Trying to help my fiance fix up her deck that she plays with most of the time for our multiplayer games.
This is the list that she's currently running, I know it's all over the place, so I'm trying to figure out what we can cut out of the deck, and what should be added to the deck. I'd like to keep the budget for fixing the deck up to around 50-100$. Any help would be wonderful thank you.
The deck is pretty all over the place so the best way to start is to decide what sort of deck she really wants to play. Cards like Hover Barrier are for a defensive or High Alert deck. Cards like Lyev Skyknight are good in aggro decks that are trying to top out at 3-4 mana. A sphinx/angel deck would typically be a big mana deck that tries to use a few low mana defensive cards like Wall of Frost to make it to the late game where cards like Consecrated Sphinx and Avacyn, Angel of Hope take over. You could also go for a flyers deck which uses Favorable Winds and Spirit tokens.
Well the Sphinx/Angel archtype is what she's looking for, this is just thrown together from what we have currently, that's why I'm trying to figure out how I can help focus this deck and make it better. I'm not sure what a good looking Angel/Sphinx deck would look like, or what to pick up and cut to begin making it into that shape.
So early game: stay alive, build, control
Mid game: some angels and/or sphinxes
Endgame: power cards (reset buttons or mass reanimate or ??), more angels/sphinxes
If you think of these three phases what would help your deck the most?
Where does the deck fail?
If you’re playing 24 lands this means 12 cards in each of the three game phases, preferably you want early game cards that are good late game too.
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My meta: 3 or 4 player free for all, anything goes but boring games or broken decks cause a vote to end that game.
I think the deck currently isn't very optimized for the early/mid game. She seems to have no issues come late game, but that's only if she gets there - So I guess those are the 2 main places I'm trying to help her shore up - in terms of what to cut and what to add to help give her that consistency to reach the late game. Just not entirely sure how to go about that.
Maybe something closer to this? Although, I would def add 4x Luminarch Ascension if you can afford them. Inspired Sphinx is also my favorite multiplayer Sphinx if you can nab some of those.
Thank you for the list, I'll check out the spells mostly is what it looks like you changed up/cutting some creatures and other spells.
Outside of those things, are there any late game threats in specific that we should look for that are really good? I know Consecrated Sphinx, and Avacyn are both great cards, but pretty expensive too.
Cool thank you. Picked her up quite a few cards you suggested today as well as some other ones, Emeria Shepherd being one of those. I'll look to get her an inspired sphinx/Medomai to play with soon, unfortunately my local store didnt have an inspired.
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This is the list that she's currently running, I know it's all over the place, so I'm trying to figure out what we can cut out of the deck, and what should be added to the deck. I'd like to keep the budget for fixing the deck up to around 50-100$. Any help would be wonderful thank you.
2 Azorius Guildgate
10 Island
1 Meandering River
10 Plains
2 Tranquil Cove
//Sorceries Instants and Enchantments
1 Aetherize
1 Annul
1 Azorius Charm
1 Dissolve
1 Dovescape
1 Excoriate
2 Favorable Winds
1 Ghostform
1 Negate
1 Preordain
1 Rebuke
2 Sentinel's Mark
1 Sky Tether
1 Solemn Offering
1 Sphinx's Insight
1 Sphinx's Revelation
1 Squire's Devotion
1 Summary Judgment
1 Take Vengeance
1 Thought Collapse
1 Triumph of Gerrard
1 Verity Circle
1 Warrant // Warden
1 Azorius Keyrune
2 Azorius Signet
//Creature Cards
1 Aerial Engineer
1 Archon of the Triumvirate
1 Augury Owl
1 Chillbringer
1 Dream Eater
1 Healer's Hawk
1 Hover Barrier
1 Isperia the Inscrutable
1 Isperia, Supreme Judge
1 Judge's Familiar
1 Lavinia of the Tenth
1 Light of the Legion
1 Lyev Skyknight
1 Pride of the Clouds
1 Riddlemaster Sphinx
2 Senate Griffin
1 Serra's Guardian
1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
1 Sphinx of Foresight
1 Sphinx of New Prahv
1 Spirit of the Spires
1 Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
1 Windreader Sphinx
1 Windstorm Drake
Mid game: some angels and/or sphinxes
Endgame: power cards (reset buttons or mass reanimate or ??), more angels/sphinxes
If you think of these three phases what would help your deck the most?
Where does the deck fail?
If you’re playing 24 lands this means 12 cards in each of the three game phases, preferably you want early game cards that are good late game too.
My meta: 3 or 4 player free for all, anything goes but boring games or broken decks cause a vote to end that game.
7x Island
6x Plains
4x Myriad Landscape
4x Tranquil Cove
2x Azorius Chancery
Creatures (14)
1x Pride of the Clouds
4x Sphinx of New Prahv
1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
1x Sphinx of Foresight
1x Lavinia of the Tenth
1x Isperia the Inscrutable
1x Dream Eater
1x Isperia, Supreme Judge
1x Light of the Legion
1x Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign
1x Windreader Sphinx
4x Preordain
4x Swords to Plowshares
4x Azorius Signet
2x Counterspell
1x Warrant // Warden
2x Manifold Insights
1x Sphinx's Revelation
1x Verity Circle
4x Sublime Exhalation
Maybe something closer to this? Although, I would def add 4x Luminarch Ascension if you can afford them. Inspired Sphinx is also my favorite multiplayer Sphinx if you can nab some of those.
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Outside of those things, are there any late game threats in specific that we should look for that are really good? I know Consecrated Sphinx, and Avacyn are both great cards, but pretty expensive too.
Appreciate the help guys.
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