Hello Gentlemen. I am playing in a league called Type P (rules at http://mtoggweiler.tripod.com/P_Magic0109.pdf not necessary for this but fun), and I would greatly appreciate assistance in building my new sealed pool. This is off of 1 shards, 1 conflux, and 3 alara reborn. I have had a tough time building, I'm up to my 4th rebuild, and I still don't know what colors are the strongest.
Theres a lot of good cards in every shard, but not enough to be solid with anything. I like the solid creatures in Naya, but having 6 counterspells is awfully tempting. Im going with a non-black build right now, but it is way heavy on the 5/6 drops, with almost nothing in the middle. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Your pool isnt set up very well. You can't arbitrility decide Blood Clutist and Agony Warp are Grixis or Gorger Wurm is Naya. Those cards are BR, UB and RG respectivley. The only cards that can be considered a "shard card" are 3color cards and enemy colored gold cards. Obelisks are always artifacts.
You can't use the set's themes or art as a basis of what goes in which shard. As contradictory as that sounds. (For example, Spellbound Dragon is obviously from Esper, but its colors dictate it be a Grixis card. Which itself is dumb, because Jund has the dragons.)
Hybrids belong in the mono colored pile of that cards main color. For example, Arsenal Thresher should be considered a blue card.
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1x Angelic Benediction
1x Knight of the Skyward Eye
1x Lapse of Certainty
Blue
1x Cancel
1x Esperzoa
1x Frontline Sage
1x Master of Etherium
Black
1x Banewasp Affliction
1x Pestilent Kathari
Red
1x Bloodpyre Elemental
1x Fiery Fall
1x Skeletonize
1x Volcanic Submersion
Green
1x Cavern Thoctar
1x Tukatongue Thallid
1x Wild Leotau
Bant
1x Aven Mimeomancer
1x Bant Sureblade
2x Captured Sunlight
1x Deft Duelist
1x Offering to Asha
1x Pale Recluse
1x Sigil of the Nayan Gods
1x Stormcaller's Boon
1x Valeron Outlander
2x Arsenal Thresher
1x Deny Reality
1x Esper Stormblade
2x Etherium Abomination
1x Ethersworn Shieldmage
1x Fieldmist Borderpost
1x Mind Funeral
Grixis
1x Agony Warp
1x Blood Cultist
1x Blood Tyrant
2x Breath of Malfegor
1x Demonic Dread
2x Double Negative
1x Drastic Revelation
1x Jhessian Zombies
1x Singe-Mind Ogre
1x Skyclaw Thrash
1x Soul Manipulation
1x Spellbound Dragon
1x Veinfire Borderpost
1x Firewild Borderpost
1x Jund Sojourners
1x Marrow Chomper
1x Obelisk of Jund
1x Predatory Advantage
1x Sangrite Backlash
1x Vithian Renegades
Naya
1x Intimidation Bolt
1x Gorger Wurm
1x Naya Hushblade
1x Naya Sojourners
1x Reborn Hope
1x Rhox Brute
Other
1x Armillary Sphere
1x Rupture Spire
1x Unstable Frontier
Theres a lot of good cards in every shard, but not enough to be solid with anything. I like the solid creatures in Naya, but having 6 counterspells is awfully tempting. Im going with a non-black build right now, but it is way heavy on the 5/6 drops, with almost nothing in the middle. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
6 Island
5 Mountain
5 Plains
1 Rupture Spire
Creatures - 12
2 Arsenal Thresher
1 Aven Mimeomancer
1 Bant Sureblade
1 Bloodpyre Elemental
1 Deft Duelist
1 Esper Stormblade
1 Ethersworn Shieldmage
1 Frontline Sage
1 Master of Etherium
1 Skyclaw Thrash
1 Spellbound Dragon
1 Angelic Benediction
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Cancel
2 Double Negative
1 Fieldmist Borderpost
1 Fiery Fall
1 Intimidation Bolt
1 Lapse of Certainty
1 Offering to Asha
1 Skeletonize
Hanna, Ship's Navigator - WU Enchantments Control
Wort, the Raidmother - RG Copy ALL the Spells!
