Stax has been a favorite archetype of mine for a while; I've been playing a Lyzolda BR Stax deck for almost as long as I've been into EDH. I've burnt myself out of BR, however, and wanted to try something different. My very last deck in Standard back-in-the-day was BUG Control, and upon looking at Damia, I wondered why I hadn't thought of it until now. I don't want this to be one of the multitude of Goodstuff or combo lists I see every other build. Damia, Sage of Stone will be at the front of the deck, since while The Mimeoplasm is good at what he does, he requires too much building around for my intentions, and I've played Dredge/Reanimator to death.
Cards I'm actively trying to acquire:
Crucible of Worlds
All the Fetches
Aside from these cards, I'm not planning on spending more than 20$ per card. The exception might be Jace, the Mind Sculptor, but only because I can get one on the cheap. Even then, I believe his cost::effect for the deck would be minimal, and would be better off as a Tezzeret the Seeker.
Card choices and omissions to come soon, as of editing this, this is my current Untested build.
1 Academy Ruins
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Barren Moor
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Breeding Pool
1 Cabal Coffers
1 Command Tower
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Drowned Catacomb
7 Forest
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Halimar Depths
1 Hinterland Harbor
5 Island
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Marsh Flats
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Seat of the Synod
5 Swamp
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Tree of Tales
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Vault of Whispers
1 Watery Grave
1 Woodland Cemetery
Enchantments (11)
1 Awakening Zone
1 Bitterblossom
1 Burgeoning
1 Copy Enchantment
1 Exploration
1 Mana Vortex
1 Necrogenesis
1 No Mercy
1 Overburden
1 Propaganda
1 Rhystic Study
1 Beast Within
1 Brainstorm
1 Capsize
1 Counterspell
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Doom Blade
1 Go for the Throat
1 Hinder
1 Krosan Grip
1 Nature's Claim
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Putrefy
1 Spell Crumple
1 Spin into Myth
Sorceries(15)
1 Cultivate
1 Damnation
1 Death Cloud
1 Decree of Pain
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Intent
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Innocent Blood
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Life from the Loam
1 Ponder
1 Scapeshift
1 Smallpox
1 Worm Harvest
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Vraska the Unseen
Artifacts (9)
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Skullclamp
1 Static Orb
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Torpor Orb
1 Trading Post
1 Smokestack
1 Sol Ring
Creatures (9)
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bloodghast
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Dimir House Guard
1 Eternal Witness
1 Seedborn Muse
1 Trinket Mage
1 Yavimaya Elder
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Cards I'm actively trying to acquire:
Crucible of Worlds
All the Fetches
Aside from these cards, I'm not planning on spending more than 20$ per card. The exception might be Jace, the Mind Sculptor, but only because I can get one on the cheap. Even then, I believe his cost::effect for the deck would be minimal, and would be better off as a Tezzeret the Seeker.
Card choices and omissions to come soon, as of editing this, this is my current Untested build.
Playing (Only) EDH:
Sleeved:
BUG Damia Stax
GW Trostani Rock
UBR Nekusar Wheel.dec
Shelved:
BR Lyzolda Midrange
RW Gisela Tokens
GWB Karador Rock
UBR Thraximundar Stax
B Drana Big Mana Tribal
Disclaimer: All comments made through EDH-Only coloured glasses.
04/08/13
Looking at it as a list, I think I have way too many sorcery-speed effects to take adventage of Damia.
Cabal Coffers+Urborg really isn't needed, Coffers should probably just become a fetch when I get more.
Doom blade/Go for the Throat aren't that great, but there aren't that many Bx players in my meta, so they're staying until I test.
Playing (Only) EDH:
Sleeved:
BUG Damia Stax
GW Trostani Rock
UBR Nekusar Wheel.dec
Shelved:
BR Lyzolda Midrange
RW Gisela Tokens
GWB Karador Rock
UBR Thraximundar Stax
B Drana Big Mana Tribal
Disclaimer: All comments made through EDH-Only coloured glasses.