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There are certainly a few sideboard options. What I'm more interested in is if there's something that is maindeck worthy.

The cards Icefang Coatl and Baleful Strix are a problem for RUG, and so I did some thinking about how to beat them.

Obviously, Spell Snare is quite amazing right now and should probably have at...

If you feel that Dreadhorde is worth fighting over, you can run 1-2 main deck Force of Negation, as well as 1-2 Flusterstorm. These seem like the best options for not only ensuring you can resolve...

I actually think Klothys deserves consideration for a slot in the main 60, I'd certainly run it over the 3rd Oko. The number of decks that utilize the graveyard in Legacy is so great that it's to the...

I'm not so sure that RUG is necessarily the best Delver option now. BUG and Grixis Delver become much more attractive options. Baleful Strix, Young Pyromancer, Dark Confidant etc. -- all X/1...

Well remember that the sideboard cards are still very relevant (e.g. Pyroblast), and for example against DnT, you really want access to Red to reliably cast your creature and artifact removal spells....

The 19th land is either Lonely Sandbar or (more commonly) Fiery Islet, both of which function more like a spell than a land since they're being run for the sake of drawing cards, especially with...

Both RUG decks in the top 8 of the latest GP were running 2 copies of Hexdrinker. If ever there were evidence for the card being a worthy inclusion, here it is.

Also in the top 8 list was the...

As good as W6 is, too many copies can get flooded. The general rule of thumb for legacy blue decks is:
4 copies if you don’t mind frequently seeing multiples every game
3 copies if you want to...

Let’s talk tertiary creature options. Let’s assume that Delver, Goyf, and to some extent 2 copies of TNN are a given.

Dreadhorde Arcanist is really powerful if he gets going, but you also want to...

If you were going to run a singleton of one of the following in the main 60, which would you rather choose:
Sylvan Library
Narset, Parter of Veils

Library only costing 2 is a very relevant...

You'll occasionally run into a heavy-artifact deck, but it's great against any deck that uses artifact mana (Storm -- LED and Lotus Petal) as well as any Stoneblade/equipment and/or Aether Vial deck....

Yeah Fog Bank is terrible; perhaps worth considering at :1::u: though is Gilded Drake as it can also be brought in against Reanimator and Emrakul decks. If you wanted a Fog effect, I'd suggest...

Yeah, I suppose if you wanted to you could do a 1/1 split. And occasionally you'll be glad to have your Delver flip and very rarely have both cards in the yard to support 6/7 Goyfs. But statistically...

The list I tested, which could be further modified per local meta considerations:

8 fetch
3 Volcanic
3 tropical
4 Wasteland

4 Delver
4 mongoose
4 goyf

I did a fair bit of testing with running 3 copies of Chart a Course in RUG. I actually think the card is fantastic. In the early game you won't be casting it, instead holding up mana for...

Eh, let's not get crazy here -- obviously it's a moot point since it's neither of those, but I would *absolutely* play Serpent in Delver decks (and possibly other deck types as well) if it had the...

I saw a list doing well that's running 4 copies of Chart a Course, 2/2 split between main and SB. Seems easy enough to enable as a straight-ahead Draw 2 for 2. Has anyone had much experience with...

Why play Honden of Infinite Rage when you could instead run Curse of the Pierced Heart?

Edit: oh, I see that you can target creatures with the Honden. That's actually pretty tech, I was thinking...

Seems like there may be an uptick in small creature decks that were weak to Miracles (e.g. Elves, Maverick, Stoneforge variants, possibly even stuff such as Zoo, Goblins, Merfolk, etc.). Wouldn't...

J. Alexander's Delver-less RUG list is very easy to port over to BUG. You lose the versatility and power of Lightning Bolt, but in exchange get a new kind of versatility via Abrupt Decay.

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I think there are two valid ways to approach playing RUG tempo:

1) Play a hyper-aggressive list with Delver of Secrets, Nimble Mongoose and probably Tarmogoyf. In addition to your 4 Lightning...

I've only tested Jon's list a few times, but so far I really liked it. Hooting Mandrills has a few advantages over Tarmogoyf:
1. Dodges Fatal Push and Abrupt Decay
2. Can still deal damage through...

Thanks for sharing your videos and tech. I agree with the idea that Aggro-Control decks need to be willing to slay their 'sacred cows' in order to properly evolve with meta-game shifts, and in this...

Deathrite enables sequences that are insane tempo, so I disagree with the notion that it's somehow working against the deck's main plan. That's going back to the initial spoiler season when the card...