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Off topic (but probably kind of on-topic): a lot of the reason behind the formats that were dominated by 4+ color decks (like the current Standard) is the lack of turn 1 fetch lands. Battle lands are not great for aggro starts, but pretty great for durdling for a turn or two and then hitting...

Just to be clear, any, say, 3 CMC land destruction spell can do this too. Let's not pretend this is Wasteland specific. There's something that I think is not being addressed here. Look at the various aggro decks that pass through standard, and a lot of them are full of very specific...

Yeah, kind of this. It doesn't have to be a wrath, but aggro wants to prolong the "early" game as long as possible. Not sure what the answer is.

I feel like some of the rhetoric going around is pretty strong. I probably run fewer land destruction elements than I used to, back in the day when I ran Molten Rain and Stone Rain and Ice Storm and Plow Under and Fulminator Mage and that whole suite of effects. The density of land destruction...

If you're going to care about lands in graveyards..... Harrow

This is what I run Condemn and Oust and Innocent Blood for.

Pitches to force.

Re: Chandra, my biggest disappointment is that the PW making sac-able tokens is too expensive to run in aggro-sac decks.

Let's talk about this one. We're always asking for more life gain in black. It's not the most impressive sac-outlet, but when you consider it should also gain you more life, that's pretty sweet. Incentevized to hold removal until this is on board, that's pretty sweet.

I'd actually be happiest if there were more ways to go deep with relatively non-niche cards.

Ideally the thought was to give both players guns. Rebalancing would require a lot more than lowering the power level of the wrath effects. Maybe that's laziness or stubbornness on my part speaking, but I'll keep an eye on it. Surely anecdotes aren't great, but one of my most fun cube games...

Yeah, I don't think it's any accident that during Standard and Modern, Tec Edge has been most commonly found in UW control. It's not really going to do the trick here. Aggro is massively underpowered in most lists that run Wasteland + Strip Mine, so I'm not sure adding one more of such an...

Honest question, when has an aggro deck ever run Tec Edge?

My issue with Tec Edge is that it doesn't keep them off of their 4th mana for a wrath. Would gladly run the Tec Edge equivalent if it said three lands.

Yes, I know what you mean, but if we're going to give it a 1 in 7 shot, I'd be more inclined to open up a new slot with 7 manlands in it. I'm looking to clear out a couple slots anyways, just looking for the best way to reallocate them.

Exactly. Uh, yeah, if somebody wants to donate them, I will gladly run them. :p The functional difference between running 3 allied / 2 enemy cycles and ~2.5/~2.5 is so insignificant. Mostly I'm thinking manlands will make a greater impact at the moment. Been missing the occasional Raging...

That's an interesting idea, but... I'm kind of all in on fetches right now, not really in the market for removing fetchables at random.

Sweet card. Double board wipe.

I will be (going) deep in my grave before I run Basalt Monolith.

I've had these two together in my cube for a long time and have yet to see the combination pulled off. :|