I've never built an EDH deck before, so I honestly have no idea what I'm doing. I'm going to need some help, as I only know a few cards I want to play (I'm mainly a Limited player who's getting into Standard/Extended right now). Please link to all cards, as I probably don't know them. Thanks!
I tried to remember what I saw a lot of people at my local playing. I really want to urn Child as my general, as I think his "revenge kaboom" ability is excellent in this format. Thank you in advance for your help!
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ok two things
I would make Cromat your genral as he is really good imo
or
Make your deck more focused on killing things and abusing the child (wow that was strange to type) and returning stuff from your graveyard
ideas for a child abusing deck (yup still weird to type) Oversold cemetery For cheap easy returning. even more so since your stuff will be dying to Mortivore Since everything is dying, why not get a big guy out of it? plus he regenerates.
hmm there some other things, but i can think of them right now.
the more i think about the more a Child of alara could be good
I like Child much more than Cromat; in fact, I might take that guy out for Maelstrom Archangel.
Oversold Cemetary and Mortivore seem good. Should I experiment with Lord of Extinction as well? Has the potential to get stupid in multiplayer, esp. if I run trample-givers. Mosstodon in EDH? Sounds fun...
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so you're saying if child of alara is your general and it's in play if it dies it doesn't goto the graveyard and it's ability doesn't work ? this is in reply to stormcloud
so you're saying if child of alara is your general and it's in play if it dies it doesn't goto the graveyard and it's ability doesn't work ? this is in reply to stormcloud
You have to choose to either allow him to be put in the graveyard, which will cause his ability to trigger, or remove him from the game, which won't trigger his ability since it is a replacement effect. My friend has a Child deck and it is basically a reanimator deck, usually he just lets it go to the graveyard then reanimates it with Makeshift Mannequin or something.
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Okay, I managed to trade for a few cards, so I bit the bullet and made the deck out of cards I happened to have (so does this make it a budget EDH deck?):
Because themes make everything more fun, I decided to make all my creatures either gold or have an activated ability costing WUBRG. This makes Knight of New Alarasick.
Yep, running 4 land-type-cyclers. Mountain or Forest is best, as those get me my Stomping Ground. As Jhessian Zombies does neither and I have more Black fixing than anything else, it got the axe.
Surprisingly, Linger Death gets there on any non-shroud, non-pro-black extremely well (especially if a "buddy" of yours has a tap engine). If necessary, it blows up Child for you.
I've yet to find a good way of cheating Progenitus into play, but if I'm running WUBRG, I'm running Progenitus. It's too fun not to.
Font of Mythos is card draw + really, really good politics.
Double Negative is too fun not to run.
I loveSlave of Bolas. Not only is it awesome to just cast, but it gets Child of Alara out of an Opposition tap engine and makes it asplode at end of turn.
I'm hoping to get more Bringers, especially the Blue and Red ones.
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mayeal the anima can get progenitus into play for you as well as the maelstrom archangel. i had child as my general and switched to cromat and put the child into the main deck cuz i could get more use from it there.
Cauldron Dance has been my favorite card in my CoA deck. So many good combos, esp. if you have some way to sac CoA when you play it. Smash some face, and then reset the board
Another card I run in my deck is Corpse Connoisseur. I use him a lot to grab an Anger when I have a Mountain in play.
I've never built an EDH deck before, so I honestly have no idea what I'm doing. I'm going to need some help, as I only know a few cards I want to play (I'm mainly a Limited player who's getting into Standard/Extended right now). Please link to all cards, as I probably don't know them. Thanks!
1 Child of Alara
Creatures: ?
1 Eternal Witness
1 Cromat
1 Bant Sureblade
1 Jund Hackblade
1 Esper Stormblade
1 Naya Hushblade
1 Grixis Grimblade
1 Dragon Broodmother
1 Broodmate Dragon
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Enigma Sphinx
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bloom Tender
1 Maelstrom Nexus
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Imperial Seal
1 Sol Ring
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Rampant Growth
1 Wrath of God
1 Damnation
1 Explosive Vegetation
Land: ?!?
1 Tundra
1 Plateau
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
1 Bayou
1 Badlands
1 Scrubland
1 Savannah
1 Underground Sea
1 Taiga
1 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Maze of Ith
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Flooded Strand
1 Windswept Heath
1 Polluted Delta
1 Wooded Foothills
I tried to remember what I saw a lot of people at my local playing. I really want to urn Child as my general, as I think his "revenge kaboom" ability is excellent in this format. Thank you in advance for your help!
^^Thanks dantcg!
