Look, I don't know if this is gonna be good, but it seems fun. With the new Escape Protocol spoiled today, I had to give it a shot. EP + Mystic Snake seems really good, yeah? I'll be doing playtesting on Cockatrice and editing as needed. Any suggestions, I am open to them.
Cards to consider:
Nimble Obstructionist
Hollow One
Curator of Mysteries
Did a sample game against burn and went 2-1. Played against Amulet and lost hard. Played against gruul utopia sprawl and lost. Played against storm and won.
I have never drawn into Batterskull, but after gaining absurd amounts of life from Thragtusk, I'm not sure it's necessary? Maybe replace it with another card in the deck or a different one of?
I tried a game swapping Birds of Paradise for Arbor Elf and Rampant Growth for Utopia Sprawl. The mana generation is great but I'm not quite ready to commit to this until more experimentation happens.
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Updates
-3 New Perspectives
+3 Ice-Fang Coatl
+ change all basics to snow basics
Updates 4/13
-4 Birds of Paradise
-4 Rampant Growth
+4 Arbor Elf
+4 Utopia Sprawl
I was wrong. Yes, you can get Ghost Quarter'd. But the early game extra mana is necessary; if they blow up a land, you get another, you're still up on lands. Getting that snake mana early is super important, even if you can't blink it.
-1 Batterskull
+1 Shark Typhoon
....after gaining all the life, sometimes your 3/3 beasts aren't enough from Thragtusk. 1 copy of Sharknado as a mana sink gives you a big flier for the end game. You can get it back with E-wit and do it again. Also, Batterskull was never useful when played. Either I was gaining life from Thragtusk and didn't need it, or the creature side of it was mediocre. Not sure if this is a positive change, but something to definitely try.
