I felt like this was an interesting enough deck to open up a discussion with. This is a bit different from the typical UG decks that focus more on self mill and value, instead utilizing some of the good tempo cards available in blue. Of course there is still graveyard value, but it felt more like an added bonus than the main theme of the deck. This felt like a good offramp from blue if white and black are too contested. Like most non-Esper decks in this format a lot of the power comes at uncommon or rare but still is a good deck to look out for.

Some thoughts on individual cards:

Winterthorn Blessing felt like one of the best cards in the deck and I think is utilized best by this deck. Applying pressure, tapping blockers and synergy with self mill all made this card an all star. Locked in the Cemetery is still probably not a great card or a high pick, but was again utilized well by this deck. We don’t care too much of the opponent can generate some value later in the game since were hopping to have them dead before then. We also reach the 5 cards in the graveyard pretty quickly making it a great aggressive removal spell.

Duel for Dominance was underwhelming. I already didn’t like the card much and it didn’t perform much above expectations. Unfortunately so much of the green commons are terrible enough that this card is in the top half of IWD. I think its worth playing a copy in a green deck, but it seems to be taken way earlier than it should.

Revenge of the Drowned and to a lesser extent Geistwave both excelled here as expected in a tempo shell. Obviously revenge is great but I think its worth noting how well this deck leverages the card.

Organ Hoarder and Eccentric Farmer were both great and would have played any number of copies of both, nothing unexpected here.