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View submission: [Discussion] UW Control in MID Standard 2022
Not really what makes or brakes the deck, but I'm not sure x1 Alrunds is where you want to be at. The strength of it is usually chaining them and finishing of with a manland, which you cant do with one copy, and as a defensive play, I'd rather have a draw spell, planeswalker or extra removal.
+1 for the x4 Jwari Disruption, it always bugged me that most dimir list only played 3 or even less, its so good at the most critical stage of the game, early.
Edit: Almost forgot: Is Consider our Lord and Saviour? I looked at some control lists from last Standard, and they weren't running Opt, but that blue Omen (of Thassa I think?). But I guess that was just the better version of opt, since you could blink it with yorion.
Comment by iunoionnis at 12/09/2021 at 12:14 UTC*
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Yeah, I’m just testing Alrund’s and probably not running it. It can be a nice time walk to give you an extra swing to finish off the game, and UW lists were sometimes running [[Part the Waterveil]] back in the day, but it will probably go out for something else.
And yeah, Omen was all about blinking and being a mana sink, but the two mana meant it was rarely making the cut in Pioneer or Modern. It has synergies with other “enchantments matter” cards as well, and before last rotation we could pop it back into our hand with tef3ri