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Maybe I'll just register a list with a couple of Cartesians in it.... ;-)

Thanks Ashent, although I do note that many lists (Cartesian for example) seem to have dropped the crane too... ;-)

Hi All,

I've not picked up the cards for this deck in like years (nor even any other cards!) but used to play the extended then legacy recruiter version regularly. I am looking to get back into...

Ah yes, embarassing that one..... Nobody's pefect.

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Hi All,

I've been trying to rebuild aluren to play in the current tempo / mana denial (i.e. wasteland heavy) meta that exists right now. None of the main three decks (Maverick, RUG and...

Or win on turn 3.

Or turn 2 ;-)

Swoop - that has been tried before, but generally found to be rather slow. But do give it a go, as it gives real flexibility.

Playing recruiters I've happily (albeit not commonly) killed on turn 2. But it makes t3 very realistic, improves playing round daze, enables t2 intuition for a t3 kill. Possibly most importantly is...

I'm very happy with 21 lands including 3 city of traitors, but gotta have 4 bop as well, else it ain't gonna work.

Rath - I like the build, and have played something very similar for a while. I have a few different tweaks, and play bone shredder and harmonic sliver main, instead of the wall of blossoms and the...

White also gives you academy rector to find aluren (which can be searched up with a spare recruiter) but leaving you with such a fragile manabase that I am not aware of anyone running this any more. ...

There is also a subtle problem with a cantrip that gives no card selection (i.e. it cantrips for one card). Although it effetively increases the density of combo pieces in your deck, it also...

I can't see torpor orb seeing much play - it isn't any good against any of the major decks, and I'd be rather surpirsed for anyone to have it in their sideboard just in case aluren came up.

I also...

I love BoP and usually feel that I can't lose if I play them T1. But then I play recruiters, which give the deck more of a pure combo oriented slant, rather than combo-control, so the mana boost is...

Intuition is amazing in general, as it is instant speed tutoring without card disadvantage, and in the control or combo matches can go for 3 x cabal therapy, which turns each useless dork into hand...

@Swoop / kiblast - do you guys play the non-recruiter version? I can see coiling oracle being very good in that. I play with recruiters, and am not sold (although I ought to test them, as others...

The junk / team america / rock (if an highly disruption version) decks are pretty rough, but the rest is a fairly healthy metagame for Aluren. It is the true control decks (not combo with a light...

@ Cyberjar - that's probably why I can never find any room for him! He probably is just rubbish, but the card is so shiny, oh so shiny! He dose everything (except possibly what this deck needs...). ...

Just gotta run FoW - never only bring a knife to a gun fight!

The NoPro was a bit of a mystery to me, with hindsight. I ran it where I thought that I wanted to diversify or increase threat...

I little while ago I ran this at a local qualifier for the Bazaar of Moxen competition. Unfortunately a GP trial (extended), PTQ down the road and another local legacy event left numbers well down...

Thanks Nonex. I often end up pitching a stalker to Fow, and find the fact that dream stalker is 'immune' to one piece of burn (as opposed to path or swords) useful in itself. But I take your point.

@kkoie - I'd never thought of the alchemist, but you'r right I do need the blue.

@goffrid - our decks are very similar, but show a little distinction in emphasis. I've gone pretty much all out...

@gottfried - I agree re BoP.

My current list uses these and is playing really well, with consistent T3/4 kills with Fow or Cabal therapy backup. There are also T2 kills, although a little...

@ Nonex.

I also saw that list (which formed the basis of my suggestion on the last page). How were the coiling oracles? They seemed weak to me, but with set up via brainstorm and Lim-Dul's I did...

Fair point, and often done, but I am trying to free up the SB space. One could go to 4 Recruiter in the main deck and 1 harpy 1 strix in the board.

In terms of cards to beat counterbalance and...