// Lands
6 [7E] Swamp (3)
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
4 [U] Scrubland
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
2 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
4 [4E] Plains (1)
// Creatures
3 [CS] Jotun Grunt
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// Lands
6 [7E] Swamp (3)
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
4 [U] Scrubland
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
2 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
4 [4E] Plains (1)
// Creatures
3 [CS] Jotun Grunt
I still play 4 tops because I still run 2 dark confidants. I wanted 6 arenas. This might change, however.
Let's also not forget that phyrexian arena keeps the drawn card a secret. Information and secrecy is kind of a "virtual" plus with benefits only because the opponent is imperfect and because of the...
I don't get why all the decks are running so few threats. The clear response to the (valid) concern of the deadness of discard is to weaken them with discard, then play a big guy and end the game...
If the topdecking is that terrible, why aren't people running phyrexian arena? People freely confess that a 2/1 is not a significant beater, and I'd actually call it a liability. True that it costs...
Here is my list:
// Lands
5 [7E] Swamp (3)
4 [ON] Polluted Delta
3 [TE] Wasteland
4 [U] Scrubland
2 [ON] Flooded Strand
2 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
1 [4E] Plains (1)