RatCloud revised again
.When I first got back from the PTQ on Saturday night, what I built was this:
11 Swamp 5 Mountain 4 Mirrodin's Core 4 Chrome Mox 4 Wayfarer's Bauble 28 4 Chittering Rats 4 Emissary of Despair 4 Solemn Simulacrum 40 4 Devour in Shadow 2 Echoing Decay 4 Night's Whisper 4 Death Cloud 2 Barter in Blood 2 Fireball 2 Shatter 60 Sideboard: 2 Scrabbling Claws 3 Detonate 3 Shatter 4 Terror 2 Fill with Fright 2 Greater Harvester
Essentially, what I wanted was to add Night’s Whisper as a way of getting closer to the Cloud when I needed to. I hadn’t been impressed with Guardian Idol as a two-of, and I figured I could lose a Shatter and an Echoing Decay. Now, though, I wonder if I couldn’t put Wrench Mind in there as an additional disruption card instead. If I did that, would I need Red at all? I could try something like this:
20 Swamp 4 Chrome Mox 4 Wayfarer's Bauble 28 4 Chittering Rats 4 Emissary of Despair 4 Solemn Simulacrum 40 4 Devour in Shadow 4 Night's Whisper 4 Wrench Mind 4 Death Cloud 2 Barter in Blood 2 Consume Spirit 60 Sideboard: 4 Shattered Dreams 4 Damping Matrix 4 Fill with Fright 3 Greater Harvester
It certainly looks a lot more consistent than the old list. It doesn’t have any defense against annoying artifacts, however. That’s definitely a disadvantage when I encounter things like Crystal Shard, Oblivion Stone, and Mindslaver.