Hopefully this doesnt count as "varient", if so I apologize. A relatively local game store is holding a two headed giant EDH league starting next month. I have no idea what kind of competition we'll find out there, but my EDH group is somewhat competitive so we're hoping to storm the gates and take the loot, 3 Boxes of... I assume Gatecrash. The plan is to pair Oona, Queen of the Fae with Zur the Enchanter. Zur providing early threats with Oona backing up with control until she assembles a combo and wins outright.
The deck is fairly self explanatory. Control the board and counter until Zur beats em down or I can just hit infinite mana and mill my opponents out. The Mindshrieker and Mind Grind are in there just in case Oona gets shut down with Nevermore or something of the like. The Arcane Laboratory with Knowledge Pool combo lets us get our generals out still, where Zur can probably do the damage we need and I can always make faerie tokens to help speed up the clock.
My partner also has a complete Sisay deck he's been debating using. He's leaning towards Zur heavily though.
Now, while our group is moderately competitive, I have never been in an EDH tournament before. I also have no idea if we're walking into a room full of casual Momir Vigs or top tier Edrics. I do know there is an Edric & Rafiq team, and the aggro match up scares me a little.
So then to my questions. Is 12 counters too few / many? Are Gravitional shift / Void Stalker / Underworld Connections as bad as I think they might be? Is the Crucible / Stripmine combo worth it in 2HG? Anything obvious I'm missing? Is it worth running Oona to always start the game with a combo piece and have access to tutors and better board control or should I be looking at Azami and Teferi?
If you looking for a strong Oona-combo list you can check mine out. While the sections aren't updated the deck itself is. If prizes are on the line you probably want to be a brutal as possible (barring any "house" rules they may have).
Prepare to face lots of blue decks.
The best suggestion I can give you is to get more accel. Oona is ALL about the fast combo.
I'll be piloting Oona. Here's the deck.
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
Combo Pieces:
2 Grim Monolith
3 Basalt Monolith
4 Power Artifact
5 Grand Architect
6 Pili-Pala
7 Palinchron
8 Phantasmal Image
9 Peregrine Drake
10 Deadeye Navigator
11 Knowledge Pool
12 Arcane Laboratory
Tutors:
13 Diabolic Tutor
14 Increasing Ambition
15 Diabolic Revelation
16 Liliana Vess
17 Vampiric Tutor
18 Demonic Tutor
Turns:
19 Temporal Mastery
20 Time Warp
21 Walk the Aeons
Draw:
22 Consecrated Sphinx
23 Forbidden Alchemy
24 Ancestral Vision
25 Brainstorm
26 Staff of Nin
27 Phyrexian Arena
28 Ponder
29 Preordain
30 Underworld Connections
31 Sensei's Divining Top
32 Liliana of the Dark Realms
33 Realmwright
34 Gilded Lotus
35 Sol Ring
36 Dimir Signet
Counters:
37 Faerie Trickery
38 Dissipate
39 Deprive
40 Mana Leak
41 Daze
42 Spell Crumple
43 Force of Will
44 Scattering Stroke
45 Counterspell
46 Rewind
47 Syncopate
48 Cryptic Command
Board Control / Other:
49 Mutilate
50 Cyclonic Rift
51 Gravitational Shift
52 Evacuation
53 Barter In Blood
54 Damnation
55 Dismember
56 Spellskite
57 Phyrexian Metamorph
58 Clone
59 Void Stalker
60 Telepathy
61 Snapcaster Mage
62 Mind Grind
63 Mindshrieker
64 Strip mine
65 Terramorphic Expanse
66 Dimir Aqueduct
67 Watery Grave
68 Drowned Catacomb
69 Evolving Wilds
70 Halimar Depths
71 Crystal Vein
72 Temple of the False God
73 - 86 Swamp
86 - 100 Island
The deck is fairly self explanatory. Control the board and counter until Zur beats em down or I can just hit infinite mana and mill my opponents out. The Mindshrieker and Mind Grind are in there just in case Oona gets shut down with Nevermore or something of the like. The Arcane Laboratory with Knowledge Pool combo lets us get our generals out still, where Zur can probably do the damage we need and I can always make faerie tokens to help speed up the clock.
My partner also has a complete Sisay deck he's been debating using. He's leaning towards Zur heavily though.
Now, while our group is moderately competitive, I have never been in an EDH tournament before. I also have no idea if we're walking into a room full of casual Momir Vigs or top tier Edrics. I do know there is an Edric & Rafiq team, and the aggro match up scares me a little.
So then to my questions. Is 12 counters too few / many? Are Gravitional shift / Void Stalker / Underworld Connections as bad as I think they might be? Is the Crucible / Stripmine combo worth it in 2HG? Anything obvious I'm missing? Is it worth running Oona to always start the game with a combo piece and have access to tutors and better board control or should I be looking at Azami and Teferi?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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StaffPrepare to face lots of blue decks.
The best suggestion I can give you is to get more accel. Oona is ALL about the fast combo.