Gonti’s Machinations Bad Card Challenge

Gonti’s Machinations was voted the worst uncommon card in Aether Revolt. But is it really? Can you make a fun and competitive deck with a bad card?

Gain and Drain

Creatures (20) 3 Aerial Responder 2 Cliffhaven Vampire 1 Defiant Bloodlord 2 Drana’s Emissary 1 Felidar Sovereign 2 Indulgent Aristocrat 2 Kambal, Consul of Allocation 1 Linvala, the Preserver 2 Lone Rider 2 Night Market Lookout 2 Zulaport Cutthroat Spells (18) 3 Alms of the Vein 2 Blessed Alliance 2 Call the Bloodline 3 Die Young 3 Gonti’s Machinations 3 Live Fast 2 Stasis Snare Land (22) 4 Aether Hub 4 Concealed Courtyard 5 Plains 4 Shambling Vent 5 Swamp

Sideboard (14) 1 Alms of the Vein 1 Blessed Alliance 1 Collective Brutality 1 Die Young 1 Essence Extraction 1 Forsaken Sanctuary 1 Fumigate 1 Gifted Aetherborn 1 Gonti’s Machinations 1 Indulgent Aristocrat 1 Live Fast 1 Providence 1 Sorin, Grim Nemesis 1 Vampire Cutthroat