Dragonlord Dromoka and Narset to make BANT control viable?
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Posted on March 5, 2015, 1:30 p.m. by The Doctor
So, as most of you have seen, both of these cards are very powerful.
I had BANT control milling around in my head when Narset was released, and now that Dromoka is out, do you guys think this brings it into the spotlight even more?
I could see him being useful at least against the control mirror
March 5, 2015 1:42 p.m.
mpeach1 Eh, I don't think it's very good in the control mirror. It just dies on their turn without you getting any extra value on it. Heaven forbid you tap out for it and they land an Elspeth, Sun's Champion. That puts you really far behind.
Maybe you get to cast it and then force something else to the board, but that means upwards of 10 mana in play and there really isn't anything that I Win in the format worth forcing like AEtherling.
March 5, 2015 2:19 p.m.
Hjaltrohir says... #7
I could see Bant superfriends working very well but Bant control just doesn''t quite seem there as it is inferior to Esper, UW and UB.
March 5, 2015 2:43 p.m.
omnipotato says... #8
If anything Bant control/midrange should be all about the interaction between Courser of Kruphix and Narset Transcendent.
Dromoka makes more sense in a creature-based deck where they've already wasted all their removal on smaller guys and Dromoka prevents further interaction with counterspells, etc.
March 5, 2015 2:44 p.m.
Rasta_Viking29 says... #9
omnipotato Bant already has a better interaction with Courser of Kruphix and Kiora, the Crashing Wave that is not utilized. I ran a RUG list with those two in addition to Domri Rade last season. You could pull off some crazy turns and see a lot of cards but it was never really powerful or that efficient.
March 5, 2015 3:45 p.m.
omnipotato says... #10
Ok but at least it's an interaction as opposed to Dromoka/Narset. That's why I said "if anything." There's a high probability Bant won't see any Standard play. And if Bant Control is a thing, Dromoka probably won't be in the deck.
March 5, 2015 4:33 p.m.
Arorsthrar says... #11
No. Narset could be good enough, but Ross Merriam pointed out some of the flaws of it not impacting the board too much. He said the -2 is underwhelming in actual gameplay, but the major upsides are her +1 and high loyalty.
Dromaka is silly.
CommanderOfBolas says... #2
I was thinking of playing a single forest alongside some Windswept Heath and Evolving Wilds in my u/w control deck for a 1 of dromoka
March 5, 2015 1:39 p.m.