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Maybe vigilance and trample is enough to sweeten the pot and get us interested, but I doubt it
Ikoria cards being reviewed: Vivien, Monsters Advocate Call of the Death-Dweller Mythos of Nethroi Drannith Magistrate Lavabrink Venturer Fiend Artisan Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Indatha Triome Bonders Enclave Bonus: Guest Choices Reviewers: Jordan Munson (author of Maverick on a Budget) Miranda Keith Connery Knox (Achillies27) Alex (Peach) Jono Yanik (Dreadnaught33) Tyrik Strachan Lorkac (Maverick Discord regular) MatsOle Douges Vivien, Monsters Advocate This card will probably not see play: MatsOle: I think Vivien needs to be extremely good at 5 mana, and I fear that since the creatures she creates dont have haste, youre better off playing Nissa, Vital Force , as sweepers are a bigger problem for Maverick than value decks
Boros Convoke is a dependable Standard MTG deck that does a good job avoiding the loss of steam that some aggro decks suffer from, and can even do well against board wipes thanks to lots of different tokens
Others may become prepared by fulfilling conditions, for example, through the number of permanents an opponent controls, life lost, or anything else
It can certainly become a game about minor advantages in combat math and about finding and playing your creature removal in the right time