Shimatsu can potentially be VERY large, but how do we make sure he gets that large? By giving him plenty of sacrifices! Build your token army and swarm your opponents! Once you have a sizeable army, Shimatsu can come out and play. Give him haste/shroud/unblockable and redirect all nasty spells pointed at him.
I know you have jump through some hoops and only Shield of Kaldra will protect him from most mass removal, but wouldn't it be extremely cool to get a 21/21 Shimatsu by saccing 21 permanents and then connecting with an opponent?
I had thought of using Shimatsu before, but gave up in frustration. However, I did come up with using Rukh Egg, Summoner's Egg, and possibly Gemini Engine as demon fodder.
I had thought of using Shimatsu before, but gave up in frustration. However, I did come up with using Rukh Egg, Summoner's Egg, and possibly Gemini Engine as demon fodder.
How could I forget the Eggs They got a special place in the deck right away I did include Gemini Engine in my first draft, but it got cut because it's just not good enough IMHO.
I would probably take out Minion Reflector and Comet Storm or Feral Lightning for Rally the Horde and Sarpadian Empires. My gut tells me that the deck needs more ways of generating permanent tokens, ie., not ones that you have to sac at the end of turn. With the non permanent ones, like Firecat Blitz, Feral Lightning, Minion Reflector, you have to cast Shimatsu on the same turn. And if he's been killed a couple of times, that just means your costs go up, and you start getting even more mana hungry. Maybe it's just me though.
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I would probably take out Minion Reflector and Comet Storm or Feral Lightning for Rally the Horde and Sarpadian Empires. My gut tells me that the deck needs more ways of generating permanent tokens, ie., not ones that you have to sac at the end of turn. With the non permanent ones, like Firecat Blitz, Feral Lightning, Minion Reflector, you have to cast Shimatsu on the same turn. And if he's been killed a couple of times, that just means your costs go up, and you start getting even more mana hungry. Maybe it's just me though.
Good idea! Permanent tokens are indeed way better (although they still have to survive the whole turn :)). I'll put them in!
I've always loved Shimatsu as a Legend so I might just build a deck with him. I noticed that the last post here is a long time ago, are there any updates I should know of?
Unfortunately, this deck never existed in RL. It was just an attempt to build something about Shimatsu.
Unfortunately, that's not possible Since the Commander of this deck is mono-R, only R and colorless cards are allowed in the deck. I can't use any card with a B,G,U or W on the card anywhere.
Warstorm Surge allows for some serious damage to be dealt by your general when he enters, so he doesn't even need haste to knock someone to their knees.
Ran into this looking at the mono-red's on the commander decklist database, actually loving the idea of this guy and the deck you built around him. One idea for token generation, Krenko, Mob Boss might be good, goblin tokens for sacking to Shimatsu
I know you have jump through some hoops and only Shield of Kaldra will protect him from most mass removal, but wouldn't it be extremely cool to get a 21/21 Shimatsu by saccing 21 permanents and then connecting with an opponent?
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Good alternative route option! He's in!
How could I forget the Eggs They got a special place in the deck right away I did include Gemini Engine in my first draft, but it got cut because it's just not good enough IMHO.
Thanks for the advice both!
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Goblin Scouts isn't that efficient, but still gives you dudes.
Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII is another token generator.
Just some additional ideas.
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Thanks I thought of them, but they're just not good enough. Also, what should I take out that's less effective than the cards you suggested?
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Good idea! Permanent tokens are indeed way better (although they still have to survive the whole turn :)). I'll put them in!
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Unfortunately, this deck never existed in RL. It was just an attempt to build something about Shimatsu.
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