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Nothing Brain Freeze, Merrow Witsniper or Drowner of Secrets already do. You can even see how fitting the last one's name is compared to the new card.

Which is one of the reasons Recruiters aren't as hot as people think.

That said, if you want to keep them, I agree that Academy Rector is probably the best choice.

Well, when I answered that question I thought about Aluren itself and nothing else, in which case casting Strix first or paying excessive life never makes sense, but this is a situation where...

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You should always cast Harpy first. Your opponent can't kill her because you can pay life in response as many times as needed, so they must target Strix.

1) Cast Strix -->...

Diabolic Intent does the trick just fine. Doubly so if you run Veteran Explorer.

The main role of Wall of Roots and Wall of Blossoms was to block the format's most promiment threats, which at its time were Goblin Lackey, Nimble Mongoose and Werebear. It all changed with...

Major cons:

- Bad matchups in fast combo decks (ANT), prison decks (Eldrazi / Painters / Stax), and mana denial + early discard and pressure (BUG)
- Counterbalance destroys you (I maindeck 4...

Cavern Harpy is clunky, yes. In fact, Cavern Harpy is the main reason Recruiters are bad. Imagine if it was green and returned any creature without color restrictions. Oh boy. I've been waiting for...

Both Recruiters force you to run 4 colors, which translates to a mana base weaker to nonbasic hate. They also promote the inclusion of Deathrite Shaman, which allows graveyard hate (including...

From my experience, Therapy alone isn't enough for Veteran Explorer. You need something else to sacrifice them or else you overload Therapies by giving them two roles that may not necessarily...

It's still off-color, it still has restrictions, and solves none of Imperial Recruiter's problems in the deck. In fact, it aggravates the situation by being way cheaper than Imperial Recruiter. Now...

Creature removal is always welcome.

The thing is, times have changed since I faced Merfolk, and Aluren got some new resources. You may find problematic cards: Abrupt Decay kills your lords and you...

I played a controllish version of Aluren when Merfolk was common in my meta, and the matchup was a nightmare. Merfolk would apply a very early pressure with just 2-3 creatures, and Lord of Atlantis...

Veteran Explorer is good in metagames with very few basics overall. Think Canadian Threshold, RUG, etc. Basically matchups where only you get to search because they have nothing to find. If there are...

This is why my sideboard starts with 3 Pernicious Deed no matter the age or metagame. There will always be a relevant matchup where it's useful.

Mostly fancy. Coral Barrier already does the trick and sees no play.

Revoker should be destroyed directly to avoid headaches. Otherwise you should bait it, either with multiple Harpies or...

From my experience, symmetrical cards like Aluren or Veteran Explorer kind of "demand" that you run a combo of sorts on top of them to make sure your opponent doesn't beat you through your own cards....

This is one of the several problems about Recruiter. If you don't fetch multiples there's no difference between target and untargeted removal because your opponent just has to kill one creature. I...

Define "clunky spells" and give examples.

Collected Company is not excessively different from Chord of Calling, so it shouldn't be bad at all, but even if it could drop all creatures from your...

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Good as a sideboard card in Veteran Explorer lists for matchups where Cabal...

I own a playset of Imperial Recruiters, I've played them extensively in a variety of decks, and every time I've played them in Aluren they've disappointed me. Yes, with Aluren in play, nothing is...

Shardless Agent is better primarily because it has a larger impact on the battlefield. When people nowadays are spending three mana on Knight of the Reliquary, Snapcaster Mage into some 1cc spell,...

I don't see myself playing this over Impulse. The Cabal Therapy shenanigans are too situational IMO.

Even then, I still think Diabolic Intent is the best choice.

This is what I do:

4 Misty Rainforest
3 Verdant Catacombs
4 Tropical Island
2 Bayou
1 Underground Sea
4 Forest
2 Island
1 Swamp

Mortus Strider = Endless Cockroaches

Sage's Row Denizen = Merrow Witsniper = Drowner of Secrets


Absolutely nothing new.