I'll add, though, that Bomat Courier is proving to be very impressive as potential card advantage for aggressive red decks. There's nothing worse than getting having your aggro deck reach a board stalemate and being stuck in top deck mode hoping to draw something of value. Courier helps to alleviate that some. I don't know that I would include it over Swiftspear or Noble at this point, but this little guy is quickly moving up in value for me.
huntsmaster provided you have kird ape and everything isn't 4cmc
Ashen rider. I'd rather support reanimator and sneak attack than midrange, unless all of your WB cards are in WB aggro archetype
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2. Gifts ungiven. I would make room for gifts if you play unburial rites and life from the loam. Gifts can be fun to build around and have a high ceiling.
Don't play anticipate.
Brainstorm, ponder, preordain, serum visions,and impulse should be enough
Bomat was really lackluster in my testing. Haste is good if you have all the swords. I currently run swiftspear, but noble was good and can easily make it back in if I decide I want 1 more 1 drop
Gearhulk by far. Vorapede was too easy to answer in practice in my experience, with all the white removals, bounce and control magic effects owning him hard. He is also not as good on the defense provided you have other creatures, not to mention it is a slower clock and is less splashable.
Spear sees almost no play outside of WW decks, and the activation rarely comes up. Thinking of making the swap, or even just cutting spear altogether. The creature anthems and cards like Gideon Ally of Zendikar might be enough. Convince me otherwise if you can
Spear sees almost no play outside of WW decks, and the activation rarely comes up. Thinking of making the swap, or even just cutting spear altogether. The creature anthems and cards like Gideon Ally of Zendikar might be enough. Convince me otherwise if you can
I've always thought the 3 mana anthems were over-rated... as in they don't deserve slots over some of the white creatures that aren't seeing play @ 3.
Honor of the pure is the better card in MonoW by a lot...whether it's worth it to run depends a lot on your cube composition and your goals when supporting agro.
Like, do you want to focus on multi-color agro decks? Mono color? I noticed when I included cards like Goblin Chainwhirler, Geralf's Messenger, Lake of the dead, honor of the pure, Benalish marhsal.. People wouldn't splash a second color nearly as much. They would run perfect mono-colored mana bases and their 24th playable would be a low-tier card. All the decks started to look the same. I decided I don't want to encourage less mono-colored agro decks and trimmed most of the heavy color commitment cards.
I think if white weenie decks aren't performing well, honor of the pure helps them out.. It's a powerful card in MonoW. I run neither at the moment, but would include Honor before I would include spear, and could see myself getting honor back in.
I've recently removed the green aggro package from my 465 unpowered because no one was playing it, unfortunately. However, I'm stuck with Tattermunge Maniac, essentially now a red 1-drop taking a Gruul slot, for which I have no interesting of fun replacement.
Does anyone have suggestions to replace it? I was considering Cindervines or Rhythm of the Wild from RNA but neither strikes me as particularly exciting.
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It's yet another Gruul 4cmc, but I like Huntmaster of the Fells. I find the subgame of "how many times can I flip this?" to be fun, and it has strong interactions with things that care about ETBs.
I suggest Sarkhan Vol, unless you are avoiding adding another 4 drop or planeswalker. Its effects are powerful, exciting and unique. I also think Gruul is shallow and find most cards that are worth playing are 4 drops.
I suggest Sarkhan Vol, unless you are avoiding adding another 4 drop or planeswalker. Its effects are powerful, exciting and unique. I also think Gruul is shallow and find most cards that are worth playing are 4 drops.
I have a friend who runs Arlin Kord and have been impressed as well, but yeah, almost all the good gruul cards are 4-drops, and this set didn't help.
Tajic is the better card in a vacuum, but the 3-drops in RW aggro are absolutely stacked, so at a smaller size, Tajic feels superfluous. With all the nuts red 3-drops they've printed over the last year or so, plus all the swords, plus Thalia/Flickerwisp/Brimaz, I'd decline to swap.
