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Season 18, Episode 15: Brew Session (Omen Hawker + Training Grounds)

The dream of Sol Ring is alive and well thanks to March of the Machine\\u2019s astonishing blue mana dork, Omen Hawker. This little one drop taps for stunning amounts of mana \\u2014 but only to pay for activated abilities. It\\u2019s the kind of unique effect that promises so much power, but at the expense of consistency. Outside of oddballs like Zirda, Biomancer\\u2019s Familiar, Powerstone tokens and Renowned Weaponsmith, specialized mana producers like Omen Hawker were mostly going it alone.

Enter Training Grounds. This slick little reprint from March of the Machine: Aftermath suddenly doubles our options for a deck full of activated abilities, and opens up combo loops besides. It\\u2019s not an exact parallel: not every Omen Hawker deck will be a Training Grounds deck, but every Training Grounds deck can potential benefit from the Omen Hawker. This is a brewing space that has barely been touched in three decades of competitive Magic, so it\\u2019s all the more exciting to finally see what activated abilities can do.

Cavedan and David are brewing up a storm with eight new decklists featuring Omen Hawker, Training Grounds, or both. We\\u2019ve got Pioneer Drafna combo decks, Shark Typhoon control decks, pump knight aggro, Nykthos devotion, and even turbo Urza\\u2019s Saga. If that sounds far fetched, consider that Omen Hawker has already notched a 12th place Challenge finish in Modern, using Wizardcycling of all things! And the synergies in Pioneer keep getting better and better. It\\u2019s a great time to be a blue creature brewer, so head on down to The Training Grounds and Activate Your Game (TM).

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Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com