Pauper League - Orzhov RatBlade - How Good is Refurbished Familiar?

[@mve753]

I'm that Gruul Eldrazi player there. Thanks for the games, and glad you liked the deck! Here's the list I currently have, though I'm still experimenting so I'm sure it's far from ideal and I wouldn't take these exact numbers as correct. 4 Bequeathal 3 Cloakwood Swarmkeeper 2 Echoing Courage 4 Eldrazi Repurposer 11 Forest 2 Generous Ent 3 Glimpse the Impossible 2 Impact Tremors 3 Lightning Bolt 4 Malevolent Rumble 6 Mountain 4 Nest Invader 4 Sheltering Landscape 2 Voidpouncer 1 Wooded Ridgeline 4 Writhing Chrysalis SIDEBOARD: 2 Ancient Grudge 2 Cast into the Fire 1 Glimpse the Impossible 2 Relic of Progenitus 2 Scattershot Archer 3 Stone Rain 2 Troublemaker Ouphe

[@hori1534]

do you have the full decklist? I loved the ideia

[@mve753]

Oops, fixed!

[@unstable7505]

have you considered running Brood Birthing and Hand of Emrakul?

[@mve753]

@@unstable7505 I've tried Hand of Emrakul but I don't think it's great. Most of the time I find I'm ramping with the spawns so I don't often just have 4 lying around so it ended up stuck in my hand. Writhing Chrysalis is enough of a chonker and you can almost always cast it turn 3 or later. I haven't tried brood birthing, but it doesn't seem like it's the best. Glimpse the Future does almost the same thing for one more mana and is also huge card advantage later in the game. Might be better than I think though and I may try it at some point

[@Kirblinxy]

Thanks for dropping the list and watching the video! I enjoyed having no idea what was going on in our games. I think your list is pretty spicy and maybe we'll give it a spin at some point.

[@devangoad]

Noooo! At 1:28:00 you could have omened to grab mukotai and hit for lethal! Love this video and list btw, and lots of love for mukotai ambusher. In the list I’m working on Im not running the inspectors but they seem really good for getting to affinity

[@devangoad]

Can’t possibly ban the artifact lands, affinity isn’t that good lol

[@joeblack4849]

He couldn't, Kor should be unblocked and opponent killed it prior blocking

[@Kirblinxy]

8Spector is great and allows for the early aggro starts that you need to be able to beat some decks. You could maybe cut 1 of you are struggling for space.

[@matthewmagda4971]

Hell yeah... Multiple killer drops this week!

[@Kirblinxy]

One can only drop so many killers in a week... Yeah, that sounds right.

[@robhamilton5438]

Deck looks sweet! I was thinking of making a deck just like this one. That match against Grixis affinity was a slog

[@Kirblinxy]

That's just how affinity is. So much card draw that they never run out of gas. Lots of ways you can build this deck too so it seems fun to tweak to tune to your meta.

[@benjamincardenas933]

I made a smilair deck but I made a few different choices. I am running 2 lembas and 2 wellspring. Change one deadly into eviscerator's insight. The major different is I have 4 less Thraben to have 3 accursed marauder and 1 suffocating fumes main board.

[@Kirblinxy]

Yeah, definitely a lot of different ways to build this one. Unsure on Accursed Marauder in this deck as you already have the blades. I'd probably just put them in the SB if you want them for a particular match

[@benjamincardenas933]

@@Kirblinxy i have done a split since it get around eldrazi spawn and hit murmuring mystic

[@Gaghiel]

hi5 & gg's! that affinity matchup was a blast

[@Kirblinxy]

Love a good match full of highs and lows.

[@tr00gaze]

Hey Kirb wasn't sure where to put this but I think this deck might be good against the meta. Or interesting at least: 3 Bayou Groff 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 3 Elven Farsight 4 Experiment One 15 Forest 4 Halo Hopper 3 Khalni Garden 2 Magnify 4 Nest Invader 4 Nettle Sentinel 4 Rancor 2 Rogue Elephant 2 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk 2 Skyshroud Ridgeback 4 Sprouting Renewal Wouldn't mind hearing your thoughts on it or improvements, thanks!

[@Kirblinxy]

The deck seems very Mulligan dependant. I feel if you haven't dumped your hand by turn 4 you don't have the gas or the combat tricks to help push through. I'd probably need to play it to get a feel for it.

