RatCloud revised again
.When I first got back from the PTQ on Saturday night, what I built was this:
- RatCloud Revision 2 (60)
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- Land (20)
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- 11 Swamp
- 5 Mountain
- 4 Mirrodin’s Core
- Mana (8)
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- 4 Chrome Mox
- 4 Wayfarer’s Bauble
- Creatures (12)
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- 4 Chittering Rats
- 4 Emissary of Despair
- 4 Solemn Simulacrum
- Other (20)
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- 4 Devour in Shadow
- 2 Echoing Decay
- 4 Night’s Whisper
- 4 Death Cloud
- 2 Barter in Blood
- 2 Fireball
- 2 Shatter
- Sideboard (15)
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- 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:
- RatCloud Revision 3 (60)
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- Land (20)
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- 20 Swamp
- Mana (8)
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- 4 Chrome Mox
- 4 Wayfarer’s Bauble
- Creatures (12)
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- 4 Chittering Rats
- 4 Emissary of Despair
- 4 Solemn Simulacrum
- Other (20)
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- 4 Devour in Shadow
- 4 Night’s Whisper
- 4 Wrench Mind
- 4 Death Cloud
- 2 Barter in Blood
- 2 Consume Spirit
- Sideboard (15)
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- 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.