I'm happy that it's finally extended season again, so people actually play with cards I know and like (go go go pernicious deed!). Now last week there was an extended PT and this weekend three (3!) extended GP's.
Now, who cares, you say. The nice thing about those important tournaments is that new decks arise, with a lot of new deck ideas. I don't give a shit about standard, but when new cards (newly made, not previously not used (I even play tombstone stairwell
) come into "the format" it's good to open your eyes. In this particular case there's one mechanic I'd like to point out that's worth to incorporate in your/some decks: dredge.
Dredge let's you put the card with this mechanic in your hand instead of drawing a card (replacement effect). When you do this, you have to put cards from the top of your library into your graveyard. The good thing about this is that you can replay the card again and again (good against counter decks, for example) and let's you fill the graveyard in the mean while. There are two ways to exploit (note that exploit is a lot stronger than just "use") this: filling the 'yard with stuff you want there (reanimator, incarnations, squee
) and psychatog (dubbed best creature ever printed). A Tog deck uses both strategies, so it gets even better. Read more about it
here.
The best dredge cards are life from the loam, darkblast and stinkweed imp, FYI. Just look them up.
This weekend is a Legacy GP, finally. I'm building a zombie infestation/reanimator deck that's nearly finished (only need 4 Akroma's, but they're pretty expensive) and I expect something like that in the top contenders. Perhaps a bit different with less of a reanimator approach and with more dredge cards. Dredge plus squee is a winner, obv.