Origins BR - Almost Sacrifice

Limited

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Creature (14)

• 1x Boggart Brute
• 2x Deadbridge Shaman
• 1x Eyeblight Assassin
• 1x Fetid Imp
• 1x Ghirapur Gearcrafter
• 1x Gilt-Leaf Winnower
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Seismic Elemental
• 1x Shambling Ghoul
• 2x Subterranean Scout
• 2x Thornbow Archer

Land (17)

• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 7x Mountain
• 8x Swamp

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Molten Vortex

Instant (5)

• 1x Cruel Revival
• 2x Fiery Impulse
• 1x Ravaging Blaze
• 1x Unholy Hunger

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Act of Treason
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reave Soul

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Archangel of Tithes
• 1x Catacomb Slug
• 1x Llanowar Empath
• 1x Prickleboar
• 1x Returned Centaur
• 1x Thornbow Archer
• 1x Valeron Wardens

Land (3)

• 1x Forest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains

Artifact (1)

• 1x Alchemist's Vial

Instant (5)

• 1x Aerial Volley
• 1x Calculated Dismissal
• 1x Dark Dabbling
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reclaim

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Gather the Pack
• 1x Macabre Waltz
• 1x Wild Instincts

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My 2nd 3-0 Magic Origins Deck on MTGO!

I attempted to go BR Sacrifice but by the time I adapted to my seat position, I think I lost a few picks by hedging green in Pack 1; thus 'Almost Sacrifice'. Also, I totally value-drafted the Archangel of Tithes to help fund a booster pack.

• Round 1: 2-1
• Round 2: 2-0
• Round 3: 2-1

Observations

1. Synergy! Nantuko Husk and Subterranean Scout. Have a Husk in play (able to attack), then play your Scout to make the Husk unblockable. Then sacrifice remaining creatures for unblockable damage! Note: Make sure that your opponent is tapped-out (of mana) to avoid any removal: Celestial Flare, Disperse, etc. List of instant speed removals + tricks

2. If Nantuko Husk is removed via Suppression Bonds or Claustrophia, sacrifice it to itself and bring it back with Cruel Revival or Macabre Waltz.

3. Recurring Gilt-Leaf Winnower is powerful. Bring her back using Macabre Waltz for an extra slaying of your opponent's creature (ie 6/9 Skaab Goliath). One game my opponent had no-choice but to use Disperse on her :(

4. Eyeblight Assassin was boarded-out when opponent had 'fat' creatures (toughness > 1). His is -1/-1 ability wasn't useful in those matchups and was either a chump blocker or sacrifice fodder for Nantuko Husk.

5. Seismic Elemental didn't win me any games because I was able to control my opponent's board by the time I drew him. In other words, at no point when he came out was I able to bypass my opponents' ground blockers. Most likely a fringe-scenario so I would still draft him highly.

6. Being able to enable Spell-Mastery helped in a few cases (2-4). Fiery Impulse doing 3 damage was key in one game but each time Ravaging blaze was online, it enabled me to win the game.

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Weaknesses

1. Lack of artifact hate. Smash to Smithereens never wheeled and I didn't want to prioritize it over a playable pick.

   The only artifact that gave me real trouble was a Brawler's Plate in a standstill type game. The trample enabled my opponent's renowned creatures. Minor notable was Veteran's Sidearm but I found that it can be played around easily.

2. Lack of enchantment removal. Claustrophobia, Suppression Bonds, and Weight of the Underworld were problematic.

   Only once in a Blue-White match did my opponent have 3 or 4 enchantments on my creatures (lost that one).

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Immediate Improvements

Highest degree of certainty that the listed changes that will definitely improve this deck. 'Windmill-Slam!'

1. Would prefer to run 2 or 3 Nantuko Husks instead of just 1.

2. Would have preferred to have 1 or 2 more sac outlets: Fiery Conclusion and/or Fiery Hellhound.

Likely Improvements

These changes have a fairly-high to high degree of confidence for improving the deck. 'I would feel good about this making this change.'

1. Main-deck only 1 Thornbow Archer. ( I used 2 due to lack of 2-drops in deck. 1 is great for turn 1 but a second one just wasn't useful enough.)

   I ended-up always replacing one of them with either Macabre Waltz or Alchemist's Vial.

2. Molten Vortex was only drawn ONCE in 8 games but when it was out, it really did some work by killing a number of my opponent's 2-drops.

Questionable Improvements

These changes have the lowest degree of confidence. 'I'm not sure but maybe this will work...'

1. Run only 1 Deadbridge Shaman instead of 2. Of my 6 3-drops, the 2nd Shaman seemed to be the weakest.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Limited legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 1 Mythic Rares 1 - 0 Rares 5 - 2 Uncommons 19 - 14 Commons
Cards	40
Avg. CMC	2.65
Tokens	Goblin 1/1 R, Thopter 1/1 C