Thank you for this awesome resource on Ezuri. It helped me optimize my own build for my playgroup, which seems to be winning most games nowadays.
Have you considered Finale of Devastation? For me, it's been better than Birthing Pod. Having the backup of getting creatures back from the grave as well as finding them in the library is a great safety net and redundancy.
Keep up the great work!
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I thought about it, and have been considering testing it. I feel like it'd be a 2CMC Green Sun's Zenith in most cases? I rarely want to recur, but maybe the tutoring versatility makes it good enough.
I thought about it, and have been considering testing it. I feel like it'd be a 2CMC Green Sun's Zenith in most cases? I rarely want to recur, but maybe the tutoring versatility makes it good enough.
Well, since it can find creatures of any color, including Sage of Hours it is better than Zenith, in my opinion.
With it I had opponents counter the Sage only to bring it right back.
Also, for finding Sage, it's cheaper than Pod.
So, I'm a huge fan.
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Beast Whisperer and either Birthing Pod or Trygon Predator are my likely cuts. Ouphe turning off Pod and it being one of the slower remaining cards are making me lean toward removing it.
Gitaxian Probe is good filler. I'm not running it because right now, every card in the deck has proven useful enough times to not cut it, but Probe is a worthwhile inclusion.
As for Mystic Remora, it draws 2-3 cards if I don't pay the cumulative upkeep. Normally I'll play it turn 2 or 3, depending on how many dorks I have, and paying the cumulative upkeep also depends on whether or not drawing more cards is worth compromising my sequencing/mana efficiency. It's been decent so far.
Hexdrinker does not belong in competitive EDH. Life totals and damage rarely matter unless you can one-shot someone.
I have been analyzing the place of Kiora, the ability to potentially bring a creature and a land looks very useful, you think that in this deck is superior to Jace, The Mind Sculptor and his brainstorm? both cost (4) I think Kiroa's advantage is that it helps "filter" the top, right? either way both enter after ezuri, they are mid game cards, kiora could enter before but I do not see much profit, at least you have a super land or a remarkable manadork to untap.
Kiora's advantages are numerous. She is easier to cast, allows me to untap multiple mana sources to potentially hold up a counter, digs a card deeper than Jace, and allows me to use Yisan multiple times in a turn. I'm not interested in a 4-mana sorcery-speed Brainstorm; I am interested in a card that digs quickly and can help add more mana with Gaea's Cradle.
Kiora is often cast before Ezuri; digging for a protection creature or a land so you have counter mana up when you cast Ezuri can be important.
Just wanted to say this deck is frigging great. Good design man. not very often I see something in CEDH forum that strikes me as really cool, and this is super cool. Nice to see something than the same pile of 30 cantrips, tutors and mana rocks with the same suite of removal spells, and then a different combo.
3 mana for 2 cards is not a great rate in cEDH. Normally Cold-Eyed Selkie and Fathom Mage draw me more than 2 cards each turn, whereas Beast Whisperer often did not and thus got the axe. I've kept Duskwatch Recruiter around since it can both accelerate and dig for relevant cards. For what it's worth, I'd probably play Mulldrifter at 1U.
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Have you considered Finale of Devastation? For me, it's been better than Birthing Pod. Having the backup of getting creatures back from the grave as well as finding them in the library is a great safety net and redundancy.
Keep up the great work!
Ardeyn
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Well, since it can find creatures of any color, including Sage of Hours it is better than Zenith, in my opinion.
With it I had opponents counter the Sage only to bring it right back.
Also, for finding Sage, it's cheaper than Pod.
So, I'm a huge fan.
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But for the 2 creature cards what would you cut for them??
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As for Mystic Remora, it draws 2-3 cards if I don't pay the cumulative upkeep. Normally I'll play it turn 2 or 3, depending on how many dorks I have, and paying the cumulative upkeep also depends on whether or not drawing more cards is worth compromising my sequencing/mana efficiency. It's been decent so far.
Hexdrinker does not belong in competitive EDH. Life totals and damage rarely matter unless you can one-shot someone.
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Kiora is often cast before Ezuri; digging for a protection creature or a land so you have counter mana up when you cast Ezuri can be important.
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UW Ephara Hatebears [Primer], GB Gitrog Lands, BRU Inalla Combo-Control, URG Maelstrom Wanderer Landfall
Is there a reason for not running Mulldrifter? 2 cards + Exp. counter for 2U (evoke) sounds great to me.
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