Atraxa being spoiled really brought back the memories have of early Mono black stax in commander. The first thing I thought of was abusing Tangle Wire immediately. As such our journey into the fair weathered territory of Staxtraxa begins. STAX, for those who don't know is a type of control deck based around removing resources instead of threats. It is very hard to win without mana. As such hate will follow you where ever you go. For those of you here as a first time venture into the world of stax be forewarned its a hard road ahead. For those who love being hated this is for you!
Now a couple of very interesting interactions that Atraxa brings to stax, the aforementioned prolonging of Tangle Wire, doubling down on the name sake itself Smokestacks, and the general advantage of having Planeswalkers in a stax deck propelling forward tokens and other useful abilities such as Teferi, Temporal Archmage -1 and the ability to use it every turn while keeping him neutral. Past this any and all suggestion are welcome. Have fun and remember Phyrexia is realised! Go forth and consume!
To be honest I'm not sure if token generation is ideal here. I'm not really feeling Ghave & Martyr's Bond here. I get the sac tricks and token blockers, but he usually only works out when he is the commander of a deck with kalonia hydra/cathars' crusade/etc.
Bitterblossom is the only one that I know is absolutely worth keeping to go with smokestack.
Toxic Deluge would be a good upgrade (or addition) to your creature wipes.
I know you are mainly looking for cuts, but you could add some planeswalker combos in here. You already have tezzeret the seeker, so adding something like the chain veil and gilded lotus can get you quite a few activation per turn. Like your grim monolith, an artifact that taps for 3x mana + tezzy + veil = 1 mana investment to generate more planeswalker activations. If you have an artifact that taps for 4mana (like everflowing chalice), you can go infinite.
For making cuts here, I think you will need to lean the deck in one direction, as currently it is a blend of token generation, artifact stax/toys, and super friends. Making one of these strategies the dominate approach the deck tries to use for winning, with the other two acting as support/backup, will allow making cuts much easier.
To be honest I'm not sure if token generation is ideal here. I'm not really feeling Ghave & Martyr's Bond here. I get the sac tricks and token blockers, but he usually only works out when he is the commander of a deck with kalonia hydra/cathars' crusade/etc.
-Ghave, Guru of Spores is simply to much value when combined with Atraxa, Praetors' Voice allowing you to turn up the pressure with only a few activations of moving around counters. As for bond it's in here to facilitate the inability to run Grave Pact. Could be sold on removing it but I don't so yet.
Maybe replacing those, the token walkers, and parallel lives with more early staxish cards could give you a more consistent start? (like Thalia, Guardian of Thraben/Thalia, Heretic Cathar maybe?)
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I know you are mainly looking for cuts, but you could add some planeswalker combos in here. You already have tezzeret the seeker, so adding something like the chain veil and gilded lotus can get you quite a few activation per turn. Like your grim monolith, an artifact that taps for 3x mana + tezzy + veil = 1 mana investment to generate more planeswalker activations. If you have an artifact that taps for 4mana (like everflowing chalice), you can go infinite.
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For making cuts here, I think you will need to lean the deck in one direction, as currently it is a blend of token generation, artifact stax/toys, and super friends. Making one of these strategies the dominate approach the deck tries to use for winning, with the other two acting as support/backup, will allow making cuts much easier.
-Haven't really been a fan of the Thalia's recently (my play group runs plenty of red). It's possible that they are correct and in the same vein Vryn's Wingmare. I have played a lot of stax decks and never been super keen on the whole hate bears plan. I always preferred fast mana into resource disruption rather than small taxes. I love the planeswalker combo idea though I should come down on the count of walkers probably fairly heavily. Jace, the Mind Sculptor was in there more for vanity than playabilty as I have a foil WWK one. Sorin Grim Nemesis, Karn Liberated, Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver and Elspeth Sun's Champion could all probably get cut. I like taking out Parallel Lives if its not doing as much anymore also Copy Enchantment probably goes too. I MISSED Stasis what is wrong with me. Anyway thanks for the feed back will do my best to Cut it down and get a list finalised soon.
Atraxa being spoiled really brought back the memories have of early Mono black stax in commander. The first thing I thought of was abusing Tangle Wire immediately. As such our journey into the fair weathered territory of Staxtraxa begins. STAX, for those who don't know is a type of control deck based around removing resources instead of threats. It is very hard to win without mana. As such hate will follow you where ever you go. For those of you here as a first time venture into the world of stax be forewarned its a hard road ahead. For those who love being hated this is for you!
