So, I like Dredge...
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Posted on Jan. 21, 2015, 8:54 p.m. by Scorprix
...But there are so many grave haters!
Just think: Relic of Progenitus, cage, Rest in Peace, leyline, etc.
What are some good cards we could use to fight them? Sadistic Sacrament? A f*ck load worth of hand disruption/manipulation?
I'm in a jam here.
Hand disruption and Abrupt Decay. I play dredge (and have for a few months) and those two cover most bases, but relic is a BITCH. I don't really see the leyline, but have catch-all artifact/enchantment hate sided anyway.
January 21, 2015 9:02 p.m.
The hate's basically the same with Affinity; the match up is well respected and most sideboards are geared to combat that. I just don't know if Dredge is as powerful as Affinity, now that Golgari Grave-Troll is unbanned, but it sure as hell indicates that hate is necessary to win against these decks. I might even go as far as to say that Dredge might be a little better in the FNM level since most people are more knowledgeable of how to sideboard against Affinity than Dredge.
January 21, 2015 9:50 p.m.
How do Magus of the Bazaar, Fatestitcher, Gnaw to the Bone, and Skaab Ruinator look? Maybe Vengevine? Or combo reanimator...
January 21, 2015 11:02 p.m.
selesvyaloverer8 says... #7
i definitely like a BUG shell for dredge right now, Gnaw to the Bone is a great sideboard card, i dont really see what Fatestitcher does, Magus of the Bazaar seems good but a little fragile, and Skaab Ruinator seems like it would deplete creatures like Vengevine and Gravecrawler that you instead want to be playing. Im more of a fan of Dark Deal and monastery siege because both give a massive amount of draw and discard power.
bigguy99 says... #2
Dredge needs to be able to go off early and consistently. The hate is definitely there, but it's usually not mainboard so in that sense if you can get a good deck going it's like with Affinity where you win game one and just pray games two and three. I can't see Dredge as being super consistent to begin with, but someone somewhere is gonna give it a shot.
January 21, 2015 8:57 p.m.