Heidar, Rimewind Master seemed like a pretty fun general, so I built a deck that revolves around getting him out along with some cards to untap him, then controlling the board by bouncing multiple permanents per turn.
Why Heidar??
Cause he's fun!
Cause bouncing stuff is fun!
Cause blue is best color always-ever-all-the-time!
Cause letting your opponents have lands is laaaaaaame!
Cause Snow-Covered Islands have really pretty art!
Why not Heidar?
So boring.
Bouncing stuff sucks.
I hate blue.
I hate control.
I like letting my opponents have nice things.
I'm really lame.
Heidar, Rimewind Taskmage: BOUNCEBOUNCEBOUNCE! He's your commander. He bounces almost everything. Walkers, Lands, Enchantments, Artifacts, and Creatures. He can't bounce spells like Venser, but he makes up for it with his repeatability. The "4 Snow permanents" condition isn't too hard to hit running all Snow-Covered lands, but it does mean that we can't just drop a ton of mana rocks early and then go crazy, we actually have to get 4 snow lands. (+/-1 Coldsteel Heart)
Consecrated Sphinx: Hooray, staples!! This guy draws you a buttload of cards if he doesn't eat removal.
Temporal Adept: Your replacement for Heidar. It's a pretty bad replacement though, so he should always be Plan B.
Vedalken Aethermage: Searches for Heidar if he's in your library, and BOUNCES ALL OF THE SLIVERS!
Planeswalkers:
Jace, the Mind Sculptor: Bounces, gives card advantage, and can Fateseal repeatedly. He can also win if you've got your opponent locked down but can't attack for some reason.
Tezzeret the Seeker: Untaps your ramp, searches for more ramp or other artifacts, and can serve as an alternate wincon.
Artifacts:
Rings of Brighthearth:Important things it does: Copies Heidar's ability. Copies abilities untapping Heidar. BOUNCEBOUNCEBOUNCE! Copies Fetchlands. RAMPRAMPRAMP!
Heidar doesn't actually have much strategy. Most of the fun comes from your opponents and what they do, and how your targets change
Basically you start out playing mana rocks and untap dorks, then play Heidar when you've got the men and the snow-count. Once Heidar is out, you bounce as many permanents as possible.
Threat assessment is important. Make sure you hit the most important permanents first.
Twiddle seems really bad since it doesn't cantrip. This might sound weird, but how bout Niblis of the Breath? It taps OR untaps and beats for 2 when you have nothing fun to do.
If Heidar ever gets tucked you're screwed. How bout a Vedalken Aethermage to tutor him up for when that happens? You could cut the sketchy Temporal Fissure.
A Bribery gives you another wincon, which frankly I believe you have too few of. You have like a billion artifacts- I would cut something like Gilded Lotus, which is pretty bad compared to your mana doublers. Then cut the next worst one for a Fabricate so you can search them up.
Knowledge Exploitation can search you up some game winners too for when you are tired of bouncing and need to swing for damages. It also works as a wrath, which you appear to have none of.
Bouncing guys is teh awesome but the uber-popular Avenger of Zendikar and/or Titans of choice are gonna eat your face off that way. Maybe pack a Pongify and/or Mystical Tutor to deal with that?
Twiddle seems really bad since it doesn't cantrip. This might sound weird, but how bout Niblis of the Breath? It taps OR untaps and beats for 2 when you have nothing fun to do.
That's great! I looked through magiccards for stuff with this effect, but I guess I missed this guy.
If Heidar ever gets tucked you're screwed. How bout a Vedalken Aethermage to tutor him up for when that happens? You could cut the sketchy Temporal Fissure.
Sounds good. It seemed sketchy because even though I can get the mana for other spells+Fissure, at that point I don't have enough cards/spells in hand to make it worth it.
It also bounces slivers!
A Bribery gives you another wincon, which frankly I believe you have too few of. You have like a billion artifacts- I would cut something like Gilded Lotus, which is pretty bad compared to your mana doublers. Then cut the next worst one for a Fabricate so you can search them up.
Knowledge Exploitation can search you up some game winners too for when you are tired of bouncing and need to swing for damages. It also works as a wrath, which you appear to have none of.
Not sure bout Exploitation, but I should really put in Evacuation.
Bouncing guys is teh awesome but the uber-popular Avenger of Zendikar and/or Titans of choice are gonna eat your face off that way. Maybe pack a Pongify and/or Mystical Tutor to deal with that?
Ooh, those are stuff I put in every blue deck.... Oopsies! (I actually just played a game where there was a Terastodon on field that I didn't want to bounce.... Luckily I had 3 Elephants!)
Bouncing stuff? I recommend Reality Acid. I run a Venser commander deck that runs it (with a lot of stuff that bounces) and it usually sends my opponent(s) to frown town if they can't handle the acid before I get a Riptide Laboratory, Capsize, or another method of recurring bounce online.
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Why Heidar??
Cause he's fun!
Cause bouncing stuff is fun!
Cause blue is best color always-ever-all-the-time!
Cause letting your opponents have lands is laaaaaaame!
