I think I might be the only person here who loves this new set. It's ridiculous, but looks like it's got a lot of fun stuff that might be fun in EDH, so I thought it'd be a good idea to build a deck that focused on the Eldrazi tribe.
Here's the deck:
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I just wanted to say that while I was torn on the new Eldrazi feeling more Grixis focused whereas the older ones were solely Jund, making the deck Temur is a pretty brilliant compromise. Animar is also a very synergistic general compared options Jund has I think.
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I figure that it doesn't really matter which colorless giant creatures are in there as long as there is density. I do have Pathrazer, but Spawnshire brings in an issue of sideboards and I don't want to deal with that, Blightsteel isn't an Eldrazi (and I'm aiming for theme here), and I don't own a Hangarback.... but would probably stick Endless One in there instead. From Beyond will go in as soon as I track one down since I'm always a fan of this kind of card.
Are any of the Rise colored creatures worth running? If so, what do they bump?
I just wanted to say that while I was torn on the new Eldrazi feeling more Grixis focused whereas the older ones were solely Jund, making the deck Temur is a pretty brilliant compromise. Animar is also a very synergistic general compared options Jund has I think.
Thanks! It started when I kept seeing an Animar Morph deck and thought I could make it bigger and dumber with Eldrazi. I think Morph is still the strongest way to run him, but this is trying to be a Timmy deck through and through. The only reason I have all the smaller creatures is to ramp, but they seem to do the job.
I can also attest from early playtesting that Bane of Bala Ged is the real deal. The Exile-Annihilator effect is very good.
Any suggestions on what to cut for those? I like the idea of Herald since it should be UR to cast and makes all other Eldrazis cost 2 less and even make rocks cheaper. I want to add Bane since a 7 mana Eldrazi has its own appeal when all the others cost 8+.
Elemental Bond as well as Garruk's Packleader, Soul of the Harvest and Primordial Sage could be useful in building up steam, but Elemental Bond's trigger isn't a "may" trigger and could work against Primal Surge and will cause you to deck yourself if you're not careful about keep track of how many draw triggers you're putting onto the stack versus how many cards left in your library once you decide to stop primal surge.
Maybe Future Sight effects would be safer, other good ones are Magus of the Future and Garruk's Horde. If you decide to go this route then Courser of Kruphix (as well as the Oracle of Mul Daya in your list) could be useful in getting past the lands on the top of your deck. Shuffle effects are also you friend in this strategy.
I can also attest from early playtesting that Bane of Bala Ged is the real deal. The Exile-Annihilator effect is very good.
Any suggestions on what to cut for those? I like the idea of Herald since it should be UR to cast and makes all other Eldrazis cost 2 less and even make rocks cheaper. I want to add Bane since a 7 mana Eldrazi has its own appeal when all the others cost 8+.
To fit in Herald of Kozilek, I would remove Iron Myr. The Myr in general are relatively weak and you have little use for the red mana with only 2 red cards in the deck (Animar and Urabrask) and a top-of-the-line manabase that can support getting you any mana you want/need.
Bane of Bala Ged can come in for one of the other Myr, or perhaps for something like Mirri's Guile. If you are looking to swap it for one of the other Eldrazi, Deathless Behemoth would be my choice.
Shrine of the Forsaken Gods can come in for a Mountain, but I think you've gone a little overboard on the mana fixing with Frontier Bivouac and Mana Confluence. Your deck is primarily green and blue, so I think you can tweak the mana to include only a single Mountain and no 3-color lands other than Command Tower. This frees up a slot for Shrine plus another Forest, Island, and another utility land like Alchemist's Refuge or Dust Bowl.
That makes sense. I have the Myrs to power up Animar and provide the deck with Evolutionary Leap fodder, but they are mostly there as speed bumps. Mirri's Guile is a pet card but it's really never as good as I want it to be - sorta think I should replace that with Thassa in maybe. I need to keep my basic count up for late game Fetches, Solemn, Farhaven Elf, and Burnished Hart, but 1 or 2 might be able to go away..... hmmmm, yeah, let's try those as see what happens.
