WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
How does this deck win? Outside of Titan, how does it do anything besides ramp like crazy?
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How does this deck win? Outside of Titan, how does it do anything besides ramp like crazy?
blindrocket
Member
Haste creatures would get one bite in, sure.
I don't think that I want to spend the money on this combo...
Archangel of Thune
Scavenging Ooze
Deathrite Shaman
and
Voice of Resurgence
Advent of the Wurm
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Ooze, Shaman and Trostani gain you life, letting Archangel buff the creatures like crazy, while Ooze is buffing itself at the same time. Trostani is also populating the tokens from VoR and AotW.
Seems fun.
It's pretty much 100% ramp into Titan. I've tested variants that had stuff like Wolf Run, Time Warp, manlands and Emrakul for additional beat down but apparently this guy doesn't think the additional win cons are necessary. I think he's pretty much hinging on that T2/T3 titan into Sunhome.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
With no counters or protection or creature removal?
How did this thing win 1 game, much less win a daily...lol.
RampRampRampRampRamp TITAN!
*doom blade/GFFT*
Welp, GG!
Yeah, I can't imagine any deck with a singular, fragile wincon having that much success...outside of Charbelcher, I suppose. Manlands, Emrakul would make sense. But just a single Titan? The guy either played complete scrubs or just had the luck of the legendary enchantment creature gods on his side.
That's all in the sideboard. His G1 is committed to getting those Titans out.
The main problem with the deck is the lack of consistency and I guess this guy's strategy is to have the most consistent G1 possible and then fine tune his answers once he knows what he's up against.
(Leave my favorite modern deck alone ._.)
Look at this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLY8NORzu3g
It uses Tooth and Nail into Ob-Nixilis + Patron of the Moon.
It's such an innovative and versatile deck.
The main problem with the deck is the lack of consistency and I guess this guy's strategy is to have the most consistent G1 possible and then fine tune his answers once he knows what he's up against.
(Leave my favorite modern deck alone ._.)
Look at this version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLY8NORzu3g
It uses Tooth and Nail into Ob-Nixilis + Patron of the Moon.
It's such an innovative and versatile deck.
Well, my thought is going Boros and gumming up the ground with a bunch of 1 or 2 drops until you can land both the God and the Servitude. Actually probably should have some sort of direct damage package as well, to deal damage before the combo goes off and take care of pesky fliers. I don't know, it's just a jank idea, but it could be fun.
The opposing deck would scoop before that could happen, as untapping with a dragon in play and 7 mana untapped is going to be enough to win (unless it's an aggro mirror)
But yes, there are a lot of situations where he'd go monstrous and win on the spot.
Fleecemane Lion is in a similar position against control. You just.... have to kill it before they hit 5 mana, or else the game sort of ends. Far//away doesn't help if they have Sylvan Caryatid out, either, so it's just.... uuuugh.
new from bad dragon: "The Stormbreath"
Even with Nykthos, that card seems hard to cast because of the double colors. Gift of Orzhova would be a good way to help out with Devotion, though the card is whatever. It's the only card I could think of to get Nykthos the mana it needs to get to Ashen rider the quickest way out asides from maybe some Ozedat's Aid reanimator shenanigans.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
You thinking block wide? Cause I doubt the set has more than 15 mythics and we already also have the Dragon and the Walkers
Well, from trading and buying, I now have playsets of
Jace Architect of Thought
Sphinx's Revelation
Supreme Verdict
Godless Shrine
Hallowed Fountain
Steam Vents
Watery Grave
Overgrown Tomb
Aetherling
Detention Sphere
Angel of Serenity.
I REALLY hope that there is some deck I can end up playing without needing to invest too much more money.
Edit: Technomancer, who said you were allowed to change your avatar? CHANGE IT BACK
Jace Architect of Thought
Sphinx's Revelation
Supreme Verdict
Godless Shrine
Hallowed Fountain
Steam Vents
Watery Grave
Overgrown Tomb
Aetherling
Detention Sphere
Angel of Serenity.
I REALLY hope that there is some deck I can end up playing without needing to invest too much more money.
Edit: Technomancer, who said you were allowed to change your avatar? CHANGE IT BACK
Block wide.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Lol, yeah you have a deck in there for sure.
It's like Angel of Despair and Archon of Justice had a baby... And then that baby grew up and became an 8-drop.
People sideboard Angel of Despair in Legacy for Show and Tell right?
