Flying bricks have to be human-shaped and human-sized, so no Emrakul, Marit Lage, Withengar. So I think Avacyn is right, though to really hit the flying brick aesthetic, you'd have to be a wingless humanoid. The problem is, of course, that pretty much nothing in Magic just flies superhero-style; flying humanoids other than angels and aven are always portrayed riding something that actually flies, with a couple exceptions... I guess Tibor and Lumia come closest?
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Mox Jet/Black Lotus - OR - Mox Diamond/Chrome Mox *but requires an extra card in hand, so would have to be on the play)
Blood Crypt/Original Dual
Dark Rit into Buried Alive, Grabbing Emrakul, Anger, and any other third creature (I'm sure there's one that would be relevent in your grave)
If Black Lotus, you would crack the black lotus for RRR, cast Buried alive for RRB, and have mana left over to Fling Emrakul at your opponent after you hit them for 15.
Turn 1 kill with Emrakul. Turn 2 if you don't have the lotus and just have the mox jet, or get Exume instead of Buried Alive, or get a pain land instead of a dual.
Conversely you could just hit Mox Jet/Chrome Mox/Mox Diamond and any black source, Exume a Griselbrand, Reanimate it, then use his draw to draw out literally any combo in existance. Now I want to proxy up a Mono Black Dredge list for Vintage or Legacy (and use Mox Diamond/Chrome Mox instead of Jet) Just to pull that **** off. Of course I would have to run something silly like Chancellor of the Annex since I'm not in blue for Force unless I want to run Pact and risk not getting an instant speed kill off of Griselbrand on my upkeep
EDIT: Forgot about that whole, shuffles ability. Third creature would have to nullify that ability, or you would have to stifle him with something.
EDIT 2: Alrighty found a pseudo workaround. You crack lotus for RRR and cast Manamorphose for UB/UR. You draw an extra card (Stifle) and have a blue source of mana (unless you get Mox Diamond, or Chrome Mox with a blue card on it). Comes out to 6-7 cards
Realistically he should only be unblockable without equipment
Guard 1: There goes a sword floating down the street!
Guard 2: Well, he's unblockable, so ignore it.
Eat your greens kids, omnath does, and it makes him strong....
Marit Lage can hit the board and attack on turn 2. Emrakul, not so much.
I take it you've never played against Tin Fins?
T1: Dark Rit, Entomb => Griselbrand, Shallow grave =>Griselbrand+haste, draw 14 cards, do silly things(vomit all the mana from your hand and replay combo), put Emrakul in the grave, respond to his shuffle trigger with either another shallow grave, or goryo's vengence, Emrakul comes into play with haste, swing for 22 + annihilator six, and don't forget to gain that seven life from Gris?
I vote Akroma she is the Mother of all Bricks, I used to play mono black reanimator, turn one akroma = opponent jaw drop => concede
Mox Jet/Black Lotus - OR - Mox Diamond/Chrome Mox *but requires an extra card in hand, so would have to be on the play)
Blood Crypt/Original Dual
Dark Rit into Buried Alive, Grabbing Emrakul, Anger, and any other third creature (I'm sure there's one that would be relevent in your grave)
If Black Lotus, you would crack the black lotus for RRR, cast Buried alive for RRB, and have mana left over to Fling Emrakul at your opponent after you hit them for 15.
Turn 1 kill with Emrakul. Turn 2 if you don't have the lotus and just have the mox jet, or get Exume instead of Buried Alive, or get a pain land instead of a dual.
Conversely you could just hit Mox Jet/Chrome Mox/Mox Diamond and any black source, Exume a Griselbrand, Reanimate it, then use his draw to draw out literally any combo in existance. Now I want to proxy up a Mono Black Dredge list for Vintage or Legacy (and use Mox Diamond/Chrome Mox instead of Jet) Just to pull that **** off. Of course I would have to run something silly like Chancellor of the Annex since I'm not in blue for Force unless I want to run Pact and risk not getting an instant speed kill off of Griselbrand on my upkeep
EDIT: Forgot about that whole, shuffles ability. Third creature would have to nullify that ability, or you would have to stifle him with something.
EDIT 2: Alrighty found a pseudo workaround. You crack lotus for RRR and cast Manamorphose for UB/UR. You draw an extra card (Stifle) and have a blue source of mana (unless you get Mox Diamond, or Chrome Mox with a blue card on it). Comes out to 6-7 cards
Why are you doing all this work? Lotus, uuu, show and tell, emrakul. 3 cards. If you want him to attk t1, lotus, rrr, petal, r, any land, into the breach, emrakul. Petal can also be elvish/simian spirit guide/sol land/ any number of ritual effects.
Have a helicopter drop you off out front. Light your cigar with a small Indonesian boy holding a black lotus. Then bust out a craw wurm deck with no sleeves. Raw dog shuffle, loose terribly, flip the table, leave in a hovercraft.
