MTG Salvation

Under construction and looking for card suggestions.

Alternate Win-con Tribal
With the release of Simic Ascendancy, I've decided it's time to try my hand at alternate win-con tribal. This is completely a casual deck meant to keep my opponents guessing as to how I might win. But not all alternate win-cons are created equal or even work well together, and these cards are going to determine the rest of the deck.

The Good


These are the most likely to win the game. Several of them even support each other or at least are supported by similar cards. In order to maximize our chances at winning with these, we'll need to run lots of creatures, lots of artifacts, proliferate, and lifegain. Best of all are cards that fill multiples of these roles - in other words, Atraxa, Praetors' Voice. Atraxa, however, cannot be our commander, as that would eliminate three of our win-cons (Hellkite Tyrant, Mayael's Aria, Maze's End).

The Bad

Biovisionary
Laboratory Maniac
Liliana's Contract

We're running these, but we can't really depend on winning with them. Biovisionary wins with a kicked Rite of Replication or Mirrorweave (with proper timing), but otherwise is basically a vanilla creature. We're not supporting Laboratory Maniac's ability, but it's a creature and can make our opponents worry about milling or wheeling us. And Liliana's Contract is card draw that may just get lucky if we manage to get four of our Demons in play.

The Ugly
Azor's Elocutors
Barren Glory
Battle of Wits
Chance Encounter
Coalition Victory
Hedron Alignment
Helix Pinnacle
Near-Death Experience
Test of Endurance

There's just no room for these in the deck. They are either risky to set up, useless in a 100-card format, completely unsupported, banned, useless in singleton, or have other strikes against them. I considered Helix Pinnacle, but it does nothing at all unless you pay 100 mana and is expensive ($$$). Test of Endurance is a bad Felidar Sovereign that doesn't even gain life or support our other win-cons.

So, on to the decklist:


Notable Cards
Ramos, Dragon Engine - Our commander is an artifact creature that uses +1/+1 counters to get really big while providing us mana to play whatever we want. He can even get big enough for a commander damage kill.
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice - She interacts directly with seven of our win conditions and our commander, as well as being a legitimate threat on her own.
Krav, the Unredeemed - He's a Demon that sacrifices creatures, draws cards, gains life, and adds +1/+1 counters to get really big.
Alchemist's Refuge - This card is so underrated, but it's one of the best lands you can run in a deck. This deck in particular can use it to pull a surprise win.
Archfiend of Despair - Another Demon that potentially kills our opponents.
Hangarback Walker - +1/+1 counters and creates a number of artifact creature tokens with the same name. It also creates a board wipe with Mirrorweave, a card we're running for it's ability to win the game with Biovisionary.
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer - Brudiclad can transform our various tokens into other tokens, priming us for a win with Mechanized Production or Revel in Riches.
Chance for Glory - Sometimes you get everything set up for a win but then have to wait a turn. No more waiting. And who cares if it says you lose at end of turn if you win at the beginning.

Ah yes I love it every time someone tries these I’m about to do one myself

First thing to mention

If you gonna use Liliana's Contract

Put one or more in the deck

• Arcane Adaptation
  
• Conspiracy
  
• Xenograft
  

And for the counter ones

deepglow skate (sadly increased in price because of war of the spark) but basicly a shortcut to get the counters to the max most particually the reactor that’s the only alt win that triggers immediately when it happens
Winding Constrictor basicly a backup

by the way brudiclad can help you win with biovisonary as well since helm of the host is in the deck

Really maze’s end and no scapeshift and no land recursion like Splendid Reclamation/crucible of worlds

I will tip you out on azor’s elocutors even though your not gonna put it in if you have paradox haze then you only need 1 counter on the elocutors if pir is in play

platinum angel syngrizes with the theme plus safety net for chance for glory
By the way final fortune is a hair better since it’s 1 less mana

For mayael’s aria

Cradle of Vitality so it helps the cat Win-Con too and make your creatures bigger faster hey the second one is 10 life get the win right there and don’t get me started on Wall of Reverence with this and ofcoarse the one cards that will instantly get the win one to activate

Serra Avatar

approach of the second sun

The demon is the only thing I see for it

How about any of these

• Diabolic intent
  
• Demonic Consultation
  
• Spoils of the Vault
  
• Necropotence
  

Demonic Consultation and spoils of the vaultworks with laborotry maniac too by the way

For hellkite are you brave enough for hate from people with Mycosynth Lattice

Last but not least epic struggle

You got the avenger, trostani 1.0 and the skulker

How about these

Any thing that gives a doubling season esc effect

• Second Harvest
  
• Mycoloth
  
• Martial Coup
  
• Saproling Symbiosis
  
• Parallel Evolution
  
• Secure the Wastes
  

Now one last thing the ultimate guaranteed win-condition if you pull this off

fractured identity + Phage the Untouchable or leveler

For leveler you draw last thus the last man standing have laboratory maniac in play for a safety net

EDIT: war of the spark might want to bring a couple of the proliferate cards inside for the counter involved win cons in this and also replace lab man with jace and maybe war of the spark bolas as well since he can kill the whole table