MTG Salvation

So you might remember me from my thread "Help building a overpowered mono black deck" and first off I would like to thank all of those who have given me suggestions and such, but that project will be left in the back of my mind for now. That said I've been looking at cards like Emrakul, the Aeons Torn and Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre and thought to myself "Hmmmm I wonder how ridiculous of a deck I could make to annoy my friends ". Now looking at the prices of these monsters I know it isn't going to be a cheap deck either, buy hey Christmas is coming, one day, and maybe I could ask my mom for some money for christmas for me to blow on magic cards (Maybe, just maybe, she could give me $200, maybe...). So with the expertise of the people who has been playing Magic longer than me maybe you could help out. I've been trying my hand at deck building again and its working a little smoothly, I've got to work out some kinks on a project I'm currently working on. First these cards are going to be expensive to play (15 mana, jeez) but I was thinking about throwing in a Omniscience to get them out, but I can see the problem there as it costs 10 mana to play, which I could use on playing a creature. But then again with it I can play pretty much play any card in my hand, heck I was thinking about throwing in a few Spellbooks so I don't have to worry about having to many cards in my hand. But I'm still a noob so you guys are probably raging in front of your computer or phone screens reading through this. Anyways here are some of the cards I've considered throwing in there Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre, Omniscience, Spellbook, It That Betrays, possibly a Colossus of Akros but more than likely I won't, again this one is a iffy kind of card but maybe Kozilek, Butcher of Truth but I'm not sure about that one. I could throw in 4xAccorder's Shields so they won't tap. Feel free to give me suggestions, add some cards, get rid of some. Hope you guys don't rage that badly from this. Have a nice day.

Show and Tell putting Omniscience into play then casting Enter the Infinite and do as you please with your whole deck.

If you're looking for no max hand size cards Spellbook is a terrible card and you should consider Reliquary Tower instead.

If you really wanna get ridiculous you could potentially pull this off on turn one with a Lotus Petal and either Ancient Tomb or City of Traitors.

Unfortunately most of those cards aren't very cheap.

Cards like Spellbook and Accorder's Shield are 100% unplayable. Don't even think about putting them in your deck.

If you want to cast Eldrazi then your best bets are in Green and Blue. Green has access to cards like Sylvan Primordial and Carpet of Flowers which can both be ridiculously overpowered in multiplayer in addition to Primeval Titan who is just a house in any setting. Beyond that it has plenty of spells like Crop Rotation and Sylvan Scrying which can find lands. Blue has access to Omniscience, draw, and a decent amount of Artifact tutors.

Why are those things relevant you might ask? Cloudpost is a land and Expedition Map can find it. The vast majority of Eldrazi decks that I've seen use Cloudpost + Thespian's Stage + Glimmerpost + Vesuva to power ginormous colorless fatties out. They also use Eye of Ugin to ensure that they have an "unlimited" threats to work with. The gist of the decks is to play a whack Posts, usually 12 or so, and then just a bunch of ways to find them. If you're Blue then you can play Expedition Map, Trinket Mage to find said map, Academy Ruins to recur said map and otherwise you just play things like Trade Secretss to draw a ton of cards to find more Posts. Oh, Trade Secrets works well with Reliquary Tower if you wanted to go that route, so just keep that in mind. Otherwise Green has Crop Rotation, Sylvan Scrying, Primeval Titan, etc. to also find maps and I mean even things like Ancient Stirrings aren't bad. Your deck will have 12x Post and 4x Expedition Map so it's basically just another set of Crop Rotations. While you can support Posts with Show and Tell the card isn't required by any means.

Some other cards that can cheat fatties into play and aren't recursion:

Elvish Piper
Cryptic Gateway if you're planning on going the eldrazi spawn token route (Awakening Zone, Nest Invader ect)
Defense of the Heart
Summoning Trap
Lurking Predators, although this is more of a build around card
Hunting Grounds
Quicksilver Amulet
Tooth and Nail
Braids, Conjurer Adept

All these suggestions are really good. So this deck will be a Blue/Green and I will be sure not to add Spellbook or Accorder's Shield. I like the combination of Cloudpost+Thespian's Stage+Glimmerpost+Vesuva as that can get me a lot more mana to work with. At first I thought what would be the point of adding Eye of Ugin but then I realized that I might not be able to get Omniscience in time, so it could help me get those fatties out quicker. I kind of don't wan't to add Show and Tell as that could help my opponent and ruin my plans, so I can't take that chance. I will be sure to add some Reliquary Towers though to take the place of Spellbook. I would love to type more in but I'm extremely tired so I will check this thread tomorrow Man I think this deck is going to be pretty fun to play with once I get the money

Playing a Blue and Green deck can be rough on the mana. It might be easier just to play a mono-Green deck. Between Crop Rotation, Expedition Map, Sylvan Scrying, Ancient Stirrings, etc. you can find a lot of Posts fast. From there you can abuse things like Amulet of Vigor, Explore and Primeval Titan to hasten the process before going off with your squid monsters. As cool as Omniscience is it's a UUU spell that also costs 7 colorless. Even if you drop 3 Posts into play to generate 9 mana you still need 3 sources of U. That's far from trivial in practice, especially in a 2+ color deck. Were I in your shoes I would stick to a cheaper, cleaner, more consistent mono-Green deck.

For example:



Vesuva is obviously insane if you can afford it.

Perilous Vault could be Nevinyrral's Disk

Ancient Stirrings could be Amulet of Vigor, Mulch, Explore, more Sylvan Scryings, etc. but being able to find Maps, Vaults, creatures such as Solemn Simulacrum/Wurmcoil Engine/Eldrazi/etc. can be useful depending on your build.

But yeah, this would be an example of a basic shell that you could mold to fit your needs. You still have 16 slots to work with so you can pick the 4 "best" cards to finish the job. Green Sun's Zenith (+ Dryad Arbor among other things), Elephant Grass, Moment's Peace, Explore, Courser of Kruphix Oracle of Mul Daya, Solemn Simulacrum, Wurmcoil Engine, Duplicant, Scuttling Doom Engine, Realm Seekers, Primeval Titan, Sylvan Primordial, Myr Battlesphere etc. could all work. You could also play various combos of cards such as Restore + Realms Uncharted + Titania, Protector of Argoth in a deck that uses some amount of Fetchlands over Forests. Don't forget that Crop Rotation represents enablers #5-8 so you don't need to draw Realms Uncharted to get value from your other spells. That being said if you do play with Realms Uncharted you want to spring for at least 1 Vesuva so that you can fetch the Cloudpost + Glimmerpost + Thespian's Stage + Vesuva pile a decent % of the time.

Well I am back. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been busy with school, building new decks, etc. Anyways I thought of this, what if I also added in some artifacts that could also help me get more mana? Artifacts like Sol Ring or Thran Dynamo. As an example, lets say I get a hand with 1 Land, 4 Sol Rings, and some other cards. I could play that one land, then tap it and play the Sol Ring, then tap that one and play two more rings, and then tap one of them and play my other one. Although highly unlikely, anything is possible, and that would mean I would have 9 mana to work with on my next turn, plus some more depending on what I draw. Again highly unlikely that I would get that sort of a hand, but it is a possibility. Just something I wanted to say.

I'd suggest you check out the summer bloom/amulet of vigor deck. I've play tested it a bit and it is not uncommon to have ten or more mana in the first few turns with the right hand.