Why a Bloodstained Mire in an Atarka Red deck?
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Posted on Oct. 7, 2015, 11:32 a.m. by Morophla
Can someone explain me the utility of a bloodstained mire in an Atarka Red deck? Why not simply a Mountain instead of paying one life to pick one in the deck? There's no black cards in this deck! Here's the deck:
Atarka Red
21 Lands 9 Mountain 4 Wooded Foothills 4 Bloodstained Mire 4 Cinder Glade
19 Creatures 4 Goblin Glory Chaser 4 Abbot of Keral Keep 4 Lightning Berserker 4 Monastery Swiftspear 3 Zurgo Bellstriker
20 Instants and Sorcs. 4 Dragon Fodder 4 Exquisite Firecraft 4 Wild Slash 4 Atarka's Command 3 Hordeling Outburst 1 Become Immense
Sideboard 4 Roast 2 Scab-Clan Berserker 3 Goblin Heelcutter 2 Outpost Siege 2 Arc Lightning 2 Magmatic Chasm
Ok, I thought we can only grab basic lands with Bloodstained
October 7, 2015 11:40 a.m.
Morophla - Nope, the fetchlands say that they can grab a land with basic land type A or B. So Bloodstained Mire can grab any of the following lands: Cinder Glade, Smoldering Marsh, Sunken Hollow, Watery Grave, Blood Crypt, Godless Shrine, Overgrown Tomb, Stomping Ground, Steam Vents, Sacred Foundry, and the appropriate ABUR duals.
October 7, 2015 11:45 a.m.
Plus, this is an aggressive deck. More fetches are awesome in aggressive decks because they weed out land cards, leaving you with a better statistical chance of drawing something you need.
October 7, 2015 2:02 p.m.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #7
Now with landfall in BFZ the more fetches the better. Fetch = 2 landfall triggers.
October 7, 2015 2:09 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #8
Also, even though it's largely negligible: deck thinning.
October 7, 2015 4:05 p.m.
Not negligible. Deck thinning is very useful and helps on speed.
October 7, 2015 4:19 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #10
It's pretty negligible.
I'm not saying don't do it, as I would do it in a heartbeat. Yes it's a thing that happens, but the effect is minimal.
October 7, 2015 4:36 p.m.
Yeah, playing fetches strictly because they thin your deck is a mistake. You play fetchlands to fix your mana, not thin your deck.
October 7, 2015 4:41 p.m.
Fleetwood-Mat says... #12
I've seen fetches used in mono colour decks for that that reason alone.
October 7, 2015 5:19 p.m.
vampirelazarus says... #13
Yeah, and I would do it too.
However, I would constantly be asking myself if it's worth it.
JWiley129 says... #2
It grabs Cinder Glade, so it can fix your mana in the late game. Plus fetchlands feed Become Immense very well.
October 7, 2015 11:34 a.m.