I want to check if the Shelldock not being able to play fuse cards bug is fixed before playing leagues, I hate playing a bugged deck and having to file for compensation.
I don't think that's a bug, fuse only works if you cast the card from your hand.
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!
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!
Well if you want the effect of Treasured Find you should play some Eternal Witness instead. Just so you are aware Ground Seal does nothing against Relic of Progenitus as the card in the graveyard is never targeted you exile a card as the resolution of the ability, the player is targeted. It does work against Snapcaster Mage however. You should look at putting in some discard in the 75. Thoughtseize is an amazing card, Inquisition of Kozilek and Duress function differently but fill the same role I've found that three is the correct number to have in the 75. Look at fitting in Abrupt Decay main. Anyways stay frosty.
Any reason for the Treasure Find? Seems kind of out of place to me. Also when I was testing Tasigur, the Golden Fang, I found Murderous Cut to be really powerful as it allowed for more selective draws. Also any reason your not running Golgari Grave-Troll? Seems good in a version playing a full set of Birds of Paradise. One last thing I don't really understand the Ground Seal... But honestly it looks solid. I would love to know how the Golgari version is working out for you.
I think one of our worst matchups is Splinter Twin. Honestly have loved Spellskites in the board and have become increasingly unsatisfied with Slaughter Games. Also if your really afraid of the Soul Sisters matchup Rain of Gore ruins their day and at two mana too boot. One thing I have noticed is we have to board as though we are a combo deck most of the time. That is to say we have to have silver bullets for common threatening scenarios and not over board (which I have been known to do from time to time).
I have played and tested the 4 colour, Jund, Sultai and Abzan (that version ran Lingering Souls and an Unburial Rites package), and found that is loses to the mana base more than anything else. So I started brewing up a straight Golgari version and was wondering if anyone has any experience with a two colour Dredgevine list?
The only thing that really gets me about the Gahiji hate bears thing is what does red really bring to the table... Don't get wrong I love the colour red, but in a hate bears deck what creatures and effects that are real vent does it v ring? This is where I start to fall off the band Wagon I begin by saying that looks really cool, then I move but it would be better with "insert black card here"... I think I'm really sick. In this case I think what if I used Anafenza she's a hate bear.
So currently I'm playing Nekusar Combo, Geth MBC Stax and Sek'Kuar Shaman Tribal. At one point in time I was interested in Gahiji but never thought about the hate bears route. A friend of mine currently has Xenagod, maybe Derevi but she doesn't really seem that exciting to me. Oh and I'm the guy at the table making everyone else's lives miserable.
So I have recently discovered that the only decks I get excited about in commander are ones that include black, and I wish to break my mold. I have three decks that I currently play IRL and the same decks plus four or five that I play on modo. Each one has black commander identity. So I need help from everyone to get me excited about a none black commander. I'm a Johnny Spikish player, however my IRL meta hates on stripped down combo decks.
This list looks great. As an avid mono black commander player (I play Geth, Lord of the Vault... My list on here is out dated and I working towards a primer) I can honestly say this is an amazing way to play mono black in commander. Have you thought of Nether Void if you resolve it after skittles its really difficult for someone to stop you in time. Also your removal seems strong but another free removal spell never hurt, have you thought about Snuff Out simply a free one shot kill spell. Anyway have fun coming out of the gate swinging and ending games. Best of luck.
Forgot to add that you misspelled Toxic Deluge in your list.
I don't think that's a bug, fuse only works if you cast the card from your hand.
-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.
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!
2 Bloodstained Mire
3 Forest
4 Overgrown Tomb
5 Swamp
4 Verdant Catacombs
2 Woodland Cemetery
Creatures (27) :
3 Birds of Paradise
4 Gravecrawler
4 Lotleth Troll
3 Satyr Wayfinder
1 Dregscape Zombie
3 Stinkweed Imp
4 Vengevine
2 Golgari Grave-Troll
3 Gurmag Angler
1 Darkblast
2 Abrupt Decay
3 Grisly Salvage
1 Gnaw to the Bone
2 Murderous Cut
Sorceries (1) :
1 Life From the Loam
Planeswalkers (3) :
3 Liliana of the Veil
2 Darkblast
3 Duress
1 Abrupt Decay
2 Golgari Charm
3 Spellskite
2 Gnaw to the Bone
Also so everyone is aware my meta is crawling with Twin which is why there is 3 Spellskites in the side, gotta draw it.
Anyways thanks in advance for your help cheers!!
Forgot to add that you misspelled Toxic Deluge in your list.