Hi. I know it sounds goofy, and normally I don't play such speculative decks unless they have a pretty good reason. I understand that Nicol Bolas ISN'T that reason, but I wanted to have some fun and give it a shot.
Basically wrap the thing in a RUG ramp shell and replace a titan with a Bolas. Add the pristine talismans for a little bit more survivability (we're going big, here) and put splash the Black for Bolas. Take out the inkmoth nexus and go down to 2 caverns as color is an issue.
In light playtesting, you either win from your titans or lose before you can get stuff online. In 6 matches, I haven't resolved a Bolas yet.
The deck can stutter (any 4 color deck can) but caverns helps smooth it out since its mostly creature based. Ponder and Snapcaster work well together, and he can also get some added value with farseek/rampant growth.
You have so many basic land fetches, and not enough basic lands to fetch. I feel like you need more basics. And also how does cavern help with your color fixing when you run like 5 different creature types?
This could be true. I am not sure what to cut though. The land has been working for me, but it's really fragile - if I don't have a green source early, it can go to **** pretty quickly.
Maybe cutting a pair of glimmerposts for a forest and an island? I could put two glimmers in the board (for aggro matchups), two caverns in the board (for control/delver) and go from there.
Thanks for the thoughts.
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The only constraint is that Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker must be a 1 or 2-of in the deck.
Here was my thought:
4 Forest
2 Swamp
2 Mountain
3 Copperline Gorge
1 Rootbound Crag
3 Hinterland Harbor
1 Dragonskull Summit
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Kessig Wolf Run
2 Cavern of Souls
4 Glimmerpost
4 Rampant Growth
4 Ponder
2 Pristine Talisman
1 Snapcaster Mage
3 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Thragtusk
4 Primeval Titan
1 Inferno Titan
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
4 Bonfire of the Damned
4 Temporal Mastery
2 Whipflare
2 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1 Thragtusk
2 Naturalize
3 Crushing Vines
2 Ancient Grudge
3 Beast Within
Basically wrap the thing in a RUG ramp shell and replace a titan with a Bolas. Add the pristine talismans for a little bit more survivability (we're going big, here) and put splash the Black for Bolas. Take out the inkmoth nexus and go down to 2 caverns as color is an issue.
In light playtesting, you either win from your titans or lose before you can get stuff online. In 6 matches, I haven't resolved a Bolas yet.
The deck can stutter (any 4 color deck can) but caverns helps smooth it out since its mostly creature based. Ponder and Snapcaster work well together, and he can also get some added value with farseek/rampant growth.
Thoughts?
Anyone up for playtesting on MODO today?
I tried the Grixis control approach but I couldn't make that work. Any grixis experts?
Maybe cutting a pair of glimmerposts for a forest and an island? I could put two glimmers in the board (for aggro matchups), two caverns in the board (for control/delver) and go from there.
Thanks for the thoughts.