Notes & Combos

Crossed the 1600 mark, and with the post-pack meta finally starting to crystallize, I figured it’s a decent time to submit an update. The ladder is absolutely crawling with Blitzclique, Dracotail, DM Yummy, Artmage and Witchcrafter, but I've been climbing with UC Lab, and the deck's positioning feels pretty decent right now.

The Unchained engine in particular has been nice. It plays beautifully into all the aggressive Blitzclique pressure on the ladder, giving a good mix of proactive disruption and resilient floating against their pops.

Interaction wise, The Black Goat Laughs has stood out for me. I'm pretty sold on this card in the current environment, especially as a weapon against Blitzclique. Because Blitz operates as a heavily reveal-centric deck, your monster declarations are always clear-cut. You aren't guessing; you have perfect information, making the card pretty high-value in that MU.

More importantly, it completely respects how Blitz tries to interact with you. If they happen to blind-pop your backrow, Goat still retains its value in the graveyard. And It’s not just a meta-call for Blitz either. It's felt solid elsewhere (Witchcrafter, shutting down Vice Madame, Yummy, shutting down Snatchy, etc)

That being said, I've been keeping it flexible. At times where the ladder variance shifts and I’m seeing noticeably less Blitzclique, I lean away from the utility of Goat and swap it for a second copy of Rollback to push raw ceiling and thicken up the grind game.

Still climbing but this has felt good.