Quick Mythic with WG Visitors in Historic BO1 -- my own homebrew that started as a Bogles deck!
Hello, all!
I'm DeathItself. I decided to try Historic for the first time when i got the bug to test out the following premise:
"If i run 8 copies of Bogles (1/1 hexproof), i might win more games by mulliganing to find one Bogle and all gas than i would if i was running 12+ creatures since each additional Bogle in hand is basically a dead draw."
My little experiment was my first foray into Historic. I knew zero cards, zero decks, no clue about the meta.
The mulligans... they hurt a lot. Going down to 4 cards in hand just to play a turn 1 Bogle may not be the strongest line after all. And even with a full grip, my creature would often top out at a mediocre size.
With a truly underpowered list I was hovering at a 48% winrate. I felt there must be something here.
Enter Visitors:
I was trawling through scryfall searching for strong 1drops when i struck gold: [[Generous Visitor]]
A +1/+1 counter for each cast enchantment. On a body!
I did know of [[Optimistic Scavenger]] and was testing it out a bit. This discovery finally made me shift from Bogles to a much more potent if glass-cannony build.
Another breakthrough happened when i faced someone playing [[Esper Sentinel]] and [[Mother of Runes]] and [[Hushbringer]].
Those are all seriously potent effects, on cheap bodies i can pump! I crafted one of each to test them out. My precious Bogles were now down to one copy of [[Gladecover Scout]] and one [[Slippery Bogle]]. In a way i really liked it, since now i could finally guarantee not to draw any extra copies of Bogles. 😬
The deck, the numbers:
76-36
68% winrate over 112 games.
16 creatures
Plus Lurrus which i added along the way when i learned about it. It's an elite package i have. Happy with every card. I'm running 1x Mother for the same reasons as with Bogles: because i'd rather not draw her at all than draw 2 or 3 copies. Same reasoning with [[Hushbringer]], but that one is up to 2x since she dies more easily than Mom, and she's an excellent target for buffs. And she just shuts some decks down.
Weakest link? I hate to say it but it's the last remaining Bogle. It's good! But it's the weakest of the creatures.
25 enchantments
It's a thin line, balancing too many vs too few. Not sure what's optimal, especially now that i have the potential card draw from Esper Sentinel.
Lots of shaky inclusions and "necessary evils" here. [[Cartouche of Solidarity]] and [[Sentinel's Eyes]] can be MVPs or just okay, depending on each game. And even [[Seam Rip]]. But the first on the chopping block may be some copies of [[All that Glitters]]. 2 mana is just so much for this current iteration of the deck.
18 lands
I don't know, man. The Bo1 hand-smoothener gives me excellent hands often. But it's terrifying keeping one-land hands. Lost some games like that for sure. I don't even know if i was supposed to be mulliganing those.
I could see myself going up to 19 or even 20 lands, since i would definitely be adding [[Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire]] too.
I've played +300 games of Historic now in total. I have seen zero copies of Generous Visitor played against me. One copy of Optimistic Scavenger -- someone playing a standard deck. :) So to the best of my knowledge, I've legit brewed a brew here! I've searched this sub. There's barely a mention of the card. Someone did make a deck with Visitors and even a whole video primer years ago, but it's very different to my low-to-the-ground build. If you have any ideas on how to potentially improve the deck or how to build a sideboard, I'm all ears! Including the landbase.
The imgur album has 11 images. I annotated them but don't know if everyone can see that text -- i know i can't on the reddit app i use. Here's the link again:
I'd like to talk historic, i welcome any questions and insight.