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Dogs have the best tribal lord ever printed in Magic.
Aside from being the usual 2/2 for two mana that pumps your squad +1/+1, Pack Leader also allows you to attack with everything you have every turn with complete impunity. This is an amazing effect to have in a deck that wants to go wide, wants to be aggressive, and will occasionally be outclassed by one or two big blockers.
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Add the very interesting Jump Start card Release the Dogs to the mix, which is already a powerful card on rate, alongside some powerful and proven convoke cards like Venerated Loxodon and it starts to look like we're building quite the dog house!
Time Stamps:
00:05:53 - Match 1
00:24:06 - Match 2
00:40:49 - Match 3
00:59:55 - Match 4
01:06:58 - Match 5
The Underdogs | Historic | Jim Davis
- Creatures (25)
- 2 Akoum Hellhound
- 2 Alpine Watchdog
- 2 Igneous Cur
- 2 Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
- 3 Alpine Houndmaster
- 3 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
- 3 Venerated Loxodon
- 4 Pack Leader
- 4 Selfless Savior
- Sorceries (4)
- 4 Release the Dogs
- Enchantments (6)
- 3 Conclave Tribunal
- 3 Radiant Destiny
- Artifacts (2)
- 2 Icon of Ancestry
- Lands (23)
- 1 Plains
- 2 Brightclimb Pathway
- 2 Concealed Courtyard
- 2 Godless Shrine
- 4 Inspiring Vantage
- 4 Needleverge Pathway
- 4 Sacred Foundry
- 4 Unclaimed Territory
- Sideboard (15)
- 1 Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
- 2 Herald's Horn
- 3 Grafdigger's Cage
- 2 Rest in Peace
- 2 Gideon Blackblade
- 2 Lava Coil
- 3 Baffling End
Well that was pretty ruff, but we did call the deck The Underdogs for a reason!
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Okay, maybe this deck isn't the best suited for super serious high ladder play. There just isn't enough solid support for the tribe yet as it needs to be fleshed out more, and you've really gotta hit all your marks on curve and have things come together nicely which we struggled with numerous times.
But if you're looking for a fun tribal deck that has some bite to it, there is a surprising amount of synergy here. While it felt like we never had our fourth land for Release the Dogs into a convoke card, there's a lot of power there, and four mana for four tokens is quite good anyway. Plus, how can you be mad and these good doggos, they're trying their best!
