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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Agreed on the instant speed being a boon as well, including against port.

    And I think charm for Eldrazi with regen with Strixes is probably worth it (I was otherwise bringing in the 2nd Deluge...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    That's a good call...only difference is the G requirement...probably enough upside and not that hard to have a green as the second mana.

    I think I like the 1/1 split of Golgari Charm/Toxic Deluge....
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Am I crazy in thinking to remove one of my 2 Toxic Deluge for a Shrivel in the board?

    D&T/Maverick is such a pain and the extra mana can be tough to get to for Deluge due to Thalia,Wasteland,...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    That won't work - they just cast the removal spell on your one Arctic/Quickling/Stalker *in response* to your casting the Harpy you search up. The Harpy is never on the battlefield.
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    This list shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the deck.

    He only plays a single Man-O 'War to get during the Aluren ---> Recruiter chain. Man-o'War targets so the opponent just swords, bolts,...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Maybe I wrote it a little confusing, but doing it that way *responds* to the Leovold draw triggers such that you put however many *Strix drain 2 triggers* on the stack (10 if you're opp is at 20) and...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    What Nonex said above is correct with the Harpy into Strix order.

    I suggest literally getting the two cards out and physically doing the operations to truly see it. You'll then see how if you...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    You could also just play a Recruiter-based Aluren build, which is the 1card Tutor you-win the deck has always had access to.
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    I'm no Cartesian, but I've tried his Magus some and just from the card itself I'd say it's kind of the ultimate grindy card. In a game that goes long or involves lots of discard (e.g. hymns from...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Yeah, no prob - it is definitely a thing and I agree on the 1 Arctic/1 Quickling split.

    What I really wanna know from Cartesian is how did the Magus of the Will work out? It looks super...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    A mistake I made in the above Recruiter list is that I did not play a second Arctic Merfolk or a first Quickling in addition to the Arctic Merfolk.

    Having a 2nd copy of Arctic of Quickling (i.e 1...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Aluren was fringe-ish even when it was a "foil" to previous Miracles, so it's not surprising that it's dropped out of favor quite a bit after the Top ban.

    While other combo decks may be more...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    As the metagame - at least online- has moved to much faster combo like sneak and show variations and storm, I've gone back to a recruiter build that also plays 4 Fow (23 blue cards)

    I went 4-1 in...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Good stuff, man.

    Being able to permanently exile a card with Aluren and Cavern Harpy (O-ring/Fiend Hunter trick) is very valuable too.
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Credit to Cartesian's idea of having another disruptive element to the deck in playing the Spellstutter Sprites, so I tried them out (I've also gone back and forth between 2 and 3 Leovolds).

    I...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    What does this list look like, and wouldn't you also need a Dream Stalker (or likewise Quickling, Arctic Merfolk) in order to enable the "1-card combo" of Imperial Recruiter/Recruiter of the Guard...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    The deck is a very color-intensive BUG deck and there's no need to make yourself worse against wasteland and harder to cast decay/strix etc by playing a red dual. You've got 6 mana dorks to cast...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Ha yes, how could I forget the 4x Brainstorm.

    I would not change the main-- and I like the sideboard, but that's obviously always in flux and dependent on online vs paper (online metagame a lot...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Decklist-
    4 Deathrite
    2 BoP
    4 Baleful Strix
    1 Coiling Oracle
    1 Dream Stalker
    1 Cavern Harpy
    3 Shardless Agent
    2 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
    4 Imperial Recruiter
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    I played in GP Louisville and finished 10-5 with no byes coming in. I played BUG with Imperial Recruiters and no red duals and played 2 Birds of Paradise as mana-dorks 5&6 which were great all...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    Carpet of Flowers has been one of my favorite/best SB cards, but I'm really wondering if it's worth it going forward due to the Leovold interaction and most places you want Carpet, are decks that...
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    Re: [Deck] Aluren

    I've recently picked this deck up in preparation of GP Louisville as the deck is sweet and one with a good Miracles match-up.

    I've seen discussion on the Imperial Recruiter vs. Recruiter of the...
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