Golgari Hapatra
Standard*
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Be aggressive! Be, be aggressive! —Aug. 29, 2017
Took my Hapatra deck to FNM for the first time, and got absolutely bodied(1-3). The decks that I lost to were Ramunap red, Cats, and a UW lifegain artifact deck revolving around Aetherflux resevoir.
The main problems that I ran into were that my sideboard wasn't particularly suited for my local meta, and I wasn't aggressive/ I didn't have any game-enders. As a result of this FNM, I think that the following changes will improve my deck significantly.
-3 Soulstinger
Cards like Soulstinger and Nest of Scarabs promote slower, grindier games, which I don't want to be doing in my meta. As well, I feel that Archfiend of Ifnir and Key to the City will give my creature base the aggression/ evasion that it needs.
As for the sideboard, I found that decks with going-wide strategies make this deck cry, so I need mass removal in the sideboard. I am unsure whether to run Bontu's Last Reckoning or Yahenni's Expertise
VeryCleverBoy says... #2
Thanks for the comment! I really wanted to run Lethal Sting for the synergy, but I agree that Fatal Push is just better, especially seeing as how my early game is weak. As for the Walk The Plank, I think that it being at sorcery speed will make the card a hard sell, and at best it might be a sideboard option depending on how popular merfolk end up being.
lords2001 says... #1
If you aren't running proper removal, you will have a hard time. Fatal Push plus the spoiled Walk the Plank should be in your 75 somewhere. Lethal sting has a nice -1 counter for you but is too slow and expensive.
I like it though - it pushes a line hard and has a proper counter to control with Prowling Serpopard.
August 25, 2017 11:22 a.m.