just 1 in my side, its great in matchups that get grindy like UWR. I also bringing in my 2 Immortal Servitudes in that matchup. Running more than 1 is ok, but only 1 is needed
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The Angel looks great on paper but my experience with it so far has been mostly win-more. It's crazy when it you can drop it and it survives a couple of turns but it certainly isn't a requirement to win. However, in games where my life total is already low or my board position is struggling, it hasn't done enough to bail me out.
More testing is still required, I am not ready to write the card off yet, but 5 mana is quite a bit for this deck.
Haven't read through all of these pages, but has anyone thought about main decking Thalia, Guardian of Thraben? I know this isn't W/(x) Hatebears, but Thalia is just very good in the format, and you could potentially make the maindeck have ~8 non-creature spells. If anyone has tried it out, had experience with it, or has an opinion, let us know.
I know I've seen people maindecking Aven Mindcensor, which has no real synergy with the overall Soul Sisters / lifegaining strategy. Yet the disruption and ability is good enough to maindeck. Thalia seems like the same line of thought, but can potentially be better in my opinion.
Haven't read through all of these pages, but has anyone thought about main decking Thalia, Guardian of Thraben? I know this isn't W/(x) Hatebears, but Thalia is just very good in the format, and you could potentially make the maindeck have ~8 non-creature spells. If anyone has tried it out, had experience with it, or has an opinion, let us know.
I know I've seen people maindecking Aven Mindcensor, which has no real synergy with the overall Soul Sisters / lifegaining strategy. Yet the disruption and ability is good enough to maindeck. Thalia seems like the same line of thought, but can potentially be better in my opinion.
Well, thalia hurts our own deck as well. Most decks have 12 or so noncreature spells, so it can set us back. Where as Mindcensor, doesn't hurt us at all if you are in monowhite.
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I have a singleton of Thalia in the Sideboard to help against Storm decks along with a Leyline. I've also got Rest In Peace if they are running Past in Flames. Against Grapeshot you just need to gain enough life, against Empty the Warrens its a bit trickier, you do not want that to resolve.
There aren't many other decks I'd bring her in against.
Maybe Raka Control to slow them down a bit, but that's it
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I've been trying Angelic Destiny as a one of mainboard. it has been awesome, it makes my guy huge with invasion and it usually wins me the game when I stick it. Even when they kill the creature you put it back into your hand the play it on another.
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I'm pretty new to playing Soul Sisters (and constructed Magic in general), and I have a question about sideboarding.
I'm happy to carry on experimenting with the exact sideboard composition myself, and I think I'm getting a pretty good handle on what to bring in vs which opponents.
What I'm less sure of is, what should I be sideboarding out?
If I could see your list and sideboard, that'd be great.
It take the cards that are the least essential to my game plan. Ranger of Eos is a great place to start. He is a 4 drop which tops our curve. Instead of waiting to hit 4 lands I would rather get my board presence up and put down some disruption to stop the further plans of his deck.
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..which I think is a fairly standard I-can't-afford-Auriok-Champions version of it. I think right this moment it currently has 2x Aven Mindcensor and 2x something like Grand Abolisher in place of the 4x Honor of the Pure, just because I've been messing around with it, but imagine it still has the Honors for sake of advice.
But it's been changing a lot, trying out different numbers of cards, Oblivion Rings, the Mindcensors as sideboards, etc.
One thing I suggest is to try 2-3 Ghost quarters mainboard. Kills tron lands and manlands.
On the side boarding topic, your SB is pretty standard. VS a match up like control Hero of Bladehold and Immortal Servitude are pretty much 4 drops. So in that case the Rangers would come out. We don't want to many 4 drops at once, it would mess up our curve. However there are of course match ups where ranger would be useful. Doing things like taking out 1 ranger, 1 procession, 1 honor are also smart strategies. It's all up to you and what you want to have in your hand while playing the next game.
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I'm assuming the answer to this question is a yes, but have infinite life combos been considered? Relic-Warder + Metamorph is an easy enough combo to assemble in addition to both being solid creatures. Besides, a turn 3 infinite life combo is on par with hardcasting a god draw in Melira pod.
infinite life doesn't exactly stop infinite damage as you need to declare a real number and if they go off later for infinite damage they can always deal more than you gained.
It does win games in Non-pod and non-splinter twin matchups but I feel you'd waste too many slots and neither card is searchable.
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which is why Honor of the Pure is better than Path of Bravery. Yes Path gives life gain but the pump is conditional and it doesnt help if you are behind.
