... #2

Chasm Guide is to be used to combo with March from the Tomb in the Sideboard.

Four copies in the Mainboard are there to ensure it has the most chance for draw, to replace one after a board wipe, and to re-trigger the Haste Rally.

I understand what you're saying but it works really well with Menace, which is why there are four copies of both Creatures with these Rally abilities.

October 1, 2015 9:35 a.m.