So the idea behind this deck was basically wanting to sit back (in a multiplayer format) and let my opponents fight each other while I add in some damage for them and help in.
For example: someone claims to hit "blah blah" for 5. "Blah blah" accepts and I go in to throw on a titanic growth and tainted strike and all the sudden he is dead. It is more for fun but would like it to play competitively. My problem in deck building is not being able to let things go and create a balance so the deck plays how it should each time.
Cards like Mirror Strike and Simulacrum (to direct to stuffy then to someone else or to Wall of Souls) are there to provide a "shield" especially when people wouldn't expect it.
Very few creatures. Blue spells to protect me as well. Example: Player X attacks me with someone I have no creatures and I can either bounce him to his hand or Pongify etc.
Hopefully this makes sense... Really would be cool if I could get some help from those in the community who know what they are doing. This is going to be sort of a Christmas present to myself.
I know this deck is not balanced and all over the place. I hope what I do have will show what I want to do. I know 3 colors is a lot but I feel is possible. Really appreciate the help. Does me a lot... Merry Christmas !
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Your goal is to discourage people from attacking you, sit back, watch them attack each other, and then occassionally intervene with combat tricks like Tainted Strike. That sounds fun! You can improve the deck by building a better Pillow Fort and replacing some of those spells with more versatile versions.
The biggest weakness I see is that you have a lot of 1-time use tricks to defend you. In a multiplayer game, you can eventually run out of them and then you have no way to defend yourself. Especially if you play with the same playgroup often, they will eventually catch on to your shenanigans and start attacking you more before they can get Tainted Striked out of the game. You can improve your defenses by playing more powerful tricks, playing tricks with built-in card draw (so you don't run out of cards in hand as quickly), and playing repeatable effects.
For example, either Propaganda or Ghostly Prison or Norin's Annex is very strong in decks like this. They make it very hard to attack you with multiple creatures (so you don't have to worry about them swarming around your Wall of Souls). They also just encourage your opponents to attack each other instead of you, because who wants to pay extra mana for nothing?
Fog could be replaced by many better variants. Moment's Peace and Constant Mists can be used more than once. Respite and Riot Control also gain you life. Dawn Charm can be used for other modes if you like flexibility. Comeuppance really punishes them for attacking you, so if you play with the same group often, they might avoid you if they think you could be holding Comeuppance. Pick one you like. It'll be an upgrade to Fog.
There are better versions of Unsummon too. Echoing Truth returns multiple copies at once, very good against tokens. Into the Roil has an option to draw a card if you have extra mana. Vapor Snag deals them 1 damage.
I would go up to 4 Invigorate and cut some Titanic Growths. Giving them life is irrelevant if you're about to kill them with Infect. Or you can give the life to a different player, for diplomacy reasons.
Also you're going to want more card draw so you don't run out of spells and find the tricks you need. Check out cards like Fact or Fiction, Opportunity, Compulsive Research. Rhystic Study is very strong in multiplayer but might be out of your budget by now. If you have enough card draw, you don't even need as many copies of your other tricks.
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For example: someone claims to hit "blah blah" for 5. "Blah blah" accepts and I go in to throw on a titanic growth and tainted strike and all the sudden he is dead. It is more for fun but would like it to play competitively. My problem in deck building is not being able to let things go and create a balance so the deck plays how it should each time.
Cards like Mirror Strike and Simulacrum (to direct to stuffy then to someone else or to Wall of Souls) are there to provide a "shield" especially when people wouldn't expect it.
Very few creatures. Blue spells to protect me as well. Example: Player X attacks me with someone I have no creatures and I can either bounce him to his hand or Pongify etc.
Hopefully this makes sense... Really would be cool if I could get some help from those in the community who know what they are doing. This is going to be sort of a Christmas present to myself.
https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/uluvemeuh8me/ This is the link to my Tapped Out. Sorry new here and didn't know how to format.
I know this deck is not balanced and all over the place. I hope what I do have will show what I want to do. I know 3 colors is a lot but I feel is possible. Really appreciate the help. Does me a lot... Merry Christmas !
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Robby
Phantasmal Image and Mana Drain are strong cards, and Mana Drain, in particular, is worth a good chunk of change, to answer your question.
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Appreciate it ! Yeah they are pretty strong... with what I have aside from those, does the deck idea seem clear ?
The biggest weakness I see is that you have a lot of 1-time use tricks to defend you. In a multiplayer game, you can eventually run out of them and then you have no way to defend yourself. Especially if you play with the same playgroup often, they will eventually catch on to your shenanigans and start attacking you more before they can get Tainted Striked out of the game. You can improve your defenses by playing more powerful tricks, playing tricks with built-in card draw (so you don't run out of cards in hand as quickly), and playing repeatable effects.
For example, either Propaganda or Ghostly Prison or Norin's Annex is very strong in decks like this. They make it very hard to attack you with multiple creatures (so you don't have to worry about them swarming around your Wall of Souls). They also just encourage your opponents to attack each other instead of you, because who wants to pay extra mana for nothing?
Instead of Simulacrum, a one-time use card, put Pariah on Stuffy Doll and no one will attack you!
Fog could be replaced by many better variants. Moment's Peace and Constant Mists can be used more than once. Respite and Riot Control also gain you life. Dawn Charm can be used for other modes if you like flexibility. Comeuppance really punishes them for attacking you, so if you play with the same group often, they might avoid you if they think you could be holding Comeuppance. Pick one you like. It'll be an upgrade to Fog.
There are better versions of Unsummon too. Echoing Truth returns multiple copies at once, very good against tokens. Into the Roil has an option to draw a card if you have extra mana. Vapor Snag deals them 1 damage.
I would go up to 4 Invigorate and cut some Titanic Growths. Giving them life is irrelevant if you're about to kill them with Infect. Or you can give the life to a different player, for diplomacy reasons.
Also you're going to want more card draw so you don't run out of spells and find the tricks you need. Check out cards like Fact or Fiction, Opportunity, Compulsive Research. Rhystic Study is very strong in multiplayer but might be out of your budget by now. If you have enough card draw, you don't even need as many copies of your other tricks.