I know its really dumb, but this card would feel 10000x better at mythic to me if it was an Angel. As is, i'm wondering why it isn't rare.
And Dragons do?
divisionbyzorro
Member
I'm wondering if the mythic pro-enemy-color thing is a cycle. We've got that Master of Waves blue creature that's pro-red, and the red dragon that's pro-white.
Fair enough. Still doesn't excuse 2 mythic dragons in INN and DKA though
Would have to be block wide as we already have the white and green mythics.
I'm free if you want to play on Trice.
Next week, about to finish up some HW and stop testing for the night.
Unfortunately, that's likely when the playtest videos will have to wait until.
not keeping my lists safe this rotation, help yourself:
4 Magma Jet
2 Mizzium Mortars
2 Doom Blade
2 Far // Away
3 Ashiok
2 Psychic Strike
1 Counterflux
2 Rakdos Keyrune
4 Steam Augury
3 Jace, MemAdept.dll
2 Ral Zarek
1 Aetherling
4 Syncopate
1 Rakdos's Return
12 shocks
4 scrygates
7 Mountain
4 Island
sb:
3 Lifebane Zombie
1 Rakdos's Return
2 Dreadbore
1 Mizzium Mortars
2 Slaughter Games
2 Counterflux
1 Negate
2 Essence Scatter
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Aetherling
divisionbyzorro
Member
Magma Jet is really a 4-of? As is Steam Augury? And no Lightning Strike? Or is this just the "we haven't see enough of the support cards yet" list?
divisionbyzorro
Member
magma jet is the best direct damage spell in the format by an insanely wide margin. We don't really need more support cards, we have so many that I was forced to cut the reasonable-but-not-good-enough Lightning Strike.
however, I'm making room for "Hoofstomp Domri and Stormbreath -- the card". Holy shit is that powerful.
divisionbyzorro
Member
I guess I just didn't expect that there would be enough relevant X/2s to kill to where you wanted four of them. Then again, I guess there aren't really that many relevant X3s either to where Lightning Strike is good enough.
ash zealot, precinct captain, voice of resurgence, rakdos cackler, spike jester, lifebane zombie, burger king etc. The best aggro creatures are X/2s, and in the mirror it's "2 to the dome, set up your draws for a bit." Test it. It's crazy good.
the only reason I want room for strikes is so I can kill Fleecemane Lion a teeny bit easier, but setting up my draws is more valuable.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Well, all three of those are standard cards full stop. Downfall is modern playable immediately.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Fuck a flash 4/2 is also very good.
Goddamn it I want 4x of all those now plz
Goddamn it I want 4x of all those now plz
i'm out of printer ink ;.;
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Lol...I did that for Inn. Still have my printed out Geists.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Hero's Downfall doesn't really have a great home in Modern at the moment, but the power level is there.
also, this is probably obvious, but Steam Augury isn't that great - it's merely a way to play draw-go more efficiently in matchups where that's justified. 4 might not be correct, but it feels awesome to make good piles and get three useful cards out of it.
Sometimes you'll get four useless cards, sometimes one good one. It's a crapshoot.
It is absolutely impossible to draw yourself out of a bad situation with it unless you grab two answers.
Also, my favorite 'cute' play so far is sideboarding in 4x Young Pyromancer and 2x Lifebane Zombie after my opponent sideboards all of his removal out.
Sometimes you'll get four useless cards, sometimes one good one. It's a crapshoot.
It is absolutely impossible to draw yourself out of a bad situation with it unless you grab two answers.
Also, my favorite 'cute' play so far is sideboarding in 4x Young Pyromancer and 2x Lifebane Zombie after my opponent sideboards all of his removal out.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Hythonia the Cruel 4BB
Legendary Creature - Gorgon [Mythic]
Deathtouch
6BB:Monstrosity 3.
When Hythonia the Cruel becomes monstrous, destroy all non-Gorgon creatures.
4/6
Legendary Creature - Gorgon [Mythic]
Deathtouch
6BB:Monstrosity 3.
When Hythonia the Cruel becomes monstrous, destroy all non-Gorgon creatures.
4/6
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I like the Satyr. I think its the first Bestow card really shown so far that I can see myself playing as an aura consistently. If I've got a 2/2 that's going to die chumping a 6/6 anyway I can flash him out as an aura, killing the attacker, and then when my dude dies as well I've got the body on the field.
