benjameenbear wrote: ↑4 years ago
UnNamed1 wrote: ↑4 years ago
I am a little curious why
Urza, Lord High Artificer is in the deck. Seems like a little bit of a deviation. Not to mention, if you do activate him, and cannot cast off the activation, its in exile while Tasigur wants them in the graveyard. I would think
Thrasios, Triton Hero would be better, no?
Great point. I have a copy of Urza and the original iteration of the deck had a heavier creature count in addition to
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician for a flavor win (probably at the expense of efficiency). Thrasios is definitely better for what Urza really is: a mana sink that can be taken advantage of with
Nyxbloom Ancient and
Seedborn Muse.
The thing that that I like about Urza is that he puts mana and power on the board as well to preserve my life total. Tasigur isn't a secret anymore and he draws a lot of combat damage. Having Urza helps to dissuade people attacking into my life total while building mana advantage and having a mana sink for Seedborn and Nyxbloom. It's done well in the very limited games I've had with him, but I like Thrasios a bit more because of the CMC considerations.
I think if you had more Artifacts that sat on the board and weren't mana rocks, Urza would be the better choice. However, since you only have the basic rocks, Urza feels kind of overkill. Thrasios would just do better IMO. If you are using Urza himself as a blocker, In most cases Thrasios just does fine. Most of the time if Thrasios would die, so will Urza. Plus Thrasios lets you have better control over the top than shuffling first, which is the only thing I don't like about Urza. While I obviously haven't played the deck, I don't see enough artifacts to make Urza worth it.