Deck Help forum
Posted on March 18, 2014, 4:51 p.m. by megawurmple
Run, Fat Boy, Run! Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 97 | 38 COMMENTS | 11497 VIEWS Top 8: 01/19I recently got a suggestion on that deck to run Utopia Sprawl . What do you guys think? It synergises nicely with Arbor Elf and Garruk Wildspeaker , but it's not a creature, so it doesn't benefit from Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite or Garruk Wildspeaker and it can't chump block (obviously). If you think it's worth including, what should I take out?
capt_pantsless says... #2
While Utopia Sprawl doesn't get any creature-bonuses, it also isn't subject to destroy-all-creature board-wipes. An extra 1/1/ on the board certainly MIGHT make a difference, but more mana is almost always useful.
The synergy with Arbor Elf is massive - with both in your opening hand and 2 lands you've got 4 usable mana on turn 2. (Not to mention it's color-flexible when you cast it.) That's nothing to sneeze at.
That all said, whether this deck needs more mana-ramp in addition to what you've got in there already is questionable.
March 21, 2014 5:03 p.m.