is the above decklist the deck that was built a few yrs ago or is it an idea for a new deck you had? also if its not the deck you built a few yrs ago, can you pls post that deck so we can see what you've been playing w/? thx
Yeah the one I posted is the one we built a year ago.
To clarify this is a 3-4 person free for all. I like where your head's at Xyx but I think with those banned blue cards I'd play one time and everyone would tell me to never play it again. I've been having a lot of fun with a deck we built in a similar thread about a year ago. Just looking for something new. What really makes this deck fun is the flexibility. Like no matter what seems to be thrown at me, walls of creatures, control, whatever, it's wiggly enough to find a way out. Can we build another wiggly deck?
Once a year or so my group gets on a kick of playing and building new decks. This time around the only limit is a price. $40. What's the best deck you can build with that? I don't have any ideas yet so I'm open to any and all suggestions, play styles and colors.
Man I like the God's version but all the way saying makes me doubt it. I like the recurring creature effect but I also like Genesis constant sac fuel. I could obviously aide board one set and try them both. What do you guys think?
Also the land hate deck is cheap I may grab that too just to throw at them for fun.
Wildfire deck on the other hand gets old really quick and your friends can get really pissed when you wreck their lands in multiple games like really people can get angry because of that. Watch out for blue mages nasty counterspells against your big winning spells.
I think you captured my concern here we'll. I'm often the first and focus target during our FFA games. So I'm looking for something that won't instantly provoke hate the way my recurring nightmares and tainted aether deck do.
Okay so i have a better understanding now. I can't use Nezahal, Primal Tide since it's blue. We're not allowed to use cards of colors outside the two we pick. What do you think of It That Betrays or Sire of Insanity
I think I'm down to Zombardment, Wildfire or Reanimator... Do any of the three stand out to you as being vastly more powerful? Would it make more sense to make the Wildfire mono red?
After looking it over Wildfire is awesome but it looks like I'd be waiting a long time on my tokens to generate in a multiplayer game. Just kill lands and wait. Am I missing something? (I feel like I am!)
I've done reanimation with a Recurring Nightmare deck. I'd be open to this idea only if we could come up with a really cool group of targets. I always felt like with the nightmare deck I wanted to play all my cool creatures, I could either do that, or play the one that would win.
Impact Tremors is nuts, it's that constant flow of damage that just can't be stopped. I like it. Goblin Bombardment is really cool too I feel like I'd have good control, like a weaker version of Pestilence and I love the way that card feels.
I like how Tilonalli's Summoner can ramp himself into Ascendancy
I can't fit Purphoros, God of the Forge into the Zombardment deck. The deck at $42 right now. I can probably get it under $40 depending on how I work things out. But not a lot of wiggle room.
Question about Blood Artist. In the event of something like a chain reaction, is there anyway to manipulate the order of deaths so he's last to go?
My dream at this point would be something like the Zombardment deck + More tokens for more triggers + Wildfire + offensive LtB effects like Grave Pact. I know that's way too much to pack into one deck but if there were only a way.
Hey guys I'm back! Just getting started on the next deck. Probably have some time to get it together. If you missed the last thread you can find it here. Please go check it out! The community helped me build a super fun deck that really wrecks other people.
The rules are as follows
5 Players
Each player draws a color at random. (I drew red this time)
You can build mono, or add a friendly color. (In this case my options are R, RG, RB)
So far a few cards have caught my attention Kaervek the Merciless, Olivia VoldarenWildfire. Just to name a few. I know there tons of options and Rakdos is appealing because I know my way around black pretty well but Gruul is very enticing because I haven't played that combo since my 4th edition days. Can we talk pros/cons or Mono Red vs Rakdos vs Gruul first?
I've seen some Rakdos dash decks but I don't know if they work multiplayer. Also some vampires...
The only thing I know for sure is that I don't know what I'm doing, haha! I don't want a one trick pony. I love the flexibility that came from the last deck we made on these forums and I'd like to feel like I have just as many options this time. I'll keep researching and update the thread with whatever I find but I wanted to get the conversation started.
Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you guys. This deck has performed amazingly. It's fast enough that with the Hymns and the Duress it can beat an infect deck 1v1 with tons of win options. What was really neat there was with the life total being a non issue I could really abuse Pestilence and Griselbrand.
Multiplayer it performed just as well. This deck has amazing flexibility and each game plays just a bit differently. Really cool
On reanimation:
Primordial is fun, swingy and one mana cheaper.
However... are you sure you want to run cards that reanimate other peoples creatures? Shouldn’t you reanimate yours? Or maybe both?
Animate Dead and Dance of the Dead are both extremely powerful and budget-friendly. It doesn't get any better than those. I will happily start any Black deck with 4x Animate Dead in multiplayer.
