Jhoira was my first General.
I learned a lot making the deck and its guaranteed to win everytime, 90% of the time.
But over the past couple of months I have stopped playing it altogether. At first I thought it was because I was going nuts making new EDH decks, but I've been settled down for a few months now, only lightly tweaking here and there.
The real reason is...
its not fun.
Every game I wait for a "Boom" sorcery in hand. Wait until I have 5-7 mana. play Jhoira and suspend a win con. Two turns later cast the Boom. Its always the same. Everyone struggles to rebuild. I struggle to kill everyone before they can. All the while my playgroup is getting grumpy. I've been told verbatim "Whenever I see Jhoira I'm going straight for you".
Its tough holding back Uril, Rafiq and the Reaper King.
Here is my friendly new list.
In goldfishing its been fun and I can still do some crazy stuff. I don't know if I should keep it though.
Lets see if this is still worthwhile in the next few weeks.
I've played this a few times now and its been working great. Its nice to have mana once a threat is on the board, as opposed to trying to kill people before they can rebuild.
Its been fun and surprisingly good.
Something i would consider is Braid of fire it has amazing synergy with jhoira, paradox haze and rift elemental a personal favorite in my jhoira edh is dropping a rift elemental turn one and then braid of fire on turn two jhoira turn three and then suspending something during your upkeep of turn 4 followed by spending your mana how you want (suspending something else or speeding up what you suspended)
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I learned a lot making the deck and its guaranteed to win everytime, 90% of the time.
But over the past couple of months I have stopped playing it altogether. At first I thought it was because I was going nuts making new EDH decks, but I've been settled down for a few months now, only lightly tweaking here and there.
The real reason is...
its not fun.
Every game I wait for a "Boom" sorcery in hand. Wait until I have 5-7 mana. play Jhoira and suspend a win con. Two turns later cast the Boom. Its always the same. Everyone struggles to rebuild. I struggle to kill everyone before they can. All the while my playgroup is getting grumpy. I've been told verbatim "Whenever I see Jhoira I'm going straight for you".
Its tough holding back Uril, Rafiq and the Reaper King.
I've now removed:
Here is my friendly new list.
In goldfishing its been fun and I can still do some crazy stuff. I don't know if I should keep it though.
Lets see if this is still worthwhile in the next few weeks.
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1 Jhoira
Creatures: 19
1 Lighthouse Chronologist
1 Trinket Mage
1 Empress Galina
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Aetherling
1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1 Rift Elemental
1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
1 Nin, the Pain Artist
1 Artisan of Kozilek
1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
1 It That Betrays
1 Blightsteel Colossus
Instants: 13
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Hinder
1 Spell Crumple
1 Spin into Myth
1 Force of Will
1 Desertion
1 Evacuation
1 Sunder
1 Fury Charm
1 Starstorm
1 Turn / Burn
Sorceries: 11
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Rite of Replication
1 Time Warp
1 Temporal Manipulation
1 Bribery
1 Walk the Aeons
1 Temporal Mastery
1 Beacon of Tomorrows
1 Time Stretch
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Blasphemous Act
Enchantments: 5
1 Propaganda
1 Rhystic Study
1 Dismiss into Dream
1 Thought Reflection
1 Omniscience
Artifacts: 13
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mind Stone
1 Grim Monolith
1 Izzet Signet
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Proteus Staff
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Coalition Relic
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Gilded Lotus
14 Island
8 Mountain
1 Volcanic Island
1 Caldera Lake
1 Shivan Reef
1 Steam Vents
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Suflur Falls
1 Izzet Guildgate
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Command Tower
1 Desolate Lighthouse
1 Hammerheim
1 Maze of Ith
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Riptide Laboratory
1 Jhoira
Creatures: 25
1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Clone
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Dominus of Fealty
1 Duplicant
1 Inferno Titan
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 It That Betrays
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
1 Lighthouse Chronologist
1 Nin, the Pain Artist
1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Rift Elemental
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
1 Tidespout Tyrant
1 Trinket Mage
1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Counterspell
1 Evacuation
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Fissure
1 Force of Will
1 Fury Charm
1 Hinder
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Spin into Myth
1 Starstorm
1 Sunder
1 Time Stop
Sorceries: 10
1 Aquire
1 Beacon of Tomorrows
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Blatant Thievery
1 Bribery
1 Mogg Infestation
1 Rite of Replication
1 Temporal Manipulation
1 Time Warp
1 Walk the Aeons
Enchantments: 6
1 Braid of Fire
1 Energy Field
1 Propaganda
1 Rhystic Study
1 Take Possession
1 Thought Reflection
1 Coalition Relic
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Izzet Signet
1 Mana Vault
1 Proteus Staff
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Thran Dynamo
Land: 37
15 Island
7 Mountain
1 Seat of the Synod
1 Hammerheim
1 Volcanic Island
1 Caldera Lake
1 Shivan Reef
1 Steam Vents
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Suflur Falls
1 Polluted Delta
1 Command Tower
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Flooded Strand
1 Riptide Laboratory
1 Maze of Ith
B Lover Since '09 ~
Standard:
meh.
Modern:
Urzatron GR
Vintage:
Contol-Slaver UBR
EDH:
Drana B
Jhoira UR
Savra BG
Turned into:
Adun Oakenshield BGR
Sharuum BUW
Turned into:
Memnarch U
KiKi-Jiki R
Turned into:
Godo R
Turned into:
Aurelia RW
The Mimeoplasm UBG
Rasputin Dreamweaver UW
Turned into:
Geist of Saint Traft -French 1v1 UW
Nekusar UBR
Its been fun and surprisingly good.
B Lover Since '09 ~
Standard:
meh.
Modern:
Urzatron GR
Vintage:
Contol-Slaver UBR
EDH:
Drana B
Jhoira UR
Savra BG
Turned into:
Adun Oakenshield BGR
Sharuum BUW
Turned into:
Memnarch U
KiKi-Jiki R
Turned into:
Godo R
Turned into:
Aurelia RW
The Mimeoplasm UBG
Rasputin Dreamweaver UW
Turned into:
Geist of Saint Traft -French 1v1 UW
Nekusar UBR
WUB Zur's Silver Bullets WUB
UR Jhoira's Apocalyptic Decree UR
What to take out though....
Probably Worn Powerstone.
B Lover Since '09 ~
Standard:
meh.
Modern:
Urzatron GR
Vintage:
Contol-Slaver UBR
EDH:
Drana B
Jhoira UR
Savra BG
Turned into:
Adun Oakenshield BGR
Sharuum BUW
Turned into:
Memnarch U
KiKi-Jiki R
Turned into:
Godo R
Turned into:
Aurelia RW
The Mimeoplasm UBG
Rasputin Dreamweaver UW
Turned into:
Geist of Saint Traft -French 1v1 UW
Nekusar UBR