Valiant Mandrakes

This looks like a wonderful deck. I'm very interested in Vara's Choice here. I imagine it's a good way to deal with multifaction units, and, even though it's more likely to miss than Exploit, it's not a brick against aggro. Given that combo is mostly gone again, Vara's Choice seems like a good pick. I do wonder if you miss the plunder, though.

The Shiftstoned power calc makes the deck look almost unworkable. I assume you get around it with sheer draw, but how often do you find yourself unable to play Katra, The First Seal? I agree that playing Katra and Arcanum Hourglass in the deck feels redundant, but Hourglass does a little bit of fixing that can make you able to play Katra even as it makes Katra less useful.


This is the kind of deck that makes me think DWD was right to hold off on giving Xenan its Vow and Painting.