Re: Maelstrom Wanderer a.k.a. The Kool-Aid Man
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:47 pm
I'm not sure why it didn't occur to me previously when I was looking for counter spells that aren't useless on a cascade, but Temur Charm is another option that is probably pretty decent. Sometimes removal, sometimes evasion for the team for a combat, and from my hand it can be a useful Mana Leak, which is basically the same as a hard counter a surprising amount of the time. I might try to find a slot to try it out.
Speaking of trying something out, I'm pretty sure I want a Terror of the Peaks in here. I've always kind of wanted Warstorm Surge, but never wanted the 6 mana do-nothing enchantment. Having that effect on a solid flying body, for a mana cheaper, makes it way more appealing. Better to cascade into AND better to just cast. Plus it's another super awesome creature for putting a Shadowspear on, since it's the Terror that does all the actual damage.
I think I'm going to try out Terror of the Peaks in place of Xenagos, God of Revels for the time being. Xenagod is undeniably a sweet card, and sometimes his pumps let me surprise kill people with Wanderer, but he doesn't give any sort of evasion and his haste is most often superfluous.
Lastly, as with several of my other decks over the last while, I'm feeling like I want a Field of the Dead here. It's probably just going to go in over some other land (not sure which one), but it's entirely possible I'll decide to go back up to 37 lands and cut something else for it.
Speaking of trying something out, I'm pretty sure I want a Terror of the Peaks in here. I've always kind of wanted Warstorm Surge, but never wanted the 6 mana do-nothing enchantment. Having that effect on a solid flying body, for a mana cheaper, makes it way more appealing. Better to cascade into AND better to just cast. Plus it's another super awesome creature for putting a Shadowspear on, since it's the Terror that does all the actual damage.
I think I'm going to try out Terror of the Peaks in place of Xenagos, God of Revels for the time being. Xenagod is undeniably a sweet card, and sometimes his pumps let me surprise kill people with Wanderer, but he doesn't give any sort of evasion and his haste is most often superfluous.
Lastly, as with several of my other decks over the last while, I'm feeling like I want a Field of the Dead here. It's probably just going to go in over some other land (not sure which one), but it's entirely possible I'll decide to go back up to 37 lands and cut something else for it.