Some thoughts from the worst combo player in the room:
  • More death and taxes means I might start considering dread of night again
  • These deathblade and shardless decks don't handle leyline of sanctity very well at all. Fitting in 3-4 board might be really good or just laughable. Clearly better in doomsday
  • A lot of the top decks have both hand disruption and some number of counters, sometimes with clique/GY interaction to stop threshold.
  • Those that don't fit the above bulletpoint are doing unfar things, or have hatebears, or are RUG
  • Do I actually need abrupt decay much right now?
  • 3/4 last SCGs had UB tezz around. Chalice plus possible trinisphere not likely to see in Philly, but don't be unprepared.
  • Extraction still relatively prevalent
  • Merfolk seems pretty good if you don't mind batterskull



Sample board:
4 leyline of Sanctity
2 Abrupt Decay
3 Dread of night
3 Chain of vapor
3 I dunno