D'un article sur CFB (même si y'a pas de SCM) :
As I promised last week, I spent some time on the archetype, and have a CalebD approved list for your viewing pleasure:
BUG Control
Nothing too fancy, but fanciness isn’t really the goal.
There is some tension between
Deathrite Shaman and
Innocent Blood, but I can’t see myself cutting either. Both cards work well with
Standstill. Running
Deathrite Shaman means I have more early resources to disrupt the opponent, leading to more even/winning board states, and running the most efficient removal means that
Standstill comes down earlier. When it comes right down to it, sometimes a bit of synergy needs to be sacrificed for power concerns. I remember when tapping
Mox Diamond to activate Deed was a common line.
I chose the BBD-style
Garruk Relentless over Liliana partly because it dodges
Abrupt Decay, and partly to munch on opposing
Deathrite Shamans. While Garruk is much weaker against combo, since he can’t pressure the opponent’s hand, he works better with
Standstill and can actually win the game in a reasonable time frame. This planeswalker isn’t always good, but he seems excellent right now. That said, Liliana is one of the best planeswalkers in the format, and I wouldn’t fault anyone for favoring her.
The popularity of
Deathrite Shaman is the main reason there’s no graveyard hate in the board. I’m a fan of
Nihil Spellbomb, but so long as the format is flooded with main deck hate, we can skimp on sideboard slots. Watch out, though. If everyone does this, the format will be ideal for graveyard-based combo again, with only a few summoning sick 1/2s to fight through.
Since the main is designed to beat up on creature decks, the sideboard allows us to transform into a lean, mean, combo-beating machine. One mistake beginner deckbuilders make is to board either too many or not enough cards for the number of dead cards in a specific matchup, but here the transition of -removal and +relevant cards is smooth and intuitive.
Show and Tell is a strong choice in the current field, and I have dedicated a few specific slots to handling the powerful menace. While
Thoughtseize and
Vendilion Clique can help prevent the opponent from assembling the combo, Venser is one of the few cards in these colors that prevents a resolved
Show and Tell from winning on the spot. This doesn’t stop a
Sneak Attack, however, which is one reason I’ve included a pair of
Pithing Needles, which also hose opposing
Aether Vials and
Sensei’s Divining Tops.
Perhaps, with both Show and Tell and BUG decks emerging as strong choices, a deck that can maindeck both
Detention Sphere (for
Show and Tell) and
Rest in Peace (for
Deathrite Shaman) is well positioned. If you’re in the market for such a list, you could do worse than my old UW Miracles list, which you can find
here.
Good luck to everyone in the Invitational and elsewhere. May you take some perverse glee in the remaining hours of Rakdos week.
Caleb Durward
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