So a copy of Invoke Prejudice has managed to find its way into my hands, and now I feel obligated to make a deck themed around it. My hope is to be the de facto archenemy by holding the deck that embodies all that is truly oppressive and vile.
So I need suggestions. It can be cards that prefer a color or creature type (e.g., Konda's Banner or Mass Calcify), have something about whipping up a mob with pernicious memes (e.g., Propaganda), or just suffer from unfortunate wording (e.g., All is Dust).
Once I have a pool of thematically appropriate cards, I can start considering commanders. From what I have so far (see below) it looks like the deck really wants white, which is morbidly amusing. That puts the kibosh on using the Aryantwins in the command zone, which is unfortunate.
lol @ this idea. Truly a deck for these divided times. Not sure how I feel about that.
There's obviously a lot of doom blade-type effects, although that might be the opposite of what you're looking for. dark betrayal might be a little better, although it does put you into maybe too many colors and also is terrible (although you're looking at blinding light so maybe that's fine).
Thematically I kinda want it to be red-white-blue for obvious reasons, and because it fits pretty well with a lot of the effects you want to run. So maybe Ruhan? Although he's an equal-opportunity assaulter, so that might be thematically off the mark.
Mycosynth Lattice ensures Invoke Prejudice will apply to every creature spell your opponents play. Otherwise, you'd have to play exclusively colorless creatures, or no creatures.
In the Eye of Chaos is somewhat similar to IP, although (a) it's symmetrical, so it hits your spells too, and (b) it's an expensive card to get a copy of (~$200), if you don't already have one.
I feel like humility is, like, the exact opposite of this deck. With humility all creatures are equal. Sure, it's stax, but I think the point of this deck is to play the cards that...don't promote the idea of equality.
Run artifa g creatures only. (Or eldrazi) perhaps you ca get away with one or two color creatures it they should very few and quite far in between. Ramos or memnarch would be your general of choice as they off blue while still being colorless. (And Ramos can get big from your non creature spells.)
Darksteel forge will your friend, and tax them a bit with lodestone golem.
If you are constantly going against non blue or white decks. Grand arbiter Augustin IV will cause even more tax.
Helm of the host on lodestone will again raise tax and while I am not 100% sure. If you copy artifact or clever impersonator prejudice I believe it forces them to pay yet again. (Correct me if it does not stack)
I feel like humility is, like, the exact opposite of this deck. With humility all creatures are equal. Sure, it's stax, but I think the point of this deck is to play the cards that...don't promote the idea of equality.
Ah, but that's the thing. Stax, with its faux-equality, is the perfect deck for this concept.
You see, before, um, recent events, the modern racist had to be subtle. So you talk about "busing", "black-on-black crime", "racial preferences", soon you're even more vague, talking about "states' rights". The trick to this is, the average white person understands that the gentlemen depicted in that art (and the artist himself, for that matter) are horrible. But as you make it more subtle, the racists still know what you're talking about (and thus will vote for you), black people also know what you're talking about (but wouldn't vote for you anyway), but those white moderates? Yeah, they have no idea. Makes a lot more sense than dropping N-bombs all day, no?
But what started all of this, Lee Atwater noticed that there was a class of white person who knew he, and in fact most people, would be hurt by right-wing economic policies. In the 60s, people still had memories of the Great Depression, after all. Thing is, it would hurt black people more. And for some, that was all that mattered.
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Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
By the way, if you use Common Cause, you probably don't know how it works. Every nonartifact creature on the battlefield must share a color, and they all get +2/+2. Mayhap Crusade or Jihad is what you're looking for?
Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
So I need suggestions. It can be cards that prefer a color or creature type (e.g., Konda's Banner or Mass Calcify), have something about whipping up a mob with pernicious memes (e.g., Propaganda), or just suffer from unfortunate wording (e.g., All is Dust).
Once I have a pool of thematically appropriate cards, I can start considering commanders. From what I have so far (see below) it looks like the deck really wants white, which is morbidly amusing. That puts the kibosh on using the Aryan twins in the command zone, which is unfortunate.
Cards found so far:
There's obviously a lot of doom blade-type effects, although that might be the opposite of what you're looking for. dark betrayal might be a little better, although it does put you into maybe too many colors and also is terrible (although you're looking at blinding light so maybe that's fine).
Thematically I kinda want it to be red-white-blue for obvious reasons, and because it fits pretty well with a lot of the effects you want to run. So maybe Ruhan? Although he's an equal-opportunity assaulter, so that might be thematically off the mark.
EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
In the Eye of Chaos is somewhat similar to IP, although (a) it's symmetrical, so it hits your spells too, and (b) it's an expensive card to get a copy of (~$200), if you don't already have one.
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Also you have to concede if someone plays Punish Ignorance on your Invoke or resolves a Reparations
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But how do you win??
EDH Primers
Phelddagrif - Zirilan
EDH
Thrasios+Bruse - Pang - Sasaya - Wydwen - Feather - Rona - Toshiro - Sylvia+Khorvath - Geth - QMarchesa - Firesong - Athreos - Arixmethes - Isperia - Etali - Silas+Sidar - Saskia - Virtus+Gorm - Kynaios - Naban - Aryel - Mizzix - Kazuul - Tymna+Kraum - Sidar+Tymna - Ayli - Gwendlyn - Phelddagrif 4 - Liliana - Kaervek - Phelddagrif 3 - Mairsil - Scarab - Child - Phenax - Shirei - Thada - Depala - Circu - Kytheon - GrenzoHR - Phelddagrif - Reyhan+Kraum - Toshiro - Varolz - Nin - Ojutai - Tasigur - Zedruu - Uril - Edric - Wort - Zurgo - Nahiri - Grenzo - Kozilek - Yisan - Ink-Treader - Yisan - Brago - Sidisi - Toshiro - Alexi - Sygg - Brimaz - Sek'Kuar - Marchesa - Vish Kal - Iroas - Phelddagrif - Ephara - Derevi - Glissa - Wanderer - Saffi - Melek - Xiahou Dun - Lazav - Lin Sivvi - Zirilan - Glissa
PDH - Drake - Graverobber - Izzet GM - Tallowisp - Symbiote Brawl - Feather - Ugin - Jace - Scarab - Angrath - Vraska - Kumena Oathbreaker - Wrenn&6
Darksteel forge will your friend, and tax them a bit with lodestone golem.
If you are constantly going against non blue or white decks. Grand arbiter Augustin IV will cause even more tax.
Helm of the host on lodestone will again raise tax and while I am not 100% sure. If you copy artifact or clever impersonator prejudice I believe it forces them to pay yet again. (Correct me if it does not stack)
Really what you are looking for is a tax deck.
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Ah, but that's the thing. Stax, with its faux-equality, is the perfect deck for this concept.
You see, before, um, recent events, the modern racist had to be subtle. So you talk about "busing", "black-on-black crime", "racial preferences", soon you're even more vague, talking about "states' rights". The trick to this is, the average white person understands that the gentlemen depicted in that art (and the artist himself, for that matter) are horrible. But as you make it more subtle, the racists still know what you're talking about (and thus will vote for you), black people also know what you're talking about (but wouldn't vote for you anyway), but those white moderates? Yeah, they have no idea. Makes a lot more sense than dropping N-bombs all day, no?
But what started all of this, Lee Atwater noticed that there was a class of white person who knew he, and in fact most people, would be hurt by right-wing economic policies. In the 60s, people still had memories of the Great Depression, after all. Thing is, it would hurt black people more. And for some, that was all that mattered.
On phasing:
Angel of Jubilation is an option, too.
On phasing: