By MTG, 06/09/20
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Kaldheim Draft: The format's evolution
Brave New Pauper World
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Non-budget version
Sprite Dragon
and the 4 copies ofBrineborn Cutthroat
. Both creatures grow as we play our spells (Sprite Dragon with our instants and Brineborn Cutthroat because we normally play in our opponent's turn).Ad
Crackling Drake
and it will normally be a creature with high power in the late game, not needing to grow like the previous creatures. Since the idea is not to use rare and mythical cards, we removed the 4 copies ofBrazen Borrower // Petty Theft
andBonecrusher Giant // Stomp
. Now that we know the creatures that will grow as we play instants, time to move on to the "control" part of the deck. To begin with, let's try to prevent the opponent from playing spells: So, we keep the 2 copies ofQuench
, a great counter in the early game and can be useful in some lategame situations. We also keep the 2 copies ofNegate
which helps a lot against control decks, besides stopping opponent's combos/interactions and protecting us against removals. We added 2 copies ofEssence Scatter
to hold the opponent's creatures. NOTE: althoughEssence Capture
is relatively better, the fact that it needs two blue mana in cost makes it more difficult to cast. We replaced the 4 copies ofIonize
withNeutralize
, which will normally be used to undo any threat from the opponent. However, if the game is under control it can be recycled to help find more direct answers. In addition to trying to prevent the opponent from casting their spells, we also have some burns to remove creatures that we were unable to counter and to finish the game faster with direct damage. We will keep the 4 copies ofShock
. We also keep the 2 copies ofFire Prophecy
that, besides causing damage to creatures we can (that is, optionally), puts a card from our hand at the bottom of our library, serving as a sudo "draw a card" during the mid and late game. And we increased from 2 to 4 copies ofRal's Outburst
which in addition to causing damage to any target still gives us the card advantage. In addition to the counters and burns, we still keep the 4 copies ofOpt
for that to give a little support to the deck. On the basis of mana we will remove all copies ofSteam Vents
,Castle Vantress
andBlast Zone
and add 4 copies ofSwiftwater Cliffs
.Also, we increased from 8 to 12Island
and from 5 to 8Mountain
. With these changes we arrive at the following list:Budget Version