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UW Lotus Field - Tron w/ Black Splash
🕑 Added 2023-10-04 01:11:56 +0000 UTCSo with RC Calgary and RC Lille coming to a conclusion, I see the meta has changed pretty drastically. Monogreen is no longer as dominant as it used to be and Rakdos has made a surge.
Lotus Field Combo also continues to perform and there are a lot of aggro decks as well.
With that in mind, splashing black is probably the best route here. Rona's Vortex gives the versatility of an early game tempo removal but has the late game kicker that can be very useful. It also gives answers to PW, something the deck didn't have before. I prefer this much more than Fateful Absence.
Because the meta is so much more diverse now, it is not wise to try to cover everything anymore. So Sea Gate Restoration and Ondu Inversion are removed to add back the triple Jwari Disruption. The intention is to improve consistency against all matchups while having less explosive answers. Overall though, with such a diverse meta, this is the better approach. The deck also needs to be much more proactive and that is why you also see Pore over the Pages. It is just a very efficient card if you have a Lotus Field out and it is kind of a pseudo-rewind. Rewind will no longer be good because of Cavern of Souls and this is simply the next best card that can be played as a huge mana ramp.
One consideration I want to see is if the deck can support cards like Go Blank in the side. I haven't tested it out yet but it seems like it definitely can.
Things to note from the previous list:
2x Horned Loch-Whale is very impressive and I like the 2-2 split with Emperor. Rona's Vortex shows a lot of early promise and I might add more in the side, depending how the meta continues to shift. Lockdowns in the side are necessary now with all the aggro matchups.
With all that said:
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/sV6z0Xu4QU6KHsO3chAXfg
Comments
Patrick Wu
Yes actually Cyclonic Rift is very interesting. Thanks for the suggestion, I will definitely try it this week.
Could Cyclonic Rift make a case instead of Rona’s Vortex? Also I remember playing with Exhaustion way back, would be nice in this deck if reprinted
Patrick Wu
I think a slightly heavier splash into black would be necessary to make it more consistent. The value of rona is the fact that you don’t need black to play it. Less likely to be manascrewed.
Bohdan Makohin
Have you considered Baleful Mastery instead of Rona's Vortex?
