Again, back on the Burst train. So much
fun.
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The blue Burst commons are fairly
normal blue effects: countering spells, bouncing permanents, scrying,
and card draw.
The uncommons, and the next mythic,
however, is where it's at.
Rebel Recruiter steals a creature and
Spillway Throttler sleeps all creatures, both of which of course are
huge plays, but it's Ochetas here that really brings things home. It
has two separate instances of Burst, so you can stack them and choose
whether to sacrifice a land for each independently. If you need to
untap all of your permanents (and in particular your lands here) to
cast more spells in hand, effectively making Ochetas practically free
(apart from the sacrificed land), you can do just that. Or, if you
need to refill your hand with a few cards so you have some spells to
cast, you can do that instead. Or, sacrifice two lands and do both! I
love Ochetas as a bomb mythic. I originally named her Thalassa, but
of course it sounds like Thassa, and in any case both are from the
same root word, so instead of "Sea" as my root (especially
in a sewer), I used "eight". (Good thing she's an 8/8 for
8!)
The Plunges here aren't too special to
note here. Scavenger's Shadow is an Aura with the ETB Plunge trigger.
Peel Sanity is a Plunge that repeats until you get something that
isn't a land, so you get to Scry. You might peel five lands off the
top, or stop at the first card. Gurgly Lurker is the common Plunge
payoff.
Suckling Feeder is the uncommon Plunge
Payoff. Shiver of Merfolk has a "double Plunge" trigger,
and multiple ones, at that.
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