I'm currently in the process of tuning a stax derevi deck. There are some combos, but what I like most is the stax aspect.
One of my favorite cards in the deck is Willbreaker. My favorite interaction is to +1 Tamiyo, Field Researcher with Willbreaker out to gain control of 2 creatures. Because of this, I started looking for other cards that'd play a stax role but also trigger willbreaker. What I found was 8.5 tails and I love it. I want to see it lock my opponent out of a game. For this, I need more interaction, but I can only find suggestions in mono white. So I want to know of any strong Bant interactions you can think of with 8.5 tails.
8.5 Tails looks easy on the mana, but is actually deceptively expensive if you plan to use it with any regularity. In a competitive Derevi stax list there is no way holding mana open for fiddling around with 8.5 Tails is going to be more powerful than chaining tutors into Stasis, Orbs or Tangle Wire, or getting out a draw/untap engine Derevi can abuse, or Mass LD.
I don't even know how 8.5 Tails even gets consideration next to cards like those. And if your prison is up and running properly, your opponent shouldn't have decent creatures worth stealing with your five mana (!!!) Willbreaker. You probably shouldn't play spells more expensive than Smokestack or Cataclysm.
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My version of stax is less outright lock cards and more cards that slowly lock my opponents out of the game, like hatebears. I don't enjoy smokestack/stasis because of the cost to my boardstate and my meta is heavy on removal. I think casting multiple tutors for a win combo is boring, but moreso I usually dont have the opportunity to. Usually, my opponent has already played a threat I have to deal with, so I tutor for an answer. Id much rather make creatures irrelevant or take them for myself. If that means leaving a 2 drop on the board to scare my opponents and bait removal then thats fine. I have three colors to work with, but no one can suggest an interaction for 8.5 besides mono white cards. The best I've found is with Willbreaker.
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One of my favorite cards in the deck is Willbreaker. My favorite interaction is to +1 Tamiyo, Field Researcher with Willbreaker out to gain control of 2 creatures. Because of this, I started looking for other cards that'd play a stax role but also trigger willbreaker. What I found was 8.5 tails and I love it. I want to see it lock my opponent out of a game. For this, I need more interaction, but I can only find suggestions in mono white. So I want to know of any strong Bant interactions you can think of with 8.5 tails.
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
8.5 Tails looks easy on the mana, but is actually deceptively expensive if you plan to use it with any regularity. In a competitive Derevi stax list there is no way holding mana open for fiddling around with 8.5 Tails is going to be more powerful than chaining tutors into Stasis, Orbs or Tangle Wire, or getting out a draw/untap engine Derevi can abuse, or Mass LD.
I don't even know how 8.5 Tails even gets consideration next to cards like those. And if your prison is up and running properly, your opponent shouldn't have decent creatures worth stealing with your five mana (!!!) Willbreaker. You probably shouldn't play spells more expensive than Smokestack or Cataclysm.
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pucatrade
big receipts
alpha mox emerald
beta time walk
4 goyfs received
3 liliana of the veil
4 karn liberated
3 force of will
4 grove of the burnwillows
snapcaster mage
3 horizon canopy
2 full art damnation