MTG Salvation

Hello

Since the new rule is in effect (atleast at our store) i brought out ye old oloro again.

I was wondering, i got a Darksteel Ingot im planning to put in the deck but i don't know what to cut. I was thinking of a land that comes into play tapped. What do you guys think?

Your land count looks like its probably fine but you need more ramp and your overall curve looks high.

In general I would say cut some of the high curve stuff, add more draw and ramp.

What ISB said. A few possibilities: Talisman of Progress, Talisman of Dominance, Commander Sphere, Mana Vault, Coalition Relic, Thran Dynamo, Gilded Lotus

I'd suggest cutting Djinn of Infinite Deceits. Maybe a personal preference, but I'm not a huge fan of him/her. I also agree that replacing a few of the top end cards with a bit more artifacts would be a good idea. I like the ones DigitalFire suggested.

So i cut Djinn of Infinite Deceits for Darksteel Ingot and Ivory Tower for Thran Dynamo. Tomorrow I will change them if i see fit. Thanks for the responses!

I just really like the fatties

I actually really like Ivory Tower in this deck. I'd look to cut something else that's more high cost-low(ish) impact. The idea is more to replace the expensive cards with cheaper cards. And if those cheaper cards make mana, then all the better.

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I actually really like Ivory Tower in this deck. I'd look to cut something else that's more high cost-low(ish) impact. The idea is more to replace the expensive cards with cheaper cards. And if those cheaper cards make mana, then all the better.

True i'll have another look!


EDIT: I've had another look and i really liked all of the other fatties, so i removed Angel of Serenity for now, it's quite heavy with its 3 white as well. GOnna try it out with this version. Putting Ivory Tower back in the deck.

The first cut would be Isperia but i've never gotten to play with it so im gonna see if it'll do anything

I'd honestly cut Isperia first, as I've never found her to be super effective in my own Pillowfort deck. But for real, the list looks solid and fun, so I'd just play some games with it and go with your gut. I don't want to try and persuade you too much, without having ever played the deck.

Let us know how it pans out!

I played oloro, I think i ran 35-36 lands, but I also ran sol ring, mana crypt, 3-5 random 2 drop artifact mana (signets, coldsteel heart, star compass, talismans...) dynamo and gilded lotus.
I think 38 lands is way too high for most decks. I have a buddy running a 45 land rafiq lands deck, I saw someone with a borbor deck with like 80 lands, and of course the classic 99 forrests and omnath, but besides those, 32-36 is generally good, with 10-15 mana rocks/accel cards.
I see a lot of lifelink stuff, which I didn't actually run much of, but I don't see the best; Serra Ascendent. Am I missing it? That card is stupid. I also don't see the two cards that let you win if you have a lot of life. I also don't see the degenerate combo of, sorry I forget the cards, the 2 enchantments, one where you gain life every time opponents lose life, and the other of your opponents lose life every time you gain. Might want to look into those as well.

Even with rules change, I'd still probably run oblation. I might also suggest looking at cutting some of the creatures, and putting in more wraths for board control, and counterspells to stop annoying cards. I'd certainly add some tutors, demonic/vampiric/enlightened at least.

I also never run white without aven mindcensor, that card is just too good.

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I played oloro, I think i ran 35-36 lands, but I also ran sol ring, mana crypt, 3-5 random 2 drop artifact mana (signets, coldsteel heart, star compass, talismans...) dynamo and gilded lotus.
I think 38 lands is way too high for most decks. I have a buddy running a 45 land rafiq lands deck, I saw someone with a borbor deck with like 80 lands, and of course the classic 99 forrests and omnath, but besides those, 32-36 is generally good, with 10-15 mana rocks/accel cards.
I see a lot of lifelink stuff, which I didn't actually run much of, but I don't see the best; Serra Ascendent. Am I missing it? That card is stupid. I also don't see the two cards that let you win if you have a lot of life. I also don't see the degenerate combo of, sorry I forget the cards, the 2 enchantments, one where you gain life every time opponents lose life, and the other of your opponents lose life every time you gain. Might want to look into those as well.

Even with rules change, I'd still probably run oblation. I might also suggest looking at cutting some of the creatures, and putting in more wraths for board control, and counterspells to stop annoying cards. I'd certainly add some tutors, demonic/vampiric/enlightened at least.

I also never run white without aven mindcensor, that card is just too good.

The deck isn't supposed to be super broken or so, that's why i don't run Mana Crypt and friends, they're in a different deck.
I don't like the Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood combo. I could run Sanguine Bond tho.
Serra Ascendant is kinda in the same category, i just don't like them :/
Oloro gets enough hate as it is, im even the player that gets attacked and focused the most already so my plan was to chill with the deck

I managed to get a few games in today and i think i need more recurscion spells. I even managed to get the turn 3 Phyrexian Arena followed up by Paradox Haze + Copy Enchantment! That was just nuts!

I like the deck but it needs some tweaks.

I tried to do that with my oloro deck, I didn't play any duals, and I played a minimal amount of counterspells (for me in a blue deck that is, most of my blue decks have 12-15, my oloro I think has 4-5).
I get it, I just found that no matter what I did I always got targeted, so I had to up the deck or it would just get stomped by everyone.