my goal is to go nuts with weenie guys and soldier tokens iona is in there in case i get lucky and get her of a windsbrisk heights. any suggestions would be great
I would definately consider adding Congregate, as well as any lands that deal you damage like Tarnished Citadel or City of Brass so you can generate creatures with Darien in play.
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thanks for the suggestion i completly forgot about those those.
wish i had the cash for a elspeth. been testing with her in mws and complely own when she comes on the field.
my goal is to go nuts with weenie guys and soldier tokens iona is in there in case i get lucky and get her of a windsbrisk heights. any suggestions would be great
The abilty to add soldiers to the table at instant speed is very, very good:
-Someone Wraths the table and plays a creature: EOT Even the Odds!
-You have Door of Destinies in play? Stormfront Riders is a +3 to your entire team on top of whatever on on there already. It's also very nice with the Empyrial Armor you have in there, giving you +1 cards in hand if you bounce back the Riders and a card soldier (rather than a token.)
-Your play group keeps wiping the table again and again? What about soldiers that never go away? Cenn's Enlistment gives you two for every land you can discard.
Speaking about land, you only have 28 and only 1 permanent mana source in your artifacts (Sol Ring) A 60-card soldier deck would have 22-23 mana sources meaning that your aim in a 100 card deck should be about 36-38 at least.
Loxodon Gatekeeper seems like it would be a good addition. It's not a weenie really, but it is a soldier with a good effect to boot. And if you're willing to buff your weenies at the expense of giving your opponents some buffs as well then you could try Divine Sacrament.
To expand further on the City of Brass idea, this could be the first deck to ever use Nomad Stadium! Also, Ancient Tomb would help add some acceleration to the deck.
Might I suggest Humility? It wins games by itself and is very good if you go nuts with soldier tokens.
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Door of Destinies gets counters when spells are cast, but the tokens are not cast, they are put into play. I think you only get 1 counter - however, you can bounce the Stormfront Riders back to put more and more counters on the Door.
Card draw? Weenies empty your hand fast, how will you fill it back up? In the past, I've played Mind's Eye in my Darien deck, but that card has one of the biggest targets painted on it in EDH. Instead, I'm currently testing: Slate of Ancestry Illuminated Folio
Slate is sick the turn after someone swings at you with Darien in play, but in general it's pretty easy to get at least 4-5 soldiers in play. Plus, I'm running Mistveil Plains and Emeria, the Sky Ruin, so there's a chance the stuff I discard will come out later or get recycled back into the deck.
Folio has been pretty good. It's no Mind's Eye at 3 cards a turn for 3, but then again Mind's Eye hasn't been sticking for me long enough to get much use out of it.
The next draw engine I want to try is Farsight Mask, seems like a good deterrent if you have it and/or Darien in play, but it's probably less reliable for drawing actual cards then the other options above.
Depending on how much you use Darien and protect him, Konda's Banner may be better than Veteran's Armaments (especially since we have no trample so that really fat soldier just gets chump blocked by a Kobold or something stupid). Both may be even better in your deck, with the Kor critters.
Good luck with your deck! This is probably my favorite deck to play as soldiers are both flavorful and can become incredibly overwhelming quickly.
To expand further on the City of Brass idea, this could be the first deck to ever use Nomad Stadium! Also, Ancient Tomb would help add some acceleration to the deck.
