Looking for suggestions or cards that I missed. Especially looking for a way to sneak in some incidental graveyard hate.
Clan Crafter Lae'Zel
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Good catch (I wish they would update gatherer sooner on new cards).
Ugin's Nexus is probably a good include. The others were all cut for being too expensive. Though out of them, I did go back and forth on Solemn Simulacrum due to how mana hungry the deck is.
Lion Sash was in my original list, but I cut it due to being too mana hungry. But it does probably belong just because it is synergistic, targeted removal. Good call on Scavenger Grounds and Blacksmith's Skill.TheGildedGoose wrote: ↑2 years agoI like the core idea of this deck a lot, so I was thinking about it a bit.
Graveyard hate:
Scavenger Grounds (little to no opportunity cost if you cut a colorless producing non-basic)
Lion Sash (taste the synergy)
I think Promise of Loyalty isn't very great. I'd rather play Tragic Arrogance; you lose some more stuff too but it's more of a board wipe and you get to choose what each person keeps.
I think Blacksmith's Skill is a little better than Reality Ripple due to a lower mana value. They perform almost exactly the same role, depending on how frequently you face Farewell and other mass exile. To that end, though, is Teferi's Protection absent due to budget reasons?
Dispeller's Capsule over Return to Dust, maybe? Artifact-theme but it doesn't hit two targets in a pinch.
I always prefer Scryfall, personally. They update more frequently and have a more robust search feature, but meh. I actually only know of that one because it's gonna be great in my Daretti list.
Sash is super mana-intensive for sure, but you can break it up over several turns as necessary and it does rattlesnake well.Lion Sash was in my original list, but I cut it due to being too mana hungry. But it does probably belong just because it is synergistic, targeted removal. Good call on Scavenger Grounds and Blacksmith's Skill.
So to make a long story short, Teferi's Protection was partially cut for budget reasons. But the bigger reason was I thought Change of Plans, Contractual Safeguard, and Flawless Maneuver were better three mana protection spells since I only have one creature I want to protect mostly in Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion and Change of Plans is more synergistic, Contractual Safeguard can be played proactively, and Flawless Maneuver can be played for free.
Promise of Loyalty is a card I at least want to try before switching to something like Tragic Arrogance as my thought is they deck doesn't make a whole lot of blockers, but has a lot of ways for Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion to be protected or ignore blockers. Therefore, I mostly don't care what they keep. Also, I don't like that Tragic Arrogance hits my artifacts and enchantments.
Dispeller's Capsule was originally in Return to Dust slot. Went back and forth. Want to try Return to Dust, but could easily see me switching over to Capsule.