I'm a casual commander player jumping on the arena bandwagon, and have no idea how to build decks for constructed standard.
Have had the best success so far using this UB Favourable Winds deck. It relies on synergies between some of the dimir flyers, and the crazy powerhouse that is nightveil predator for its power. Decks definitely not optimal, built in some cases around what I've got copies of and probably some flat out bad card choices.
Any help is appreciated! I'm open to any card changes but want to keep the core focus on UB and Nightveil Predator - I feel it would be hard to cast it going into a third colour.
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'll give those a go. Did just win a game off of Skymarch but man I can't resist cards that let me play my opponents deck, plus I have one in the collection
Favourable winds is much better than obsession for the damage output of the deck, but I can definitely see an argument for running obsession for the draw.
Some changes ie the catacombs are pending more wildcards, that one is definitely on my list
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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 do think one Curious Obsession would be good combined with Nightveil Predator. Auras are normally a way to get blown out for a 2 for 1, but hexproof makes this card viable. It's going to be hard for opponents to block a 4/4 flyer continuously..unless of course you're against an opposing Doom Whisperer.
But if they are having to leave a Doom on defense, then that is still good.
Found Pilfering Imp was never being activated, making it a 1/1 Flyer for 1. As this is not an all in aggro deck I've never really found myself caring about having that one drop. Will be on the radar if I feel that the ability is worth it. Swapped it for Dead Weight, and have already noticed a big improvement against a lot of decks that I am facing - being able to kill those x/2 utility creatures or put a damper on real aggro decks has been much more useful than the 1/1 Flyer was.
Swapped Discovery // Dispersal for Curious Obsession. These fill a similar role, but Curious is advantage over filtering and works well with Nightveil, and I have yet to find a use for the high end half of Discovery. It has been rare that I have been unable to attack so not expecting the self destruct to be a major issue.
Swapped one Fell Specter for Thief of Sanity. I like both of these cards, so it comes down to having one Thief in my collection and the Thief being a 3 drop.
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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'm not sure about 4 x Curious Obsession however. You are either risking it during early turns on your small creatures, or waiting at a minimum until turn 5 to play it on Nightveil Predator.
So you're bound to get games where your pushed a bit hard to make the decisions to risk it or not.
I like the idea that you might just get a "free" Narcomoeba off surveil and you can play a Curious Obsession on it, and then any removal really is just one-for-one then.
i had imagined some number of nightveil predator in the sb, but if you consider that card core you could replace dreamcaller siren. i excluded doom whisperer partially for curve, partially for budget, but if you have the one, could be worth cutting some things to add a land or two and the one whisperer.
Have had the best success so far using this UB Favourable Winds deck. It relies on synergies between some of the dimir flyers, and the crazy powerhouse that is nightveil predator for its power. Decks definitely not optimal, built in some cases around what I've got copies of and probably some flat out bad card choices.
Any help is appreciated! I'm open to any card changes but want to keep the core focus on UB and Nightveil Predator - I feel it would be hard to cast it going into a third colour.
3x Pilfering Imp
3x Narcomeba
4x Nightveil Sprite
4x Kitesail Freebooter
4x Dimir Spybug
3x Skymarch Bloodletter
2x Fell Specter
4x Nightveil Predator
1x Doom Whisperer
Other
3x Notion Rain
4x Discovery / Dispersal
4x Favourable Winds
2x Murder
9x Swamp
4x Watery Grave
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 would play 3 x Drowned Catacomb.
Niv-Mizzet Reborn
Feather, the Redeemed
Estrid, the Masked
Teshar
Tymna/Ravos
Najeela, Blade-Blossom
Firesong & Sunspeaker
Zur the Enchanter
Lazav, the Multifarious
Ishai+Reyhan
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Favourable winds is much better than obsession for the damage output of the deck, but I can definitely see an argument for running obsession for the draw.
Some changes ie the catacombs are pending more wildcards, that one is definitely on my list
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
But if they are having to leave a Doom on defense, then that is still good.
I would cut 1 x Favorable Winds for 1 x Curious Obsession as a test.
Niv-Mizzet Reborn
Feather, the Redeemed
Estrid, the Masked
Teshar
Tymna/Ravos
Najeela, Blade-Blossom
Firesong & Sunspeaker
Zur the Enchanter
Lazav, the Multifarious
Ishai+Reyhan
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-Prime Speaker Vannifar
---------------------Will & Rowan Kenrith
3x Narcomeba
4x Nightveil Sprite
4x Kitesail Freebooter
4x Dimir Spybug
Bigger Fliers
2x Fell Specter
1x Thief of Sanity
4x Nightveil Predator
1x Doom Whisperer
3x Notion Rain
4x Curious Obsession
4x Dead Weight
4x Favourable Winds
2x Murder
9x Swamp
4x Watery Grave
4x Discovery // Dispersal3x Pilfering Imp3x Skymarch Bloodletter1x Fell Specter+4x Dead Weight
+4x Curious Obsession
+1x Thief of Sanity
Found Pilfering Imp was never being activated, making it a 1/1 Flyer for 1. As this is not an all in aggro deck I've never really found myself caring about having that one drop. Will be on the radar if I feel that the ability is worth it. Swapped it for Dead Weight, and have already noticed a big improvement against a lot of decks that I am facing - being able to kill those x/2 utility creatures or put a damper on real aggro decks has been much more useful than the 1/1 Flyer was.
Swapped Discovery // Dispersal for Curious Obsession. These fill a similar role, but Curious is advantage over filtering and works well with Nightveil, and I have yet to find a use for the high end half of Discovery. It has been rare that I have been unable to attack so not expecting the self destruct to be a major issue.
Swapped one Fell Specter for Thief of Sanity. I like both of these cards, so it comes down to having one Thief in my collection and the Thief being a 3 drop.
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
So you're bound to get games where your pushed a bit hard to make the decisions to risk it or not.
I like the idea that you might just get a "free" Narcomoeba off surveil and you can play a Curious Obsession on it, and then any removal really is just one-for-one then.
But...you've actually removed a lot of your surveil sources taking out Discovery // Dispersal, so Narcomoeba are less likely.
You can count Kitesail Freebooter as a never to be targeted with Curious Obsession as that can end up being like a 3-for-1.
Alright all this talk is just to point out that you better off running at a max 3 x Curious Obsession and probably put some surveil back in.
Niv-Mizzet Reborn
Feather, the Redeemed
Estrid, the Masked
Teshar
Tymna/Ravos
Najeela, Blade-Blossom
Firesong & Sunspeaker
Zur the Enchanter
Lazav, the Multifarious
Ishai+Reyhan
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-Prime Speaker Vannifar
---------------------Will & Rowan Kenrith
4 nightveil sprite
4 kitesail freebooter
4 warkite marauder
4 thief of sanity
2 dreamcaller siren
2 spell pierce
4 curious obsession
4 dead weight
2 chart a course
2 cast down
4 drowned catacomb
7 island
5 swamp
i had imagined some number of nightveil predator in the sb, but if you consider that card core you could replace dreamcaller siren. i excluded doom whisperer partially for curve, partially for budget, but if you have the one, could be worth cutting some things to add a land or two and the one whisperer.