I recently fell in love with the whole vote mechanic thing, and I'm trying to see if I can make an entire deck with the similar feel. Basically I want to feel it with cards that make my opponents make choices where neither is a good option. I went with Oloro as general since he is the best generic esper (will of the council cards are esper) and his static gain life will help me with some of the other cards as a lot ask to pay like for stuff. Here is the list so far.
I currently need to drop about 10 cards, and I am looking for more cards that fit this theme. Yes, I know that Checks and Balances is banned in normal due to being unglued, however it fits the theme for the deck well and isn't one of the stupid unglued cards. If my meta has a problem I will remove it. Any suggestions or comments are appreciated.
Leyline of Anticipation is better than Vedalken Orrery. Either run both or drop Orrery for Leyline.
I don't like the Tempt cards. By now most players are smart enough not to take you up on the offer. So you often end up with a card over costed for its effect. But I get how they are thematic.
Personally I don't see how you are ever going to have mana to pay activation costs for the creatures with activated abilities. Especially not with how your creature curve explodes at the top.
Toxic Deluge is an extremely good card. One of the few worth keeping from the precon. It is quickly becoming one of the best creature wipes in the format.
I feel like Checks and Balances would never work. Even if it does I don't like the card disadvantage.
With your bombs Endless Whispers seems risky. An opponent killing Angel of Despair could end very badly for you.
Generally I'd say lower your curve. Also more artifact ramp is good. More card draw is good. There are a few suboptimal cards where better options exist (I've pointed out a few). A lot of the list is thematic choices so I can't really comment on those.
1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Creatures 22
1 Azorius Guildmage
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Bloodghast
1 Grudge Keeper
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Brago's Representative
1 Trinket Mage
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Notion Thief
1 Custodi Squire
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Magister of Worth
1 Pristine Angel
1 Sun Titan
1 Sunblast Angel
1 Angel of Despair
1 Angelic Arbiter
1 Archangel of Strife
1 Luminate Primordial
1 Rune-Scarred Demon
1 Sepulchral Primordial
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
Artifacts 8
1 Darksteel ingot
1 Sol ring
1 Azorius cluestone
1 Dimir Cluestone
1 Orzhov Cluestone
1 Coercive Portal
1 Expedition map
1 Vedalken Orrery
Planeswalkers 1
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Act of Authority
1 Blind Obedience
1 Checks and Balances
1 Endless Whispers
1 Lethal Vapors
1 Phyrexian Reclamation
1 Sigil of the New Dawn
1 Zur's Weirding
Instant 5
1 Grave Consequences
1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
1 Path to Exile
1 Split Decision
1 Vampiric Tutor
Sorcery 27
1 Akroma's vengeance
1 Balancing act
1 Beseech the queen
1 Bite of the Black rose
1 Choice of Damnations
1 Cleansing
1 Council's Judgment
1 Curse of the Cabal
1 Decree of Pain
1 Day of Judgment
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Distant Memories
1 Global ruin
1 Ill-gotten gains
1 Merciless eviction
1 Obzedat's aid
1 Order of succession
1 Plea for Power
1 Pain's reward
1 Reanimate
1 Reign of the pit
1 Rise of the dark realms
1 syphon mind
1 Tempt with reflections
1 Tempt with immortality
1 Tyrant's Choice
1 Victimize
5 Island
5 Swamp
5 Plains
1 Command tower
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 City of Brass
1 Esper Panorama
1 Terramorphic expanse
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Tolaria West
1 Jwar Isle Refuge
1 Sejiri Refuge
1 Watery Grave
1 Godless shrine
1 Hallowed fountain
1 Glacial fortress
1 Tainted field
1 Isolated chapel
1 Temple of the false god
1 Springjack pasture
1 Reliquary tower
1 Vesuva
1 Cabal coffers
1 urborg, tomb of yawgmoth
1 Thespian's stage
I currently need to drop about 10 cards, and I am looking for more cards that fit this theme. Yes, I know that Checks and Balances is banned in normal due to being unglued, however it fits the theme for the deck well and isn't one of the stupid unglued cards. If my meta has a problem I will remove it. Any suggestions or comments are appreciated.
also, on a more serious matter, since you run Zur's weirding, you could add necropotence...
Hakim, Loreweaver
Autumn Willow
Yomiji, Who Bars the Way
Hanna, Ship's Navigator
Chromium
Skyfire Kirin
Signets and Talismans are better then Cluestones.
Leyline of Anticipation is better than Vedalken Orrery. Either run both or drop Orrery for Leyline.
I don't like the Tempt cards. By now most players are smart enough not to take you up on the offer. So you often end up with a card over costed for its effect. But I get how they are thematic.
Personally I don't see how you are ever going to have mana to pay activation costs for the creatures with activated abilities. Especially not with how your creature curve explodes at the top.
Detention Sphere and Oblivion Ring are better than Act of Authority.
Toxic Deluge is an extremely good card. One of the few worth keeping from the precon. It is quickly becoming one of the best creature wipes in the format.
I feel like Checks and Balances would never work. Even if it does I don't like the card disadvantage.
With your bombs Endless Whispers seems risky. An opponent killing Angel of Despair could end very badly for you.
Generally I'd say lower your curve. Also more artifact ramp is good. More card draw is good. There are a few suboptimal cards where better options exist (I've pointed out a few). A lot of the list is thematic choices so I can't really comment on those.
EDH Decks:
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UBOona Reanimator ComboUB
BRGProssh, Eater of the Blue MageBRG
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Pauper Deck:
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