So, I made some changes to the Ultimate Sacrifice Event Deck and went to another test run with it.

In case you are new here, here’s the earlier articles on the subject:

The initial review and explanation

The traditional test run in an FNM with the deck as is

The trades I made and some ideas on what the deck might look like

Actually, I didn’t go with that 75, so here’s the list I ran:

[deck]
[creatures]
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
3 Blisterpod
4 Carrier Thrall
2 Sultai Emissary
4 Zulaport Cutthroat
4 Catacomb Sifter
4 Grim Haruspex
4 Nanutko Husk
2 Smothering Abomination
1 Hangarback Walker
[/creatures]
[spells]
1 From Beyond
2 Evolutionary Leap
2 Corpseweft
2 Murderous Cut
[/spells]
[lands]
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Jungle Hollow
3 Llanowar Wastes
6 Forest
5 Swamp
2 Rogue’s Passage
[/lands]
[sideboard]
2 Ultimate Price
1 Merciless Executioner
2 Whisperwood Elemental
3 Duress
3 Caustic Caterpillar
4 Jaddi Offshoot
[/sideboard]
[/deck]

Round One: Abzan Hardened Scales

I lost the first game to an [scryfall]Undergrowth Champion[/scryfall] with protection from black and a huge [scryfall]Managorger Hydra[/scryfall]. Second game I won pretty easily by getting my engine going and the third game was very close and I had to make an attack where pretty much any removal spell would have ended me, but gladly I was able to use [scryfall]Rogue’s Passage[/scryfall] to push through enough damage.

I sided in [scryfall]Caustic Caterpillar[/scryfall]s, [scryfall]Ultimate Price[/scryfall]s and [scryfall]Merciless Executioner[/scryfall], although the last one was probably a mistake, but I didn’t see [scryfall]Hangarback Walker[/scryfall] in the first game and I just didn’t think about it while sideboarding. I boarded out [scryfall]Corpseweft[/scryfall]s, [scryfall]From Beyond[/scryfall] and [scryfall]Blisterpod[/scryfall]s.

Admittedly, my opponents deck wasn’t quite optimal either. It didn’t feature sideways fixing at all and it was playing [scryfall]Drana, Liberator of Malakir[/scryfall] with probably a pretty low count of black mana sources. Getting both [scryfall]Undergrowth Champion[/scryfall] and Drana to work properly in the same deck with a third color isn’t easy.

2 – 1 for the match, 1 – 0 overall

Round 2: Mardu Dragons

Admittedly I lost this because I played poorly. I also judged the event and was thus paying attention to things outside of our match, which lead to me making a crucial mistake in the second game (after winning the first one) which cost me the game. Same thing happened in the third game, although that was just stupid. I could have attacked his [scryfall]Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker[/scryfall], but attacked him instead, which meant he could attack me for 12 with the Sarkhan and [scryfall]Kolaghan, Storm’s Fury[/scryfall], which I knew about.

1 – 2 for the match, 1 – 1 overall

Round 4: Wu Weenie

A bunch of low drops from white and [scryfall]Dragonlord Ojutai[/scryfall] to finish the opponent off. I lost the first game because I couldn’t get to the very important third mana (as you can see, the mana curve is a bit off and very focused on that part).

The next two games I was simply able to get my engine going and he didn’t stand a chance. Especially the third game was mine, when I was able to get [scryfall]From Beyond[/scryfall] going and eventually just drained him out without attacking once.

2 – 1 for the match, 2 – 1 overall

Round 4: Temur

Again, lost the first game to mana screw, but its just so hard to take a mulligan with a two land hand. Still, managed to get the other two games, although the third game was very close when my opponent cast a 6/6 [scryfall]Woodland Wanderer[/scryfall] on turn three and again on the next turn. Still, he didn’t have much removal in his deck, so a topdecked [scryfall]Nantuko Husk[/scryfall] was able to save me.

2 – 1 for the match, 3 – 1 overall

Overall

Putting the [scryfall]Corpseweft[/scryfall]s into the main deck wasn’t a good idea. Seemed clunky, although I could still see playing on in the main and another in the sideboard. Against any control or attrition based decks, its very strong.

Also, if you can get [scryfall]Hangarback Walker[/scryfall]s, get them. I probably can’t within the context of this experiment, unless I manage to rip something really good from boosters won with this deck.

At this point, I’d cut the [scryfall]Corpseweft[/scryfall]s from main deck and replace them with [scryfall]Ultimate Price[/scryfall], which is very strong in our meta. Otherwise I’d look into lowering the curve somewhat. Maybe put the fourth [scryfall]Blisterpod[/scryfall] back in or try to get some more [scryfall]Bloodsoaked Champion[/scryfall]s. I’ll probably cut [scryfall]From Beyond[/scryfall] to make room. I’d also rather use [scryfall]Sultai Emissary[/scryfall] than [scryfall]Carrier Thrull[/scryfall], but I just didn’t have extra ones.