I think the bannings this week are good for Imperial Bomberman. If people's predictions pan out, we should see a shift back towards more Canadian Threshold (the deck Imperial Bomberman was designed specifically to beat in its first incarnation) and Death and Taxes (Bomberman's suite of colorless removal makes this a close but reasonable matchup). We do need to be careful in how we handle a potential uptick in fast strategies that abuse the graveyard, though, and the reactive rise of more varied hate for the graveyard in general, especially Leyline of the Void.

I'm having a whole lot of fun right now playing a version of this deck running 4 Expedition Map, which wins the game under the Bomberman combo by tutoring for Tolaria West to transmute into Walking Ballista. And if we are going to bother with Map, might as well throw in 1-of of Stage/Depths, right? And since 4 Map gives us very easy access to Karakas, I'm thinking the Recruitable Mangara of Corondor finds a home again too. It's all probably too cute, but boy am I having fun running a deck with 14 tutors and a zillion targets. So many whacky lines!

4 Auriok Salvagers
4 Imperial Recruiter
4 Trinket Mage
3 Walking Ballista
1 Mangara of Corondor

4 Expedition Map
3 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Aether Spellbomb
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Pithing Needle
1 Engineered Explosives

4 Lion's Eye Diamond
3 Mox Opal
1 Mox Diamond

4 Seat of the Synod
1 Ancient Den
1 Great Furnace
4 Cavern of Souls
3 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Traitors
2 Flooded Strand
1 Tundra
1 Volcanic Island
1 Island
1 Plains
2 Tolaria West
1 Academy Ruins
1 Karakas
1 Thespian's Stage
1 Dark Depths

Sideboard:
2 Boompile (Heeheehee this plus Academy Ruins )
1 Chalice of the Void
1 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Flusterstorm
3 Meddling Mage
1 Meekstone
2 Pithing Needle
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Maze of Ith


Went 2-1 at my local yesterday. Got wrecked by Bizarro Stormy, of course, but handily beat Pox and Elves. Dark Depths combo came up a couple times. Nice line to have access to. I'm running 2 Tolaria West to ensure Expedition Map is still a kill if I draw one of them.

Edit: Damn the primer for this deck needs some love... sorry for not tending the garden folks. One day soon I'll get to it.