We want to play morphs on turn 3, and we have a lot of those. So a 3 mana sorcery faces dire competition for a deck slot. We also want to unmorph a lot of things on turn 5, so the Mastodon is competing with the morphs also. The deciding factor for me is that StB could dump our Secret Plans into the yard, which we really don't want to do. Guess, I'll be cutting the copy we already have. Mastodon.
Rez: as far as embodiment being fixing, remember that you already need two of your colors in order to activate it, meaning it can only fix for your splash colors. It does black early and ramp, which is something, but it's a pretty bad fixer.
Yet black is the color we don't need early on. But we want it quite soon anyway. The Embodiment makes that happen.
I'm quite undecided between the Abomination and taking Bell Strike as another removal, the Soothsayer ranks 3rd for me after these two. However, since it seems that we likely want to sit behind a bunch of Parapets and slowly drain rather than go on the offensive, heavily taxing the opponent for the use of a better threat or downright neutralizing it appears to me as the slightly better course of action. Singing Bell Strike.
I'm tempted to take the Snowhorn Rider, but I think the Archer's Parapet is the better fit for the deck, providing early defense and late game reach. With two of them, we can rely on getting one every game. And may get more.
We are solidly in Sultai now, but a Temur Banner still fixes 2/3 of our colors and allows for a red splash. Not that I would want to play the card. The Adept really doesn't vibe with me, too fragile for too high a cost.
The Rider is the strongest card here, and I'm tempted to take and maybe even splash for it. Otoh, the Bond-Kin fits our colors without a stretch. It's mostly just a vanilla 5/3, though. I'll go with the Bond-Kin, because a 4-color deck out of what we have right now feels like a disaster to happen. We simply don't have the fixing nessessary and probably won't get it anymore either.
We have no color fixing so far. And while morphs help with mitigating the problem, they don't solve it. So I'm taking Scout the Borders over Monastery Flock to dig for missing lands or creatures if we have all the colors already. And the sorcery fuels delve nicely.
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Yet black is the color we don't need early on. But we want it quite soon anyway. The Embodiment makes that happen.
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)
Former Rules Advisor
"Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge
(The Gamers: Dorkness Rising)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science."
(Girl Genius - Fairy Tale Theater Break - Cinderella, end of volume 8)