# Otters U/R

- Format: Standard (casual 60-card constructed), intended for two players.
- Colors: blue / red.
- List: [blb-otters-ur.csv](blb-otters-ur.csv). Sideboard: [sideboard.csv](sideboard.csv).
- Guide (Spanish): [guide_blb-otters-ur.html](guide_blb-otters-ur.html).
- Core source: the Otter Limits precon (BLB) plus Bloomburrow pulls.
- Status: upgrade of the Otter Limits precon. Pull cards use only copies no
  other deck claims; Bria and one Swiftwater Cliffs are shared with the Alania
  Commander deck, which borrows them from the same precon.

## Game plan

1. Curve Stormcatch Mentor into Tempest Angler, Kindlespark Duo or Thieving
   Otter; Pearl of Wisdom costs {U} with Mentor and an Otter out.
2. Bria, Ral and Stormsplitter on turn 4 turn every cheap spell into extra
   damage: prowess for the team, Otter tokens, or a hasty Stormsplitter copy.
3. Rabid Gnaw, Sugar Coat, Flame Lash and Conduct Electricity clear blockers;
   Shore Up and Run Away Together protect the board.

## Pull-pool tuning

- 21 lands (was 18) for a curve that tops out at Alania.
- In: Pearl of Wisdom x4, Rabid Gnaw x2, Flame Lash x2, Sugar Coat x2, Playful
  Shove, Ral, Crackling Wit.
- Out: Daring Waverider, Valley Floodcaller, the second Alania, one
  Stormsplitter, three Conduct Electricity, and one each of Kindlespark Duo,
  Thieving Otter, Sazacap's Brew, Run Away Together and Dazzling Denial.
- The sideboard holds the 15 precon cards not in the main deck.
- Stormchaser's Talent is banned in Standard (Scryfall); kept in the
  sideboard only as a reference.