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Sometimes people run Snapcaster, but Arcanist is somewhat similar and repeatable (and doesn't cost $70).

Yeah I played 15 lands when I was playing the prowess build.

So this guy could be relevant for the deck, also works with attacks by TNNs even if he eats a bolt before you can cast the spell you flip. Kinda unreliable compared to Arcanist, but could be very...

I think it had a place in the older U/R delver builds which were essentially counter-burn and heavily focused on 1-drops. Current builds are much more grindy and have a higher curve. All it is really...

It definitely can work against some matchups and I used to play it in the old prowess U/R build against mainly miracles (with SDT). However, the curve of this deck has increased quite a bit since...

This. Arcanist can still easily die to bolt before he can be activated and you wouldn't want to cut any brainstorm/ponder/preordain/bolt (which are always good) to fit these cards in.

It would...

Yeah Arcanist seems like he can make a much more grindy deck. Not quite midrange but really able to grind out against a lot of stuff and the simple mana base feels nice right now as well. It seems...

I still play U/R but had a baby last year so finding it hard to get to tournaments. Still, Dreadhorde Arcanist seems like a great card for this deck, better than Pteramander probably, and Narsett for...

Going to start testing the below list ahead of the London GP (or MagicFest as it's now called?). No big legacy tournament there unfortunately (the new schedules seem way too generic compared to GPs a...

So the first thing to remember is that one (coloured) land hands are completely playable in this deck if you've got a decent mix of cantrips, counters and 1-drops alongside it, especially so when on...

This deck won the Legacy Challenge yesterday.

4 Delver of Secrets
3 Pteramander
3 True-Name Nemesis
3 Young Pyromancer
3 Island
1 Mountain
1 Bloodstained Mire
3 Polluted Delta

Yeah there is a little anti-synergy between Lavaman and Pteramander which probably becomes unacceptably high once you're running 4. Lavaman could go in the sideboard instead, but I'm not sure, really...

Cool, how was the Pteramander? I'm thinking of dropping the goblin guides for pteramanders and maybe cutting the grim lavamancers for a couple of Young Pyro to see how it plays. Would slow it down a...

Yeah a friend pointed this out to me last night.

King had this to say on twitter: "Light up the Stage is the real deal. I found Pteramander is not worth building around but is good at triggering...

I never played with risk factor, this is my current mainboard.

4 Delver of Secrets
4 Monastery Swiftspear
4 Goblin Guide
2 Grim Lavamancer

4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Force of Will

Still playing 4. I was thinking of cutting it to 3, but it's so strong I think 4 is fine.

Surprised we're not seeing many LutS lists as yet. Been doing more testing and the card feels solid in an aggressive shell.

There is a bit of a nonbo with Swiftspear, but we played about 30 games and only twice did I sacrifice 1 point of damage by using LutS after combat. I think losing 1 damage to get 2 cards is not the...

Did a load of testing vs a friend over the weekend to try out Light up the Stage. I switched the deck into a generally more aggressive mode (see mainboard list below). I played it against D&T, B/U/W...

While I'm certainly not sure this card makes the grade, and erring far more on the side that it doesn't, but I don't entirely agree with this assessment.

Firstly, I don't think you would be aiming...

Alas, you can only adapt once as the ability only works if it has no counters on it.

What I like about it is that it's a turn 1 threat with evasion and I find my weakest games with U/R are those...

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This seems like it could be viable. Not going to be able to adapt until turn 4 realistically (unless...

Definitely seems like an interesting card that I want to try out.

Only issue I can see is a slight anti-synergy with prowess if you need to do the damage with a creature as you'd have to attack...

Been testing for quite a while now with Preordain as my second 4-of cantrip, relegating Ponder to a 2-of. I personally think that for an aggressive UR build, Preordain is straight up better than...

Might give the risk factor plan a try in some casual testing since it's not an expensive change for me to make, though with snaps getting yet another reprint I'm also tempted to try that route though...