List looks awesome man. I think there needs to be 1-2 recruiter of the guard somewhere. Maybe drop a revoker or a rallier? Kor Skyfisher is something worth looking into. Also unsure about only 3 plains but I don't know how you adjust the list further. SB chrome mox is very interesting. Not sure if that's for me though. The upside of double wasteland/GQ from dropping rallier is ridiculous though.
Played against similar build yesterday with Red&Taxes and it is an interesting approach. I remember he played singleton Qasali and some number (saw one) of recruiters. Also there were 4 Leonin Arbiters to make mana denial real against decks with basics. And two Horizon Canopy to maximize Renergade Rallier.
That sounds like some real spice when it all comes together. Arbiter could be hit or miss though. Did he have any issues with fetches, SFM, or Recruiter? The upside of Rallier is real. It's just a matter of optimizing the build.
Fetches were OK. I suffered much more with my own fetches. I think he had to cut some number of SFMs (and probably 3rd equipment) in order to fit Arbiters, but he never complained about paying 2 for his own search effects. You can sequence your steps optimally and play around your own Arbiter, so no big deal taxing yourself. I'll ask him next week.
What I don't like about playing Renegade is its antisynergy with Rest in Peace against grindy decks. Regenage helps here, no doubt, but I would rather shut down their Shamans, Snapcasters and Goyfs. Interaction with Pridemage against artifact heavy decks is sweet though.
I think you for once take a page from the Modern Hatebears idea and just cut fetchlands.
There is no reason for that deck to not just run a full set of Savannahs, Canopies and a Razorverge Thicket or two.
Ooh, I like that idea
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Nice, this list looks really cool! Ever since Rallier was spoiled I've toyed around with the idea of playing it, but never actually got around to testing it out. How's running four of them been for you?
I like the inclusion of Kor Skyfisher in the list, it does synergize quite well with Rallier's ability. Now this may be me being slightly bias as Flickerwisp tricks are one of my favorite parts of DnT - but it also seems like Flickerwisp could actually play quite nicely with Rallier. Of course playing too many of both could raise the curve too high. But flickering a Rallier and then having it returned EOT actually seems pretty good, since its trigger will still happen as it left the battlefield that turn.
I made top 8 with vial maverick (not quite apples to apples for this thread). I tried Rallier as a 1x with 1x Quarter. They were both superb today. I have insight on their implications for DnT. Long story short: KotR is a much better option but GC may replace port in certain builds/metas. I couldn't get behind the Kor Skyfisher + 4 Rallier concept but there are elements of that list that inspired me.
I never really liked KotR when I tried out green builds of D&T because you want some kind of board impact NOW instead of a turn later.
Since the mana curve is higher with Rallier, I'd like to see some Noble Hiearchs being used which where the real all-stars in the green build.
I have my write-up in the Maverick thread here: http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/s...l=1#post996762
I'm biased towards KotR. Repeating what I wrote in the link, I find Rallier to have a lot of potential as a 1x. Maybe a 2x if your list heavily caters to revolt. He's a GW snapcaster. Except even more conditional for an arguably even stronger effect (especially factoring in the colors he's benefiting). You need to both trigger revolt and have something relevant to target. When I double wasteland'ed or ghost quarter'ed, it felt great. But I also recognize Rallier does very little on the table thereafter. KotR, by contrast, thins out my deck + tutors whatever I need (usually wastes) + is almost immediately a combat threat.
The larger issue what to do with an already jam-packed DnT shell. I love the upside of Noble + QPM for exalted triggers. They're insane. I thoroughly enjoy KotR. But there isn't enough space for all the things.
Creatures (27)
4 Mother of Runes
4 Noble Hierarch / Deathrite Shaman
4 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Phyrexian Revoker / Serra Avenger / Qasali Pridemage
3 Flickerwisp
4 Knight of the Reliquary / Mirran Crusader
Non-Creatures (11)
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Aether Vial
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of X and Y
Lands (22)
I came here to see if there was any discussion of Thomas Enevoldsen's recent tweet (3/19) about testing Ancient Tombs. REALLY surprised that no one has even brought it up!
https://twitter.com/therealenevolds/...67637233881089
How many do you think he's running? What lands do you think he replaced with Tomb?
Sure, ya'll mulled it over in the Fall and nothing came of it. But a week ago THE Godfather of D&T says he's testing a list with Tombs. Not a soldier stompy list, not to play Smuggler's Copter, a real DTB D&T. I'm just really curious what his list and results look like, but he's been silent since the tweet. :-/
Hardcasting equipment under Thalia has always been pretty awkward but justing being able to play our Recruiters a turn sooner or just cast a 3 drop and still have mana leftover to Port is enough consideration for me.
at that point Eldrazi Displacer, Thorn and TKSeer become mandatory and it's a whole other deck
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