I would make Cromat your genral as he is really good imo
or
Make your deck more focused on killing things and abusing the child (wow that was strange to type) and returning stuff from your graveyard
ideas for a child abusing deck (yup still weird to type)
Oversold cemetery For cheap easy returning. even more so since your stuff will be dying to
Mortivore Since everything is dying, why not get a big guy out of it? plus he regenerates.
hmm there some other things, but i can think of them right now.
the more i think about the more a Child of alara could be good
Oversold Cemetary and Mortivore seem good. Should I experiment with Lord of Extinction as well? Has the potential to get stupid in multiplayer, esp. if I run trample-givers. Mosstodon in EDH? Sounds fun...
^^Thanks dantcg!
Will check that link out. Thanks so much!
^^Thanks dantcg!
You have to choose to either allow him to be put in the graveyard, which will cause his ability to trigger, or remove him from the game, which won't trigger his ability since it is a replacement effect. My friend has a Child deck and it is basically a reanimator deck, usually he just lets it go to the graveyard then reanimates it with Makeshift Mannequin or something.
Makeshift Mannequin
Oversold Cemetary
Genesis
Enlisted Wurm
Maybe Vicious Shadows, Invincible Hymn, or Conflux.
^^Thanks dantcg!
1 Child of Alara
Creatures: 22
1 Bant Sureblade
1 Esper Stormblade
1 Grixis Grimblade
1 Dragon Broodmother
1 Enigma Sphinx
1 Knight of New Alara
1 Igneous Pouncer
1 Valley Rannet
1 Pale Recluse
1 Sanctum Plowbeast
1 Progenitus
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Charnelhoard Wurm
1 Wooly Thoctar
1 Bringer of the White Dawn
1 Gloryscale Viashino
1 Steward of Valeron
1 Carrion Thrash
1 Paragon of the Amesha
1 Dragonsoul Knight
1 Worldheart Phoenix
1 Enlisted Wurm
1 Vithian Renegades
Spells: 36
1 Maelstrom Nexus
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Lavalanche
1 Obelisk of Naya
1 Obelisk of Jund
1 Obelisk of Grixis
1 Obelisk of Esper
1 Obelisk of Bant
1 Obelisk of Alara
1 Crystallization
1 Oversold Cemetery
1 Zombify
1 Soul Manipulation
1 Jund Charm
1 Lingering Death
1 Recover
1 Font of Mythos
1 Double Negative
1 Unscythe, Killer of Kings
1 Primal Command
1 Necromancer's Covenant
1 Gift of the Gargantuan
1 Bant Charm
1 Soul's Majesty
1 Dark Temper
1 Terminate
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Sigil of Distinction
1 Predatory Advantage
1 Trace of Abundance
1 Story Circle
1 Reborn Hope
1 Rampant Growth
1 Slave of Bolas
1 Path to Exile
1 Kaleidostone
1 Sarkhan Vol
Land: 41
1 Rupture Spire
1 Tendo Ice Bridge
1 Gruul Turf
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Boros Garrison
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Underground River
1 Sulfurous Springs
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Ancient Ziggurat
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Savage Lands
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Stomping Ground
5 Swamp
5 Forest
5 Mountain
5 Plains
5 Island
Because themes make everything more fun, I decided to make all my creatures either gold or have an activated ability costing WUBRG. This makes Knight of New Alara sick.
Yep, running 4 land-type-cyclers. Mountain or Forest is best, as those get me my Stomping Ground. As Jhessian Zombies does neither and I have more Black fixing than anything else, it got the axe.
Surprisingly, Linger Death gets there on any non-shroud, non-pro-black extremely well (especially if a "buddy" of yours has a tap engine). If necessary, it blows up Child for you.
I've yet to find a good way of cheating Progenitus into play, but if I'm running WUBRG, I'm running Progenitus. It's too fun not to.
Font of Mythos is card draw + really, really good politics.
Double Negative is too fun not to run.
I love Slave of Bolas. Not only is it awesome to just cast, but it gets Child of Alara out of an Opposition tap engine and makes it asplode at end of turn.
I'm hoping to get more Bringers, especially the Blue and Red ones.
^^Thanks dantcg!
Perilous Research is also good.
Another card I run in my deck is Corpse Connoisseur. I use him a lot to grab an Anger when I have a Mountain in play.
Breath of Life and Vigor Mortis for some another reanimator cards.
Empyrial Archangel has been an MVP for me for the early game.
You probably want to run some search like Demonic Tutor and Diabolic Tutor.
You really need more ways to kill CoA once you get it into play. Greater Good, Miren, the Moaning Well and Greater Gargadon work well for this.