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Avarelle: Ouphe Hyperaggro

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So with two Ugly Ducklings (which transform into Ouphe lords), King of Beasts, and a Faerie Godmother to tutor Harmonious Kingdom, I think that having a creature-heavy aggro deck is pretty darn awesome.

My usual quibbles are here, as usual. Disproportionate Punishment was one of if not the only white removal card I say. Happily Ever After is a Pacifism effect, but it’s just not good enough. I only saw one green fight card, and it wasn’t good enough to justify taking. Giant Killers can only do so much.

I feel that this set asks a lot of questions but as is doesn’t provide a whole lot of answers. Red and black removal is decent, but the combat tricks and cantrips are few and far between. Actually, that’s something I’m noticing now - there aren’t too many of either as far as I can tell? But regardless, this deck seems good enough to get through that - I hope.

HERE is a link to the full deck. List under the cut.

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Did a draft with my friend, knowing nothing about the custom set. First takeaway? Marriage seems busted to me- pair creatures up and get bonuses for nothing, not much removal that i saw outside of red so i took everything I could get. Adventures, cool as heck. Wizard synergy, always fun. Old bones for fixing, woo. Couple potential removal cards that doubled as fixers too which i thought was neat. Makes you think whether or not to keep removal in your opening hand or grab a land you need.

Some kind of white-blue skies monstrosity, basically. P1P1 was a Kath, Young Adventurer, but then white was open, red looked like it was getting cut, and not a lot of Adventures came around. 

This is the 41-card version, I have no idea what the cut is - between Adventures and Curses, Bishop’s Decree looks maindeckable. Probably either To See The World or Clever Cobbler. Wishing Fish is also questionable, I don’t have many good targets. 

(A thing that I realized will pop up more than it should for how confusing it is: if you Turn to Frog a creature that’s getting an ability from a Marriage, what happens? I’m pretty sure they lose it, but I wouldn’t stake my life on it...)

Things I liked: There felt like a decent amount of synergy between Lords and Wizards here. I thoroughly enjoyed cards like Arrogant Prince, which transforms when tapping an untapped Wizard. Lady of the Lake X2 plus three equipment? Lovely for thinning out a deck. Sixteen lands feels fine for this deck, honestly.

Full decklist under the cut.

RB sacrifice steal? I like the way this deck plays in theory. Eggbringer Bunny is a surprisingly useful card, to fetch up a Blight Egg if needed or Egg Man maybe. Four sac outlets at higher rarity are pretty awesome. Plenty to steal, plenty to damage, some actual removal (although still mostly contextual and widespread) and a half-decent control curve.

I’ve been wondering why cycling is in this set. I understand how it works in general, but with the fullness of the set already with major tribal themes and several cards whose power is cut to fulfill the context of their shell, I don’t know if cycling has a place. I’d rather have some manner of fixing, or simply better cards instead.

GW Gaggle of Oouphe Knights! Giant Killer says no to your big creatures and the gaggle of can handle everything smaller. Knight Tribal synergies with the Steed (also an Oouphe.) Badger Warrior and Gruff Goat take advantage of the Oouphes freaking everywhere. Tad of removal with challenge and punishment. Edge of Autumn to smooth the deck out. 16 lands is fine. Some marriage at the top end to really tie together the combat.

Also reanimation piece for 3 with marriage cuz why not.

I just love this aggro gaggle ok...

EDIT: forgot to tag @imakethecard