First Origins draft deck (2-1)
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tappedout.netPosted Jul 18, 2015, 3:08 AM UTC
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3 Evolving Wilds seems excessive for a 2 color deck - that's a lot of come into play tapped lands.
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The Aspiring Aeronaut or even the Guardians of Melitis seem like a better fit for this deck than the Scrapskin Drake.
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Given the high curve, 18 lands, and general durdliness, I disagree. This is a deck that can draw two lands that come into play tapped over the course of a game and be fine.
Guardians of Meletis may have been correct, but I don't think trading a three drop for the sixth four drop would have been in the maindeck. If anything, the 23rd card is just Eyeblight Massacre, which performed far below expectations for me.
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Yeah, that's true - you don't want another 4 drop. Actually the Maritime Guards might not actually be bad here seeing as they survive it.
How good was having 4 Undead Servants? Were you getting one out with some tokens every game or was it still occasional? Also how was Shadows of the Past? I was pretty impressed with it in my prerelease pool.
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Probably would not be impressed with 3 Undead Servants in the deck, but 4 was actually pretty brutal, and it may have been correct to play Macabre Waltz just to get extra value out of them. The first Undead Servant matches up decently against the format's ground creatures, the second is significantly above curve (As a 3/2 with a 2/2 attached), and the third is just ridiculous (As about half a Grave Titan).
Shadows of the Past was impressive, too. I didn't get to use it much as a finisher, but in the 18-land UB deck, it just led to games where I drew many more real cards than my opponent. It definitely requires a grindy control deck, though; if you plan on a shorter game, it won't be over replacement level in value.
UB seems like a strong archetype - you just have access to so many value creatures (In fact, you want to do your best to play nothing but value creatures at least from the three drop slot onward). Possessed Skaab is only a notch above a Gravedigger if you're getting back a medium removal spell or a normal creature, but it's stupid if you're getting back a Tower Geist, a Deadbridge Shaman, or your third Undead Servant. The dream, of course, is to get back a Possessed Skaab with another Possessed Skaab.
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Though you can't really loop of course because it exiles when it dies.
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Looks pretty sweet. Someone at my LGS had 2 Possessed Skaabs and 3 Unholy Hungers as well as some counterspells. Think he went 3-1 or 4-0.