My friend and I were talking the other day trying to make a BUG deck, and saw that a Glissa, the Traitor list might be viable. I ran with it while he started an Azusa, Lost but Seeking list. This is what I came up with.
The idea behind it is a G/B control list abusing Glissa's ability. The format is just picking up where I am so there isn't an established meta just yet. The land base seems a little off to me, But I'm not sure where the weak spots are. Any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.
Did some fixing to my land base. I'm mush happier now, but it could still use a bit of tweeking. Took out some of the under performing removal for the Courser, Longbow, and Deed. Added Scroll Rack for some card draw and hand manipulation. Also, the original list I posted was 49 card so now that's fixed.
Without an estaablished meta, I haven't made a sideboard yet. I know I'm going to have some stronger grave hate in Nihil Spellbomb, but past that, I don't know what I'll need. I'm pretty sure I'll be seeing Ezuri, Renegade Leader, but I feel like I have enough sweepers in the main to keep him down. I've also tested against a rough Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest list and I fared pretty well. It was a tempo list, and he wasn't able to play through all the recurring removal. What decks are popular in your meta and how do you think I could improve my matches against them?
I can see where you are coming from in regards to Sculpting Steel. I will probably cut it for something like Phyrexian Arena.
Right now, I can't see myself running Courser of Kruphix because I'm not happy with my landbase. If I can lock my landbase in, I'll see what I can cut for it.
Triangle of War is going to more or less kill anything Aeolipile will kill by having Glissa fight it, and it has the upside of letting you kill something Aeolipile won't kill if you're willing to have Glissa die in the process.
I think Viridian Longbow would do solid work here, too.
Triangle of War is going to more or less kill anything Aeolipile will kill by having Glissa fight it, and it has the upside of letting you kill something Aeolipile won't kill if you're willing to have Glissa die in the process.
I think Viridian Longbow would do solid work here, too.
I dont see a point in sculpting steel. It requires you to have an artefact already to have some efect. Im surprised I dont see courser of cruphix, its great road block. Isnt demonic tutor better than entomb? Its 2 mana but might hel you find toxic deluge when you need it?
So I was taking a close look at my list today, going through all the cards seeing where I might be able to make a cut, and I came across Chalice of the Void. It sounds awesome in theory, but I haven't been able to play with it that much, and I don't know if it is good enough to stay in the list. Thoughts?
It was in my first draft, but I found the Bow of Nylea was better. While it doesn't reload you deck in 1 go, it allows you to be selective in what goes back in, and it gives much more utility to the deck. I took it out, but I've recently started testing with it again.
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1x Glissa, the Traitor
Lands (18)
1x Bayou
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Buried Ruin
1x Cavern of Souls
1x Command Tower
1x Forbidden Orchard
2x Forest
1x Overgrown Tomb
1x Phyrexia's Core
1x Polluted Delta
2x Swamp
1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1x Verdant Catacombs
1x Wasteland
1x Windswept Heath
1x Wooded Foothills
1x Courser of Kruphix
1x Deathrite Shaman
1x Eternal Witness
1x Perilous Myr
1x Scavenging Ooze
Instants (4)
1x Abrupt Decay
1x Beast Within
1x Dismember
1x Entomb
Sorceries (7)
1x Drown in Sorrow
1x Hymn to Tourach
1x Inquisition of Kozilek
1x Life from the Loam
1x Raven's Crime
1x Thoughtseize
1x Toxic Deluge
1x Pernicious Deed
1x Song of the Dryads
Artifacts (13)
1x Bow of Nylea
1x Crucible of Worlds
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Executioner's Capsule
1x Moonglove Extract
1x Necrogen Spellbomb
1x Ratchet Bomb
1x Scroll Rack
1x Sword of Fire and Ice
1x Sword of Light and Shadow
1x Tangle Wire
1x Viridian Longbow
Planeswalkers (1)
1x Liliana of the Veil
The idea behind it is a G/B control list abusing Glissa's ability. The format is just picking up where I am so there isn't an established meta just yet. The land base seems a little off to me, But I'm not sure where the weak spots are. Any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.
-Misty Rainforest
-Tree of Tales
-Aeolipile
-Elixir of Immortality
-Sculpting Steel
+Forbidden Orchard
+Woodland Cemetery
+Courser of Kruphix
+Pernicious Deed
+Scroll Rack
+Viridian Longbow
Did some fixing to my land base. I'm mush happier now, but it could still use a bit of tweeking. Took out some of the under performing removal for the Courser, Longbow, and Deed. Added Scroll Rack for some card draw and hand manipulation. Also, the original list I posted was 49 card so now that's fixed.
-Woodland Cemetery
-Sylvok Replica
-Chalice of the Void
+Command Tower
+Song of the Dryads
+Beast Within
Command Tower is strictly better than Woodland Cemetery... Dunno how I missed that.
Sylvok Replica never felt like a good draw, and Song of the Dryads is one of the best answers in green.
Chalice never seemed to perform all that well, so I added Beast Within as another answer to pesky cards.
Right now, I can't see myself running Courser of Kruphix because I'm not happy with my landbase. If I can lock my landbase in, I'll see what I can cut for it.
I'm pretty sure Demonic Tutor is banned...
I think Viridian Longbow would do solid work here, too.
GReki, the History of Kamigawa Legendfall
UGEdric, Spymaster of Trest Drawmaster of Trest | GBGlissa the Traitor A Touch of Death | WBTeysa, Orzhov Scion Spinning in Graves
UWIsperia, Supreme Judge A Riddles of Sphinxes | RG Mena and Denn, Wildborn Beware Falling Rocks | GWSigarda, Host of Hurons The Enchantress
WRGRith the Awakener Superfriendly Tokens
I took your advice on Courser of Kruphix and Viridian Longbow. Courser provides a decent body and some good card advantage. Seeing the top of my deck also allows me to make decisions with Scroll Rack and Life from the Loam. Viridian Longbow allows me to regrowth things milled with LftL.
I updated my original post with the new changes and I added a Changelog.
EDH: Xenagos, God of Revels.