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Feb 3, 2014Popsci posted a message on Launch Giveaway!I would have to say my favorite card has to be Soul Warden.Essence Warden and Soul's Attendant are sitting right beside Soul Warden in my favorite deck. I just love being able to make insane amounts of life and then spend it all to do something crazy.Posted in: Announcements
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Counterspells inherently are more dangerous to a format because unlike discard they also timewalk an opponent whether or not you bait first to get what you want onto the field.
It is this reason blue is nearly impossible to balance as a color against the others. It is why very few decks in legacy teir 1 exist without blue. It is that tipping point for blue when counterspells are a good enough timewalk that formats warp around blue and blue only.
Realistically i won the night before it even started with a foil Chandra, Torch of Defiance and a foil Skysovereign, Consul Flagship. Additionally i pulled 2 Fairgrounds Warden, 1 Veteran Motorist, 1 Master Trinketeer, 1 Lathnu Hellion, 1 Multiform Wonder, 2 Inventor's Apprentice, 1 Gearshift Ace and a few other vehicles.
One thing i noticed which most people made that vast mistake of playing too many vehicles. They are not creatures, they are a variant on equipment. As equipment only a few should be played in a deck.
4 Birds of Paradise
3 Overgrown Battlement
2 Wall of Mulch
4 Wall of Blossoms
2 Kitchen Finks
2 Karametra's Acolyte
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
3 Primalcrux
4 Khalni Hydra
1 Primeval Titan
2 Utopia Sprawl
1 Concordant Crossroads
1 Helix Pinnacle
2 Fecundity
1 Aluren
Spells(4)
4 Aspect of Hydra
Lands(23)
4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
2 Kessig Wolf Run
4 Stomping Ground
13 Forests
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Vigor
1 Chameleon Colossus
2 Predator Ooze
10 ?
Now i know this concept probably has quite a few flaws but i like the fact that with this version there is a lot more resiliency. The ability to flood the field quickly and easily refill your hand and with a good hand a turn 3 drop of Primalcrux then Khalni Hydra is not out of the question even without Primalcrux. Most likely that is swing for lethal that turn with Aspect of Hydra.
Thanks for the ideas. I was already reworking it a little when you replied.
4 Favored Hoplite
4 Battlewise Hoplite
2 Artisan of Forms
2 Fabled Hero
2 Aetherling
Spells (20)
3 Triton Tactics
2 Aqueous Form
4 Gods Willing
3 Fate Foretold
3 Ordeal of Thassa
3 Hidden Strings
2 Gift of Immortality
1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
Enchantments (3)
3 Spear of Heliod
Lands
4 Hallowed Fountain
10 Plains
8 Island
3 Azorius Charm
1 Dauntless Onslaught
1 Stolen Identity
2 Detention Sphere
3 Supreme Verdict
2 Spear of Heliod
1 Planar Cleansing
1 Glaring Spotlight
2 Ordeal of Heliod
Still not sure on sideboard but I'm thinking this would be better. A better late game with Aetherling and spells. I can see using Soldier of the Pantheon too but I'm not sure what to drop out to bring him in and is he really that much better than Favored Hoplite since he doesn't grow and the hoplite gains protection with the bulk of my spells.
4 Favored Hoplite
4 Battlewise Hoplite
2 Artisan of Forms
2 Triton Fortune Hunter
3 Daxos of Meletis
3 Thassa, God of the Sea
1 Elite Arcanist
Spells (17)
3 Triton Tactics
2 Aqueous Form
2 Gods Willing
2 Fate Foretold
2 Ordeal of Heliod
2 Ordeal of Thassa
4 Hidden Strings
1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
Enchantments (2)
1 Spear of Heliod
1 Dismiss into Dream
Lands
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
4 Hallowed Fountain
4 Temple of Mystery
5 Plains
7 Island
2 Master of Waves
3 Azorius Charm
1 Dauntless Onslaught
1 Stolen Identity
2 Detention Sphere
3 Supreme Verdict
2 Spear of Heliod
1 Planar Cleansing
2 Fleecemane Lion
1 Glaring Spotlight
I've been messing around with this deck myself and I actually think it can be one of the stronger decks in standard. Everything is slowing down so much and there is more than enough Heroic enablers.
This deck focuses around Scry and protection.
Clearly I have no idea how to build a sideboard so suggestions would be great.
I like the idea about using Brave the Elements or would Gift of Immortality be better in the fact that it continues to Heroic trigger and gives protection.
4 Arbor Elf
4 Nightshade Peddler
3 Izzet Staticaster
2 Huntmaster of The Fells
1 Thragtusk
3 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
2 Progenitor Mimic
Artifacts(3)
1 Illusionist's Bracers
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Staff of Nin
Planeswalkers(5)
3 Domri Rade
2 Ral Zarek
Spells(10)
4 Farseek
3 Izzet Charm
3 Plasm Capture
3 Hinterland Harbor
3 Sulfur Falls
4 Rootbound Crag
1 Desolate Lighthouse
2 Steam Vents
2 Stomping Ground
4 Breeding Pool
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Mountain
1 Clan Defiance
4 Flinthoof Boar
1 Skullcrack
2 Mizzium Mortars
2 Rolling Temblor
2 Garruk Relentless
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Thragtusk
1 Prime Speaker Zagana
I like the idea of shifting a little toward the midrange deck in the sideboard.
Side in cards for:
Flinthoof Boar = early pressure/stall after boarding out Peddler combo
Skullcrack = side in for sphinx and thrag
Mizzium Mortars = aggro and midrange
Rolling Temblor = aggro
Garruk Relentless = aggro
Huntmaster, Thragtusk, and Prime Speaker = to shift the deck away for Peddler Combo after game 1
4 Arbor Elf
4 Nightshade Peddler
3 Izzet Staticaster
2 Huntmaster of The Fells
1 Thragtusk
3 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
2 Progenitor Mimic
Artifacts
1 Illusionist's Bracers
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Staff of Nin
Planeswalkers
3 Domri Rade
2 Ral Zarek
Spells
4 Farseek
3 Izzet Charm
3 Plasm Capture
3 Hinterland Harbor
3 Sulfur Falls
4 Rootbound Crag
1 Desolate Lighthouse
2 Steam Vents
2 Stomping Ground
4 Breeding Pool
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Forest
1 Island
1 Mountain
3 Pillar of Flame
2 Ghor-Clan Rampager
1 Infinite Reflections
Now the whole goal of this deck is to stall until being able to drop Ruric Thar, the Unbowed or Progenitor Mimic a Thragtusk or Huntmaster of The Fells.
Now game 1 the Peddler Staticaster combo should lock in the win but sideboarding has never been a strength of mine so some help would be great.
Needless to say, I'm excited.
I used to play with Ajani's Pridemate but it wasn't as much fun as just slowly overtaking the game with tokens and bombs like Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite or Cathar's Crusade. I will always play with Serra Ascendants in the deck.
Teia you get the reason I don't play Ajani's Pridemates anymore. It is extremely easy to get him to high power level but there is absolutely no evasion so what's the point. I used to have Felidar Sovereign in the deck but it is such a big threat that it is almost impossible to keep on the field.
The question I pose is what are the best cards to spend life? My favorite that I have found is Bloodletter Quill.