Antlion's Revenge #3 [duo][earth][aether]

[ARTHANASIOS]

Here it comes, the 3rd Antlion Revenge deck and stronger than the previous 2, since it is upped!

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The strategy is simple and well-known, yet impressively effective with Antlions. While mono-aether can do the same, it can't have both Twin Universe and Immortality, while Antlions can be TU while unborrowed and "immortal" while borrowed. In other words, the SoW & TU strategy becomes CC-resistant.
It also works with 4 unupped Antlions instead of 4 upped ones (+2 on damage is not that great difference when you buff your creature with 3-4 SoWs). Unupped Antlions do less physical damage but greater mental damage against human opponents!
Enjoy!

[ColorlessGreen]

Would it be worthwhile to add one or two quints in case you need to sacrifice the TU strategy in favor of a shield-bypassing strategy in case of dim shields/etc?

Even if you didn't need to bypass a chain of dim shields, they'd still effectively allow you double the damage from a single antlion after you TU-spam in the event of CC.

[ARTHANASIOS]

Would it be worthwhile to add one or two quints in case you need to sacrifice the TU strategy in favor of a shield-bypassing strategy in case of dim shields/etc?

Even if you didn't need to bypass a chain of dim shields, they'd still effectively allow you double the damage from a single antlion after you TU-spam in the event of CC.

Interesting suggestion, though I personally prefer to have my deck focused on one thing at a time. Probably -1 Twin Universe & -1 Dim Shield for +2 Quints or something similar...