![]() ![]() However, after playing a bunch of games with the deck, no one seems to understand how Dubious Challenge works, so this happens less than it could or should. With Griselbrand, the downside is that if our opponent plays correctly, they can often use it to draw seven with our Flickerwisp trigger on the stack, which is annoying. Our backup options are Griselbrand and Iona, Shield of Emeria (along with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite in the sideboard), and both of these cards have some issues. If we ever hit multiple payoff cards with a Dubious Challenge, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is almost always the one we pick-it's that good. Our nut draw is when we use a Birds of Paradise to cast a Dubious Challenge on Turn 3 and hit Emrakul, the Aeons Torn along with a Flickerwisp (or another enabler) then, we just untap and kill our opponent on Turn 4 by annihilating away our opponent's board. PayoffsĪs for payoff cards, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is easily the best on in our deck. In this situation, our opponent simply chooses to take the Emrakul, the Aeons Torn from the Dubious Challenge and then casts Path to Exile on our Brooding Saurian, allowing them to keep the Eldrazi, untap, and kill us. The problem is when our opponent has removal like Path to Exile waiting. If our opponent doesn't have removal, Brooding Saurian is actually our best enabler because its triggered ability returns itself to our control at the end of turn. I got a little bit mathy with this deck and found that with just four copies of Flickerwisp and four copies of Glimmerpoint Stag, we were only 75% likely to hit a copy with Dubious Challenge, so I added in Brooding Saurian as a backup, which brought the percentage all the way up to 82%. If they take the Eldrazi, we simply "flicker" it to return it to the battlefield at the next end step, and if they take the Flickerwisp, we don't really mind because we have an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. When we Dubious Challenge into one of these cards and a payoff card like Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, we are guaranteed to end up with the Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, no matter what our opponent chooses. Our main enablers are Flickerwisp and Glimmerpoint Stag, which are essentially the same card in our deck. If we are lacking either one of these parts, our Dubious Challenge will either be bad (for example, each player gets a Birds of Paradise) or a complete whiff (i.e., we choose zero cards and spend our four mana for literally nothing). When we cast a Dubious Challenge, we really need to hit both a payoff card and an enabler for the card to work the way we want it to. So, just how do we go about breaking a card that gives the opponent all the choice? Enablers Ideally, if we are tapping out for a four-mana sorcery in Modern, we want it to be pretty close to "you win the game," which is the main goal of our deck. For four mana, we get to look at the top 10 cards and choose up to two creatures then, our opponent gets one (of their choosing) and we get whatever creature(s) are left over. Because of this, to really see the power (sic) of Dubious Challenge, we need to head to Modern!ĭubious Challenge has a lot of text on it, but what it does is fairly simple. Typically, when a new set comes out, we try to focus on Standard, but there simply isn'ta great way to make Dubious Challenge work in the format because in Standard, we are lacking both of the things that Dubious Challenge needs to be successful. In Standard, the payoff cards aren't always game winning, and the enabler cards are either slow or don't work with Dubious Challenge. Basically, to accept the Dubious Challenge, we need two groups of cards-payoffs and enablers-and there really isn't a ton of choice in either of these groups, because the good options are limited. The hardest part was figuring out what format to play. Against the Odds: Dubious Challenge Deck Techīuilding around Dubious Challenge was a weird combination of difficult and easy. If you enjoy the Against the Odds series and the other video content here on MTGGoldfish, make sure to subscribe to the MTGGoldfish YouTube Channel. Can we use the sorcery to get an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn on the battlefield on Turn 3, or will the results be slightly more dubious? We're about to figure it out! If you're a fan of another Kaladesh card, don't worry-we have another all- Kaladesh poll at the end of the article, so you'll have another chance to vote for your favorite new card!Īnyway, let's get to the videos, but first a quick reminder. As such, this week we are heading to Modern to take the Dubious Challenge. Welcome to episode fifty-six of Against the Odds! Last week on our all- Kaladesh Against the Odds poll, it was Dubious Challenge sneaking out a win by just one percent over Aetherflux Reservoir, with Saheeli Rai, the Planeswalker Deck planeswalkers, and Madcap Experiment coming in at the back of the pack. ![]()
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