1 Windbrisk Heights
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
1 Maze of Ith
1 Flagstones of Trokair
14 Plains
1 Karoo
1 Thawing Glaciers
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Remote Farm
1 Fountain of Cho
1 Forbidding Watchtower
1 Drifting Meadow
1 City of Brass
1 Strip Mine
1 Nomad Stadium
1 Icatian Javelineers
1 Goldmeadow Harrier
1 Darien, King of Kjeldor
1 Kithkin Zephyrnaut
1 Captain of the Watch
1 Kazandu Blademaster
1 Kor Hookmaster
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Kor Outfitter
1 Kor Duelist
1 Kor Aeronaut
1 Mosquito Guard
1 Magus of the Disk
1 Soltari Champion
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Veteran Swordsmith
1 Akrasan Squire
1 Veteran Armorsmith
1 Veteran Armorer
1 Preacher
1 Aven Squire
1 Valiant Guard
1 Ballyrush Banneret
1 Mirror Entity
1 Preeminent Captain
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Martyr of Sands
1 Rhox Pikemaster
1 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
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1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Elite Vanguard
1 Soul Warden
1 Knight-Captain of Eos
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Angel's Feather
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Coat of Arms
1 Wrath of God
1 Scroll Rack
1 Wojek Siren
1 Day of Judgment
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Honor of the Pure
1 Mark of Asylum
1 Crusade
1 Empyrial Armor
1 Cataclysm
1 Armageddon
1 Conqueror's Pledge
1 Veteran's Armaments
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Land Tax
1 Abeyance
1 Disenchant
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Glorious Anthem
1 Angelsong
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Militia's Pride
1 Sol Ring
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Lotus Bloom
1 Ajani Goldmane
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Skullclamp
1 Lotus Petal
1 Raise the Alarm
1 Luminarch Ascension
wish i had the cash for a elspeth. been testing with her in mws and complely own when she comes on the field.
Ok, cool, soldier theme. Do you think you could get things like Mobilization, Door of Destinies, Cenn's Enlistment, Cloudgoat Ranger, Decree of Justice (probably expensive), Elsbeth you mentioned, Even the Odds, Martial Coup, Raise the Alarm or Stormfront Riders?
The abilty to add soldiers to the table at instant speed is very, very good:
-Someone Wraths the table and plays a creature: EOT Even the Odds!
-You have Door of Destinies in play? Stormfront Riders is a +3 to your entire team on top of whatever on on there already. It's also very nice with the Empyrial Armor you have in there, giving you +1 cards in hand if you bounce back the Riders and a card soldier (rather than a token.)
-Your play group keeps wiping the table again and again? What about soldiers that never go away? Cenn's Enlistment gives you two for every land you can discard.
Speaking about land, you only have 28 and only 1 permanent mana source in your artifacts (Sol Ring) A 60-card soldier deck would have 22-23 mana sources meaning that your aim in a 100 card deck should be about 36-38 at least.
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What about Knight-Captain of Eos?
I always prefered Armored Ascension to Empyrial Armor (though you could run both).
Anyway, I don't know why nobody has suggested it, but if you can find a Kjeldoran Outpost, I think that would be just what you're looking for.
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Door of Destinies gets counters when spells are cast, but the tokens are not cast, they are put into play. I think you only get 1 counter - however, you can bounce the Stormfront Riders back to put more and more counters on the Door.
Card draw? Weenies empty your hand fast, how will you fill it back up? In the past, I've played Mind's Eye in my Darien deck, but that card has one of the biggest targets painted on it in EDH. Instead, I'm currently testing:
Slate of Ancestry
Illuminated Folio
Slate is sick the turn after someone swings at you with Darien in play, but in general it's pretty easy to get at least 4-5 soldiers in play. Plus, I'm running Mistveil Plains and Emeria, the Sky Ruin, so there's a chance the stuff I discard will come out later or get recycled back into the deck.
Folio has been pretty good. It's no Mind's Eye at 3 cards a turn for 3, but then again Mind's Eye hasn't been sticking for me long enough to get much use out of it.
The next draw engine I want to try is Farsight Mask, seems like a good deterrent if you have it and/or Darien in play, but it's probably less reliable for drawing actual cards then the other options above.
Depending on how much you use Darien and protect him, Konda's Banner may be better than Veteran's Armaments (especially since we have no trample so that really fat soldier just gets chump blocked by a Kobold or something stupid). Both may be even better in your deck, with the Kor critters.
Good luck with your deck! This is probably my favorite deck to play as soldiers are both flavorful and can become incredibly overwhelming quickly.
added a knight captian and a nomad stadium.
the mishra's factory will be a mutavault when i get one. thanks for the sugesstions everyone ill update the main list when i get a chance