Which version of Awaken should I run?
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Posted on Sept. 29, 2015, 8:14 a.m. by nobodygaming
A few days after pre release and my short time spent with Awaken has grown on me. What started off as just a basic U/W build featuring Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper has branched off and made me also consider Esper and Jeskai builds.
Here is my first pass at the U/W build with notes on the differences present in my drafts for U/W/B and U/W/R versions. Thanks
nobodygaming says... #3
I'm all for spending $$$, but within reason for something I might not be into once I start playing more standard FNM. The only thing I'm 100% investing in regardless is the land base, while I already have most of the U/W pieces from BFZ + a single Jace. Spending AU$200 on 3 more Jace's + 4 Digs (which is dead to me post rotation) isn't as appealing as buying sets of Ruinous Path and Ob Nixilis Reignited and still having a ton of change.
Obviously if I like how it holds up at FNM I will be more inclined to buy/trade into improving with those cards, but for now I'm just experimenting with a starting point for my first non-budget deck in standard
September 29, 2015 6:29 p.m.
That sounds good, you could use more awaken stuff like Coastal Discovery instead
September 29, 2015 8:55 p.m.
nobodygaming says... #5
I want to, but the higher cost and lack of instant speed on a lot of awaken spells is one of the only drawbacks of cards like Coastal Discovery. I'll absolutely test as many awaken spells as I can, but if a non-awaken is strictly better then I'm not going to limit myself.
I also need to consider sideboarding options, but outside of Abzan I don't know what to expect in standard constructed. Aligned Hedron Network and maybe Horribly Awry are the first things that come to mind that I could use in any of the potential builds
Slowgod says... #2
Well if you want to go completely nuts and spend about as much as a modern deck... then this Pro Esper Awaken Control Noyan Dar really should have a spot somewhere in this deck, but he dies to all your own sweepers.
September 29, 2015 10 a.m.