UR Flyers card choice consideration
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Posted on July 9, 2016, 4:12 p.m. by All_Regent
I have been running this UR Flyers list for a while now with much success, and I have a new consideration to make with it. I'm trying to decide if running Akoum Firebird may be a better alternative to Goldnight Castigator. They are both haste flyers that come in on turn four, and I'm having trouble deciding which is better. The problem is that Goldnight is REALLY bad in some matchups, so much that it just can't be played. It is harder to remove, and the firebird does have to attack each turn for 1 less damage, but the landfall buyback ability also seems quite useful late game, something this deck does not have much of. Let me know if you all have any opinions.
Out of the 2 I'd stick with the castigator. While bad while you are on the defensive it will still most likely take out an aggro decks largest creature and survive and while the buyback is nice on the firebird once you can actually pay for the 6 lands won't be coming that often to trigger landfall
July 10, 2016 12:35 a.m.
All_Regent says... #5
Censuring, the landfall not coming too frequently is a good point. Also that Niblis seems interesting. I'd have to slightly adjust the mana for double blue, and also see if prowess and the other ability is more worth it than haste. It does look very promising.
As for putting them sideboard that is possible but I'm not sure what to cut as of now.
Censuring says... #2
Wait for the new set and jam niblis of frost in that 4 drop slot
July 9, 2016 5:21 p.m.