Dimir Latrata (Standard MTG Deck)

Dimir Latrata

Standard UB (Dimir)

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Creature (19)

Land (25)

Sorcery (6)

Enchantment (6)

Artifact (1)

1x Helm of the Host

Instant (3)

3x Cast Down

Sideboard

Instant (5)

Cuts

Mausoleum Secrets - This card feels a little too cute for me. Too slow for an aggro matchup and I'm not as reliant on the Etrata gameplan.

Doom Whisperer - Cut it out for budget reasons. If I had the cash, I'd look for a 2/2 split in the boards.

Nightveil Predator - Slightly too expensive for an evasive threat. It's meant to be strong against control but it dies to Deafening Clarion, can be picked out by Thought Erasure, and can be countered.

Additions

Disinformation Campaign - The deck already had several sources for Surveil and Disinformation Campaign adds card advantage as well as late game pressure. Keep an eye out for Nullhide Ferox.

Hostage Taker - Removal and card advantage all in one. Hostage Taker seems to have been all but forgotten which strikes me as a great time to play it.

Discovery / Dispersal - More sources of Surveil and one of the deck's only outs to large threats like Carnage Tyrant.

Dimir Guildgate - I added a few cards that demand mana as well as more cards that Surveil. The extra land will make reaching 3-4 lands more consistent while the Surveil options can prevent flooding.

But why? Dev's decks are cool.

Personal preference mostly (Surveil is my favorite mechanic for the set). The cards I added give the deck more game against Golgari and that's an important thing to have. The card advantage and Surveil will also help the deck find its end game more consistently and help it close out. Dev's brew was spicy, so I made it more palatable to my tastes.

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FNM — Nov. 16, 2018

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Results 3-0, First Place

Round 1 - Bye

Hopped back into Magic after a year and I had to wait another hour.

Round 2 - Win 2-1, vs Dimir midrange

Almost a direct mirror match. My opponent ran copies of Doom Whisperer & Dream Eater whereas I had Isareth the Awakener. I think that was the biggest difference between our decks.

I took game one with Helm of the Host and duplicated a stolen Dream Eater. Game two and three were oddly similar. Each of us lost once while spinning Disinformation Campaign and not doing much else.

The name of the game quickly became playing a Thief of Sanity or Eldest Reborn to out value the other and win.

Round 3 - Win 2-1, vs Midrange?

My opponent's deck was a spicy brew of Angrath, the Flame-Chained, Legion Warboss, removal, and value black creatures.

Once again I claimed game 1 thanks to Helm of the Host creating multiple Isareth the Awakener which in turn lead to multiple creatures being revived. Game two, I didn't expect Legion Warboss and I kept a slow hand thinking my opponent was control. Game three, I boarded more appropriately- Ritual of Soot for his Dusk Legion Zealot + Legion Warboss . Hostage Taker stealing a Ravenous Chupacabra and casting it to kill a Legion Warboss decided the game.

Thoughts/Observations

The Eldest Reborn and Isareth the Awakener over-performed and pushed my gameplan well. Surveil and reanimation have excellent synergies and Thought Erasure picking out opponent's wincons to reanimate with Reborn is a real threat.

I feel like the deck needs a few copies of a bigger threat so that it can have targets for reanimation against low/no creature decks. Land felt great, but a friend loaned me Drowned Catacomb x4 and Watery Grave x1.

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Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 14 - 7 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Copy Clone
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