I think this is actually plenty good enough. It's almost trivially easy to hit a 2nd draw via cantrips, Sylvan Library, and also by casting Brainstorm on your opponent's turn. It's like a more...
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I think this is actually plenty good enough. It's almost trivially easy to hit a 2nd draw via cantrips, Sylvan Library, and also by casting Brainstorm on your opponent's turn. It's like a more...
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...
Yes, that all seems very reasonable. And that's why I think RUG Delver is probably the best tempo deck right now. BUG doesn't seem as well equipped to just race the life totals. Red also has some...
Honestly dudes, the format is destabilized by the presence of Oko. I think there was a window of time when BUG Delver was far and away the BEST deck thanks to its ability to integrate Lurrus, but...
I should probably also mention, running Hymn, the deck likely wants to go back to 20 lands. So perhaps cutting the 2nd FoNegation for another fetch or the 4th Underground Sea.
Alternatively, just...
It’s possible that Snare is nuts right now; years ago I spiked a fairly large legacy tournament running RUG where I played ZERO copies of Stifle, and FOUR of Spell Snare. Stifle is even better when...
So, I think Nimble Mongoose really deserves the slot in BUG tempo now. Justifications:
1. This deck benefits from having an additional 1 drop threat to go alongside Delver. It helps play into the...
Main adjustment is to drop Gilded Goose and run... Nimble Mongoose in its place. Goose for goose.
The mana ramp isn’t as essential when the main consists of a much lower curve; as good as Bauble...
BUG will remain on top, I think, because it can play the tempo role just as well as the midrange role. Lurrus enables that further, and in running a build with 4x Goyf that eschews Bauble and instead...
Alright, here's a revised list, that I think uses Lurrus to good effect:
19 Lands (3 Sea, 3 Trop, 1 Bayou, 4 Wastelands, 8 fetch)
1 Lotus Petal
4 Gilded Goose (still good at helping you cast all...
With some very minor tweaks, this deck can run Lurrus of the Dream-Den. Move the higher CMC permanents to the board, shift some slots around and you're there: an on-curve 3 CMC card advantage "secret...
Changes to earlier list:
-1 Arcum’s Astrolabe
-1 Tithe
+1 Land Tax
+1 Umezawa’s Jitte
Current sideboard:
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Pyroblast
Yeah, it’s basically that.
It could be Sword of Fire and Ice instead; but I like how Feast & Famine is actually useful against combo and control decks by forcing discard.
The deck is already...
Here’s my work in progress:
19 lands:
9 fetch
1 volcanic island
1 tundra
1 plateau
1 mystic sanctuary
3 snow-covered island
2 snow-covered plains
Here's the list I've been working on lately:
3 Underground Sea
3 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
4 Wasteland
3 Polluted Delta
3 Misty Rainforest
2 Verdant Catacombs
3 Gilded Goose
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...
4C Control might make a comeback. Especially since Astrolabe not only fixes your mana, but grants relative immunity to Blood Moon — and often these decks run enough Basics to similarly ignore Back 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...