The typical solutions of Strip Mine and Wasteland are also supplemented by the addition of a Modern D&T favorite in Leonin Arbiter, which places a tax on searching libraries and turns Ghost Quarter into another Strip Mine if the opponent can't pay the tax. Mana denial is also very big in this deck. Sometimes in these lists you will also see new card Sanctifier en-Vec, especially if decks like Dredge are doing well because of all the relevant text it has against the cards in that deck. In addition, Spirit of the Labyrinth taxes the opponent's ability to draw cards, which is very good against all of the decks playing blue ( Ancestral Recall) and against decks playing Bazaar of Baghdad (unless the opponent is dredging). Taxing an opponent's spells and permanents is one big way this deck gets above other decks in the format, between Thalia putting pressure on spells and Kataki putting pressure on artifacts. Being able to put Lurrus in hand on Turn One and deploy it with a combination of Moxen / Lands and Lotus is pretty powerful in of itself, but also lending the deck the ability to play a Turn One hatebear effect like Thalia is very good as well. It's no surprise that this deck is running a large array of artifact mana. Choosing not to run this card is a big choice, but the power of Lurrus being able to recur cards is a very strong reason to play the Cat.Īs we often like to do with these kinds of lists, let's deconstruct them down a little and talk about their base functionality. There are multiple variants of these lists, both with Lurrus and without Lurrus, and the prime reason to not run the Nightmare Cat is namely on the back of the card Archon of Emeria. Up until the past few years, the primary deck that played Thalia was White Eldrazi, but the advent of Lurrus and other powerful effects have allowed other decks to exist in this same space, giving the format a form of Death and Taxes-like variant. The unbanning of Lurrus of the Dream-Den opened up a lot of interesting space in Vintage, primarily in the area of decks that utilize the card Thalia, Guardian of Thraben as a backbone of the deck. Strap in, and let's get right to it! Death and Cats In addition to that we've got two Challenges to talk about as well as the Vintage Showcase Qualifier event from this past weekend. Howdy folks! It's time yet again for another edition of Vintage 101! I'm your host, Joe Dyer, and this week we're going to be talking about various D&T-like decks in the format, primarily the ones that are playing Lurrus of the Dream-Den as a Companion.
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