Part 2: Courser of Kruphix, Stormbreath Dragon, Polukranos, World Eater, Elspeth
We know painlands, Mana Confluence will be the essential part of mana base for enemy-color decks, or maybe tri-color decks. Taking several damage from tapping these lands can be real painful in a standard with Thoughseize, Eidolon of the Great Revel, Keranos, God of Storms, Pain Seer, Herald of Torment. I think people will start trying to use Nyx-Fleece Ram, Whip of Erebos, Bow of Nylea, and they may build decks splashed green color to use Courser of Kruphix.
Standard environment may goes harsh for pain lands and scrying lands if weenies, RDWs dominate the meta. Playing against a deck doing 10 damage in the first 5 turns, we can't afford to take even 1 damage from pain lands. Players may shift to mono green decks or GR monsters again. If that's true, Stormbreath Dragon and Polukranos, World Eater are highly under-priced right now. But Worlder Eater is in a $19.99 special deck , so I think the best investment of finisher creature is Stormbreath.
M15 didn't bring us any 4 mana cost mass removal, only Perilous Vault, which is slow in a standard with scrying lands but few ramp cards. Maybe, the mass removal we get this time is red or black instead of white. If it does happen, Two effects opposite to each other may occur. One, WU control will disappear, Elspeth drops to 8-10 unless other control decks take it. Two, WU control still exist and players add more copies of Elspeths as removals, it rises to 25-30. I think we should pick several Elspeth at a price around 13 but not indulge into it.
We know painlands, Mana Confluence will be the essential part of mana base for enemy-color decks, or maybe tri-color decks. Taking several damage from tapping these lands can be real painful in a standard with Thoughseize, Eidolon of the Great Revel, Keranos, God of Storms, Pain Seer, Herald of Torment. I think people will start trying to use Nyx-Fleece Ram, Whip of Erebos, Bow of Nylea, and they may build decks splashed green color to use Courser of Kruphix.
Standard environment may goes harsh for pain lands and scrying lands if weenies, RDWs dominate the meta. Playing against a deck doing 10 damage in the first 5 turns, we can't afford to take even 1 damage from pain lands. Players may shift to mono green decks or GR monsters again. If that's true, Stormbreath Dragon and Polukranos, World Eater are highly under-priced right now. But Worlder Eater is in a $19.99 special deck , so I think the best investment of finisher creature is Stormbreath.
M15 didn't bring us any 4 mana cost mass removal, only Perilous Vault, which is slow in a standard with scrying lands but few ramp cards. Maybe, the mass removal we get this time is red or black instead of white. If it does happen, Two effects opposite to each other may occur. One, WU control will disappear, Elspeth drops to 8-10 unless other control decks take it. Two, WU control still exist and players add more copies of Elspeths as removals, it rises to 25-30. I think we should pick several Elspeth at a price around 13 but not indulge into it.
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