New age 8-Rack
Modern
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Results with Davriel and new cards! —June 16, 2019
So I took this newer version out a few weeks ago (before the addition of Silent Clearings), and did quite well! I can't play this deck every week, else people will learn how to play against it and we can't have that can we? ;D
I ended up coming in 3rd the first week I tired Davriels and came in first two weeks later. Having too many 3-drops is a concern, and it seems that you don't need as many main deck answers at 3-cmc (Bridge, Bontu's) when you don't shave as much discard for them. Certain decks like Elves or Zoo can still get under you, but I figured with the surge of GY-dependent decks and UW control, I'll keep the heavy-creature removal in the SB for game 1 until I know what I'm dealing with.
Now, the addition of the Horizon Lands makes this deck much better. Having access to the full playset of Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoths means that often the horizon lands will tap for mana without costing us life, while still cracking for a card if needed. Having more lands that sac themselves help make Fatal Push better in this deck, which sometimes had trouble getting revolt enabled before.
Neither Spirit is a great recursive threat for this deck that is good to pitch to Lily's +1 or to a Collective Brutality. Using it does restrict some of our SB options that many versions have used before, such as Bob or Asylum Visitors for card advantage against grindy or controlling decks. Fortunately we find a decent substitute in Waste Not, which can make us more explosive on turn 3 or grind additional value over the course of the game.
Hopefully these changes will lead to more wins in higher levels of play to give this deck the credit it deserves!