Comments on: Jan ’20 Brew Report: Amberning Up https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/jan-20-brew-report-amberning-up/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Tue, 04 Feb 2020 04:59:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steven Givens https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/jan-20-brew-report-amberning-up/#comment-2130205 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 04:59:11 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21263#comment-2130205 In reply to Jordan Boisvert.

That makes sense. I was also forgetting the presence of Once Upon a Time to help the consistency as well with hitting turn 1 dork.

]]> By: Jordan Boisvert https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/jan-20-brew-report-amberning-up/#comment-2130204 Tue, 04 Feb 2020 00:15:51 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21263#comment-2130204 In reply to Steven Givens.

Seems close in spirit to the lists I posted above, which also feature zero two-mana plays. I think the ideas behind them are are as follows:

1. Bolt/Push are experiencing a lull right now
2. There are enough one-drops to follow a dead Bird with two more before curving into 3 the next turn, or 5 if the new dorks live

Both points are debatable, but they may represent the thinking that went into these builds.

]]> By: Steven Givens https://www.quietspeculation.com/2020/01/jan-20-brew-report-amberning-up/#comment-2130203 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 09:18:29 +0000 https://quietspeculation.com/?p=21263#comment-2130203 So one of the most interesting lists I found in the January 31 5-0 deck dump is this really interesting Gruul Aggro list here going wide with playsets of Goblin Rabblemaster, Legion Warboss, and Seasoned Pyromancer topped off with Domri, Anarch of Bolas and even Embercleaves. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2723958#paper

It definitely looks like an interesting jumping-off point, but I’m a little worried about having only the 8 mana dorks and (almost) nothing to do on 2, which means if your opponent bolts the bird it’s almost a Time Walk. Also, I feel like this deck should definitely be running some number of Castle Embereth as well as (maybe?) a Torbran, as both those cards get better and better the wider you go.

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