I was just looking over the instants and sorceries in this set. Unflinching Courage will be very hard to remove.

If the critter's total toughness with the aura included is more than Punish the Enemy or a Helix can handle, then it almost has to be Putrify or Wear & Tear(which is not a 2 for 1 anyway). If that aura stays on it's creature, it is a major threat.

I'm going to tentatively vote for Unflinching Courage for now. I'm wary of trying to build a deck around D to the D.

I don't know why I missed "Brozhov" before. That was silly of me.

Things that can remove Courage + enchanted creature after it has been cast:

• GB: Gaze of Granite
• GB: Putrefy
• GB: Korozda Gorgon
• WR: Boros Battleshaper (well, kind of)
• WB: Teysa (will damage us at least once though)
• WB: Willing from Ready & Willing (most likely 2 for one)
• B: Fatal Fumes (situational)
• UR: Blast of Genius (situational and probably a bad trade)
• UG: Krasis Incubation
• U: Far from Far & Away

Oh yeah:

• B: Maze Abomination
• UW: Restore the Peace
• RB: Master of Cruelties

Just to mention, Unflinching Courage is not so hard to deal with. You can use Helix in combination with combat damage, or multiple blockers, or deathtouch, wear and tear, far and away (only works if they have 1 creature, using just away), renounce the guilds, fatal fumes (in response to casting or in combination with combat damage), etc.

Don't overestimate the effect of an aura. If we have to spend two cards dealing with the creature it's one, we're still 2 for 2.

D to the D doesn't warp our deckbuilding, beyond making sure we have enough mana sources to support it.

Doh, nath'd.

Well I think that some of those examples were kind of a reach(rares, combat trades, situational, etc), but nevertheless I think I have underestimated how many ways the aura can be removed. I do like the card, but I'll get onboard with the more difficult to play bomb-ish option:

D to the D. (I still might change).

And um...I can't figure out what "Doh nath'd" means. It sounds like "Don't ask" with a lisp.

I think it's "doh" on it's own and then using "nath" as a verb. See Definition of Nath on UrbanDictionary.

nath'd means I was beaten to the punch, in this case by our Glorious Leader making the same points I was going for as I was typing them myself.

I guess it's more common on salvation forums.

I think we should take D to the D for 2 reasons: its a big bomb even if we can only ramp to 2 or 3, and if we don't, someone else playing pure orzhav or a heavy emphasis on orzhav will and the result will be tragic.

I've been a fan of D and D from the beginning. It is an amazing card. Plain and simple. The damage is big, and the life-gain is huge. In this format, resiliency is king and D to the D gives us plenty of resilience.

To be fair, if we cast it for x=2 then it's just a lot worse Warleader's Helix ;D

Hey, late game I'd take that 4.

D to the D. Huge bomb that can win games. It's worth the pick even for just not having to face it in the hands of our opponent.

Unanimous vote for the double Ds. I'll take it to Caley.

Oops. Sorry for coming in late for that last pick. Still trying to work with my work schedule and get a rhythm for this. I'll probably start trying to get my vote in before work (around 3am Pacific) and then try and get on around 2 pm pacific to check for updates and any convincing arguments.

P.S. Good pick with debt.

Calling the crew for pick 3: vic, thebeardedshuffler, tigersfan774, VRonin, anewsome, GoldGhost012, xXBantbladesXx

So. This pack has 2 valid picks for us if we want to stay with our three colors: Toil & Trouble and Maze Abomination. The Hired Torturer wouldn't be that bad either, but he's one of the cards that might actually rotate back.

I'm thinking Toil and Trouble. With this we can actually get an opponent from 20 to 0 if we only have that and the 2 other cards that we picked so far. Obviously we need creatures at some point but I think that still has some time.

+1 for T_T

Toil and Trouble. Definitely. When we need card accel it's good. When they have a lot of cards in hand, it's brutal. Minimum of 4 damage, increases by 1 for each card in their hand. Between this cand and D to D, we have significant reach.

Yeah. Pretty clear choice. I forget who it was, but the person who used it last draft debate did some serious damage.

+1 toil/trouble

Keep in mind this does mean we've yet to take a creature though

Yup, T & T for me too for all reasons listed above.

I'm not worried about not having a creature yet. I like cards that have an option to be used either on ourselves or on the opponent. And it was impressive the way we got smacked for 9(I think) with this card in the last DDD. This is a good start, guys(anybody not a guy here?). I like it.

T/T all the way. It's my third favorite split card! :)

Besides, the Abomination is really going to achieve its full potential if we have lots of multicolored creatres.

T/T for me. There are plenty of meat-sacks to pick up later. Crossing my fingers to wheel on the guild gate.