It is amusingly ironic that I am attempting to construct a BUG deck on the back of a Golgari creature. Golgari BUG has a nice ring to it. So, yesterday I had the beginnigns of a deck that looked to cast Lotleth Troll/Liliana of the Veil by turn 2. Both intances looked for 3 mana to be up when spells were cast so I needed mana acceleration. Avacyn's Pilgrim is NOT at all helpful in this deck, so I try as hard as I can to wish that Arbor Elf was just a better elf. Like, Elves of Deep Shadow. I want a reprint of that.
So I'm looking at a 2CMC crature I want to cast with 3 mana available, and have mahematically tried to position my deck to have mana available to cast a 3CMC removal spell turn 2. Maybe I should commite to these strategies, and see how much 2 CMC removal I can find for my deck, and how many 3 or less CMC creatures I need to fit my criteria.
I have 23 cards left to fit into this deck. I already need a lot of creatures to feed the Troll. It'd be great if I can cast these thing sout of the graveyard or at least get them back in hand.
Alright. So there's 2 new win conditions and a quick early beater. 4 of each fills up 12 slots of the 23 open. With these 3, the Troll, and Arbor Elf that's 20 creatures. There's 11 spots left open.
I need some removal for round 2, to go with 2 maybe Lilianas. How about:
4 of each of these is 8 from the remaining 11. There's 3 spots left, now. I think I'll move Jarads down from 4 to maybe 3 or 2. So there's either 4 or 5 slots left to fill, now. These NEED to be creatures. What kind, though? Deathrite Shaman for some life gain and range at the end of games? Dreg Mangler for ANOTHER 3CMC option? Split the difference and go 3 Shamans and 2 Manglers? Or is there another option out there for me?
The release for Gatecrash is today. Rest assured I'm going to buy a box of it just to winstond raft with friends at home.
