Sygg has too many cards...

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Posted on Aug. 29, 2016, 6:04 p.m. by ComradeJim270

It is that time once again. That time where I look at my Sygg, River Guide list, note that there are 17 more cards than can legally be in a deck... and my brain leaks out my ears as I try to figure out what to cut.

Maybe someone else will see something I don't?

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Omeros says... #2

If I was nominated king of your list, here's what I'd do to cut cards and swap others.

Cuts:

Veteran of the Depths, Swiftfoot Boots, Deepchannel Mentor, Dream Fracture, Thassa, God of the Sea

Capsize - I'm not seeing infinite mana, so cut or use Chain of Vapor instead

And set aside all your cards designed to give islandwalk, unblockable, or turn lands into islands. Reduce this to a more compact package with redundancy rather than "this only works if I also have..." type cards.

Swaps:

Devouring Light --> Reality Shift

Fallowsage --> Merfolk Looter

Return to Dust --> Grasp of Fate or just cut, and bank more on counterspells and bounce

September 2, 2016 10:39 a.m.

ComradeJim270 says... #3

Excellent ideas. A couple of those cards are combo pieces and won't likely be cut. I'd also cut Dissolve before Dream Fracture, which I think is just better in a multiplayer format.

Good idea on the Islandwalk package. I'll have a look at this all when I have the time to sit down with it.

The deck does have an infinite mana combo, but it has enough degenerate things to do at that point that Capsize is likely not needed.

September 2, 2016 2:14 p.m. Edited.

Omeros says... #4

Right, Fallowsage + Freed from the Real draws your deck if you have infinite blue mana. Looter plus the aura will draw through your deck, and at a lower CMC. At that point you might as well include Laboratory Maniac and win cleanly without fuss.

Was there another combo piece I missed? I don't know Merfolk all that well.

Lastly, I'd cut Dream Fracture as mentioned - and Dissolve. Try to restrict all of your counters to be 2 CMC or below, with Force of Will a special exception.

September 2, 2016 2:42 p.m.