Would you like a counter with that?
Standard
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Assorted playtesting —Dec. 16, 2015
Hello! I've been testing this deck a lot recently and here are some results:
Esper midrange: Homebrew made by a friend. It was pretty good, but the games ended 2-1, 2-0 to me.
UB aristocrats: Pretty weak matchup. Won about 40% of the games (having played about 20 games - we were both playtesting and editing) but the bounce effects were really surprisingly powerful.
Abzan midrange: I was surprised at how well this went. Once the creatures were 5/5 or bigger the abzan couldn't deal with it. Gideon dies miserably to Feat of Resistance. 2-1.
RG landfall: Little bit pathetic really, this went 2-0, 2-0, 2-0. The attackers just weren't stompy enough.
Atarka red: I expected this to be good, and it generally was. Turn 2 2/2 Hangarback Walker more or less forced a scoop. 2-1 2-1.
Have yet to try this against control or rally, hoping the sideboard will help against those. Feel free to suggest matchups you think will be tricky.
I'm still kind of on the fence about Drana, Liberator of Malakir. It was included as a 3 of in the first version of this deck, but I ended up taking it out for Feat of Resistance. It's ability is great and all, but I can't attack relying on it to hit, and only my other attackers get boosted.
The anafenzas I wouldn't even consider as less than 4 each. They really are the core of this deck.
Thanks for the suggestion though, I'll try drana against a few different archetypes to see how effective it is.
Zacoly says... #1
I like your deck, alot, BUT If it were mine I would use fewer Anafenzas. and put in the Drana, Liberator of Malakir If you are going to use a ton of legendary creatures, then at least use ones that can be on the board at the same time.
I have always wanted to pair Hardened Scales with Daghatar the Adamant, then he could remove one counter to add somewhere between 1-4 counters to another creature, at instant speed. Makes for a good combat trick, maybe it's not a tier 1 addition, but it sure sounds fun.
December 10, 2015 1:25 p.m.