

Here are a few things we considered or tested: I needed help and Patrick was the person for the job.

What I was testing with my flex slots wasn't working. Bridge from Below rotted in my hand more times than I'd prefer. The deck was explosive, but inconsistent. That left me with a rough framework, two slots to play around with, and a lot of testing:

With that, our deck's goal will be simple: Dredge a massive board quickly and turn creatures sideways until your opponent concedes. There is a clear synergy between Narcomoeba, Bloodghast, and Prized Amalgam. I partnered with local brewer/jank player Patrick Lalonde to test and refine the deck with the hopes of having something serviceable ready for the Shadows Over Innistrad release. Since then, we've had reasonable success in our testing and are starting to bring it out to events. I'll talk about the early ideas, how the deck evolved, and where the deck is now. Seeing Insolent Neonate spoiled was icing on the cake. I've never been a good brewer but when Prized Amalgam was spoiled, I knew there were immediate applications to Dredge deck in Modern.