[@tr00gaze]

@@Kirblinxy Gas is definitely a thing. I'm wondering if there's a way to incorporate Winding Way by shaving spells/ adding creatures. Maybe Malevolent Rumble?

[@haidarfakih2987]

Subbed because of the thumbnail

[@Kirblinxy]

Thanks! I feel like my thumbnail game is generally pretty strong

[@enzlerf6470]

Nice video as always! Will we ever see CatCow tortured again on this channel? The deck has some new tools with Familiar and Siege smash 😁

[@Mmoll1990]

I'd also like to see this deck revamped with MH3

[@viniciusline]

Me too!

[@Kirblinxy]

Sythiox did have a new list using Sneaky Snacker and Familiar. I'll get to it eventually, too many new decks to try!

[@enzlerf6470]

@@Kirblinxy I see! We’ll wait patiently then 👌

[@Gumpinn]

​@@KirblinxyDident think about that interaction! Maybe sneaky snacker is the fuel tortex need to switch its engine. Tortex should be able to switch to sac draw 2 engine with sneaky snacker maybe. Probably is something there to explore!

[@pauperdad7040]

I'm here for the commentary. Pauper gameplay is just extra.

[@Kirblinxy]

I still feel like my commentary is a little dry. I've been told my content is great background noise.

[@pauperdad7040]

@@Kirblinxy it's more of the tone of your voice. So calm and soothing.

[@FLEXmen1]

I want to start a petition to start calling the deck Orzhov Familiars! How is UW allowed to be called familiars and we don't! Respect to the Refurbished Familiar! Deck looks sick!

[@Kirblinxy]

But then wouldn't we need to add cauldron familiar as well? The foods would add the affinity count for Refurbished 🤔

[@FLEXmen1]

@@Kirblinxy UW has 4 familiars aswell so I think we'll be fine XD . I've been running a Cauldron Familair brew that also didn't get the name Orzhov Familairs as 'the card was not a key part of the strategy' It had me running Golden Egg over Ichor. So it certainly did impact the building XD

[@wiloj]

Dear Mr. Kirblinxy, Please please please show us you challenge run with flicker tron. love, Wiloj

[@Kirblinxy]

I didn't record it and recording/editing replay videos is a lot of work. I just don't have the time. I can answer any questions you want about it though.

[@wiloj]

@Kirblinxy how did unfathomable truths feel? Is 2 mnemonic walls enough? I usually run 3 in paper. And finally, is murmuring mystic a better finisher than horror or is that just to make the clock a little faster on modo?

[@Kirblinxy]

Unfathomable Truths felt pretty good! Being able to Teachings for a Draw 3 has never happened before, it it pulled me out of a couple of bad situations. The scion also can buy you a turn (it blocked a gates up Guardian), and it also can't be pyroblasted which also came up. I had to run only 2 walls because of the Truth, I felt the curve was too high and needed to cull a 5 drop and it was the easiest choice. We do run an extra Pulse of Murasa, so it is easier to get back the fewer walls we do have. Mystic works fine as a finisher once the flicker engine is online, but it also just good at stalling the game out until you can get to that point. I think horror is the better finisher as by bouncing lands you can make sure your opponent can't get out of it, while the birds make it so a Breath Weapon or a combo kill could still end you. I've found you don't really need to rely on the Ghostly Flicker locks against most decks, Ephemerate works just as well enough which is another reason why you don't need 3 walls.

[@christopherchapman9853]

lmaoooo that "unreal" @2:00:00 after the worst luck game 1

[@Kirblinxy]

Yeah, I don't think people have the right to complain after they draw 7 cards in 2 turns when they looked dead on board. That was pretty "unreal", lol.

[@neros_soren]

Well, could've bounced Bog vs Grixis, making the third fountain semi-useless, but that thought cast into thought cast into reckoners into deadly...*shrugs*

[@Kirblinxy]

From 0 cards to 7 in two turns. This is why you never want to play against affinity as a Midrange deck. They always just seem to have more cards than you. At least I got some retribution at the end there.

[@neros_soren]

@@Kirblinxy I somehow wish glitters back into Pauper...🤣 You can't even ban a draw spell, because MKM brought in 2 new ones.

[@PedroFernandezC]

It makes funny to me cuz I kept hearing you say sauce instead of source Lol

[@Kirblinxy]

No hard 'r's where I come from 😀

[@Fabregas200788]

another lame deck, Kirb, huh