MTG Salvation

Rares/Mythics:

• Archangel of Thune
  
• Clone
  
• Awaken the Ancient
  
• Ogre Battledriver
  
• Thorncaster Sliver
  
• Ratchet Bomb

W: 16
U: 12
B: 17
R: 17
G: 17
Artifact: 4
Land: 1

I'd go with WB as the core, splashing blue for Clone, Trained Condor, possibly Essence Scatter, Time Ebb, and/or Disperse for more removal/tempo control

Naya colors are good in this pool i would go boros(RW) in this one and maybe splash G for 4-5 cards

So few removal in this pool, I would go all out Red/Green and just spam creatures. I mean, put some slivers, that battledriver, that mountain enchant, dragons, barage to punch your enemy when he kills one of your creatures, trollhide seems a good addition.

That angel + control/gain life could be something. But I feel with just disperse/ essence scatter it wouldn't be enough and splashing black wouldn't add much and splashing red would only add outrage.

After some tough, maybe naya could be better than just RG. That master of distraction + hive stirring could do some really god damage.

I can actually see making 2 viable decks. One good and one so-so but still ok.

White has some good bomby lifegain stuff going on. Paired with red or green would be kinda fun.

Black looks alright and could play nice with the color that doesnt get paired with white.

Blue to me is meh. It has some interesting cards that are worth a splash.

(so how far off am i?)

I like trying U/W flyers here but I can see a number of other possible builds. I wouldn't rule out any of the colors in this pool as I think all of them could be playable though I don't see any combination that stands out as far above the rest.

Initial impression: Don't like the White in this pool, too many 4 drops and outside of Archangel (which looks amazing) nothing overly exciting. Green doesn't seem to have much to me either, two or three good creatures, Trollhide and a bunch of sideboard cards.

I kind of like B/R as main colors. Good number of two drops plus some good fat/bombs in Minotaur Abominator, Vampire Warlord, Ogre Battledriver, Young Pyromancer and Awaken the Ancient. There's also some decent synergy going on I think between cards like Battledriver, Pyromancer and Seismic Stomp.

Quote from FlossedBeaver

Uh, what? White gives you a pair of splashable 3/3 fliers on the attack and a bomby enchantment that gives you 4/4 fliers if you can gain enough life - which that white pool is easily prepared to do, especially with Archangel of Thune.

The Charging Griffins are very good you're right. But I don't know how much I really like Angelic Accord and I still don't like how thin White is under 4 mana.

Also, let me give you a heads up: Awaken the Ancient is terrible, and a pain in the @$$ to cast.

Terrible as a 4 drop sure. If I'm in Red (and not 3 colors) I'm still playing it though.

This pool is incredibly hard to build. You have lots of options at first glance, however the lack of removal across the board necessitates blue being one of the colors. It offers the best tempo play which is how this build is going to win, with time ebb, and essence scatter complimenting claustrophobia. The fliers are pretty good too.

The white is the most powerful color, but it oddly doesn't mesh well with the blue here.

I'd pair the blue with the black (three evasive guys and a removal spell) or red (ogre battledriver and a removal spell). I lean towards red because of personal preference but black just might be the answer.

Naya

Pretty weak pool. Blue and black look like the most solid colors, but even they are not deep enough. I think i'd splash green for combat tricks and Trollhide.

This pool appears to have some good options. I voted Naya, but one of the colors might get dropped if cutting to 23 didn't go well.

Quote from hoyerhan

Pretty weak pool. Blue and black look like the most solid colors, but even they are not deep enough. I think i'd splash green for combat tricks and Trollhide.

lolwut. This pool is insane, and the best pool from the three threads fnord has posted. Red, white, and blue are all nuts. Red alone gives between 16 and 19 playables depending on how much you want to commit to it. Black and green aren't bad either.

I'd probably go R/w, but I don't know how I'm going to cut Time Ebb, Disperse, Trained Condor, Essence Scatter, and Clone. Archangel of Thune is just way too good for me to let go of white. Jeez, maybe I just go UW and try and smash through the air, but then I'd have to cut Barrage of Expendables, the slivers, the mini-dragons, and the two Falters.

. . . Ugh. UW. Final answer.

I think blue is a must, as it has the only depth in removal and other playables. Definitely the strongest color here.

After that it looks like you could with either white or black. Personally I went with white, as I think M14 sealed will be slow and I would rather have white's fliers than black's groundpounders. Plus white has the only real bomb in the angel.

This pool is rather weak. Any pool that forces me to use Rod of Ruin must be weak. Near zero removal and only two great creatures (Archangel and Ogre) make me believe that we to have a chance of winning our deck has to be synergetic, because powerful it won't be.

White has got a the aforementioned Archangel of Thune and even a few playable lifegain spells to go along with it, two Charging Griffins and a combat trick. Celestial Flare is mediocre at best but it is what we have. Blessing is certainly interesting when we have fliers.

