@milegyenanevem: I think I had a Gatekeeper or another removal spell in hand. Otherwise, I would probably attack there.

@drn: I actually forgot to include Captivating Vampire, which I like as a 1-2 of. Personally, I’ve disliked playing aginst Vampires with CawBlade, but if the deck is built well it’s probably not a bad matchup after all.

Yeah, there should be 1-2 Vandals/Crushes, especially to compete with Batterskull in the future.

Having played it a fair amount (Testing only, I hate tribal decks) I found 1 Manic Vandal maindeck to be great, since your deck is nothing but crappy 2/2s and you play 0 artifacts, not to mention you can scry him away if need be. I also prefer it to crush in the board, they don’t even use sword until they are stabilized so crush is only good vs Boros, and Vandel is fine there too.

Anyone who is thinking of playing this, switch Demon of Death’s Gate with Mark of Mutiny, which not only combos with Viscera Seer, but is good vs Valakut and RUG (Valakut will beat you regardless of your board plan, they are heavily favored pre and post board).

Can’t fault the players though, they’re gonna follow the good cards. Seems out of place seeing the same opening from the premier control and aggro decks, though.