However, it seems unlikely that Giada solves any of the deck’s fundamental problems. Giada supercharges the Angels shell, filling out the two-drop slot occupied by Bishop of Wings and Youthful Valkyrie.
The two problems with the deck are 1) it kills more slowly than combo decks like Lotus Field and Jeskai Ascendancy and 2) it’s weak to a pile of removal and/or sweepers. Uninterrupted, Angels can build a board unrivaled by any deck in the format, simultaneously climbing to hundreds of life. Pioneer Angels is a powerful shell that fell off with the rise of UW Control, Lotus Field, and RB Midrange. I’m looking forward to trying out this really-not-an-Underdog! There does appear to be room the RB deck typically has around 4-5 flex spots that have been filled with mopey cards like Duress, Angrath’s Rampage, and Collective Brutality. RB’s late-game plan has typically revolved around Kroxa, Titan of Hunger’s Death, and planeswalkers like Chandra, Torch of Defiance. The current two-drop in the deck is Bloodtithe Harvester, which similarly provides early pressure and late-game card selection (rather than advantage), and can also act as a removal spell. In Pioneer, RB Midrange could be interested. In Standard, something like this seems almost certain to manifest. Furthermore, Ob Nixilis’s life gain offsets the life loss from the Underdog these two cards belong together. It also combines nicely with Ob Nixilis, the Adversary, providing high-power sacrifice fodder for the planeswalker. The same could be said for its abilities this card is fine as a vanilla beater on Turn 2, but in the late game, Tenacious Underdog is a one-card engine, generating damage, card advantage, and a mana sink. With abs like that, I’m not sure how anyone could think that this dude is an Underdog. I’m confident, however, that Ledger Shredder will find a home somewhere fueling Delve, growing into a massive, evasive beater, and generating card selection all on a two-mana card is too appealing to ignore. Thing in the Ice is likely too valuable against Winota and Green Devotion to be cut, which means Shredder is competing with Arclight Phoenix / Crackling Drake / Narset, Parter of Veils. Space is certainly tight in the UR decks, and there’s still much exploration being done with the lists. But it also triggers on the opponent’s turn! In a UR mirror, if only one player sticks a Shredder, that player is almost definitely winning the game. But it also fills the graveyard, which is the other thing the UR deck wants to do in order to fuel Treasure Cruise / Dig Through Time, Temporal Trespass, and Arclight Phoenix. In UR, it's most likely home, you are almost always casting two spells a turn, which means this grows to a 2/4 almost immediately.
First off, it has three toughness, which means it dodges Flame-Blessed Bolt and a non-Spell Mastery Fiery Impulse. Ledger Shredder has a ton of things going for it. If the format shifts toward more interactivity, then Extraction Specialist might get a chance to shine. For as long as Winota is a dominant deck, I doubt Specialist gets played over Reflector Mage. However, the Humans deck already has a crowded three-drop slot packed with Mantis Rider and Reflector Mage. In Humans, reanimating a Thalia’s Lieutenant is a powerful play by the time the Lieutenant is big enough to attack, the Specialist will have died or the game will be over. There are two places I expect it to be tried out: Humans and Winota. As such, I’m not ranking these eight cards, as most of them are role-players.Įxtraction Specialist is a competitively costed Human with lifelink that has a powerful ability.
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