Martial Glory seems like it could be good for a deck like this, since you could target two different heroic creatures while generating tokens with pyromancer. Seems like value town to me.
You can cipher Hidden Strings onto a creature after tapping down their blockers, get tokens from it with YP. Then, when your creature hits, cast the copy of Strings, make token with YP, target your Crusader with Hidden Strings, make token with Crusader, then exile the copy to make Nivmagus bigger.
Rinse and repeat. Maybe use some counter backup, maybe Izzet Charm, etc. Maybe splash white for Anax and Cymede.
Pardon me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't Overload cards be sort of counterproductive with this card (which I guess would make it not counter productive)? When you Overload a spell it no longer targets. Regardless, the obvious Young Pyromancer interaction alone makes it seem like it could do some interesting things in Standard or Modern.
Dynacharge seems OK because you'd typically want to use it as a Trumpet Blast, but it can function as a little pump spell that creates a 1/1 guy as well. I'm sure there will be some kind of card in Theros that will help get Heroic Triggers.
Does anyone know if Martial Glory can trigger the same creature twice in a single cast?
Then, when your creature hits, cast the copy of Strings, make token with YP, target your Crusader with Hidden Strings, make token with Crusader, then exile the copy to make Nivmagus bigger.
Powerful, but Nivmagus is probably beginning to wander towards Christmasland. Nonetheless, I like where this is going.
Hey, everyone loves a good magical Christmasland as it never rains there. Also, at the moment such a deck is very budget friendly, not counting a good manabase. Also, much cheaper to cast than a number of things in a certain magical christmasland that once enjoyed many color heavy & high costed spells.
It's too bad Travel Preparations is rotating out, woulda been the nut with Heroic. Blood of Flesh // Blood works well, as does the often forgotten Common Bond. Oh Aurelia's Fury works if it doesn't result in killing your guy (do it after attacks are declared). Hmm Armed of Armed // Dangerous is solid too.
And, since it would be running blue, you'd have access to protection in the form of Izzet Charm, Negate, Syncopate (and, please oh please, Remand in Theros)...and they would work well with Pyromancer, of course. I would definitely see protection as necessary, with Shrivel being in the same Standard.
Pardon me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't Overload cards be sort of counterproductive with this card (which I guess would make it not counter productive)? When you Overload a spell it no longer targets. Regardless, the obvious Young Pyromancer interaction alone makes it seem like it could do some interesting things in Standard or Modern.
An Overloaded spell doesn't target, but you have the flexibility to cast the spell for its normal cost (triggering Heroic) or with Overload to affect your board full of tokens for an alpha strike.
thnkr, I would love to see Remand and Serum Visions reprinted. Not only would they make for good companions to this sort of deck, but would also bring down the prices to closer to what I can spare.
Serum Visions? Maybe. I'd even accept a Preordain at 1U, since the original card turned out to be very, very powerful as a 1 mana draw spell. People would complain to the high heavens at first, but they'd accept when they realize that even at 2 mana, Preordain would be playable.
Probably not. You don't cast the copies provided by Storm.
Hidden Strings seems way too cute for me. Weapon Surge and Dynacharge, however, are awesome because they do the double duty of being targeted spells to build board presence with in the early game, and can be massive blow outs once you have a solid board in the mid game. Hell, going big on the theme by running Blue for a suite of Teleportals wouldn't be that bad either. Martial Glory in RW also seems great.
So I completely misread the heroic mechanic and thought it could trigger each time you targeted the creature instead of each spell. If this were the case Modern would've gotten a new archetype with:
Obviously going to be plenty of auras around, and there's stuff like that new protection from a color/scry. If there's a good 2-drop protection for him (like a better Alpha Authority or something) he's going to be a huge nuisance. Especially with other Heroic---generate a phat legion, then pump them with Anax and Cymede.
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honestly i think a play like
turn 1 Foundry Street Denizen
turn 2 Akroan Crusader and God Willing
would be one of the better aggresive plays. You swing for 4 on turn 2 get a 1/1 haster, two solid one drops and get to scry 1. Akroan Crusader into madcap skills would be 5 damage on turn 2 and could be followed up by a boros charm for 10 on turn 3 however most decks would simply kill Akroan Crusader so it would be rather dangerous. A r/w enchantment blitz strategy could work though. Madcap skills, Ethereal Armor, Legion's initiative, chained to the rocks, Gods willing,and Boros Charm as the core non-creature spells. Martial Glory, Armed,and Dynacharge might also be worth while. A package like that described would work well with heroic and would be very aggressive with Akroan Crusader.
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So far I'm rather liking the deck idea, any other ideas for synergy, or where this dude will find a home?
how about Five-Alarm Fire?
You can cipher Hidden Strings onto a creature after tapping down their blockers, get tokens from it with YP. Then, when your creature hits, cast the copy of Strings, make token with YP, target your Crusader with Hidden Strings, make token with Crusader, then exile the copy to make Nivmagus bigger.
Rinse and repeat. Maybe use some counter backup, maybe Izzet Charm, etc. Maybe splash white for Anax and Cymede.
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Does anyone know if Martial Glory can trigger the same creature twice in a single cast?
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It won't trigger the same creature twice, but it can trigger two creatures.
Powerful, but Nivmagus is probably beginning to wander towards Christmasland. Nonetheless, I like where this is going.
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An Overloaded spell doesn't target, but you have the flexibility to cast the spell for its normal cost (triggering Heroic) or with Overload to affect your board full of tokens for an alpha strike.
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Serum Visions? Maybe. I'd even accept a Preordain at 1U, since the original card turned out to be very, very powerful as a 1 mana draw spell. People would complain to the high heavens at first, but they'd accept when they realize that even at 2 mana, Preordain would be playable.
Hidden Strings seems way too cute for me. Weapon Surge and Dynacharge, however, are awesome because they do the double duty of being targeted spells to build board presence with in the early game, and can be massive blow outs once you have a solid board in the mid game. Hell, going big on the theme by running Blue for a suite of Teleportals wouldn't be that bad either. Martial Glory in RW also seems great.
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not bad. along with Gruul War Chant?
Turn 1: Akroan Crusader
Turn 2: Seeds of Strength (Make 3 tokens) swing for 7
Turn 3: Take your pick really, Sigil Blessing (Make a token) swing for 12 OR Dynacharge swing for 12 OR Rally the Righteous (make a token) swing for 15.
Have back up with Young Pyromancer, Anax and Cymede, and I'm sure more to come.
Oh well, it was a nice dream for a minute, haha
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Storm Crow is strictly worse than Seacoast Drake.
When have 1/1 hastes been so easy to produce?
Obviously going to be plenty of auras around, and there's stuff like that new protection from a color/scry. If there's a good 2-drop protection for him (like a better Alpha Authority or something) he's going to be a huge nuisance. Especially with other Heroic---generate a phat legion, then pump them with Anax and Cymede.
turn 1 Foundry Street Denizen
turn 2 Akroan Crusader and God Willing
would be one of the better aggresive plays. You swing for 4 on turn 2 get a 1/1 haster, two solid one drops and get to scry 1. Akroan Crusader into madcap skills would be 5 damage on turn 2 and could be followed up by a boros charm for 10 on turn 3 however most decks would simply kill Akroan Crusader so it would be rather dangerous. A r/w enchantment blitz strategy could work though. Madcap skills, Ethereal Armor, Legion's initiative, chained to the rocks, Gods willing,and Boros Charm as the core non-creature spells. Martial Glory, Armed,and Dynacharge might also be worth while. A package like that described would work well with heroic and would be very aggressive with Akroan Crusader.