4 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
Lands (39):
1 Academy Ruins
1 Aether Hub
1 Bayou
1 Breeding Pool
1 Calciform Pools
1 Command Tower
1 Darkwater Catacombs
1 Dreadship Reef
1 Dust Bowl
1 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Flooded Strand
1 Forest
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Island
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
1 Polluted Delta
1 Rishadan Port
1 Saltcrusted Steppe
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Skycloud Expanse
1 Strip Mine
1 Sungrass Prairie
1 Swamp
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Temple Garden
1 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Wasteland
1 Watery Grave
1 Windswept Heath
4 Phyrexian Metamorph
4 Hokori, Dust Drinker
5 Seedborn Muse
5 Ghave, Guru of Spores
6 Consecrated Sphinx
7 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
8 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
Artifacts (40):
0 Everflowing Chalice
0 Mana Crypt
0 Mox Diamond
0 Mox Opal
1 Dispeller's Capsule
1 Codex Shredder
1 Expedition Map
1 Flayer Husk
1 Mana Vault
1 Necrogen Spellbomb
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
2 Azorius Signet
2 Defense Grid
2 Dimir Signet
2 Grim Monolith
2 Grinding Station
2 Lightning Greaves
2 Orzhov Signet
2 Pentad Prism
2 Selesnya Signet
2 Simic Signet
2 Sphere of Resistance
2 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Torpor Orb
2 Winter Orb
3 Chromatic Lantern
3 Coalition Relic
3 Crucible of Worlds
3 Kill Switch
3 Static Orb
3 Tangle Wire
4 Clock of Omens
4 The Chain Veil
4 Smokestack
4 Thran Dynamo
4 Trading Post
5 Gilded Lotus
6 Salvaging Station
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
2 Cyclonic Rift
5 Hatred
Sorceries (5):
1 Imperial Seal
2 Demonic Tutor
3 Idyllic Tutor
3 Toxic Deluge
4 Damnation
Enchantments (7):
2 Bitterblossom
2 Copy Artifact
2 Luminarch Ascension
2 Stasis
4 Opposition
5 Doubling Season
6 Martyr's Bond
Planeswalkers (8):
3 Jace Beleren
3 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
3 Liliana of the Veil
4 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
5 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
5 Tezzeret the Seeker
5 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
6 Teferi, Temporal Archmage
Now a couple of very interesting interactions that Atraxa brings to stax, the aforementioned prolonging of Tangle Wire, doubling down on the name sake itself Smokestacks, and the general advantage of having Planeswalkers in a stax deck propelling forward tokens and other useful abilities such as Teferi, Temporal Archmage -1 and the ability to use it every turn while keeping him neutral. Past this any and all suggestion are welcome. Have fun and remember Phyrexia is realised! Go forth and consume!
Maybe replacing those, the token walkers, and parallel lives with more early staxish cards could give you a more consistent start? (like Thalia, Guardian of Thraben/Thalia, Heretic Cathar maybe?)
Bitterblossom is the only one that I know is absolutely worth keeping to go with smokestack.
Toxic Deluge would be a good upgrade (or addition) to your creature wipes.
I know you are mainly looking for cuts, but you could add some planeswalker combos in here. You already have tezzeret the seeker, so adding something like the chain veil and gilded lotus can get you quite a few activation per turn. Like your grim monolith, an artifact that taps for 3x mana + tezzy + veil = 1 mana investment to generate more planeswalker activations. If you have an artifact that taps for 4mana (like everflowing chalice), you can go infinite.
You may also like ethersworn canonist since you have so many artifacts.
For making cuts here, I think you will need to lean the deck in one direction, as currently it is a blend of token generation, artifact stax/toys, and super friends. Making one of these strategies the dominate approach the deck tries to use for winning, with the other two acting as support/backup, will allow making cuts much easier.
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-Yes definitely missed that one too.
-Ghave, Guru of Spores is simply to much value when combined with Atraxa, Praetors' Voice allowing you to turn up the pressure with only a few activations of moving around counters. As for bond it's in here to facilitate the inability to run Grave Pact. Could be sold on removing it but I don't so yet.
-Yes definitely.
-Haven't really been a fan of the Thalia's recently (my play group runs plenty of red). It's possible that they are correct and in the same vein Vryn's Wingmare. I have played a lot of stax decks and never been super keen on the whole hate bears plan. I always preferred fast mana into resource disruption rather than small taxes. I love the planeswalker combo idea though I should come down on the count of walkers probably fairly heavily. Jace, the Mind Sculptor was in there more for vanity than playabilty as I have a foil WWK one. Sorin Grim Nemesis, Karn Liberated, Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver and Elspeth Sun's Champion could all probably get cut. I like taking out Parallel Lives if its not doing as much anymore also Copy Enchantment probably goes too. I MISSED Stasis what is wrong with me. Anyway thanks for the feed back will do my best to Cut it down and get a list finalised soon.