MTG Combo: Archaeomancer + Bribery

Winther on Blinking Contest

8 years ago

It's always difficult suggesting cuts for people who's been playing their deck for a while and knows it's ins and outs. The one thing I can see, is that your average CMC is a bit high. Maybe cutting some of the high end cards would smoothen the curve? Anyhow, here's my thoughts

I assume Angel of Serenity is in here to exile things, right? Unless you got some way of cheating her in that Im not seeing, Parallax Wave does the same, with more targets and with a lower CMC. Obviously, you lose the ability to blink in things from the grave back, but Brago decks has so many outs that I dont think that'll stop you

I'd say the card that properly contributes the least to your current shenanigans is Bribery. You do write that you've won games based on it but it's awfully slow. For instance, whereas Archaeomancer + Time Warp just straight up wins the game, Archaeomancer + Bribery is more of a "win-more-cluncky"-kinda deal, which in my humble opinion can be cut :)

Blade Splicer seems a tiny bit misfit IMO. Whilst having a great CMC, seems to do very little for control. I assume this is a control based deck, right? Whereas Knight-Captain of Eos does a lot to merit his inclusion, the Splicer seems a little too vanilla and I'd personally prefer having a cheap counterspell or a spot removal instead

Do you really need Stonehorn Dignitary? One of the most amazing things about Brago is his ability to bring your stuff back untapped - i.e. your things end up with a kinda pseudo vigilance thingy. It seems to me, that this deck wouldn't have much trouble simply blocking / removing any real threats that come our way. In my experience, Brago's biggest weakness is combo decks going off and we seldom lose to straight up creatures attacking. It's a cool card for sure. Just seems unnecessary to me

My five cent, anyhow :) Lemme know what you think!