It is Monday again guys and they say you should start the week right. What that means for me is that we start with today’s Core Set 2019 Card Feature. I will present a card that favors Aggro decks (again) as I am an Aggro player by nature and this will be from the side of darkness or Black. Presenting, Isareth the Awakener:

The 3/3 body is still vulnerable to spells like Abrade but it would still depend on how you would decide to curve out your creatures. You can bait out creatures to spend their spot removals on.

The ability to bring back your other creatures that were destroyed earlier in a sense nullifies your opponents’ early efforts to stop your aggro and gets you the board advantage at the same time. This is aside from your other recurring creatures like Scraphead Scrounger and Dread Wanderer. She can also bring back critters with etb effects like the Ravenous Ravenous Chupacabra and Rishkar, Peema Renegade.

Here is what it will look like if I play her in a Mono Black Aggro shell:

Creatures
3 Bone Picker
1 Bontu the Glorified
2 Dread Shade
4 Dread Wanderer
4 Glint-Sleeve Siphoner
3 Isareth the Awakener
3 Night Market Lookout
2 Ruin Raider
4 Scrapheap Scrounger
3 Vicious Conquistador

Spells
1 Cast Down
4 Fatal Push
2 Walk the Plank
3 Aethersphere Harvester

Lands
1 Aether Hub
4 Ifnir Deadlands
3 Memorial to Folly
13 Swamp

In a Black Green Aggro deck, Isareth will most likely fit with one or two copies as she is more of a late game plan with the goal of returning Verdurous Gearhulks to edge you out on opposing creatures.

Let me know any other interactions you might have in mind with Isareth the Awakener. Just hit the comments below.

That is a wrap. Until the next post.