Replacement for Nightveil Specter
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Posted on Jan. 12, 2014, 8:51 p.m. by Arorsthrar
I'm trying to make a Mono-Blue devotion deck, but as cheap as possible (which seems impossible, but it's worth a shot), and Nightveil Specter is one of those expensive cards that I want to replace. Right now, I think Deathcult Rogue is the best devotion replacement. What do you think? Also, are there any 2 drop with 2 blue in the casting cost besides Tidebinder Mage and Frostburn Weird ?
alpinefroggy says... #3
I dont think you should try and make a replacement.
why?
Mono blue devotion is a synergy deck that has a very specific strategy requiring specific circumstances. Specter is an important and trying anything less than 3 mana symbols might not be want you want. 2 blue symbols is a big and potentially important differance
January 12, 2014 9:05 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #4
Seriously, the people kept their playsets of Nightveil Specter before Theros came out made a huge profit and are still saying "I told you so." Not bad for a jank rare that would never see any constructed play.
January 12, 2014 9:07 p.m.
InconspicuousPotato says... #5
First, Phantom Warrior is strictly better than Deathcult Rogue in MUD. Also, I agree with alpinefroggy. It is an incredibly important card and cant really be replaced.
January 12, 2014 9:09 p.m.
TurboFagoot says... #6
You think $10 is expensive? lol Never play anything but standard.
Anyway, it's more than 3 mana symbols that make Specter good, it's card advantage on a very relevant body, with the added kicker of dodging most played forms of removal and adding a bunch to your devotion.
January 12, 2014 9:12 p.m.
alpinefroggy is right, you can't go Thassa, God of the Sea into Nightveil Specter into Master of Waves if the nightveil is Claustrophobia . It's a great sb card. As a mono-blue player myself I understand the importance of the nightveil, he is a pillar of the deck and can't be removed.
January 12, 2014 9:13 p.m.
@InconspicuousPotato in this current standard, I would argue that Deathcult Rogue is better for it's ability to provide black devotion alongside Nightveil Specter in the case that you flip a Gray Merchant of Asphodel in a mono-black match-up and activate a Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx I've done it but only with a nightveil out.
Additionally my initial reason for posting this was to say that Deathcult Rogue much like Nightveil Specter dodges Doom Blade and Ultimate Price wheres Phantom Warrior does not.
With absolutely no difference in cmc or color ratio cost, Deathcult Rogue is clearly the better choice of the two in the current meta.
However there's room to say there may be a better choice to fill that slot in the deck in general.
Servo_Token says... #2
Do you need a creature? I also replaced nightveil in my MUD deck, but I chose to put in Claustrophobia . Provides 2 devotion, keeps any problem creature tapped down (Gods, stormbreath, blood baron...) and can't be hit by creature removal.
January 12, 2014 9:04 p.m.