Black has Quag Sickness, Accursed Spirit and not one but two Deathgaze
Cockatrice. This is pretty damn good, all things considered. The two Corpse Haulers are rather nice as well to rebuy Cockatrices and generaly not being a terrible lategame topdeck. Tenacious Dead has good synergy with Vampire Warlord and Altar's Reap.

Red is, imo, the strongest color, a little ahead of white. Ogre Battledriver is great, Chandra's Outrage is good, the two Regathan Firecat should at least trade with something or eat removal, Barrage of Expendable can only be good and Young Pyromancer is one of the best Goblin Pikers ever printed (after Dark Confidant and maybe Kataki).

Blue has great support spells but no offense to speak of. If it curved
better with white this would be probably a strong option.

Green has a few good creatures, tricks and that is it. Double Ranger's Guile is nice but that doesn't entice me enough.

I think Black/Red, Red/White and White/Black are worth building.

Rakdos colors gives us the Tenacious Dead/Barrage of Expendables combo and two removal spells. Talons on Accursed Spirit or a Firecat should end the game. This is what I'd probably play as it offers the most removal and most synergies.

Put all your best spells together and hope for the best. Ogre is amazing with white's fliers, Hive Stirrings is a little better here as it synergizes with Ogre, Barrage and Pyromancer. Too bad the other Slivers aren't good enough on their own to add though I may be underestimating Thorncaster.

Orzhov colors is cute if nothing else. 4 Enchantment spells gives me an excuse to use Blightcaster and Accursed Spirit is probably the best target for Blessing in the format after Phantom Warrior and Witchstalker. Still, bad curve is bad. I feel this build mostly relies on sitting on Tenacious Dead, CockatriceS, Oxen and hoping the Archangel steals the game.

This pool is honestly not very exciting. I think the best choice is UW, but I wish we had a few more hard removal (one Pacifism would be nice) and at least two more 2-drops. We do have lots of goodies though: Archangel of Thune and Clone are bombs, we have lots of fliers alongside Warden of Evos Isle, and Rod of Ruin (insane) and Ratchet Bomb (less insane but passable, specially as a means to deal with 1-2 drops that we don't have plenty of anyway).

Suntail Hawk
Capashen Knight
Coral Merfolk
Master of Diversion
Trained Condor
Warden of Evos Isle
2x Charging Griffin
Clone
Archaeomancer
Messenger Drake
Armored Cancrix
Archangel of Thune

Accorder's Shield
Ratchet Bomb
Celestial Flare
Show of Valor
Disperse
Negate
Essence Scatter
Claustrophobia
Time Ebb
Rod of Ruin

1 Shimmering Grotto
8 Island
8 Plains

Pretty straightforward. Accorder's Shield is in because Shield + any flier makes at least a 2/5 flying vigilant beast, which is very good both on offense and defense. The deck has Rod, Bomb, 2 bounce spells, 2 counters, 1 trick and 2 removal spells (Flare and Claustrophobia), so very good ratio too. Not having a lot of two-drops is actually potentially nice due to Essence Scatter being in the pool.

I'd built it like that and expect to 3-1 a four-rounds event.

Quote from Rhum

I'd go with WU, even if GR seems playable too. Angelic Accord should be insane with this pool and Blue adds some removals and flyers.

/Agree.

That Blue complements the White AMAZINGLY. So, so many flyers including the blue one that reduces cc by 1, lol.

Is Angelic Accord good enough? In white we have Archangel, who needs to connect at least twice on her own to make an angel token, and the 2 Divine Favors and 1 Soulmender. Black gives us the vampire who will never trigger the enchantment on her own. Seems very win-more, but I could be wrong. Casting a Divine Favor and then activating Soulmender in the same turn would make an angel, but in all other situations it's completely useless.

GW/u....because I like clone.

See, this is one of those times that makes me think that a lot of people just pick blue because it's blue whether it's good or not. Why can't I have these kids at my shop? Jeeez.....

The pool is kinda sucky, but I went with R/W.

I decided that U/W Fliers was the most solid archetype that gave me the most Bombs, Removal, and Evasion, even though the deck is a bit light on playables. 7/15 creatures have flying, plus Trained Condor to send someone airborne and Clone to copy a flyer. Even my questionable, low-power plays (Divine Favor, Soulmender) can sort of combo with Archangel to provide a ton of value.

Quote from St@rWizard

This pool is honestly not very exciting. I think the best choice is UW, but I wish we had a few more hard removal (one Pacifism would be nice) and at least two more 2-drops. We do have lots of goodies though: Archangel of Thune and Clone are bombs, we have lots of fliers alongside Warden of Evos Isle, and Rod of Ruin (insane) and Ratchet Bomb (less insane but passable, specially as a means to deal with 1-2 drops that we don't have plenty of anyway).

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I went for UW Flyers as well but why is Rod of Ruin insane here or anywhere for that matter? What decks want this card?