Our puzzle this week finds you on mono black, at the tail end of a tense game against UW Faeries. Find a way to sneak past their defenses and take the match!
Player: 1 Life
Field: Liliana's Specter, Phyrexian Rager
Lands: Swamp x4
Hand: Unearth, Cower in Fear, Disfigure, Trespasser's Curse
Library: Rite of Consumption
Opponent: 2 Life
Field: Faerie Miscreant, Spellstutter Sprite, Angelic Renewal
Hand: Spellstutter Sprite
Solution
1. Cast Cower in Fear. If the opponent lets it resolve, they have either 0 or 1 creatures, and you can disfigure when they flash in spellstutter to block.
2. If the opponent tries to counter your Cower, respond by disfiguring their spellstutter sprite. At this point they have two options: If they bring it back with Renewal, its mandatory trigger will force them to counter the second sprite and Cower will resolve. If they leave it dead, the second sprite will ETB and there won’t be enough faeries to counter anything, and Cower will resolve.
3. Either way, swing for lethal past their 0-1 blockers.
Potential spoiler
Cast disfigure on the miscreant, then play cower in fear. Attack with both creatures.
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What do you do if the opponent brings back miscreant with Angelic Renewal?
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