Here's the deck:
1 Animar, Soul of Elements
Eldrazi - 13
1 Artisan of Kozilek
1 Breaker of Armies
1 Conduit of Ruin
1 Deathless Behemoth
1 Desolation Twin
1 Eldrazi Devastator
1 It That Betrays
1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
1 Oblivion Sower
1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
1 Void Winnower
Other Creatures - 29
1 Acidic Slime
1 Banished Hart
1 Coiling Oracle
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Copper Myr
1 Den Protector
1 Duplicant
1 Eternal Witness
1 Eyeless Watcher
1 Farhaven Elf
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Kheru Spellsnatcher
1 Iron Myr
1 Mystic Snake
1 Nest Invader
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
1 Prime Speaker Zegana
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Silver Myr
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Stratus Dancer
1 Trygon Predator
1 Urabrask the Hidden
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Wood Elves
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Yavimaya Dryad
1 Awakening Zone
1 Evolutionary Leap
1 Exploration
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Greater Good
1 Mirri's Guile
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Song of the Dryads
1 Sylvan Library
Artifacts - 8
1 Cloudstone Curio
1 Coalition Relic
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Mana Crypt
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
1 Thran Dynamo
Instants/Sorceries - 1
1 Primal Surge
Land - 39
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Breeding Pool
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Command Tower
1 Eldrazi Temple
1 Eye of Ugin
1 Fire-Lit Thicket
1 Flooded Grove
1 Flooded Strand
3 Forest
1 Frontier Bivouac
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Hinterland Harbor
3 Island
1 Mana Confluence
1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mosswort Bridge
3 Mountain
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Sanctum of Ugin
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Strip Mine
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Taiga
1 Temple of the False God
1 Tropical Island
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Volcanic Island
1 Wooded Foothills
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I like the idea! You could probably add Pathrazer of Ulamog, Spawnsire of Ulamog, Ulamog's Crusher, Endless One, Bane of Bala Ged, Kozilek's Channeler, and Hand of Emrakul. Annihilator is broken and some of the other ones could be useful (producing mana, making tokens, exiling stuff, etc.).
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Are any of the Rise colored creatures worth running? If so, what do they bump?
Thanks! It started when I kept seeing an Animar Morph deck and thought I could make it bigger and dumber with Eldrazi. I think Morph is still the strongest way to run him, but this is trying to be a Timmy deck through and through. The only reason I have all the smaller creatures is to ramp, but they seem to do the job.
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I can also attest from early playtesting that Bane of Bala Ged is the real deal. The Exile-Annihilator effect is very good.
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
Any suggestions on what to cut for those? I like the idea of Herald since it should be UR to cast and makes all other Eldrazis cost 2 less and even make rocks cheaper. I want to add Bane since a 7 mana Eldrazi has its own appeal when all the others cost 8+.
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
Maybe Future Sight effects would be safer, other good ones are Magus of the Future and Garruk's Horde. If you decide to go this route then Courser of Kruphix (as well as the Oracle of Mul Daya in your list) could be useful in getting past the lands on the top of your deck. Shuffle effects are also you friend in this strategy.
To fit in Herald of Kozilek, I would remove Iron Myr. The Myr in general are relatively weak and you have little use for the red mana with only 2 red cards in the deck (Animar and Urabrask) and a top-of-the-line manabase that can support getting you any mana you want/need.
Bane of Bala Ged can come in for one of the other Myr, or perhaps for something like Mirri's Guile. If you are looking to swap it for one of the other Eldrazi, Deathless Behemoth would be my choice.
Shrine of the Forsaken Gods can come in for a Mountain, but I think you've gone a little overboard on the mana fixing with Frontier Bivouac and Mana Confluence. Your deck is primarily green and blue, so I think you can tweak the mana to include only a single Mountain and no 3-color lands other than Command Tower. This frees up a slot for Shrine plus another Forest, Island, and another utility land like Alchemist's Refuge or Dust Bowl.
Jalira, Master Polymorphist | Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder | Bosh, Iron Golem | Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Brago, King Eternal | Oona, Queen of the Fae | Wort, Boggart Auntie | Wort, the Raidmother
Captain Sisay | Rhys, the Redeemed | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight | Obzedat, Ghost Council | Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind | Vorel of the Hull Clade
Uril, the Miststalker | Prossh, Skyraider of Kher | Nicol Bolas | Progenitus
Ghave, Guru of Spores | Zedruu the Greathearted | Damia, Sage of Stone | Riku of Two Reflections
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
Don't really know of suggestions at the moment, as the main reason why I am posting is I have a From Beyond if you want it. No strings. LMK.
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