Need advice on card draw options for Raff Capashen Historic/Artifact deck
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Posted on May 12, 2018, 5:32 p.m. by Herbysmoke
Here's my deck
I need advice on what card draw options I should add/replace to streamline my Raff Capashen deck. Bonus points if they can fit the theme to be flashed in with Raff as well. Currently ordering a Rhystic Study to add to the deck, and it already has Nezahal, Primal Tide as well, as well as Treasure Trove and Kefnet the Mindful, though I'm sure there may be better draw options than these. All advice welcome!
Don't get put down by the fact that everything has to be historic. Here are some useful draw engines and cards that go well with them:
April 20, 2019 7:50 a.m.
Velverthex says... #4
Thanks K1ngMars for the advice. I also think I am a bit lacking in card draw. These seem like good options. The one question I am wondering is if I should be aiming for instant speed draw cards or if Sorceries fit the deck.
Also, with cards like Emergency Powers and Game Plan that give your opponents a new hand, is it to risky or are they worth the effect?
April 20, 2019 11:17 a.m.
It depends. Sometimes you dropped your hand down to 2 cards, so a new fresh hand is good for you in the first place. If you're against decks that have already tutored something, have filtered the top or have drawn huge amount of cards (like with Praetor's Counsel ), you are forcing a shuffle, so both of those go away. You disrupt their previous game plan and you all start again at the same hand size.
You also have the added political power to look at players who are having a bad time or running low on gas and tell "hey, if I do this, can we have a deal?".
You also disrupt any graveyard strategy with these cards, because you force the graveyard reshuffle.
There are lots of things going on and everything depends on meta and situation, but I'd say it's always nice to have the possibility to say this flavour text .
Velverthex says... #2
Hello, I am also trying to make a deck with Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage Raff. So far I have been looking into some drawing options. I think instants that draw you cards are usually best suited to the playstile of the deck, kind of like Pull from Tomorrow , Sphinx's Revelation , Frantic Search and Catalog . You can cast them before your turn if your opponents did not make you cast anything or you can play them earlier in the game to improve your options.
I think that Urza’s Tome could be a better substitute than Treasure Trove since you can flash it in with Raff and it costs less to activate the effect. The only drawback is you have to tap it. Arcane Encyclopedia works pretty much the same way but costs more to play
April 18, 2019 6:15 p.m.