MTG Salvation

I currently don't have Dictate of Heliod, so in it's place I'm running 2x Spear of Heliod and Cathar's Crusade. Cathar's is a do-nothing enchantment, but I feel like it has some blow-out potential, so I'll see how it runs. The 5 mana cost sucks, as by then I should already have amassed quite the token army.

What would you suggest in place of Sign in Blood? More Phyrexian Arena style effects?

I like the lifegain guys (at least the Suture Priest) because it keeps me in the game longer, and can start chipping away at life totals before I start swinging.

I upped the Lingerings and Screeches to 4 each, since that makes sense.

Deck idea:




Open to any and all suggestions.

If you don't mind, could you describe both situations in which player order affects a Thragtusk Token? Or a particular situation where Spreading Plague would cause headaches like that?

Would any of this change based on the seating at the table? For APNAP purposes?

What happens in the following multiplayer situations:

Sit 1)

Player A controls Prophet of Kruphix
Player B controls Runeclaw Bear
Player C controls Spreading Plague

At the end of Player C's turn, Player A flashes in Runeclaw Bear.

Sit 2)

Player A controls Prophet of Kruphix.
Player B controls Runeclaw Bear.
Player C controls Spreading Plague.

At the end of Player C's turn, Player A flashes in Thragtusk.


Sit 3)

Player A controls Prophet of Kruphix.
Player B controls Runeclaw Bear and Grave Pact.
Player C controls Spreading Plague.

Player A flashes in Thragtusk.

Anyone have any fun, chaotic RU decks that shake up the field but can still win?

Ok tested the deck out last night in a 4-player FFA. It was ridiculous. Once you stick a Prophet it's basically game over. I actually loved the Llanowar Elves as a 1-mana counterspell to any removal my opponents had for my Prophet.

Near the end of the game I had flashed in and bounced two Sylvan Primordials twice, had 16 lands in play, and was able to repeatedly bounce Thragtusk for an army of 3/3s and near-infinite life, every-single-turn. I had probably drawn 10-14 extra cards off of Sphinx as well.

Cloudstone Curio makes the deck ridiculous. I'm thinking either Survival of the Fittest or Fauna Shaman would make the deck even more consistent/mean.

Went with this shell for the moment, testing it out tomorrow. Not incredibly happy with Llanowar Elves as the 1-drop. But I need more acceleration in the early game. If only there was a Coiling Oracle at CMC1. Maybe Arbor Elf is better because it can interact with Breeding Pool as well?

This build is mostly built on card availability. After more testing/tweaking I'll make the purchases necessary to make it better.



Skullclamp can turn those early drops into cards, I play in an echantment-heavy meta so Multani's is good to regain some lost life.

What do you guys think about Wakethrasher here?

Anyone have a good Prophet of Kruphix deck? I'm thinking either straight UG, or UGw (Dauntless Escort?).

If I go UG, I may do an Elf shell, with Priest of Titania and co powering out Garruk's Horde, Acidic Slime, Regal Force, Sylvan Primordial, Thornling and/or Simic Sky Swallower.

The deck would be 90% creatures, hopefully reveal the top card of my library, or keep a full hand and just flash in big, hard-to-deal-with threats every turn.

Thoughts?

How about P1P4-6 (midway through the pack): Asphyxiate vs Bolt of Keranos?

Hey All,

I'd like to make a deck that abuses the Trample/Deathtouch interaction. Green and Black seem best here, with global grants like Brawn and Bow of Nylea. I figure running things like Buried Alive/Jarad's Orders/Grisly Salvage et al seems best. Or go global mill with the slower Mesmeric Orb. Genesis and Grave Titan also seem sweet.

Thoughts on a game plan here?

While it's a) not a token and b) dies to Wave, Pride of the Clouds is a sweet token generator, and beater after a Wave.

Blue/White also offers Drogskol Captain, which is a good lord-type creature if you plan on making lots of Spirits as your tokens.

Opposition can be a total nightmare for your opponents if you're able to produce more permanents than they are.

I like Spirit Noble a lot in this deck since it works so well with Wave. There are lots of enchantment-type cards that will do something similar, but I think Noble is pretty spot-on.

Aside from the goldfish hands Cz, how is the testing going? Have you been able to play any games with the deck?

I tried to launch an FFA last night, but didn't manage to get a 4th. Will try to test out both versions tonight.

I guess my biggest issue is that this deck runs on Plan A, and Plan A only. There is no Plan B, or versatility. I like my decks to have lots of versatility, so that they can deal with any threat present. It means that they are less consistent, but that they can switch plans if the need arises. The thing with this deck, is that if anyone is playing Leyline of the Void, or another multiplayer graveyard hoser, it's just game over. There's no defense or versatility there.

You talk about your particular archetypes, and I think we're coming from the same corner of the ring here. You like MonoBlack.dec, I like Versatility.dec. The deck we're designing right now is outside of both of our comfort zones. So on that topic, I can move away from the versatility side of things and use your suggestions. Here's version 2.0:

Here's my first draft, with no testing. I don't really want to use Serum Powder for fear of the deck becoming too consistent and as a result becoming boring for both the pilot and the victims. With that in mind I went in a direction that I thought was a bit more "fair."

I think it's still missing a bit more mill, maybe something like Chill of Foreboding (budget) or Mind Grind (not as budget) would be useful, not sure what I'd cut though.

On the Wash Out vs Cyclonic Rift debate, I like the mid-game defense Wash Out provides, though the sheer power of an overloaded Rift may sway my decision. If I had a way to dig all types of cards out of my 'yard I'd probably run the Rift. I just feel like this deck will stick a 10/10, and if that's dealt with, it won't do much until it draws another.

I agree that Lightning Greaves or Swiftfoot Boots need to be in here, maybe cutting a Diabolic Vision or Capsize for them?

Vision is in because it's a ridiculous dig spell that costs next to nothing in my colours. I was looking at running tutors instead, and if I include more 1 or 2-of equipment then moving to tutors might be necessary. Thoughts on this?

The mana base is super budget as I'm testing. I'll have to dig through my collection to see if there are better U/B duals. I'll probably end up buying some of the cheaper checklands or fastlands, and the Tainted option is really good too.

Here's the decklist as is: