I had thought of a WG enchantress deck, with Captain Sisay in command, where she spends her time fishing up the five legendary GW enchantments in Theros: Heliod, Karametra, and Nylea, plus Bow of Nylea and Spear of Heliod.
The Theros gods might not be absolute world-besters, but Nylea is good when both she and her bow are on the board at the same time -- and Sisay would be able to guarantee that.
Then I'd have a smattering of enchantment creatures -- the better "bestow" creatures, along with Eidolon of Blossoms for extra enchatress card draw. The enchantment creatures would mean that Karametra's land tutor effect would trigger a lot more often than it normally would in an enchatress deck, and Heliod's tokens would feed her too.
I'm sure I'm not the first to think of this. Has anyone seen it in play?
This is the first monocolor deck I've planned. I'm still sketching it out -- it's a very preliminary layout. I'd love suggestions, but I don't like to spend more than a couple-few bucks on a card.
I'm pretty sure I need more sweepers -- and I know I need Sun Titan, but I don't have one!
So much for my grand token-sacrificing strategy! I guess I could still make it work with Intangible Virtue or similar effects, but a fishing up a three-card combo is a lot more of a pain than a two-card one.
Azami is the more-than-obvious commander choice for a blue wizard tribal deck.
But ... has anyone tried basically that same deck with Patron of the Moon as commander, plus a minor Moonfolk-wizard subtheme just to get the commander out a little sooner?
Is this a terrible idea? So much ramp in mon-blue would be pretty sweet if you could get it going early enough?
Well the whole theme is that he's Diana Ross and everyone else is the Supremes, so he's supposed to be the one guy who actually attacks while the rest just shoop-shoop in the background.
Okay, I know it's dumb, but I'm going to do it anyway.
I want to put together a Rafiq deck focusing on Exalted which, instead of voltron-ing him up through more normal means, depends almost entirely on smaller creatures with activated abilities -- so the creatures can be madly tapping away every turn to make themselves useful without interfering with his exalted bonus.
Yes, I know. Everything I have will just die to removal. It's not optimal. But I want to make it as good as I can.
I've already spent a moderate amount of money on cards like Mother of Runes -- but the first time I tried out the deck was a bloodbath. What can you suggest to make the deck at least playable if not competitive?
I'm willing to include some equipment, but I don't want that to be the focus. I'll have your basic Lightning Greaves and the like on board to help me bounce back from sweeps, but no "Sword of X and X" or anything of that kind. It should be creature abilities that drive the deck.
Oh, and the title of this deck? It is of course "It Takes a Village to Raze a Village".
god bless him for having the courage to speak the truth. he got fed to the lions, as do most christians who have the audacity to speak their beliefs in today's society.
I'm sorry to hear of Mr. Robertson's death. When I saw him interviewed on television earlier today he seemed quite healthy.
It's so weird to me that everyone is flipping out about his speech on the Evils of Manlove, which is the completely normal, standard party line for an evangelical conservative - something we've all heard a million times.
Everybody knew that this guy was the evangelical-conservative reality star -- that's his entire schtick. Even I knew it, and I've never seen the show.
So, an evangelical conservative is a homophobe. Shock and amazement!
Meanwhile, his truly bizarre and aberrant remarks about how sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South were all happy and content and zippy-de-doo-dah until that pesky Civil Rights Movement came along and gave them ideas above their station is being totally ignored.
Because that was not just a weird thing to say, but a weird thing that has been publically repudiated by even the most traditionally racist of southern religious groups.
His homophobia is nothing surprising - we all hear that stuff weekly from one pundit or another. If he were on a different network, he could get paid specifically to go on TV and talk about how gay sex is the root of all that ails America, and no one would blink an eye.
But his racism is some serious out-of-left-field ****. I don't get how no one is talking about it.
[edit: ok, no one except the guy quoted extensively in the second post above mine.]
I'm not asking for sugar and rainbows, just a deviation from all this seriousness. Lorwyn had this feeling for me.
Funny, to me Theros comes across as pretty noble and white-knight-y. Not just the flavor but even the new mechanics - Devotion, Heroic - seem to give an impression of brave souls striving for virtue, as compared to the squabbling factions of Ravnica where no one is really in the right.
I love the Ravnica setting, but the conflicts there are so political and shades-of-grey, while Theros seems much more epic and morally uncomplicated in feel.
YMMV. I actually found the Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block storyline a bit grim, what with everybody turning evil and losing their memories and so on.
I had thought of a WG enchantress deck, with Captain Sisay in command, where she spends her time fishing up the five legendary GW enchantments in Theros: Heliod, Karametra, and Nylea, plus Bow of Nylea and Spear of Heliod.
The Theros gods might not be absolute world-besters, but Nylea is good when both she and her bow are on the board at the same time -- and Sisay would be able to guarantee that.
Then I'd have a smattering of enchantment creatures -- the better "bestow" creatures, along with Eidolon of Blossoms for extra enchatress card draw. The enchantment creatures would mean that Karametra's land tutor effect would trigger a lot more often than it normally would in an enchatress deck, and Heliod's tokens would feed her too.
I'm sure I'm not the first to think of this. Has anyone seen it in play?
I don't really agree, but as I play a lot of more or less voltron-y decks, it's a culture that benefits me.
I'm pretty sure I need more sweepers -- and I know I need Sun Titan, but I don't have one!