Cause Snow-Covered Islands have really pretty art!
Why not Heidar?
So boring.
Bouncing stuff sucks.
I hate blue.
I hate control.
I like letting my opponents have nice things.
I'm really lame.
Decklist:
1x Heidar, Rimewind Master
Land (40)
1x Tolaria West
1x Academy Ruins
1x Mouth of Ronom
1x Scrying Sheets
30x Snow-Covered Island
1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1x Flooded Strand
1x Polluted Delta
1x Riptide Laboratory
1x Misty Rainforest
1x Scalding Tarn
Instant (10)
1x Force of Will
1x Pact of Negation
1x Counterspell
1x Capsize
1x Desertion
1x Mana Drain
1x Evacuation
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Pongify
1x Into the Roil
Enchantment (5)
1x Freed from the Real
1x Pemmin's Aura
1x Future Sight
1x Mind Over Matter
1x Invoke Prejudice
1x Concentrate
1x Windfall
1x Timetwister
1x Recurring Insight
1x Transmute Artifact
1x Bribery
Artifact (24)
1x Rings of Brighthearth
1x Thousand-Year Elixir
1x Coalition Relic
1x Chronatog Totem
1x Prismatic Lens
1x Coldsteel Heart
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Doubling Cube
1x Extraplanar Lens
1x Lightning Greaves
1x Thran Dynamo
1x Grim Monolith
1x Voltaic Key
1x Worn Powerstone
1x Puppet Strings
1x Mind Stone
1x Fellwar Stone
1x Mana Vault
1x Sol Ring
1x Mana Crypt
1x Everflowing Chalice
1x Dreamstone Hedron
1x Caged Sun
1x Swiftfoot Boots
1x Tezzeret the Seeker
1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Creature (12)
1x Stonybrook Angler
1x Venser, Shaper Savant
1x Rimewind Taskmage
1x Synod Artificer
1x Aphetto Alchemist
1x Puppeteer
1x Temporal Adept
1x Fatestitcher
1x Tideforce Elemental
1x Consecrated Sphinx
1x Vedalken Aethermage
1x Niblis of the Breath
Some card explanations:
Creatures:
Heidar, Rimewind Taskmage: BOUNCEBOUNCEBOUNCE! He's your commander. He bounces almost everything. Walkers, Lands, Enchantments, Artifacts, and Creatures. He can't bounce spells like Venser, but he makes up for it with his repeatability. The "4 Snow permanents" condition isn't too hard to hit running all Snow-Covered lands, but it does mean that we can't just drop a ton of mana rocks early and then go crazy, we actually have to get 4 snow lands. (+/-1 Coldsteel Heart)
Fatestitcher, Tideforce Elemental, Aphetto Alchemist, Puppeteer, Rimewind Taskmage, Stonybrook Angler, Niblis of the Breath: These guys are the centerpiece of your deck. They untap Heidar so you can use him multiple times per turn. A few of them also ramp with your mana rocks.
Venser, Shaper Savant: This guy can be a "Counterspell" or just a bounce spell.
Synod Artificer: Goes crazy with your artifact ramp. Thinkin I might swap this guy for Jace's Archivist though.
Consecrated Sphinx: Hooray, staples!! This guy draws you a buttload of cards if he doesn't eat removal.
Temporal Adept: Your replacement for Heidar. It's a pretty bad replacement though, so he should always be Plan B.
Vedalken Aethermage: Searches for Heidar if he's in your library, and BOUNCES ALL OF THE SLIVERS!
Planeswalkers:
Jace, the Mind Sculptor: Bounces, gives card advantage, and can Fateseal repeatedly. He can also win if you've got your opponent locked down but can't attack for some reason.
Tezzeret the Seeker: Untaps your ramp, searches for more ramp or other artifacts, and can serve as an alternate wincon.
Artifacts:
Rings of Brighthearth:Important things it does: Copies Heidar's ability. Copies abilities untapping Heidar. BOUNCEBOUNCEBOUNCE! Copies Fetchlands. RAMPRAMPRAMP!
Thousand-Year Elixir: Lets you activate Heidar with haste, and untaps him.
Puppet Strings: Untaps Heidar or taps opponents creatures.
Voltaic Key: Untaps artifacts that tap for more than 1, and untaps your artifacts that untap Heidar.
Sensei's Divining Top: More staples! Rigs draws. When you've got Future sight out, it turns into "1: Draw a card."
Doubling Cube: Doubles mana. Can go infinite with Capsize.
Coldsteel Heart: NOT JUST ANY OLD MANA ROCK! It's a snow mana rock, so it counts for Heidar!
Thran Dynamo, Grim Monolith, Worn Powerstone, Fellwar Stone, Mana Vault, Sol Ring, Coalition Relic, Chronatog Totem, Prismatic Lens, Mana Crypt, Everflowing Chalice: MANA ROCKS! Let you get out Heidar ASAP and ramp up some mana while you're doing it. Once you get an untapping engine going, these provide you with the mana to keep it going.
