MTG Salvation

Quote from Cyxics

I think that card is too expensive! The title of the thread says that this deck is a veeeeery casual Kresh the Bloodbraided deck. We can't just tell him to blow out his bank account.

Je3vEs, I would appreciate a properly formatted deck and a summary of what the deck is supposed to do. Judging from your cards, I think the stax primer will help you focus your deck. For example, the only synergy I see with the signets is Goblin Welder. In a Shattergang Brothers deck, they would make sense, but I think regular EDH mana ramp would be preferable in yours (like and especially Burnished Hart).

He should be able to grab Flowstone Slide for less than a dollar

You should consider using Flowstone Slide, it's pretty hilarious.

No equipment?

You can use [deck] tags to format deck lists btw.

I really like Bojuka Bog, despite the fact I don't run it anymore. Think of it as taking up a spell slot, not a land slot.

Things like Brushland or Twilight Mire could replace some of the comes into play tapped lands, in particular the karoo-style lands (Orzhov Basilica). Both of those are in 10-card cycles, so they could replace 6 different comes into play tapped guys. Basic lands are always good too.

Instead of Sheltering Word, I would use something repeatable and attached to a second affect. For example, Batterskull or Behemoth Sledge. If you're worried about removal, you could grab another Lightning Greaves style card (Swiftfoot Boots). Sapling of Colfenor is another repeatable life gain source that also draws you cards, although he's way beeter with Sylvan Library around.

Battlewand Oak is alright, but I would personally not use him. Reasonably, you could give him +4/+4 with Doran and a forest which isn't particularly impressive.

Timber Protector has a lot of potential. I hadn't really ever considered his interaction with Armageddon until right now. That being said, Shield of the Oversoul is a really solid card and mostly avoids the typical pitfalls of auras. Totem armor cards like Eland Umbra might work here too.

Divinity of Pride is good but not great. I wouldn't feel bad about running him at all. He is less impressive later in the game though.

As far as Test of Endurance goes, you would probably want some support. If I want to win with Felidar Sovereign, normally he's coming out on the second turn when people are still playing signets or he's hiding behind Glacial Chasm + Life from the Loam.

I like Increasing Ambition over Diabolic Tutor. You get a shot at a second use, and it isn't necessarily a dead card if you loam it. Beseech the Queen, Diabolic Intent, and Rune-Scarred Demon are all good too. Primal Command is really nice for its added utility though -- built in graveyard hate, pseudo-tuck, and life gain are all neat tricks.

If you play Lotus Vale, people will Strip Mine it and you'll feel terrible.

If you use Xathrid Gorgon I wouldn't imagine you'd attack with him in the first place. He seems solid, especially for things that are huge and indestructible, although I haven't tried him. He does cost 6 mana, though, which is sort of a lot.

I personally don't like Primal Rage. I've tried it when I played more creatures, and didn't particularly like it.

Of the cards listed, I like Mwonvuli Acid-Moss the most. Woodfall Primus and Acidic Slime are in your maybeboard and also fit here. Sylvan Primordial and Terastodon are cool too.

For mill, you could consider Primal Command (mode 3 targeting yourself) or Wheel of Sun and Moon (doubles as graveyard hate). Keep in mind a lot of stuff aside from lands will make it into your graveyard if you aggressively use Life from the Loam. If the mana cost is too daunting, maybe try Yawgmoth's Will?

Tooth and Nail is really good. I've been looking for room for it in my list. If you decide to pick up things like Acidic Slime / Sylvan Primordial / Terastodon etc it becomes hilarious. Restoration Angel is also funny in a situation like that.

Hope that helps!

It looks like our decks have a little bit in common, although you run significantly more creatures than I do.

Quote from firebrandhands »

Feeling like it's still lacking in win-cons, though.

You could consider a token sub-theme. Since you're already using Life from the Loam + Crucible of Worlds, Worm Harvest is a surprisingly good card. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf is a swell guy and can get rid of all of your friends in tandem with Sadistic Hypnotist.

If you'd like to see my deck list.

Quote from MrPhysics

If I read that correctly, if you play this when your opponent has no cards in hand he doesnt get any more cards the rest of the game. Seems unfun

The rules didn't say anything about needing to be fun

Here's mine:

"Chains of Mammon"

Whenever an opponent would take an extra turn, gain control of it.
Whenever a player would draw a card, instead that player draws a card then discards a card.

Quote from iandowdy

I run both the counsel and Renaissance. Also, Elvish lyrist is a druid so the swap = +1 mana overall. Thus, it is the same exact thing, with the exception that it makes Priest tap for 1 more mana. All you have to do with cards like that is check their eratum.

Elvish Lyrist is only an elf.

Quote from firelite906

wait thats from ASBAR right? its writen by crazy frank miller and it came out after batman begins. (its also a vary bad comic.)

back on topic in recent years grant morrison's been kicking bats up a notch w/ batman:r.i.p.

The Batman voice does get mentioned in All-Star (which I really liked btw), but it's been mentioned elsewhere; it would have been one of the times Batman was replaced (Knightfall I think).

I would replace the white or black artifact lands with Darksteel Citadel, and maybe try Phyrexian Metamorph instead of Clone.

EDIT: Thoughtcast over the archmage?

Quote from mondu_the_fat

Since when was spiderman dead weight?

I think people get the wrong idea about Spiderman from his attitude + most of his villains being comparative goofballs.

Yeah, it really happened. The promo was only for certain boxes though. I cant recall how it was set up.

I would try Mutavault (works nicely with standstill) and Spellstutter Sprite (nice 2-drop and works well with Mutavault also). The Vendilion Clique is also an option.

Quote from TheGodOfWar91

I just realized that. Ok then, let me rephrase that:

If you're running any multicolor deck in Commander, there's no reason not to run this. Ever.

It doesn't have basic land types. I'm not running this in Doran for sure.

Quote from mrfranswa

Reminds me of Aven Trooper.

To be fair, Aven Trooper was intentionally underpowered. It was in Torment, and I believe the reasoning was to illustrate BLACK IS WAY MORE AWESOME (Think Hornet Sting vs Lightning Bolt).

Quote from Vermy

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