Delver (SG)

by TheForum on 05 September 2017

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Planeswalkers (1)

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Deck Description

Looking for M14 cards to improve it.

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Delver (SG)

Having access to M14 opens a few doors... Goblin Electromancer has been good to me, but is Young Pyromancer a strict upgrade? Should I cut Jace, Talrand's invocation, and a land for three copies of shock? -Boyf

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Posted 20 October 2017 at 21:19

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YP can just take over a game if left unchecked, can't say the same for the goblin. Even if you are in a situation where you can't be aggressive with the 1/1's, they still clog up the ground as chump blockers.

I'd leave Jace but lose the other two for shock. Actually, since you are in Innistrad, it should be Pillar of Flame instead of shock, no reason not to.

E

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Posted 20 October 2017 at 23:10

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YP is an easy replace in my view. Aggressive and in this build it needs and immediate answer.

Bonfire of the Damned might be better than Devil's Play, but without any way to arrange the top of your deck it may not be. Worth a look though.

Mizzium Mortars may also be better than Devil's Play to clear out blockers for your Delvers / YP Elementals.

Shock is a good inclusion over the other cards. Maybe even worth using it over Turn//Burn.

I'm not sure Jace is necessary. I imagine you mostly just use him to draw cards so he's worth 2-4 cards for you so it's up to you if you wanna keep that.

I am curious if you've considered going back to Scars block over forward to RTR? I'm not sure if it is better for you since you don't (and probably won't for a long time, possibly ever) have Snapcasters for this deck. However, you do have access to Ponder, Vapor Snag, Gitaxian Probe and Mana Leak or could even splash Dismember. I'm not sure it'd be better for you but in my research of Delver decks in both modern and different standards, they are pretty heavily including cantrips and going backwards seems to have more cantrips. Thought Scour is a big inclusion in Standard UR delver decks back in the day and is already available to you. Though, I do really like the Young Pyromancer inclusion and want to see how that plays out.

-Bill

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Posted 21 October 2017 at 01:42

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