Plus, Akroma really isn't that invunerable. In fact shes disfigured many times and has to rush back to Ixidor to get healed. Akroma is not a flying Brick. At least if we are actually going on storyline. In card form yes, very flying brick.
Akroma was a flying brick as a card, yet in the novels she probably only had flying, vigilance and protection from black instants and sorceries.
The skyship weatherlight itself was the best flying brick (ironically) constantly adapting to newly discovered legacy pieces like the Skyshaper and Bones of Ramos.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FlyingBrick
I personally think Akroma, Angel of Wrath is the best; there is a reason she was once voted as the most popular legend in Magic (Back in 2006).
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Yes.
Love her more than Akroma.
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It's Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.
It's the brickiest brick that ever brack.
Marit Lage out-bricks you 4 to 3.
Sorry, she's bigger, but the sheer amount of brickiness still goes to Emrakul. Emrakul is a big ball of swiss army tentacles.
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Greater morphling
[/CARD]: The brickbreaker.
“I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them.”
—Volrath
(I dont expect to win against emerakul)
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Emrakul isn't cool.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
My vote goes for Reya Dawnbringer, Akroma, Angel of Wrath and Baron Sengir.
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Disqualified. They don't share their powers. Tibor does the flying, Lumia does the pyromancy.
Seriously, I started looking at that in class and didn't hear a thing. Christ that site is soul consuming in a way Barin only wishes he was.
Who would think that there was so much analysis on Xanatos from Gargoyles?! Anyway I also vote Avacyn, Angel of Hope, she makes brick armies.
Marit Lage can hit the board and attack on turn 2. Emrakul, not so much.
1st turn: Badlands or Blood Crypt, tap for R, play Mass Hysteria.
2nd turn:Dark Depths, Tap previous land for B, Dark Ritual, Vampire Hexmage, Sac. Hexmage, Hit for 20. Game.
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Pascite draconem, evolvite aut morimini.
Mox Jet/Black Lotus - OR - Mox Diamond/Chrome Mox *but requires an extra card in hand, so would have to be on the play)
Blood Crypt/Original Dual
Dark Rit into Buried Alive, Grabbing Emrakul, Anger, and any other third creature (I'm sure there's one that would be relevent in your grave)
If Black Lotus, you would crack the black lotus for RRR, cast Buried alive for RRB, and have mana left over to Fling Emrakul at your opponent after you hit them for 15.
Turn 1 kill with Emrakul. Turn 2 if you don't have the lotus and just have the mox jet, or get Exume instead of Buried Alive, or get a pain land instead of a dual.
Conversely you could just hit Mox Jet/Chrome Mox/Mox Diamond and any black source, Exume a Griselbrand, Reanimate it, then use his draw to draw out literally any combo in existance. Now I want to proxy up a Mono Black Dredge list for Vintage or Legacy (and use Mox Diamond/Chrome Mox instead of Jet) Just to pull that **** off. Of course I would have to run something silly like Chancellor of the Annex since I'm not in blue for Force unless I want to run Pact and risk not getting an instant speed kill off of Griselbrand on my upkeep
EDIT: Forgot about that whole, shuffles ability. Third creature would have to nullify that ability, or you would have to stifle him with something.
EDIT 2: Alrighty found a pseudo workaround. You crack lotus for RRR and cast Manamorphose for UB/UR. You draw an extra card (Stifle) and have a blue source of mana (unless you get Mox Diamond, or Chrome Mox with a blue card on it). Comes out to 6-7 cards
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I take it you've never played against Tin Fins?
T1: Dark Rit, Entomb => Griselbrand, Shallow grave =>Griselbrand+haste, draw 14 cards, do silly things(vomit all the mana from your hand and replay combo), put Emrakul in the grave, respond to his shuffle trigger with either another shallow grave, or goryo's vengence, Emrakul comes into play with haste, swing for 22 + annihilator six, and don't forget to gain that seven life from Gris?
I vote Akroma she is the Mother of all Bricks, I used to play mono black reanimator, turn one akroma = opponent jaw drop => concede
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Why are you doing all this work? Lotus, uuu, show and tell, emrakul. 3 cards. If you want him to attk t1, lotus, rrr, petal, r, any land, into the breach, emrakul. Petal can also be elvish/simian spirit guide/sol land/ any number of ritual effects.
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The skyship weatherlight itself was the best flying brick (ironically) constantly adapting to newly discovered legacy pieces like the Skyshaper and Bones of Ramos.
On Modern Masters 2:
Will be kept until 12/31/2013 to prove if Right or Wrong.Proven right 1/27/2013Chimney Imp in close second. And both have flying!
But in all seriousness, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn.
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Mohamoti Djinn
No abilities except big and flies.
Emrakul as way to much unique abilities attached to him