Hey guys this my first draft of a Braids, Conjurer Adept deck. The basic game plan is to get Braids out as quick as possible and then start dropping some bombs on the field. Since this is just something I've thrown together without much work, there are definitely some sub-optimal choices in here, I'd appreciate any suggestions you guys might have!
There's a fundamental problem with playing this general: Your opponents get first crack at the benefit.
To avoid this, you'll need to drop her EOT, or phase her out immediately. You have a couple of phasing effects already, but I didn't see any flash enablers.
Add some:
Also, you can maximize your benefit from her if you have more than one upkeep. Enter Paradox Haze.
You could also copy the trigger with Strionic Resonator.
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A kid at my local gameshop wanted to break a twenty.
"You got 2 tens?" he asked me.
"No, but I probably got 3 fives." I replied.
"Perfect!"
"You might want to check your math there."
I played a deck like this on MTGO for a while, problem with it is that if you abuse stuff like Winding Canyons or Vanishing, you need like 7-8 mana to get a one-sided effect, often the amount you need to just cast the spell anyways. Also, I would always seem to get hit with a Duplicant or Shriekmaw effect if I rushed out Braids early (like turn 2 with Sol Ring). One thing I thought was to play a bunch of punishing effects with Braids, like Gilded Drake, so they drop a bomb and you take it.
Thanks for the advice so far guys! One thing I've noticed in my testing is that my curve is pretty high without Braids. This has led to me getting rushed down by several of my friends' quicker decks. Do you guys think it's a good idea to lower the curve somewhat and remove some of the big bombs of the deck to ensure a stable start and if so what do you think should get cut?
It sounds like you're trying to play a Timmy-esque cheaty-face deck in a highly aggro meta. It also sounds like they are focusing their attention on you before you can get going. This is a bad sign, they know what you're up to and won't have any of it. The way I see it, you have 3 options.
Make the deck faster.
Make the deck more defensive.
Make a new deck.
For the "go faster" option, lowering the curve would probably be best.
"The distance between genius and insanity... Is measured only by success."
-Elliot Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies
"If violence isn't solving it, you're obviously not using enough!"
-Me
A kid at my local gameshop wanted to break a twenty.
"You got 2 tens?" he asked me.
"No, but I probably got 3 fives." I replied.
"Perfect!"
"You might want to check your math there."
Thanks for the reply, I think both Platinum variants are going to be vital, I've had several games where I've been 1hko'd by my Friend who's been able to get Krenko out with a haste enabler and an untap effect or two.
Propaganda and friends might be helpful as well. I'll update my list as soon as I can make some changes.
1x Braids, Conjurer Adept
1x AEther Adept
1x AEthersnipe
1x Dungeon Geists
1x Void Stalker
1x Temporal Adept
1x Waterfront Bouncer
1x Vedalken Dismisser
1x Phyrexian Ingester
1x Hoverguard Sweepers
1x Ixidron
1x Kederekt Leviathan
1x Nullstone Gargoyle
1x Frozen AEther
1x Psychic Battle
1x Sunken Hope
1x Abjure
1x Cyclonic Rift
1x Turnabout
1x Evacuation
1x Foil
1x Forbid
1x Memory Lapse
1x Pongify
1x Wash Out
1x Curse of the Swine
1x Sleep
1x Oblivion Stone
1x Crystal Shard
1x Clone
1x Phyrexian Metamorph
1x Chancellor of the Spires
1x Diluvian Primordial
1x Ray of Command
1x Confiscate
1x Take Possession
1x Colossal Whale
1x Steel Hellkite
1x Stormtide Leviathan
1x Consecrated Sphinx
1x Grozoth
1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1x Mulldrifter
1x Myojin of Seeing Winds
1x Thassa, God of the Sea
1x Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar
1x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Sphinx of Uthuun
1x Ponder
1x Portent
1x Rush of Knowledge
1x Time Reversal
1x Rhystic Study
1x Fatespinner
1x High Tide
1x Basalt Monolith
1x Minion Reflector
1x Trading Post
1x Omniscience
1x Vodalian Illusionist
1x Vanishing
1x Gate to the AEther
1x Lightning Greaves
33x Island
1x Lonely Sandbar
1x Reliquary Tower
To avoid this, you'll need to drop her EOT, or phase her out immediately. You have a couple of phasing effects already, but I didn't see any flash enablers.
Add some:
Also, you can maximize your benefit from her if you have more than one upkeep. Enter Paradox Haze.
You could also copy the trigger with Strionic Resonator.
Karona, Warden of AlcatrazWUBRG
The EPIC EDHWUBRG
Sun Quan Aggro1U
Animar GoodstuffRUG
Horobi MBCB
Medomai NerfWU
Saffi EriksdotterGW
Zur (CF)WUB
-Elliot Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies
"If violence isn't solving it, you're obviously not using enough!"
-Me
A kid at my local gameshop wanted to break a twenty.
"You got 2 tens?" he asked me.
"No, but I probably got 3 fives." I replied.
"Perfect!"
"You might want to check your math there."
Make the deck faster.
Make the deck more defensive.
Make a new deck.
For the "go faster" option, lowering the curve would probably be best.
For the defensive option, you'll need to make room for some cards along the line of Propaganda, Ensnaring Bridge, Dissipation Field, Pendrell Mists, Silent Arbiter, Crawlspace, Evacuation, Jace, Architect of Thought, etc.
High-curve defensive options might include Cyclonic Rift, Platinum Emperion, and Stormtide Leviathan.
As for making a new deck, that'd be up to you which direction you take with it, but you may want to consider politics and defensive measures.
Karona, Warden of AlcatrazWUBRG
The EPIC EDHWUBRG
Sun Quan Aggro1U
Animar GoodstuffRUG
Horobi MBCB
Medomai NerfWU
Saffi EriksdotterGW
Zur (CF)WUB
-Elliot Carver, Tomorrow Never Dies
"If violence isn't solving it, you're obviously not using enough!"
-Me
A kid at my local gameshop wanted to break a twenty.
"You got 2 tens?" he asked me.
"No, but I probably got 3 fives." I replied.
"Perfect!"
"You might want to check your math there."
Propaganda and friends might be helpful as well. I'll update my list as soon as I can make some changes.