Dubious Challenge: Trash or Broken? Modern Edition
Modern forum
Posted on Sept. 9, 2016, 4:35 p.m. by Harashiohorn
Well the title is fairly self explanatory, is Dubious Challenge going to be trash in modern or broken? Personally I think the card is going to be broken, since in addition to the whole flicker suite in modern a-la Otherworldly Journey, you have Brooding Saurian which Dubious Challenge can actually cheat into play alongside your Emrakul, the Aeons Torn or Blightsteel Colossus. So what to poeple think?
Harashiohorn says... #3
That's pretty clever, do you think between Flickerwisp and Brooding Saurian you have enough "free" ways of getting the creature back to be modern viable?
September 9, 2016 4:40 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #4
I guess with Primeval Titan, it can be of much more use to you than your opponent in a Valakut deck since on your next turn, the attack trigger lands can deal 6 damage to their prime time. So like a GWR Valakut Flicker deck? Sounds fun, but doesn't do anything that Valakut can't do already. I predict that Dubious Challenge won't see modern play.
September 9, 2016 4:41 p.m.
GlistenerAgent says... #5
You have to play a lot of nonsense for this card to be good. It won't see play outside of more casual decks.
September 9, 2016 4:43 p.m.
Could it be good? Maybe, but the trouble you have to go through to enable this makes it A. Not worth the effort and B. Not really plausible.
September 9, 2016 6:52 p.m.
TheAnnihilator says... #7
You could potentially play it in a control shell with things like Steel Golem. But then you have to ask yourself why you should shove Golem and this spell (a sorcery, which is important) into a control deck.
Necrotize says... #2
Only easy interaction I've heard is fetching a bomb and Flickerwisp. No matter which your opponent chooses, you end up with at least the non-flickerwisp creature. Technically better than Brooding Saurian because if the creature has haste, you can swing with it out of the gate.
September 9, 2016 4:37 p.m. Edited.