Dakkon Blackblade is a deck I've been considering for years and just never got around to building. Thought about lands matter, landfall, winning with manlands and swords... I just love the card, how off color it is, how it seems perfect for a finisher in an esper control deck that just plops him out when you have 21 lands and starts murdering people. (21 lands? yeah, was thinking of the long game) But I never build it.
Then I saw an article on using old frame cards to avoid jamming in all the same old powerful new cards and realized he'd be perfect for it.
Game plan is esper control with Dakkon as a finisher. Lands matter cards prior to 8th edition in these colors usually say "sacrifice a land" to get some cool effect. Kind of a nonbo. I've searched Gatherer with little luck, but if you know of some ways to get lands out, especially from the graveyard, LEMME KNOW!
So Dakkon is twice as blue as he is black and white, and I'm using mostly basic lands since this is a budget-y deck, so I'm going to lean toward mono blue control splashing black and white for the removal spells and Reanimate spells. Number one card on the list is Bribery and I think a steal/clone creatures strategy is better than using the sad old creatures of yesteryear and trying to make them good. I'll probably run very few creatures at all. Weathered Wayfarer being an exception.
So, draw, clone, steal, removal, maybe some pillowfort, maybe some annoying enchantments but not too annoying that I become a target. (I'm looking at you Rising Waters ) Send me your ideas!
Don't know how I don't own a Thawing Glaciers but I totally need it for this.
I actually eyed my Mana Vortex as I started considering cards and chuckled at how anti Dakkon it seems, but such a good card. I'll probably start out not doing the land denial plan, though it could end up going there. Hmmmm, Sunder into mass discard...
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How can you not run Blackblade Reforged in a Dakkon deck?
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EDH RRGrenzo plays your deck, GGYeva's mono green control, WW9-tails trys desperately for monowhite not to suck RWBUTymna and Kraum's saboteur tribal, UWG Kestia's Enchantress Aggro, RUB Jeleva casts big dumb spells, RGB Vaevictis' big critters can kill your critters hard
I tempted myself when I saw that... I did literally just buy an Imperial Recruiter last week so I can't talk the wife into a judge foil crucible for a while.
How can you not run Blackblade Reforged in a Dakkon deck?
Yeah, may have to make an exception for that, Dakkon with that equipment is pretty rad. I was considering making an exception for Crucible too until Sadgasm reminded me that judge foil has the old frame.
Ghe. I actually built this a while ago. Not very powerful in a competitive environment but very cool to pull of. Still looking for a legends version of Dakkon to make the real thing.
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Great draw suggestions. I always forget the swords had old border judge prints. So nice... and expensive. I may have to look at this deck as a work in progress as I'm currently trying to do the deck on the cheap and some of the suggestions that I don't already own copies of aren't cheap. Haven't look at the cost of Yawgmoth's Will in awhile, yeesh, should've bought one a few years ago!
Portent is actually a pretty cool card, a delayed Ponder that lets you mess with someone else's tutored card!
Ahw man, how did things ever get so far? I completely forgot about Shadowmage Infiltrator. Finkel's invitational card should definitely be in your list. You could consider doing more things like this (and Ophidian), with cards like Curiosity and Coastal Piracy.
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Then I saw an article on using old frame cards to avoid jamming in all the same old powerful new cards and realized he'd be perfect for it.
Game plan is esper control with Dakkon as a finisher. Lands matter cards prior to 8th edition in these colors usually say "sacrifice a land" to get some cool effect. Kind of a nonbo. I've searched Gatherer with little luck, but if you know of some ways to get lands out, especially from the graveyard, LEMME KNOW!
So Dakkon is twice as blue as he is black and white, and I'm using mostly basic lands since this is a budget-y deck, so I'm going to lean toward mono blue control splashing black and white for the removal spells and Reanimate spells. Number one card on the list is Bribery and I think a steal/clone creatures strategy is better than using the sad old creatures of yesteryear and trying to make them good. I'll probably run very few creatures at all. Weathered Wayfarer being an exception.
So, draw, clone, steal, removal, maybe some pillowfort, maybe some annoying enchantments but not too annoying that I become a target. (I'm looking at you Rising Waters ) Send me your ideas!
WUBRG Some of these decks can actually win games...WUBRG
How I know I should build a deck:
Terrain Generator lets you hit more land drops.
Tithe, Land Tax, Thawing Glaciers, and Gift of Estates make sure you hit your land drops but are a bit more spendy.
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
UB(U/B)Yuriko, Ninja Trinket AggroUB(U/B)
WUBRGAtogatog: Assembling a OHKOWUBRG
I actually eyed my Mana Vortex as I started considering cards and chuckled at how anti Dakkon it seems, but such a good card. I'll probably start out not doing the land denial plan, though it could end up going there. Hmmmm, Sunder into mass discard...
Thanks for the ideas!
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How I know I should build a deck:
My 720 Peasant Cube
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Don't... tempt me... Frodo...
WUBRG Some of these decks can actually win games...WUBRG
How I know I should build a deck:
RRGrenzo plays your deck, GGYeva's mono green control, WW9-tails trys desperately for monowhite not to suck
RWBUTymna and Kraum's saboteur tribal, UWG Kestia's Enchantress Aggro, RUB Jeleva casts big dumb spells, RGB Vaevictis' big critters can kill your critters hard
Arena Standard
UUUU Tempo, since before it was cool
Various Wx decks running Fountain of Renewal and Day of Glory
Anything I can cram Chaos Wand in to
I tempted myself when I saw that... I did literally just buy an Imperial Recruiter last week so I can't talk the wife into a judge foil crucible for a while.
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Yeah, may have to make an exception for that, Dakkon with that equipment is pretty rad. I was considering making an exception for Crucible too until Sadgasm reminded me that judge foil has the old frame.
WUBRG Some of these decks can actually win games...WUBRG
How I know I should build a deck:
amazingly epic sig courtesy of DarkNightCavalier at Heroes of the Planes.
What I need suggestions for are old frame draw cards. Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, Brainstorm, Phyrexian Arena, Skeletal Scrying and Necropotence are oldies but goodies. What are some other options, especially low cmc to get me going in the early game?
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Anyhow. For draw and selection you should probably consider:
Time Spiral
Stroke of Genius
Braingeyser
Windfall
Greed
Vampiric Tutor
Demonic Tutor
Mystical Tutor
Gush
Yawgmoth's Will
Scroll Rack
Memory Jar
Happy building
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BBurnR
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I second everything the_offspring suggested.
Off the top of my head for the cheapness:
Portent
Impulse
Opt
Shadowmage Infiltrator
Ophidian
Skulltap <- might be a bit of a stretch
On the not so cheap front:
Opportunity
Decree of Pain
Urza's Blueprints
Thassa &
Shu Yun &
Jarad &
Animar
Portent is actually a pretty cool card, a delayed Ponder that lets you mess with someone else's tutored card!
WUBRG Some of these decks can actually win games...WUBRG
How I know I should build a deck: