Tuesday, April 21, 2020

A Delinquent Survivalist

Hunter-Killer has been doing good work for me lately; pulling off a win in a three player game was a great surprise!

It only happened once but that it happened at all is good.

The MVP however is Sphere of Resistance. Sphere punishes most of the manabases in Magic, without using land destruction. And since my cards can shrug off the tax of the Sphere, I have an opportunity to win while my opponent struggles.

Of course, the next game (not pictured), Noah was able to ramp up and I could not find a Sphere of Resistance so things went a little differently. 

Multiplayer games are generally not kind to the all-in aggro player. That I could get it to work once is a testament to the strength of the affinity archetype.

That said: Sphere is probably something I would need to sideboard out against 'big mana' decks. Maybe swapping in a card like Bedevil would be appropriate, trying to keep their big creatures from functioning before I can get the win.

Ghostfire Blade has been an excellent addition: one frequent event playing H-K is to have an Omnithopter and no reason to attack. Ghostfire Blade has helped shore that problem up. All in all I feel I've improved the aggressive qualities, which is great.

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