I mean sure, amazing play on the first turns and IF we draw something then it should just carry away the game but I personally think that this is a mulligan as you almost always want to start the game with some sorta gas in hand to begin with.
I feel like Mind Stone might be gooder to have instead of a couple talismans. For budget, (if you're not gonna get 4 One Rings) a package of Blood Suns and Lotus Fields.
I would keep it. The meta is pretty aggressive at the moment. This hand has 2/3 of the combo + keeps the ground closed. Typically you need only one wolf on turn 2, so the fetch can get you a surveillance land for digging deeper to turn 3 Yawgmoth.
This video is awful and is only intended to gaslight us on the truth of the matter. The real reason for no bans is obvious, Storm Crow, a much stronger and superior card, is a 1/2 and easier to cast at 1UC; Nadu however, is a 3/4, a 200% increase in stats and one more mana at 1UG (an extra color, making it that much harder to cast than Storm Crow!). If the feather don't fit, you must acquit. Case. Closed.
I love people complaining about the format, but then I sit down with my pile of ass and Thoughtsieze/Inquisition on T1 Not only am I a bad player, playing bad cards, and a bad deck; but it's not fair to say the combo cards are fine because they all do bad against interaction. Gee willikers, it's almost like we have the tools to stop these "combo deck drag races" already in print, but people for whatever reason just don't want to play them.
In all seriousness though - simic and bant are the worst. It's so rare these days that wotc errs on the side of red or black, that everyone is more sensitive to cards in those colors because it happens so rarely. Was rakdos scam annoying? Yes. Would I rather have that than *any* of the busted mess in simic or u/g/x? Also yes. At least rakdos makes you go out of your way to play protection/counter spells. In simic and u/g/x you're already in the two best colors for those effects. Your opponent tries to target you or your stuff? Oh no, guess I'll give myself/my stuff hexproof since I'm already in green. My opponent tried to destroy everything? Oh no, guess I'll just stop that since I'm already in blue. Oh, and while I'm at it, I'll remove all their stuff too, since blue can do that as well. Simic is a blight, and I wish wotc would stop making egregious design errors only in this one direction. Or preferably not at all. In closing - I love blue, and I love green... but I hate simic. It too greatly reduces the challenge of what a game of magic should be.
Yea, the fact that a deck like Nadu requires very little skill…you just connect the dots and POOF, you win. But Scam is absolutely miserable as well. One is not better than the other. They’re both horrendous.
Agreed. Even though I love rakdos in general, I don't like scam - I just dislike simic even more. But that doesn't mean that scam isn't horrible. There's a reason it's called scam after all.
Thanks, for the confirmation. I just picked up 100 play sets of Shuko since they are discounted atm and will for sure go up after the ban. You’re the best! ❤