I think I'll stick with Primordial over LotV. Any suggestions on better cheap reanimation?
A quick search for replacements on the Oath I've come up with the following: Consuming Vapors, Geth's Verdict, Diabolic Edict (which might put me over my price).
I wish I could afford some Chainer's Edict. The Oath seems pretty good because it'll catch more than one thing
I was thinking about Lord of the Void in place of Sepulchral Primordial but I'm worried that would be less consistent. Thoughts on that? Also any suggestions for improvements on the Oaths?
Yeah the one I posted is the one we built a year ago.
20x Swamp
4x Leechridden Swamp
Creatures( (22)
4x Basilica Screecher
4x Gifted Aetherborn
2x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
4x Crypt Ghast
4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
2x Griselbrand
2x Sepulchral Primordial
1x Phyrexian Reclamation
2x Oath of Liliana
4x Syphon Mind
2x Pestilence
1x Necrologia
4x Curtains' Call
Once a year or so my group gets on a kick of playing and building new decks. This time around the only limit is a price. $40. What's the best deck you can build with that? I don't have any ideas yet so I'm open to any and all suggestions, play styles and colors.
Also the land hate deck is cheap I may grab that too just to throw at them for fun.
I think you captured my concern here we'll. I'm often the first and focus target during our FFA games. So I'm looking for something that won't instantly provoke hate the way my recurring nightmares and tainted aether deck do.
I think I'm down to Zombardment, Wildfire or Reanimator... Do any of the three stand out to you as being vastly more powerful? Would it make more sense to make the Wildfire mono red?
After looking it over Wildfire is awesome but it looks like I'd be waiting a long time on my tokens to generate in a multiplayer game. Just kill lands and wait. Am I missing something? (I feel like I am!)
I've done reanimation with a Recurring Nightmare deck. I'd be open to this idea only if we could come up with a really cool group of targets. I always felt like with the nightmare deck I wanted to play all my cool creatures, I could either do that, or play the one that would win.
Impact Tremors is nuts, it's that constant flow of damage that just can't be stopped. I like it.
Goblin Bombardment is really cool too I feel like I'd have good control, like a weaker version of Pestilence and I love the way that card feels.
I like how Tilonalli's Summoner can ramp himself into Ascendancy
I can't fit Purphoros, God of the Forge into the Zombardment deck. The deck at $42 right now. I can probably get it under $40 depending on how I work things out. But not a lot of wiggle room.
Question about Blood Artist. In the event of something like a chain reaction, is there anyway to manipulate the order of deaths so he's last to go?
My dream at this point would be something like the Zombardment deck + More tokens for more triggers + Wildfire + offensive LtB effects like Grave Pact. I know that's way too much to pack into one deck but if there were only a way.
The rules are as follows
So far a few cards have caught my attention Kaervek the Merciless, Olivia Voldaren Wildfire. Just to name a few. I know there tons of options and Rakdos is appealing because I know my way around black pretty well but Gruul is very enticing because I haven't played that combo since my 4th edition days. Can we talk pros/cons or Mono Red vs Rakdos vs Gruul first?
Forgotten Ancient and Taurean Mauler seem like a nasty pair but I think I'd just become a target and get crushed.
I've seen some Rakdos dash decks but I don't know if they work multiplayer. Also some vampires...
The only thing I know for sure is that I don't know what I'm doing, haha! I don't want a one trick pony. I love the flexibility that came from the last deck we made on these forums and I'd like to feel like I have just as many options this time. I'll keep researching and update the thread with whatever I find but I wanted to get the conversation started.
Multiplayer it performed just as well. This deck has amazing flexibility and each game plays just a bit differently. Really cool
Doom Blade for Oath of Liliana
Hymn to Tourach for Syphon Mind
Go for the Throat for Curtains' Call
Got any thoughts on this?
20x Swamp
4x Leechridden Swamp
Creatures( (22)
4x Basilica Screecher
4x Gifted Aetherborn
2x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
4x Crypt Ghast
4x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
2x Griselbrand
2x Sepulchral Primordial
1x Phyrexian Reclamation
2x Pestilence
1x Necrologia
2x Doom Blade
4x Hymn to Tourach
4x Go for the Throat
I guess the swap from Demon of Dark Schemes to Griselbrand limits some of my reanimation targets but with the extra life I can draw more or use Phyrexian Reclamation more. It also makes it safer to slam Pestilence harder.
Also regarding the removal after thinking it over I'm happy with the Oaths
A quick search for replacements on the Oath I've come up with the following:
Consuming Vapors, Geth's Verdict, Diabolic Edict (which might put me over my price).
I wish I could afford some Chainer's Edict. The Oath seems pretty good because it'll catch more than one thing