So I've been running Hidetsugu for a while now, and I'm looking to speed up the deck a little bit. It's pretty standard as far as Hidetsugu goes, but I'm focusing more on early-game strategies now and trying to cut higher-costing cards for more control/stall cards to buy me a little time to set up.
Commander!
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
Some accel to consider Mindstone - Accel and you can sac it for a card if you no longer need accel. Mana Crypt - Expensive
I don't care for the planeswalkers. Such a huge target on their head. When it comes to EDH I generally look at it this way, how bad would it be if I paid the Manacost of the Planeswalker for a Sorcery where I could choose any of the planeswalker's effects that I could active the turn its on. They tend not to stay long, but it could my my playgroup.
IE. Ablaze - 6 for a 3card wheel of fortune, not bad.
Nalaar- 5 for 6 damage to target creature, meh.
I'll think some more on this deck and comment later.
Also, those are just my thoughts, and I am by no means an expert.
Mana Crypt is on the wishlist now. Thanks for that. Some of those lands should definitely go in (Wasteland, for sure). Mind Stone will probably go in as well.
I agree with your Planeswalker thoughts, but I really like Chandra, and Nalaar, while not all that great, is also not looked at as a massive threat on the board in most cases so it can go a couple turns without getting much hate.
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Commander!
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
You may not use them all, but your 3 and 4 mana rocks need to go.
It has that tag because that's what it wants to be. I'm looking for advice exactly as you've given, and a lot of those cards will be going in. I'll update the list shortly with a few of the changes, hopefully bringing this deck a little closer to your standards.
I have the Sol Ring, and will immediately add the Fellwar Stone and Mind Stone. I think Thran Dynamo is pretty strong for its cost, no? The others I agree, need some work. Thanks for the input.
Edit: Also, Darksteel Ingot seems good because it survives a lot of mass removal, including my own. And do you suggest I remove Ruby Medallion? As good as it is I don't frequently play more than one red spell in a turn, and usually end the game before turn 7.
I can probably handle the Mana Flare but I hate it more when it backfires, so I'd rather concentrate on getting a Gauntlet of Might.
Swiftfoot Boots are going in, I completely forgot about them. Snow lands are on hold for now but eventually will find their way in. The blaze spell ends up being too expensive most of the time to buyback, so uncounterable/unpreventable seems better, but I'll give it a test run if I get a chance, and lastly, Wheel has been added to the wishlist. Thanks for the help!
Commander!
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
That card is SO cool. Definitely going in when I make the transition. Thanks!
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Commander!
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
Cut a bit of jank, added three mountains to improve consistency (Mox Diamond, I'm looking at you.) Also, Curse of Bloodletting from DA added to the wishlist, and I moved a couple instants to their correct category (derp.)
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Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
Out: Breaking Point. (I'll miss you :crying:)
In: Curse of Bloodletting (Foil and everything.)
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Commander!
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
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Creatures (10)
1 Anger
1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
1 Arc-Slogger
1 Dragon Mage
1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
1 Hostility
1 Inferno Titan
1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
1 Magma Phoenix
1 Taurean Mauler
Instants (9)
1 Chaos Warp
1 Comet Storm
1 Final Fortune
1 Grab the Reins
1 Hidetsugu's Second Rite
1 Into the Core
1 Overblaze
1 Reverberate
1 Word of Seizing
Sorceries (16)
1 Banefire
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Chain Reaction
1 Earthquake
1 Heat Shimmer
1 Incendiary Command
1 Insurrection
1 Into the Maw of Hell
1 Mana Geyser
1 Metallic Mastery
1 Molten Disaster
1 Pillage
1 Shattering Spree
1 Shatterstorm
1 Shivan Meteor
1 Captive Flame
1 Chandra Ablaze
1 Chandra Nalaar
1 Curse of Bloodletting
1 Furnace of Rath
1 Gratuitous Violence
1 Koth of the Hammer
Artifacts (21)
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Batterskull
1 Brittle Effigy
1 Caged Sun
1 Coalition Relic
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Extraplanar Lens
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Gauntlet of Might
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Mind Stone
1 Mox Diamond
1 Ruby Medallion
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Thousand-Year Elixir
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Hall of the Bandit Lord
1 Mystifying Maze
1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
1 Spinerock Knoll
1 Strip Mine
Basic Lands (32)
32 Mountain
Wishlist: Stranglehold, Mana Web, Scroll Rack, Smoke, Fork, Last Chance, Warrior's Oath, Winds of Change, Wheel of Fortune, Gamble, Wasteland, Mana Crypt, Grim Monolith, Mana Vault, Chrome Mox, Lotus Bloom, Swiftfoot Boots.
