

I'm testing with the most recently-topping list and it just seems like, with whatever the slots removed were, this iteration is powerful, but less consistent.

4 more cards we like to see in our dredges and not our openers. I think this is partially because we now have twice as many ]-type cards, i.e. In my testing/goldfishing with the new deck, Shriekhorn is a really good addition, but in my (limited) experience testing, the deck appears to be mulling more than it used to. The last list I was on had 4 Neonate still and I see that at some point we've moved on to ]. But if they see a single 《Leyline》 being played or Dredged into the graveyard, they will want the 《Claim》s as well because it is much more likely for me to have 4 than just 1 (Let’s read my old article here).So Creeping Chill brought me back on this deck, and I hadn't played dredge or modern in general for several months. I would prefer to play 0 《Leyline》s myself, but if I don’t have any they can just skip the 《Claim》s completely. If you decide to bring them in, you will lose a lot of games to your own deck malfunctioning. Therefore, 《Leyline》s are only good in the Dredge mirror, if even there. In this case, offense is the best defense. You try to prevent losing, but end up being unable to win instead. Then if you want to bring in 《Leyline》s in addition to the 《Claim》s, what do you cut? While 《Leyline》 is a good card in a vacuum against those decks, fitting them in means completely dismantling your own synergies and any semblance of a proactive game plan. That’s why the first priority is to bring in the 4 《Nature's Claim》s. If both players have 《Leyline》s, they are going to win. The problem is that it’s much more critical for you to be able to remove their 《Leyline》 than it is for them to remove yours. In matchups where 《Leyline》s would be good, like Hollow One and BridgeVine, they have their own 《Leyline》s as well. Due to the popularity of the deck, most of the Dredge lists I have seen recently have adopted 4 《Leyline》s in their own sideboards.