1x Mangara of Corondor
Untappers (4):
1x Magewright's Stone
1x Puppet Strings
1x Thousand-year Elixir
1x Umbral Mantle
Instant Bouncers (6):
1x Dust Elemental
1x Erratic Portal
1x Flickerform
1x Jeskai Barricade
1x Stonecloaker
1x Whitemane Lion
Non-instant Bouncers (5):
1x Cloudstone Curio
1x Conjuror's Closet
1x Emancipation Angel
1x Flickerwisp
1x Kor Skyfisher
Recursion (4):
1x Adarkar Valkyrie
1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
1x Reveillark
1x Karmic Guide
Sac Outlets (6):
1x Ashnod's Altar
1x Blasting Station
1x Carnage Altar
1x Fanatical Devotion
1x Martyr's Cause
1x Skullclamp
1x Captain of the Watch
1x Conqueror's Pledge
1x Decree of Justice
1x Deploy to the Front
1x Field of Souls
1x Geist-Honored Monk
1x Increasing Devotion
1x Intangible Virtue
1x Knight-Captain of Eos
1x Nomads Assembly
1x Requiem Angel
1x Sacred Mesa
1x Spirit Bonds
1x Stormfront Riders
Misc ETB and bounce effects (13):
1x Angel of the Dire Hour
1x Cathar's Crusade
1x Goldknight Commander
1x Kor Cartographer
1x Kor Sanctifiers
1x Lightkeeper of Emeria
1x Luminate Primordial
1x Mantle of Leadership
1x Meadowboon
1x Mentor of the Meek
1x Resolute Archangel
1x Seht's Tiger
1x Stonehorn Dignitary
1x Sunblast Angel
1x Armored Ascension
1x Archon of Justice
1x Caged Sun
1x Deathless Angel
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Hour of Reckoning
1x Illuminated Folio
1x Mangara's Tome
1x Martyrs' Bond
1x Phalanx Formation
1x Radiant, Archangel
1x Solar Tide
1x Sol Ring
1x Terrain Generator
33x Plains
So much for my grand token-sacrificing strategy! I guess I could still make it work with Intangible Virtue or similar effects, but a fishing up a three-card combo is a lot more of a pain than a two-card one.
But since going to the graveyard from zero toughness is a state-based action, is it too fast to react to with a sacrifice mechanic?
Specifically, I'm wondering about reacting to Skullclamp with Ashnod's Altar.
But ... has anyone tried basically that same deck with Patron of the Moon as commander, plus a minor Moonfolk-wizard subtheme just to get the commander out a little sooner?
Is this a terrible idea? So much ramp in mon-blue would be pretty sweet if you could get it going early enough?
Well the whole theme is that he's Diana Ross and everyone else is the Supremes, so he's supposed to be the one guy who actually attacks while the rest just shoop-shoop in the background.
Dauntless Escort and Thriss, Nantuko Primus are in my cart at TCGPlayer as we speak.
I want to put together a Rafiq deck focusing on Exalted which, instead of voltron-ing him up through more normal means, depends almost entirely on smaller creatures with activated abilities -- so the creatures can be madly tapping away every turn to make themselves useful without interfering with his exalted bonus.
Yes, I know. Everything I have will just die to removal. It's not optimal. But I want to make it as good as I can.
I've already spent a moderate amount of money on cards like Mother of Runes -- but the first time I tried out the deck was a bloodbath. What can you suggest to make the deck at least playable if not competitive?
I'm willing to include some equipment, but I don't want that to be the focus. I'll have your basic Lightning Greaves and the like on board to help me bounce back from sweeps, but no "Sword of X and X" or anything of that kind. It should be creature abilities that drive the deck.
Oh, and the title of this deck? It is of course "It Takes a Village to Raze a Village".
And there's a tentacle depicted on the card with her.
I'm just sayin'.
I'm sorry to hear of Mr. Robertson's death. When I saw him interviewed on television earlier today he seemed quite healthy.
Everybody knew that this guy was the evangelical-conservative reality star -- that's his entire schtick. Even I knew it, and I've never seen the show.
So, an evangelical conservative is a homophobe. Shock and amazement!
Meanwhile, his truly bizarre and aberrant remarks about how sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South were all happy and content and zippy-de-doo-dah until that pesky Civil Rights Movement came along and gave them ideas above their station is being totally ignored.
Because that was not just a weird thing to say, but a weird thing that has been publically repudiated by even the most traditionally racist of southern religious groups.
His homophobia is nothing surprising - we all hear that stuff weekly from one pundit or another. If he were on a different network, he could get paid specifically to go on TV and talk about how gay sex is the root of all that ails America, and no one would blink an eye.
But his racism is some serious out-of-left-field ****. I don't get how no one is talking about it.
[edit: ok, no one except the guy quoted extensively in the second post above mine.]
Funny, to me Theros comes across as pretty noble and white-knight-y. Not just the flavor but even the new mechanics - Devotion, Heroic - seem to give an impression of brave souls striving for virtue, as compared to the squabbling factions of Ravnica where no one is really in the right.
I love the Ravnica setting, but the conflicts there are so political and shades-of-grey, while Theros seems much more epic and morally uncomplicated in feel.
YMMV. I actually found the Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block storyline a bit grim, what with everybody turning evil and losing their memories and so on.