Suggestions welcome, I'm looking to make this deck as vicious as possible.
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
Utility lands are nice:
Stip Mine , Wasteland, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle , Maze of Ith. Those are the stereotypical ones.Eye of Ugin and Kher Keep can be helpful.
Some accel to consider
Mindstone - Accel and you can sac it for a card if you no longer need accel.
Mana Crypt - Expensive
I don't care for the planeswalkers. Such a huge target on their head. When it comes to EDH I generally look at it this way, how bad would it be if I paid the Manacost of the Planeswalker for a Sorcery where I could choose any of the planeswalker's effects that I could active the turn its on. They tend not to stay long, but it could my my playgroup.
IE. Ablaze - 6 for a 3card wheel of fortune, not bad.
Nalaar- 5 for 6 damage to target creature, meh.
I'll think some more on this deck and comment later.
Also, those are just my thoughts, and I am by no means an expert.
I agree with your Planeswalker thoughts, but I really like Chandra, and Nalaar, while not all that great, is also not looked at as a massive threat on the board in most cases so it can go a couple turns without getting much hate.
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
Snow-Covered Mountains work well for my extraplanar lens. Doesn't help opponents if they just have normal Mountains :p.
Swiftfoot Boots for extra haste?
Theres a RX blaze type card that has buyback of 3. Can't remember the name, but might be worth taking a look at?
Just noticed the lack of Wheel of Fortune auto-include.
Grim Monolith is nice
Just trying to think of cards that would go through my head if this were my deck.
First, and foremost, you should decide what you want your primary win-con to be. You don't have that clearly established and it is hurting your deck.
You should be definitely be running Moon effects (Blood Moon, Magus of the Moon), Gamble, and the snow-mountain/Scrying Sheets engine.
For mana rocks, mono-red starts and ends with this list:
You may not use them all, but your 3 and 4 mana rocks need to go.
It has that tag because that's what it wants to be. I'm looking for advice exactly as you've given, and a lot of those cards will be going in. I'll update the list shortly with a few of the changes, hopefully bringing this deck a little closer to your standards.
I have the Sol Ring, and will immediately add the Fellwar Stone and Mind Stone. I think Thran Dynamo is pretty strong for its cost, no? The others I agree, need some work. Thanks for the input.
Edit: Also, Darksteel Ingot seems good because it survives a lot of mass removal, including my own. And do you suggest I remove Ruby Medallion? As good as it is I don't frequently play more than one red spell in a turn, and usually end the game before turn 7.
I can probably handle the Mana Flare but I hate it more when it backfires, so I'd rather concentrate on getting a Gauntlet of Might.
Swiftfoot Boots are going in, I completely forgot about them. Snow lands are on hold for now but eventually will find their way in. The blaze spell ends up being too expensive most of the time to buyback, so uncounterable/unpreventable seems better, but I'll give it a test run if I get a chance, and lastly, Wheel has been added to the wishlist. Thanks for the help!
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
That card is SO cool. Definitely going in when I make the transition. Thanks!
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God
In: Curse of Bloodletting (Foil and everything.)
Intet, the Dreamer
Azusa, Lost but Seeking
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
Celestial Kirin
Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Sir Shandlar of Eberyn
Karona, False God