B&R Announcement in Pioneer, December 4
Added 2023-11-29 14:30:16 +0000 UTCJust wanted to provide an update on what I plan on doing with the list.
With the B&R announcement, Karn TGC and Geological Appraiser are likely getting the axe. This is based on what they said in the livestream.
I looked at the data here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PioneerMTG/comments/185sll2/mixed_data_matrix_from_3_regional_championships/
UW Lotus Field had the second highest winrate across all three regional championships this weekend. This is very impressive, especially since I knew quite a few people that decided to play the deck without much practice beforehand.
That said, the Rakdos winrate is worrisome. This definitely needs to be improved. Game 1 is certainly winnable for UW Lotus since they have a lot of dead removal but G2 & G3 definitely becomes harder. Although I think most people on UW Lotus weren't on Horned-Loch Whale, which is exceptionally strong against Rakdos as it is early game removal as well as a threat. A significant 2 for 1. That said, even with this addition, it is likely that the winrate remains in the 40s.
Phoenix also being slightly less than 50% means this matchup should be improved as well.
Every other deck, the winrates are pretty good and happy with. So the question is, how do you improve these two matchups without losing equity in all the other ones?
The answer is likely:
Dream Trawler returns
I have been testing -3 Mystical Dispute and +2 Dream Trawler and +1 Hullbreaker Horror and I like it.
However, nothing is for certain until the B&R but I just wanted to provide thoughts on what I am going to be targetting with the new list to come for RC Atlanta.
EDIT: Pre-emptive list:
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/3L5RX1FIhEGTHI6JCd8lzA
