So, my first newly built deck in a while. The concept of having to get into the red zone to get things back from the graveyard intrigued me, starting with the core problem: in these colours, how do you reliably connect with a 5/4? I decided to go down the route of making blocking decisions as complex as possible for my opponent, which fed nicely into my love for the morph mechanic. I tried to go for a mix of ETB and combat damage triggers, just to keep things a bit flexible. EDIT: Storrev turned out to be a bad fit, so I switched to Gorm/Virtus as explained downthread.
Took it for it's first outings last night, seems pretty solid so far if incredibly grindy when on the back foot. Did manage to ult Ugin, the Spirit Dragon the turn I played him thanks to The Elderspell though, which was pretty cool. Overall I really enjoyed playing the deck and it mostly did what I wanted it to, but some way of rapidly getting back in the game after a couple of wraths would be nice.
Don't really have enough data for what to cut yet other than possibly Reliquary Tower, but I would like to run something that lets me check the top card at will to help with manifests. Dauthi Embrace might be a fun way of getting my creatures through as well, although it's possibly a bit mana hungry.
I've played a few games with the deck now and let me tell you, there's nothing like having multiple 2/2's that aren't actually 2/2's for totally different reasons! I had to buy a bunch of the Khans block overlays so we could all keep track of what's going on!
Dragonlover
Out: Cabal Executioner
In: Cavalier of Thorns
13/09/19
Out: Glissa, the Traitor, Mark of Sakiko, Mold Shambler, Hystrodon, Satyr Wayfinder
In: Bane of the Living, Gift of Doom, Strionic Resonator, Scroll of Fate, Thieving Amalgam
11/02/20
Out: Druid's Repository, Chitinous Cloak, Glaive of the Guildpact
In: Mystic Forge, Trailblazer's Boots, Prowler's Helm
16/05/20
Out: Arashin War Beast, Hunter's Insight, Cobbled Wings
In: Blood Curdle, Vivien, Monsters' Advocate, Wings of Hubris
11/07/21
Out: Obscuring Aether, Trail of Mystery
In 2x Forest
Somewhere inbetween these I put Carth the Lion in for Ashling, the Extinguisher
20/09/21
Out: The Elderspell
In: Unnatural Growth
Out: Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
In: Augur of Autumn
03/05/22
Out: Offalsnout, Caustic Caterpillar, Fleshbag Marauder, Swamp, Disciple of Bolas
In: Drana, Liberator of Malakir, Jugan Defends the Temple // Remnant of the Rising Star, Saryth, the Viper's Fang, Takenuma, Abandoned Mire, Froghemoth
05/06/22
Out: Cavalier of Thorns
In: Mighty Servant of Leuk-o
15/11/22
Out: Phyrexian Arena
In: Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
17/12/22
Out: Acidic Slime, Eternal Witness, Merciless Executioner, Ravenous Chupacabra, Serpentine Basilisk, Solemn Simulacrum, Ghastly Conscription, Golgari Charm, Jugan Defends the Temple, Kitesail, Whispersilk Cloak, Swamp, Forest, Ebonblade Reaper, Burnished Hart
In:Deathcap Glade, Boseiju, Who Endures, Garruk, Cursed Huntsman, Gilded Pinions, Sensei's Divining Top, Dauthi Embrace, Vampiric Tutor, Rankle, Master of Pranks, Ohran Frostfang, Toski, Bearer of Secrets, Old Gnawbone, Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion, Garruk's Harbinger, Yedora, Grave Gardener, Ancient Brass Dragon
05/02/23
Out: Temur War Shaman
In: Glissa Sunslayer