The old astral slide had lightning rift and I think that this deck will be missing a card like that. So I was thinking about a bant version of this deck, to se how Drake heaven will perform, but the black cards are so good that I will just splash blue for the heaven.
What about morph creatures? Akroma, Angel of fury looks good, only that it can't be hardcasted...
Back when Astral Slide and Lightning Rift were Standard legal, I played a R/W/g variation using the green for slight ramp, and Exalted Angel, Akroma, Angel of Fury, and Krosan Beast as my creatures. The rest was utter control in any way possible. I never hard cast Akroma or Exalted; I always played them for the Morph cost then blinked them out when wiping the board.
I'm pondering going back to the R/W/g variation, but recognize it could be the weakest of any variations of an Astral Drift deck.
Not sure on metagame at my local store, but will keep Ferocidon in mind for that (only copy I have is currently in my dino commander deck). I've got plenty of Ranging Raptors to spare, so I'll definitely throw that into the deck ASAP. Much appreciated.
Found this thread while searching for ways to adapt my dino deck to the modern metagame. Are you still actively using this deck? If so, how has it performed? Will you be adding anything from War of the Spark to your deck?
Back when Astral Slide and Lightning Rift were Standard legal, I played a R/W/g variation using the green for slight ramp, and Exalted Angel, Akroma, Angel of Fury, and Krosan Beast as my creatures. The rest was utter control in any way possible. I never hard cast Akroma or Exalted; I always played them for the Morph cost then blinked them out when wiping the board.
I'm pondering going back to the R/W/g variation, but recognize it could be the weakest of any variations of an Astral Drift deck.