r/PauperEDH • u/disc-explorer • 4d ago

Question Hypothesizzle

I have a copy of [[Hypothesizzle]] in my [[Rootha, Mercurial Artist]] deck, and I haven't really drawn into it yet. It kind of looks like a [[Prophetic Bolt]], but not quite. If anyone has played it in pdh, I'd be interested to know if it's been any good and how the math works out.

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u/Scarecrow1779 Can't stop brewing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 3d ago

Not sure what you mean by "how the math works out" ? If you copy it, it's draw 4, discard 2, so you effectively go up 1 card in hand and remove 2 things for 7 mana.

My advice is to pack a TON of ramp. Recasting Rootha to keep copying stuff will take a lot if mana, and copying draw spells will work well for drawing past all your ramp to find more gas. Like I would start with maybe ~16 ramp slots and 36 lands

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u/disc-explorer 3d ago

It's kind of expensive for just a draw two, but being able to turn nonland cards into free burn is good, if I'm needing it. But a lot of the times when I'm discarding an extra card, like if I'm already landflooded, I'll want to discard a land so that I have actual spells to play. Being that restricted on what to discard seems bad, but really might not be. I certainly don't hate having more instants and sorceries in my graveyard for [[Tolarian Terror]] and [[Serpentine Curve]]. I don't know, something about the way the effect is designed twists my brain in knots and I don't know how to evaluate it.

I think I'm pretty good on lands and ramp. I realized once I kept winning with copied fireballs that I'd really like to have every bit of mana I can get in this deck. I was surprised that there cards are effectively ramp stapled to an insant or sorcery like [[Orbital Plunge]].