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Chandra —Aug. 17, 2019
-1 Chandra Ablace, +1 Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
Just like my last update over three years ago, I made a change to my planeswalker composition for this deck. For years Chandra Ablaze has been a cornerstone of the red component of this deck. However, she was somewhat unreliable because of two reasons: 1) the mana curve of this deck is such that it does not need many lands, and 2) having enough lands to cast a 6-CMC card would either mean I would not be able to counter or burn something that turn, or I would have to wait to see if I could get to ~8 lands. Games often stalled long enough to get her out because 8 lands is inevitable in a control deck played right, but it was way too grindy and just not fun. Hence Chandra, Acolyte of Flame. Her much more reliable mana cost makes her more suitable in general. While she can't blowout like "Ablaze" could with her ultimate, "Acolyte"'s "ultimate" allows her to more concisely as needed. It's a trade-off in favor of cost and reliability at the sacrifice of raw power. Time will tell if her viability and staying power will keep her here permanently, and I will also miss the high-risk-high-reward stakes that Ablaze used to supply, but I think Acolyte may just be the low-cost Chandra this deck needs to keep its curve down and still put on the pressure.