About
Welcome to my Pioneer Nayasaur deck! Naturally it can often be fairly budget so quite accessible for many players. Feel free to comment and I’ll gladly go over reasoning etc.
Some of the cards are still in flux at the moment but the bulk of it is what I’d normally use for a Dino list.
The reason I love Dinos is big, satisfying creatures but also the versatility and explosive swings that can catch an opponent off guard.
Why Otepec Huntmaster
(over Drover)
Example 1
Say it’s Turn 3 after playing Otepec Turn 2. You have
Marauding Raptor
and
Ranging Raptors
in hand. Even if you only have 2 lands out you could still play both!
Marauding for then Ranging for , triggering Enrage for a basic, boosting Marauding then giving it Haste. Otepec is far superior than Drover in this and almost every situation.
Example 2
Turn 1 - Forest
Turn 2 -
Rootbound Crag
+ Otepec
Turn 3 - Forest + Ranging +
Savage Stomp
+ Attack
If you had a Drover instead of the Otepec it would have severely cut down on not just that turns aggression but all future turns.
Example 3
It’s Turn 5, you have six Land out and a
Regisaur Alpha
+
Ranging Raptors
in hand. With a Drover out that still only means you could play one. Having
Otepec Huntmaster
instead means you could play both for a total casting cost of six. As an added bonus Regisaur would gain haste and you’d attack with all three (the Dino token). 10 power with haste in 3 creatures, for six mana is pretty darn good.
