Dredge is a modern-day monster, certainly out-gunning even most of its contemporaries and breezing through tournaments when unencumbered, but it is rarely the most likely deck to win any particular tournament, any more than Doran or Red Deck Wins, even though any of them is capable
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The first of three cards from the sets Special Guests cards found herein is Stoneforge Mystic, a beloved equipment-themed card that can tutor up any equipment from your deck when it enters
Doomsday Excruciator This could probably go down as one of the most slept-on Magic cards of all-time, as it has been the cornerstone of both a World Championships winning deck and a Pro Tour winning deck, and people still look for ways to play anything else
Selesnya Elves Creatures (34) 4 Llanowar Elves 2 Boreal Druid 4 Heritage Druid 4 Devoted Druid 2 Nettle Sentinel 4 Elvish Archdruid 4 Ezuri, Renegade Leader 4 Elvish Mystic 4 Dwynen's Elite 2 Vizier of Remedies Lands (18) Spells (8) In general I like the Devoted Druid / Vizier of Remedies combo against Dredge, since their primary form of creature interaction, Conflagrate, is sorcery-speed, and I think Selesnya Elves is the best deck with that combo
Both are also four-drops and they'll get any Swamp, even a dual land, but this is key in Black decks alongside Cabal Coffers and Cabal Stronghold and similar massive ramping from your Swamp count