Rakdos, Lord of Riots - BR Group Murder-Hug
Reaper King - WUBRG Token Copies
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker - B Sacrifice Engine
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden - BR Randomized Toolbox
Karametra, God of Harvests - GW Ramp
You can't use the set's themes or art as a basis of what goes in which shard. As contradictory as that sounds. (For example, Spellbound Dragon is obviously from Esper, but its colors dictate it be a Grixis card. Which itself is dumb, because Jund has the dragons.)
Hybrids belong in the mono colored pile of that cards main color. For example, Arsenal Thresher should be considered a blue card.
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Famliy Guy Emperor Says,
"Something, something something, DARK SIDE!
Something, something, something COMPLETE!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHiUitciuJ8
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SPIKE GAYMER: not just a beatdown, a beatdown sung to the tune of "I Feel Pretty"!
Thank you for the advice. I admit, I had not considered dropping green. It certainly seems more consistent.
Pseudofate,
Ordering aside, any tips for construction?
Desolation Angel,
What is the minimum threshhold for number of artifacts? I played master of etherium with 7 artifacts in the deck and he was never over a 3/3.
Yah, working on it. Here's an edited decklist (WTF they wont link.....)
I really can't decide where Borderposts should go. Their colors? Artifacts? Lands!?
1 Angelic Benediction
1 Knight of the Skyward Eye
1 Lapse of Certainty
1 Bant Sureblade
Blue
1 Cancel
1 Esperzoa
1 Frontline Sage
1 Master of Etherium
2 Arsenal Thresher
1 Esper Stormblade
Black
1 Banewasp Affliction
1 Pestilent Kathari
Red
1 Bloodpyre Elemental
1 Sangrite Backlash
1 Fiery Fall
1 Skeletonize
1 Volcanic Submersion
Green
1 Cavern Thoctar
1 Tukatongue Thallid
1 Wild Leotau
1 Naya Hushblade
1 Aven Mimeomancer
1 Deft Duelist
1 Offering to Asha
1 Stormcaller's Boon
1 Ethersworn Shieldmage
1 Fieldmist Borderpost
UB
1 Deny Reality
2 Etherium Abomination
1 Mind Funeral
1 Agony Warp
1 Soul Manipulation
1 Jhessian Zombies
BR
1 Blood Cultist
2 Breath of Malfegor
1 Demonic Dread
1 Singe-Mind Ogre
1 Veinfire Borderpost
RG
1 Vithian Renegades
1 Gorger Wurm
1 Predatory Advantage
1 Rhox Brute
1 Firewild Borderpost
1 Reborn Hope
2 Captured Sunlight
1 Pale Recluse
1 Sigil of the Nayan Gods
1 Valeron Outlander
Grixis
1 Blood Tyrant
2 Double Negative
1 Drastic Revelation
1 Skyclaw Thrash
1 Spellbound Dragon
Jund
1 Jund Sojourners
1 Marrow Chomper
Naya
1 Intimidation Bolt
1 Naya Sojourners
Artifacts
1 Obelisk of Jund
1 Armillary Sphere
Land
1 Rupture Spire
1 Unstable Frontier
My Build
1 Sangrite Backlash
1 Firey Fall
1 Skeletonize
1 Deny Reality
1 Agony Warp
1 Armillary Sphere
Creatures -16
1 Esperzoa
1 Master of Etherium
2 Arsenal Thresher
1 Esper Stormblade
1 Bloodpyre Elemental
1 Aven Mimeomancer
2 Etherium Abomination
1 Jhessian Zombies
1 Blood Cultist
1 Blood Tyrant
1 Spellbound Dragon
1 Jund Sojourners
1 Pestilent Kathari
1 Skyclaw Thrash
1 Rupture Spire
1 Veinfire Borderpost
1 Fieldmist Borderpost
4 Mountain
4 Swamp
6 Island
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