Bogles aura/hexproof deck quick question
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Posted on May 20, 2015, 11:39 p.m. by The_Kris
What to do if you don't draw Gladecover Scout or Slippery Bogles in your opening hand? Do you mulligan, or do you go for it with a Kor Spiritdancer?
It's going to depend on a lot of factors. Because of Bogles volatile nature, you need to know what sketchy hands are worth keeping. It presumably has lands, auras, and a target to suit, but it's neither an auto-keep or an auto-mulligan.
Do you know the match-up already? Anything with cheap removal means your best play is to wait until 3 mana and play Kor Spiritdancer and an aura on it - this at least insulates you somewhat from removal since you still get the trigger, but this is very slow.
What's your hand like? You're more willing to risk the Kor Spiritdancer draw if your pay off is high. You do want umbras more to protect it, but a hand of nothing but your filler auras is already borderline keepable.
Play or draw?, Number of lands?, etc - A lot of these relate to how willing you are to make the 3 mana play from above.
Do you have fetches? As someone mentioned, the Plan C play is to end of turn fetch a Dryad Arbor and suit it up.
May 21, 2015 10:13 a.m.
I believe there is no deck I have seen mulligan itself into oblivion so much as bogles. That said, it does operate well enough on few cards in hand. Turn one slippery bogle always gets groans of frustration out of me even if they mulled to 3 first.
May 21, 2015 11:20 a.m.
Thanks everyone. I'm getting a better idea on how to play that deck, I wanted to know if it's good before investing in the more expensive cards. It should be something I want to play in Modern local tournaments.
May 22, 2015 1:02 a.m.
Daybreak Coronet is being reprinted in mm2. It'll be a good time to get your hands on a playset before the price shoots back up again.
EmblemMan says... #2
depends on if you know what your match up is but i would say mulligan
May 20, 2015 11:44 p.m.