Gameplan: Rip through your deck with Opt, Chart a Course, and Discovery, making all 12 of your creature threats gigantic. Disrupt the opponent with Dive Down and Spell Pierce, while using Shock and Lava Coil to clear any threats out of the way.

This deck plays controlling for the first part of the game, but turns the corner quickly once it lands a Drake or Adapts a Pteramander. Your creatures hit so hard that you don't need a ton of time to finish the opponent off, and all it usually takes is a timely Dive Down or Spell Pierce to get that through. Plus, with all the card draw, you can often present more threats than they have removal.

This deck tries to adapt to go over or under opposing decks after sideboard, with counterspells and Niv-Mizzet against control, and cheap removal against aggro. I especially like Entrancing Melody right now - it can yoink Hydroid Krasis for just four mana, which is a steal (both literally and figuratively).

If you like playing a deck that adapts well, Drakes is the deck for you. I personally love decks that can switch gameplans and turn on a dime, and Drakes is great at doing that. I'd recommend giving it a spin, and think it's a very good choice for the current metagame.

LSV