New Dimir for commander

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Posted on Jan. 29, 2013, 2:52 p.m. by HangDoll

I'm currently working on my Dralnu, Lich Lord commander deck and looking at some of the new options from Gatecrash to add to the deck. A few of the cards I'm adding without question because of how well they fill a roll in the deck. Such as Mind Grind . Which i don't have yet, so that will be added soon. And Consuming Aberration is being added as an experiment to the deck. If i like what it does, it will stay. But A couple of things I'm a bit on the edge about. Such as Dimir Charm , Duskmantle Guildmage and Psychic Strike . Other cards from the set are being considered but I'm looking for room to put them. What are your guys thoughts? Suggestions?

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/dralnus-dark-dream/

HangDoll says... #2

Psychic Strike has replaced Broken Ambitions . After giving it much thought and determining the pros and cons of each, the stack of pros against Broken Ambitions was just too high.

Broken Ambitions pros:

You see what your opponent will pull next.

Potentially milling more cards.

might cost 1 cheaper

Cons:

not always reliable mill

Opponents might be able to pay its cost no matter what you do.

You give up information of your own.

Psychic Strike Pros:

Its a hard counter.

Its 2 colors makes it much more favorable with Dream Halls .

Will always mill 2.

Always costs 3 mana to cast and isn't as hard on your mana supply as something like cancel.

Cons:

More color intensive then Broken Ambitions

Doesn't give you that little bit of foresight Broken Ambitions gives.

Over all, I think the trade is well worth it.

January 29, 2013 8:17 p.m.