originally posted as "Vintage 8-Crab", because I don't know my formats well enough.
Introduction
8-Crab: The best archetype of all time. Don't believe me? Let's look at the stats:
8-Crab: 8/8 crabs
Other decks: 0/8 crabs
There you have it, numbers don't lie.
How to Crab
Our goal is to get out a Ruin Crab or Hedron Crab turn 1, then maximize landfall triggers on subsequent turns by chaining fetches and crop rotations, by playing additional lands from hand, and by recuring fetches.
Ideal line of play is something like:
T1: Land, Exploration, Land, Crab
T2: Crab, Crab, Fetchland, Fetchland, crack both fetchlands, crop rotation for a fetchland, crack fetchland
Total cards milled: 54 (This kills the opponent)
list of synergies and combos
Crop Rotation + Polluted Delta
Crop Rotation + Misty Rainforest
Polluted Delta + Ramunap Excavator
Misty Rainforest + Ramunap Excavator
Explore + Polluted Delta + Ramunap Excavator
Explore + Misty Rainforest + Ramunap Excavator
Crop Rotation + Explore + Ramunap Excavator
Explore + Harrow + Ramunap Excavator
(this deck list is mostly a joke, please don't yell at me)
