#18: Recurring Nightmare Weve already touched on a few Recurring Nightmare decks this month, but the biggest win for the card has got to be Brian Seldens 1998 World Championship list: Creatures (24) 1 Spike Weaver 1 Verdant Force 1 Tradewind Rider 4 Wall of Blossoms 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Man-o'-War 2 Nekrataal 2 Uktabi Orangutan 2 Spike Feeder 2 Wall of Roots 1 Spirit of the Night 1 Orcish Settlers 1 Cloudchaser Eagle 1 Thrull Surgeon Lands (22) Spells (14) Sideboard While Recurring Nightmare is most often thought of as part of Survival of the Fittest strategies, it has also enjoyed a fair bit of success in B/G Rock decks, just using it for value and in combo decks seeking to loop it, with any number of creatures that effectively net you mana each time
This black dinosaur can be especially powerful in a deck built around -1/-1 counters, as many of your opponents' creatures wont be able to block
Throw in some Tolarian Terrors and Cryptic Serpents , and you've got all the power you need to beat down an opponent's life total to zero in just a few turns
Since then, a lot has changed in Modern, but Humans remains one of the best possible options
Returning any creature from your graveyard to the battlefield after a creature with an impostor counter dies is like a win-win because you still get to keep your value engine running even as your creatures die
