You Pick the Card: Ghirapur Orrery

Faithless Brewing #36: Ghirapur Orrery

 

The results are in! In the final days before Theros: Beyond Death, we let our listeners choose the card that we would brew around for the week. Many outstanding cards from Magic's past and present were nominated, but in the end, only one could emerge victorious in the patron poll: Ghirapur Orrery! This forgotten gem from Kaladesh hearkens back to the days when we were small children with a poor understanding of Magic's rules: we were convinced, for example, that if you played your last card from hand you immediately got to draw a fresh seven, or that if you declared "fast mana" you could play multiple land drops at once. Well guess what, children: with Ghirapur Orrery in play, now you can do both, and it's not even against the rules! The dream of going nuts with an Orrery is certainly enticing, but to make this card competitive, a lot has to go right. David has some ideas for getting the ball rolling, so let's dive into the lists!

 

Also in this episode: a GP Portland tournament report, 2019 in Review, Theros: Beyond Death Previews, Regisaur testing results, and more!

 

You Pick the Card Poll Results: Summary

 

 

Roundup: GP Portland + 2019 in review + Theros Previews

 

 

Izzet Flash (Damon): 4-4, GP Portland (Standard)

 

 

Flashback: Rotting Regisaur

 

 

Modern

 

GB Heartless Summoning (Dan): 2-3

 

Reference:

 

"Amulet-less Titan" (bolov0): runner-up, Modern MOCS

 

Urza Charm (VTCLA): winner, Modern MOCS

 

 

Pioneer

 

Golgari Great Hengisaur (David): 5-5 leagues

 

Monoblack Picker (Dan): 7-3 leagues

 

Abzan Evolve (David): 4-1 league

 

Rakdos Vamp Madness (David): 4-1 league

 

 

Follow-ups from previous weeks:

 

Seasons Past / Fires of Invention (Dan): 3-2

 

Scarab God Reclamation (aspiringspike)

 

Blood Moon Niv-Mizzet (Lawson Zandi): 5-3 Modern challenge, 5-0 league, 4-1 league

 

RB Regicleave by Paimon ("Pioneer Death's Shadow)

 

Legacy Kiora Prison by Johan Bang

 

 

Brew Session: Ghirapur Orrery

 

 

Pioneer

 

Sketch 1: Simic Ghirapur Lands

 

 

Sketch 2: Sultai Dredge

 

 

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