![]() Bramble Familiar : Fun on paper, sadly too slow in reality.Notion Thief : This is casual budget, I'm not a fan of Stax-ing our opponents from their resources.Incubation Druid : We're doing fine in ramp already.Drown in the Loch, Counterspell and Negate : I'm not a fan of counterspells in general, and I need the room.In this however, it's almost guaranteed to blow up in your face at the worst possible moment. Gaea's Blessing : In any other deck, this is one of my favorite pet peeves.Oversold Cemetery : I want to reanimate creatures, not bring them back to my hand!.Izoni, Thousand-Eyed : Cute, but that's a lot of hoops to jump through for a meager effect.Casualties of War : After careful consideration, I'd rather do everything that truly annoys me in one single category rather than one bit of everything.Mythos of Brokkos : On paper it looks really nice, but from experience I rarely want to bring permanents back to my hand when reanimating stuff.Nightmare Shepherd : I love the card, but we're lacking Enter-the-Battlefield effects for it to shine its true colors.Acolyte of Affliction : Simply too expensive for what it does.Cankerbloom : Nice and versatile, but let's be honest, we don't really care about proliferating.I'm not entirely sure we have enough payoffs, so I'll probably end up adding a few cards before we're done. Use Gyruda a few times and/or reanimate a few decisive threats from the graveyard.Use said Zombies to either hold the fort or refill your hand so that you can.Bring Sidisi out, start pumping out a few Zombies.The way I see it, the plan that's taking shape before our eyes is: ![]() As there are so little cards left to trim down, I might as well tighten things up, since that's been the whole premise of this article insofar. You read that right, I'm merging both categories in one place. And now for the fun part! Third Trim - Cutting Off the Rough Edges of the Heart-Wrenching Choices Down to 112 cards, after shaping up the land base. Is that clear for everyone? Timmy, I can see you falling asleep back there. On the right, those I'll cut from the bulky ramp and removal. On the left, I'll list the cards I want to add in the Draw section. On the other hand, removal and even more so ramp are likely to receive a healthy haircut. Yay, already we get to dig in the draft chaff bin and add some stuff back in ! You know me, I like to keep my hand quite full, and 7 spells conferring card advantage, some in clunky ways, is a no go in my book. Why do you all sound like a drilling machine? So, you know the song now, repeat after me. I think this is a new record, by quite a margin. Now that the forbidden delicacies are out of our way, we're left with 108 cards. Massacre Wurm : This one I feel I'll truly miss the presence, eventually.Nature's Lore : Best 2-mana ramp spell in green (yes, with Three Visits ).Baleful Strix : You can't go wrong with a self-replacing bird which deters attacks in a most excellent fashion.Path of Discovery : Either draw lands or pump your creatures while getting Zombies with Sidisi and potential reanimation fodder? Talk about value!.Progenitor Mimic : I would have loved to copy a Gyruda, or anything else, and do it again, and again, and again, and.Farseek : Always a solid ramp spell in any deck with two colors or more.All solid additions if you can spare the coin: Well, maybe not, we'll see.Īs usual, let's have a look at the cards between $1 and $2. ![]() The quickest in the series, for the best card quality ever. How can I work in these conditions? Huh? HOW? A few clicks later and.Īlmost half of the cards we had at hand cost more than our threshold. No cards worth strictly more than $1 shall stay in this list. Oh well, enough with the gushing, time to look at today's endeavor. This might look silly to you, but I feel a probably misplaced sense of pride here. That's way more than I expected, and thus the message is clear: these lists are here to stay. More than two-thirds of voters stated that they liked the intermediate decklists and actually used them. I have to say, I've been genuinely surprised by the results. Before we move on to this week's pair, I'd like to address the poll. Last time, I unilaterally decided to give Sidisi, Brood Tyrant and Gyruda, Doom of Depths a chance after all, with them being so close to achieving first place. I'm (more or less currently) Arnaud, and I'm thrilled to take you on a journey of uncanny brews, hidden gems and usage of EDHREC's filtering features. Sorry about the fit, nasty bug, courtesy of my kids. from COUGH COUGH COUGH!!! Or something like that. ![]() Greetings and salutations from a country where cough. ( Gyruda, Doom of Depths | Art by Tyler Jacobson) Sidi Sidi Ya-Ya Da-Da ( Sidisi, Brood Tyrant | Art by Karl Kopinski)
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