Flubs + Assault Suit theorycraft/primer
What up my nerds, I'm about to spill. Around a month ago I had an idea: [[flubs, the fool]] being passed around the table with [[assault suit]]. I love Flubs. I raced to build him when he first came out and was quickly disappointed with a janky group hug build, and I learned that if you're not going for Flubs's optimal storm solitaire playstyle he just kinda sucks. Since then, I've longed for a Temur group hug commander (and recently rejoiced for Zagorka) as well as a voltron commander, a strategy I've never tried to pull off before. And so it dawned on me: what if your opponents were the ones stuck with Flubs? With assault suit, it's like everyone has an [[oppression]] on the field during their turns.
The idea immediately struck me as too stupid to do, but I couldn't put it out of my head. I realized that [[fumble]]ing your decked-out Flubs when he's attacking you, like Lucifer betraying god, would be fucking hilarious. That [[vanishing]] to phase out Flubs in the face of danger means that he keeps whatever auras and equipment attached when he phases back in, even if he phased out under a now-dead opp's control. The thought of sending Flubs around the world equipped with [[fishing gear]] made me smile. And so, here's the current decklist: https://moxfield.com/decks/bNCjDeNbuUW_98GID5-O8w
I realize I'm not the first to put an assault suit on Flubs after a cursory Googling, and so I'm hoping that y'all could help me push this thing into bracket 3 somehow, which is where my meta typically plays. The current build is focused on making this terrible idea consistent in a few ways: some powerful Temur group hug and landfall cards, specific tutors for assault suit, as well as what I consider to be redundancy for assault suit: [[switcheroo]]s. Of course, we need a bunch of other stuff to actually win the game: voltron pieces, evasion, protection, and perhaps most importantly, goad, because assault suit doesn't say anything about requiring your opps to attack, an oversight fixed with [[slicer, hired muscle]] and [[alexios, deimos of kosmos]]. But those guys aren't cute frogs.
Goad: [[renegade silent]], [[spectacular showdown]], [[disrupt decorum]], [[illusionist's gambit]], [[the sound of drums]] and [[shiny impetus]] are self-explanatory. I'm also using [[coveted jewel]] and monarch cards like [[court of garenbrig]] and [[court of vantress]] as further combat incentives.
Voltron: [[argentum armor]], [[excalibur, sword of eden]], [[blackblade reforged]], [[buster sword]] and [[strong back]] should make our frog a killer as well as a killer cosplayer, especially with evasion pieces like [[brotherhood regalia]], [[aqueous form]], and [[canopy cover]]. [[bristly bill]] is a bit too expensive, so I'm hoping [[necklace of girion]] and [[earthbender ascension]] can offer some consistent buffs while offering a little ramp.
Group hug: just in case an opp is playing cheerios, this is how we're making sure Flubs is bad for everyone. [[horn of greed]], [[faerie mastermind]], [[howling mine]] and [[minds aglow]] can hopefully keep hands full and discardable, but at time of writing I worry I could want more hug pieces.
Perhaps Cuttable Fun Stuff: [[perplexing chimera]] - we're already playing [[homeward path]] for a renegade Flubs, why not perplex everyone while we're at it? [[aethersnatch]] is my favorite card of all time (because it's potentially every card), but in this deck, we're happy to offer switcheroos, so we're trying [[sudden substitution]] here. [[Ghost vacuum]] is here because, aside from wanting to try it in a deck forever, theoretically Flubs should be having our opps discarding awesome creatures. [[dragonback assault]] is just awesome and i'm glad to finally have a Temur deck to try it. Finally, [[doppelgang]] is how I'm justifying [[mana flare]], an insane group hug piece. [[cold-eyed selkie]] is a potential Flubstitute. Speaking of which, I'm waiting on my copy of [[bilbo, luckwearer]] to come in the mail because it does many things Flubs wants to do.
Much needed Fun Stuff: [[exchange of words]], [[puca's mischief]], [[shifting grift]], [[role reversal]] play important parts as both other ways to give away Flubs and also interaction.
I'm actually about to head to the LGS to give this a go, so I'll wrap it up with some notable exclusions: [[wrong turn]] should probably be in the deck, and [[ivy, gleeful spellthief]] would probably be awesome if I could squeeze a few more auras in here.
Anyway, that's what I've got so far. What would you do with this deck, aside from burn it? Thank you!