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Snekdek ft. Merfolk

As with any Constrictor deck, the purpose here is to go nuts with counters. In this iteration, we also go for a bit of tribal synergy.

Even without drawing into snek, the deck has good counter generation. With Mimic, Mystic, and Boon, it's unlikely we'll have weenies on our board. Herald of Secret Streams is our pseudo win-con in that it prevents our opponent from making desperation chump blocks, or blocking at all.

As for the sideboard, in all honesty, I have no idea how good it is. I assume our problem to be control decks, what with all the removal, so I pushed it more in favor of them. If, in testing, I find that not to be the case, I will continue to tweak.

Deck was changed as of 11/20/2017.

Advice, as always, is most appreciated!

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Alright, so I had GB Explore made ready to play, and I decided to play a PPTQ at Amazing Discoveries - Gilbert. Got there and decided to panic-throw this together.

R1: UW Tokens

Game 1 is fast, Snek sticks and makes stuff big. He has a board, but a top decked Herald wins. Game 2 is a little longer. He has no early action, but sticks a Monument, 2 Procession and explodes. Game 3 was dragged out. He was slow on land, but I didn't have too many threats. He gets to 5 and casts Fumigate. Heroic Intervention ftw.

2-1

R2: UB Control

Game 1 drags on, but Azcanta flips and he has too many 1 for 1s. Game 2 was fast. I mull once, but hit duress and plays. Stick a threat thanks to Duress and he scoops on 4. Game 3 was almost as fast. I scooped this time.

1-2

R3: UB Control

Game 1, Gearhulk sticks. Game 2, he mulls to 5(4?). I get him down to 2 life, but he flashes in Gearhulk, and I forget my Scavenger Grounds in play.

Quick 0-2.

Left here. The board was more green than the blue I intended because I forgot my blue cards at home and didn't want to buy extras. I'll partially attribute my losses to control to that.

As for the cards I did play, Metallic Mimic was underwhelming, which is unfortunate since I loved it in Human decks. Herald was hot garbage. A 4-drop do nothing is underwhelming when it relies on you having a board when it comes down.

As for changes I'd make, I'll be swapping out Heralds for Hostage Taker. Card is too good. The Mimics may become counter spells, or draw cards.

The following changes have been made:

-3 Herald of Secret Streams

+3 Hostage Taker

-4 Metallic Mimic

+4 River Sneak

-4 Attune with Aether

+4 Opt

-4 Aether Hub

+2 Drowned Catacomb

+1 Scavenger Grounds

+1 Forest

-2 Island

+2 Swamp

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate them. Thanks for reading!

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Date added 6 years
Last updated 6 years
Exclude colors WR
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

0 - 1 Mythic Rares

19 - 5 Rares

19 - 1 Uncommons

12 - 8 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 1.92
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