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theres too much Pod in the American meta which is a horrible matchup for Soul Sisters. Every other combo deck isnt really a problem as you can generate enough life to negate their win condition. The thing about Pod, specifically Melira pod is that they can kill your Sisters with their combo and still win as they deal infinite damage. The other combo decks deal a finite amount.
Additionally post board they can completely side out their combo and become a very effective BGW beatdown deck
If Scapeshift can kick it out Pod then Sisters will probably increase in play as once the Primeval Titans get Pathed you can usually just gain enough life to negate their combo.
Also if Twin decks become popular again.
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Has anyone have any recommendation for SB against UWR? I've added 2 Caverns to the main as the local meta has a good amount of control, and i'm thinking about removing the GQ, since it only hits celestial colonade in our meta, and having 5 lands producing colorless spells for Spectral Procession / Multiple sisters/ascendants/martyrs is not good at all.
Has anyone have any recommendation for SB against UWR? I've added 2 Caverns to the main as the local meta has a good amount of control, and i'm thinking about removing the GQ, since it only hits celestial colonade in our meta, and having 5 lands producing colorless spells for Spectral Procession / Multiple sisters/ascendants/martyrs is not good at all.
I've seen Immortal Servitude in sideboards as a revive-from-sweepers card.
I do have one Immortal Servitude in the SB, but it usually doesn't resolve. I'm thinking about switching 2 Spectral Processionsfor two Lingering Souls and add two LS more to the sideboard, for the flashback cost I may stick a playset of Caves of Koilos, as having 4 swamps will hurt the mana base way more, and i'm not sure about using shocks here.
I do have one Immortal Servitude in the SB, but it usually doesn't resolve. I'm thinking about switching 2 Spectral Processionsfor two Lingering Souls and add two LS more to the sideboard, for the flashback cost I may stick a playset of Caves of Koilos, as having 4 swamps will hurt the mana base way more, and i'm not sure about using shocks here.
If you want black I would suggest Isolated Chapel over Caves. Chapel should pretty much always pass the check and you really don't want to be doing damage to yourself in the early turns if you are trying to get to 30.
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More testing is still required, I am not ready to write the card off yet, but 5 mana is quite a bit for this deck.
I know I've seen people maindecking Aven Mindcensor, which has no real synergy with the overall Soul Sisters / lifegaining strategy. Yet the disruption and ability is good enough to maindeck. Thalia seems like the same line of thought, but can potentially be better in my opinion.
Well, thalia hurts our own deck as well. Most decks have 12 or so noncreature spells, so it can set us back. Where as Mindcensor, doesn't hurt us at all if you are in monowhite.
There aren't many other decks I'd bring her in against.
Maybe Raka Control to slow them down a bit, but that's it
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If I could see your list and sideboard, that'd be great.
It take the cards that are the least essential to my game plan. Ranger of Eos is a great place to start. He is a 4 drop which tops our curve. Instead of waiting to hit 4 lands I would rather get my board presence up and put down some disruption to stop the further plans of his deck.
4x Soul Warden
4x Martyr of Sands
4x Serra Ascendent
4x Path to Exile
4x Honor of the Pure
4x Squadron Hawk
4x Ajani's Pridemate
4x Spectral Procession
3x Ranger of Eos
2x Windbrisk Heights
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One thing I suggest is to try 2-3 Ghost quarters mainboard. Kills tron lands and manlands.
On the side boarding topic, your SB is pretty standard. VS a match up like control Hero of Bladehold and Immortal Servitude are pretty much 4 drops. So in that case the Rangers would come out. We don't want to many 4 drops at once, it would mess up our curve. However there are of course match ups where ranger would be useful. Doing things like taking out 1 ranger, 1 procession, 1 honor are also smart strategies. It's all up to you and what you want to have in your hand while playing the next game.
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It does win games in Non-pod and non-splinter twin matchups but I feel you'd waste too many slots and neither card is searchable.
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It does all what the deck likes : gain life and boost the army.
So far, I think one of the most problematic card to the deck is pyroclasm.
Making our stuff bigger helps dodging that.
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Additionally post board they can completely side out their combo and become a very effective BGW beatdown deck
If Scapeshift can kick it out Pod then Sisters will probably increase in play as once the Primeval Titans get Pathed you can usually just gain enough life to negate their combo.
Also if Twin decks become popular again.
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I've seen Immortal Servitude in sideboards as a revive-from-sweepers card.