I'd probably add both Swiftspear and Noble. If I had to choose one, I'd likely go with Noble because it needs less to go right for it to be good.
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I'll add, though, that Bomat Courier is proving to be very impressive as potential card advantage for aggressive red decks. There's nothing worse than getting having your aggro deck reach a board stalemate and being stuck in top deck mode hoping to draw something of value. Courier helps to alleviate that some. I don't know that I would include it over Swiftspear or Noble at this point, but this little guy is quickly moving up in value for me.
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Ashen rider. I'd rather support reanimator and sneak attack than midrange, unless all of your WB cards are in WB aggro archetype
1. Frantic search
2. Gifts ungiven. I would make room for gifts if you play unburial rites and life from the loam. Gifts can be fun to build around and have a high ceiling.
Don't play anticipate.
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Gearhulk by far. Vorapede was too easy to answer in practice in my experience, with all the white removals, bounce and control magic effects owning him hard. He is also not as good on the defense provided you have other creatures, not to mention it is a slower clock and is less splashable.
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Spear sees almost no play outside of WW decks, and the activation rarely comes up. Thinking of making the swap, or even just cutting spear altogether. The creature anthems and cards like Gideon Ally of Zendikar might be enough. Convince me otherwise if you can
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I've always thought the 3 mana anthems were over-rated... as in they don't deserve slots over some of the white creatures that aren't seeing play @ 3.
Honor of the pure is the better card in MonoW by a lot...whether it's worth it to run depends a lot on your cube composition and your goals when supporting agro.
Like, do you want to focus on multi-color agro decks? Mono color? I noticed when I included cards like Goblin Chainwhirler, Geralf's Messenger, Lake of the dead, honor of the pure, Benalish marhsal.. People wouldn't splash a second color nearly as much. They would run perfect mono-colored mana bases and their 24th playable would be a low-tier card. All the decks started to look the same. I decided I don't want to encourage less mono-colored agro decks and trimmed most of the heavy color commitment cards.
I think if white weenie decks aren't performing well, honor of the pure helps them out.. It's a powerful card in MonoW. I run neither at the moment, but would include Honor before I would include spear, and could see myself getting honor back in.
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Does anyone have suggestions to replace it? I was considering Cindervines or Rhythm of the Wild from RNA but neither strikes me as particularly exciting.
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I have a friend who runs Arlin Kord and have been impressed as well, but yeah, almost all the good gruul cards are 4-drops, and this set didn't help.
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3 - Kaya’s Wrath vs Sorin, Grim Nemesis ?
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Agree with both.
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Cut one for Tajic, Legion's Edge OR for Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice OR Decline to cut.
History of Benalia or Spectral Procession?
I like Procession more than History. More bodies, and evasion.
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Procession, as wtwlf said.
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2 - Seraph of the Scales vs Sorin, Grim Nemesis vs Kaya’s Wrath ? Waht order ?
3 - Tattermunge Maniac vs Grull Spellbraker ?
4 - Shrine of Burning Rage vs Electrodominance ?
Geist > Mayor of Avabruck > Untamed Kavu
Kaya's Wrath > Seraph of the Scales > Sorin, Grim Nemesis
Gruul Spellbreaker > Tattermunge Maniac (but Kird Ape over both)
Shrine >Electrodominance
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Thing in the Ice
vs.
Baral, Chief of Compliance
vs.
Will Kenrith
Living Death
vs.
Liliana, Death's Majesty
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
vs.
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Chart a Course
vs.
Search for Azcanta
vs.
Looter il-Kor
Asylum Visitor
vs.
Scrapheap Scrounger
vs.
Bloodghast
Daze
vs.
Memory Lapse
vs.
Force Spike
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Emrakul, (but Emrakul, the Promised End and Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger over both)
Probably Looter but I'd try to make room for it and Search.
Cut Visitor
Cut Daze
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