Dreamstone Hedron, Mind Stone: Tap for mana and draw cards in a pinch.
Caged Sun, Extraplanar Lens: Almost all of your lands tap for extra. Seems good.
Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves: Protect your commander and let you activate him ASAP.
Lands:
Tolaria West: Idk... Searches for Minamo and Pact I guess...
Academy Ruins: Put stuff on top... W/E.
Mouth of Ronom: Snowy. Kills stuff. YAY!
Scrying Sheets: Snowy. Card advantage. YAY!
Snow-Covered Island: SNOW!
Minamo, School at Water's Edge: Untaps Heidar. More bounce!
Flooded Strand, Polluted Delta, Misty Rainforest, Scalding Tarn: Fetches. Thin your deck?
Riptide Laboratory: Bounces Heidar to save him.
Instants:
Force of Will, Pact of Negation, Counterspell, Desertion, Mana Drain: Counter ALL the spells!
Capsize, Into the Roil: Bouncy bounce!!
Evacuation: BLUE WRATH!
Pongify: BLUE REMOVAL!
Mystical Tutor: BLUE TUT- Oh wait.... It's a tutor. Blue has a lot of them.
Enchantments:
Freed from the Real, Pemmin's Aura: Untap Heidar.
Future Sight: Goodstuff? Eh.
Mind Over Matter: Untaps Heidar! And NO, I'm not going to put in Temple Bell and Azami and all that dumb stuff.
Invoke Prejudice: Makes stuff cost more. This isn't really on theme... Should probably find something to replace it.
Sorceries:
Concentrate, Windfall, Timetwister, Recurring Insight: Fill your hand. That is all.
Bribery: Oheythere Mr. Eldrazi/ConSphinx/PrimeTime! Nice to meet you!
Transmute Artifact: Sac an artifact, get a better one! YAY!
Playnotes:
Heidar doesn't actually have much strategy. Most of the fun comes from your opponents and what they do, and how your targets change
Basically you start out playing mana rocks and untap dorks, then play Heidar when you've got the men and the snow-count. Once Heidar is out, you bounce as many permanents as possible.
Threat assessment is important. Make sure you hit the most important permanents first.
Changes:
-Twiddle
-Temporal Fissure
+Vedalken Aethermage
+Niblis of the Breath
-Cerulean Wisps
-Coral Trickster
-Basalt Monolith
-Gilded Lotus
-Star Compass
+Pongify
+Mystical Tutor
+Evacuation
+Transmute Artifact
+Bribery
Thanks for reading! Any feedback is much appreciated! HOORAY FOR UNDERUTILIZED GENERALS!
GRRWHazezon Tamar (Valakut)GRRW
UKami of the Crescent Moon (
Group Hug)UUHeidar, Rimewind Master [Mini-Primer]U
WKemba, Kha Regent (Stax)W
GEzuri, Renegade Leader [Primer]G
Twiddle seems really bad since it doesn't cantrip. This might sound weird, but how bout Niblis of the Breath? It taps OR untaps and beats for 2 when you have nothing fun to do.
If Heidar ever gets tucked you're screwed. How bout a Vedalken Aethermage to tutor him up for when that happens? You could cut the sketchy Temporal Fissure.
A Bribery gives you another wincon, which frankly I believe you have too few of. You have like a billion artifacts- I would cut something like Gilded Lotus, which is pretty bad compared to your mana doublers. Then cut the next worst one for a Fabricate so you can search them up.
Knowledge Exploitation can search you up some game winners too for when you are tired of bouncing and need to swing for damages. It also works as a wrath, which you appear to have none of.
Bouncing guys is teh awesome but the uber-popular Avenger of Zendikar and/or Titans of choice are gonna eat your face off that way. Maybe pack a Pongify and/or Mystical Tutor to deal with that?
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That's great! I looked through magiccards for stuff with this effect, but I guess I missed this guy.
Sounds good. It seemed sketchy because even though I can get the mana for other spells+Fissure, at that point I don't have enough cards/spells in hand to make it worth it.
It also bounces slivers!
I'll put in a Transmute Artifact, but yeah, this sounds good.
Not sure bout Exploitation, but I should really put in Evacuation.
Ooh, those are stuff I put in every blue deck.... Oopsies! (I actually just played a game where there was a Terastodon on field that I didn't want to bounce.... Luckily I had 3 Elephants!)
Out:
-Twiddle
-Temporal Fissure
-Cerulean Wisps
-Coral Trickster
-Basalt Monolith
-Gilded Lotus
-Star Compass
In:
+Vedalken Aethermage
+Niblis of the Breath
+Pongify
+Mystical Tutor
+Evacuation
+Transmute Artifact
+Bribery
And thanks for the reply!
GRRWHazezon Tamar (Valakut)GRRW
UKami of the Crescent Moon (
Group Hug)UUHeidar, Rimewind Master [Mini-Primer]U
WKemba, Kha Regent (Stax)W
GEzuri, Renegade Leader [Primer]G
Modern - WU Solar Flare
Modern - U Merfolk
Modern - WB Castigation