Evelyn: Tribal or Blink?
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2022 11:53 pm
Evelyn, the Covetous
Before you say "why not both," the question is more about how to run Evelyn as efficiently as possible.
Evelyn's wording suggests that the more vampires you play, the more cards you can steal. However, because Evelyn only allows you to cast one spell from collection each turn, you don't get to exhaust the pile as quickly as you steal them. This is all the more true when Evelyn gets targeted and killed repeatedly, delay you further. The benefit of going vampire tribal though is that your options expand more quickly, more likely to hit an answer you need, that's definitely a plus. PWs like Ashiok, Nightmare Muse would love to use all those exiled cards.
And what if we play Evelyn in a blink-focused deck? It would focus less on vampires (if at all), but you will still get to steal four cards per turn on the basis, and you can fill the deck with EtB creatures, allowing versatility beyond traditional vampire tribal. While Evelyn's collection grows slower in this approach, tutors/Top/JtMS would always put the best card on top of your library, balancing quantity of cards with quality of cards.
Before you say "why not both," the question is more about how to run Evelyn as efficiently as possible.
Evelyn's wording suggests that the more vampires you play, the more cards you can steal. However, because Evelyn only allows you to cast one spell from collection each turn, you don't get to exhaust the pile as quickly as you steal them. This is all the more true when Evelyn gets targeted and killed repeatedly, delay you further. The benefit of going vampire tribal though is that your options expand more quickly, more likely to hit an answer you need, that's definitely a plus. PWs like Ashiok, Nightmare Muse would love to use all those exiled cards.
And what if we play Evelyn in a blink-focused deck? It would focus less on vampires (if at all), but you will still get to steal four cards per turn on the basis, and you can fill the deck with EtB creatures, allowing versatility beyond traditional vampire tribal. While Evelyn's collection grows slower in this approach, tutors/Top/JtMS would always put the best card on top of your library, balancing quantity of cards with quality of cards.