First Foray Into Standard - U/R Enigma Drake
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Posted on June 17, 2017, 8:30 p.m. by Faytl
U/R Crazy, It'll Never Work 2.0
Standard*
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The first Standard deck I've ever built, and I'm obviously a little unfamiliar with the format. Not looking to be super competetive, just have a deck that can hold its own at an FNM. Playtested it a bit and the deck seems to have kind of a bad matchup with black decks in particular, since Grasp of Darkness kills my Drakes very easy.
Intention of the deck is aggressively drop instants/cycle them to draw into your threats, those being Enigma Drake, Cryptic Serpent, and Bedlam Reveler, Drake in particular. I've reached a maximum of 11 power with Drake, and on average I've been hitting 7.
Use Censor, Magma Spray, and Sweltering Suns to alleviate early aggro, and use Fevered Visions for good early damage.
Any advice more experienced Standard players can give me would be great; really looking forward to playing with this deck some more.
Curator of Mysteries does not fit here I don't think. I would run more copies of Bedlam Reveler. Cathartic Reunion is great for these decks.
IonImplant says... #2
You are going to need some counter magic since everyone has sweepers now with the token uprising. I tried to make this deck and to be honest I struggled with a version that had both Enigma Drake and Fevered Visions. I kept finding myself morphing it into a Fevered Visions deck/
June 19, 2017 1:31 p.m.