The tapped lands problem was compounded by the fact that even the best lands in the deck, Blooming Marsh and Botanical Sanctum, were effectively tapped lands after Turn 3. Luckily for me, this wasn’t a common occurrence, but I was constantly living in fear.
There was a time where I thought I couldn’t beat any U/B Control player who thought to prioritize using Field of Ruins on my blue sources rather than saving them for the Winged Temple itself. The blue mana in the deck was stretched super-thin.
The stock lists played five tapped lands and wanted even more. Drawing the tapped lands later in the game was a huge liability. It wants to use all of its mana nearly every turn and can find ways to do powerful things with excess lands on the battlefield: casting Hadana’s Climb and using the activated ability of Winged Temple of Orazca on the same turn, for instance, maybe even with a use of Hashep Oasis thrown in if we’re super-late in the game. The Constrictor deck is very-mana hungry for having such a low average converted mana cost. These lands were necessary evils in Rivals of Ixalan Standard, evils that I hope to purge from my decklists with the release of Dominaria. If we go into Dominaria Standard expecting only minor updates to the Constrictor lists, we’re likely to miss the next big thing. However, it’s important to keep in mind that the Constrictor deck can be torn apart and rebuilt in a completely different form with ease. If anyone’s saying that, they aren’t saying it to me. I’m not trying to claim that people think Winding Constrictor decks won’t be good in Dominaria Standard. For whatever reason, the Constrictor shell has been historically excellent at incorporating new cards and reinventing itself. If I had five dollars for every time someone said Constrictor was dead, I’d have almost as much money as I’ve won by casting Winding Constrictor. Regardless, the point I’m making is that we’ve seen a lot of different Winding Constrictor decks find success since the printing of Aether Revolt. I think they shed their skins, which is basically adapting to their environment, right? I don’t actually know very much about other Snakes. Supposedly Humans have the adaptability market cornered, but in my experience, Snakes can sure give them a run for their money.
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