ECL Set 1/1.5 Ban - BurnCrag

the deck i brought to the saturday showcase, hugely inspired by paradox's MirrorCrag.

in a world without Torch/Annihilate, Cloudsnake Harrier seemed particularly salient.
i expected a huge density of Hailstorm which led me towards more durable/sticky threats rather than Crunch, the Hoarder and Poaching Drake (but it turned out only Mail brought them)

Common Cause might seem like a strange choice, but i kept tweaking the mana base and couldn't find a reliable way to get Jotun Feast-Caller above 7X% to cast on curve. it turns out Seek Power is hugely important for 3 influence anything outside of a mono deck.
yet with 12 warriors, this card bumped the percentage to 81% so i ran with it.


i made a massive oversight of both AP Mid and Xenan with Tavrod, Auric Broker blanking my entire stun angle with Entangling Vines.
if we had a chance to play more of this format, i think In Cold Blood would be a wise card to utilize as Amilli, Cloudmarshal also seems strong.


otherwise, i actually spent way longer brewing for this event than i should have, mainly getting distracted by the prospect of playing Time Flies (warp, wide combrei)

some other rough sketches:
a very strange spellcraft deck (would have been crushed by Slay)
elysian night maul
3 faction unseen tribal (Clutchmate should have been terrible)

elysian night maul was the list i was expecting to be the most powerful if control made a presence at the event. mainly, because at it's core it's a tempo aggro deck with heavy nightfall and can have access to Darkbolt and Winter's Grasp.


overall, i think it might be one of the more interesting formats to be spawned - especially if a set 1 rotation ever does come about and it's always fun to ask "what if...?"