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Good Morning

So, I've been running this "go big or go home" theme in my head for a while now; specifically with Intet, the Dreamer as the general for his 'cheating into play ability'.

With the exception of powerful utility creatures like Eternal Witness, all my creatures at going to have big butts.

I'm looking at things like Inkwell Leviatian, Simic Sky Swallower, Terastodon, etc.

Now, I'm not looking for what creatures should be included (though that is always nice), but more so as to:
1) How to cheat them into play
2) How to get them back into play directly from the graveyard
3) How to control the top of my library so that I choose when they go into play
4) Any information as to 'how' I should be playing a 'go big or go home' deck.

Thanks in advance!

As for how to cheat them into play
Elvish Piper
Quicksilver Amulet
Pattern of Rebirth

• Chaos Warp
  
• Djinn of Wishes

are all nice for that.

You're playing RUG, so you don't get any grave to field recursion save for the odd balls like
Artisan of Kozilek

Manipulating the top of the deck in your colours is easy-peasy

• Preordain
  
• Ponder
  
• Brainstorm
  
• Telling Time
  
• Worldly Tutor
  
• Mystic Tutor
  
• Reclaim
  
• Noxious Revival
  
• Mirri's Guile
  
• Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
  
• Sensei's Divining Top
  
• Scroll Rack

If you're looking for something a little different you can try to run some token themes in the deck and cheat guys into play with Mass Polymorph.

Defense of the Heart can usually be reliably triggered in a multiplayer game and is cheaper than Tooth and Nail.

Lurking Predators and Riptide Shapeshifter can both be used to cheat creatures. Genesis Wave might also fit the bill.

Intet's colours don't allow for any re-animation that I can think of. Eternal Witness, Regrowth and friends put 'em back in your hand, though.

i have something like that in my playlist. it also focuses in an infane loop of timewalks

cheating:
Thicket Elemental
Gamekeeper
Summoning trap
and when they die:
Nim DeathMantle
Mimic Vat
Reincarnation

How about a Jhoira of the Ghitu give your fatties (or any other high cmc card) a huge discount at the price of a few turns?

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Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

You know you want to!

Besides the fact that he's been on the top 50 since his release...

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Now, I'm not looking for what creatures should be included

Sneak Attack might merit testing. Obviously JTMS can throw stuff back on top; maybe even try Noxious Revival (and variants) for easy recursion off an Intet activation?

EDIT: Didn't see that Rickston already had Reclaim variants listed.

Call of the Wild is my contribution. Especially if you get the top of the library sorted it's just ridiculous!

Hi there,

I think what you are trying to do there is very similar to my deck concept for Intet Living the Dream (Click to see deck).

Basically the deck runs all Eldrazis and various meat (Trench Gorger is my fav) and cheats them into play using things like Omen Machine, Gate to the Æther, Lurking Predator. To circumvent the problem of "What if I draw them?", Wild Evocation is used.

Sculpting Steel, Phyrexian Metamorph and Mizzium Transreliquat acts as additional copies of Omen Machine.

Feel free to look at my deck for inspiration and comment if you have any ideas for improvement!

Hope this helps!

A few I didn't see mentioned yet.

• Halimar Depths
  
• Crystal Ball
  
• Magma Jet
  

anything else in your colours with scry really

Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind Also cares about what's on the top of your deck

• Madblind Mountain
  
• Grasslands
  
• Arid Mesa

and other shufflers can get you new top cards so dont forget some of these effects

And yes run Ulamog... he's decent, i heard

I'm a big fan of Djinn of Wishes. I saw that card do really well in Standard, cheating some Eldrazi's into play, after brainstorming with Jace 2.0.

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Sneak Attack might merit testing.

Add in Paleoloth for extra hilarity as long as you're using 5+ power dudes, which doesn't sound like a problem for this build. It's a pretty hilarious board state.

I'll also second Call of the Wild and throw Impromptu Raid out there. You need to run some pretty heavy recursion to make use of most of these, but Reclaim and variants are already on theme.

Guided Passage just because it's a favorite of mine and in your colors. Also if you are running a very narrow type of deck, it will likely fetch you bombs. For example if all you are running for creatures is bib baddies and eternal witness you wont get screwed on something like Birds of Paradise. Same with non land, non creature cards. You probably would get something to cheat a creature into play.

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You're playing RUG, so you don't get any grave to field recursion save for the odd balls like
Artisan of Kozilek

Body Double- blue's reanimation spell. It is nearly uncuttable in my blue decks.

Good Morning

@RickstonSlade
Elvish Piper and Chaos Warp probably cost too much for my budget; but I'll consider them.
Djinn of Wishes: This guy looks AWESOME, as I am attempting to control the top of my library anyways.
Artisan of Kozilek: Despite not liking the annhiliator mechanic, this guy WILL be going in. He's BIG! He returns another BIG from the G/Y.
As for topdeck-control, those one shots will all be added....the cheap ones anyways.

@Donald
I do own Polymorph and Mass Polymorph...also Warp World for that matter....so their definately worth considering. Thx.

@unquashable
Have Lurking Predators and Genesis Wave, though the wave is in my elf deck...

As to putting them into my hand.....it means recasting them. Want to try save some mana.

@Edelmdor
Very interesting build. Will definately take a closer look into it to see what I can gleen and offer. Really like the Omen Machine and Wild Evocation effects....so long as I am able to output bigger/more powerful cards.

@Dartain
Love the land input. Halimar Depths and Madblind Mountain are definately on my list now. Crystal Ball too.

@CobraShuttle
Guilded Passage doesn't even have to be mentioned. It's obviously going in....simply because it must; Opponent picks the 3 'worst' cards in your 100 best cards deck? Yes please.

@SuperSonik
Body Double is definately going into the build. Thanks for reminding me of it.


Wow! Great input so far. Decklist has is being conceptualized and I'll have a 'work in progress' post soon enough. Keep the brainstorming coming.

I'm also beginning to tackle the problems this type of deck might face. The obvious problem will be to play against fast blowout decks. How am I going to deal with T4 Zur or T5 Rafiq wins?

wipe away and word of seizing sound good. so does pongify i prefer chaos warp and capsize but it seems to be out of your budget but then you cant always prepare for everething if you are GOING BIG OR GOING HOME.

edit: compleatly forgat beast within to kill anything giving you problems and combust even though it can only target up to 2 colors in magic, it will kill all the tier 1 generals exept for very few since it cant be countered and it deals 5 damages very good for killing utility generelaks like teeg who might stop your deck cold or azami wjo might draw into counters or solutions, or arcum who just is plain evil.