Benthic Scales

by grapeshot on 15 September 2022

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)


Artifacts (1)

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Benthic Scales

I love the concept here, just flood the 1-drops. I don't see Homestead Courage as pulling its weight in here though.

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Posted 18 September 2022 at 18:03

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This deck was supposed to be based around benthic biomancer+slitherhead/courage but I think it turned out to be something where the synergy the deck is supposed to be built around is probably the weakest part of the deck so this appears to be a failed idea.

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Posted 26 September 2022 at 19:30

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Another concept I've wanted to look into/have used recently is plugging proliferate mechanics into builds like this/walkers through Contagion Clasp. Yes, the 4-drop proliferate is a gigantic pain and probably wouldn't fit into this 18 land build, but its a fun thing to think about it being potentially viable in competitive.

Here's my thought process. It's a 2-drop that can actually remove some major threats when it ETB, cause modern is flooded with weenie value. So you can drop it turn 2 to get rid of that pesky Ragavan/Rage Channeler/Esper Sentinel/Hierarch, then activate it mid-late game when you've built up the mana to get cookin. It's obviously not perfect, as its a 2-drop conditional removal that is easily outstripped by bolt and its ilk, but the potential for mid-late game viability with the early removal is at least of interest to me.

Just my thoughts, not directly connected, but it fits the counter angle of this deck. Proliferate is just fun to me.

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Posted 26 September 2022 at 19:49

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