This is my first attempt at a Stax deck, or any deck of this type of control. I'm looking for any suggestions, and I still need to play test this deck a few more times to work out some of the kinks. Some things I'm already 'on the edge' about: Like Frost Titan's place in the deck, as well as the use of both clones (Phyrexian Metamorph and Clever Impersonator). I understand their place, but maybe they aren't the right fit. I'm also still looking for a few cards like Defense Grid and Rhystic Study Thanks in advance for any ideas.
Have you run into any problems with the artifact lands? I usually have mine wiped with many of the nonland board clears, and even stolen with Hellkite Tyrant from my friend's Scion deck.
I run both clones you mention in a different deck, but it's not Stax. That being typed, my experience with the Impersonator has been good so far. What do you find yourself thinking of copying with either clone from your own list?
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I run both clones you mention in a different deck, but it's not Stax. That being typed, my experience with the Impersonator has been good so far. What do you find yourself thinking of copying with either clone from your own list?
That's my problem, I have never built a stax deck before and I'm trying to get a grasp of it. What are general suggestions for this type of deck?
I run both clones you mention in a different deck, but it's not Stax. That being typed, my experience with the Impersonator has been good so far. What do you find yourself thinking of copying with either clone from your own list?
That's my problem, I have never built a stax deck before and I'm trying to get a grasp of it. What are general suggestions for this type of deck?
In short, Stax is about resource denial. There are many resources in Magic:
mana sources
cards in hand
cards in graveyard
cards in library
permanents on the 'field
life
Successful Stax strategies work to make the denial of resources asymmetrical. For example, I favor Stax builds that focus on mana disruption, so to make resource denial asymmetrical, I might do any of the following:
design a deck with an extremely low curve, with most cards costing three mana or less
build a deck with a higher than usual amount of mana sources
play with lots of ramp, either artifact- or land-based depending on my strategy.
In my The Raven Stax deck, the primary resource I am denying all players is the graveyard. To make the denial asymmetrical, I don't rely on cards that use my graveyard, and I run cards that benefit from a lack of graveyards, including a win condition.
Here's a link to MTGS's Stax Primer. It's an education in and of itself. Of course, there are other articles on Stax to be found elsewhere, but the Primer's as fine a place to start as any.
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1x Ertai, the Corrupted
Creatures:
1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
1x Aura Thief
1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
1x Clever Impersonator
1x Duplicant
1x Etherium Sculptor
1x Frost Titan
1x Glen Elendra Archmage
1x Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1x Grave Titan
1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
1x Lodestone Golem
1x Lullmage Mentor
1x Magus of the Tabernacle
1x Phyrexian Metamorph
1x Riptide Chronologist
1x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Stonybrook Banneret
1x Sun Titan
1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1x Voidmage Husher
Planeswalkers:
1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1x Jace Beleren
1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
1x Tezzeret the Seeker
1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
Artifacts:
1x Coalition Relic
1x Commander's Sphere
1x Chromatic Lantern
1x Dimir Signet
1x Gilded Lotus
1x Sapphire Medallion
1x Silver Myr
1x Smokestack
1x Sol Ring
1x Sphere of Resistance
1x Static Orb
1x Thran Dynamo
1x Torpor Orb
1x Trading Post
1x Trinisphere
1x Unwinding Clock
1x Worn Powerstone
1x Winter Orb
1x Enchanted Evening
1x March of the Machines
1x Martyr's Bond
1x Pendrell Mists
Instants:
1x Capsize
1x Counterspell
1x Cyclonic Rift
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Hinder
1x Path to Exile
1x Rewind
1x Spell Crumple
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Turnabout
Sorceries:
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Supreme Verdict
1x Wrath of God
Land:
1x Ancient Den
1x Arcane Sanctum
1x Azorius Chancery
1x Barren Moor
1x Command Tower
1x Crystal Vein
1x Darksteel Citadel
1x Dromar's Cavern
1x Drowned Catacomb
1x Esper Panorama
1x Flooded Strand
1x Ghost Quarter
1x Glacial Fortress
1x Hallowed Fountain
6x Island
1x Marsh Flats
1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1x Myriad Landscape
1x Orzhov Basilica
5x Plains
1x Polluted Delta
1x Seat of the Synod
1x Secluded Steppe
1x Strip Mine
2x Swamp
1x Temple of the False God
1x Vault of Whispers
This is my first attempt at a Stax deck, or any deck of this type of control. I'm looking for any suggestions, and I still need to play test this deck a few more times to work out some of the kinks. Some things I'm already 'on the edge' about: Like Frost Titan's place in the deck, as well as the use of both clones (Phyrexian Metamorph and Clever Impersonator). I understand their place, but maybe they aren't the right fit. I'm also still looking for a few cards like Defense Grid and Rhystic Study Thanks in advance for any ideas.
(W/U)(B/R)GForm of Progenitus, Shape of a Scrubland
BRGJund Tokens with Prossh, the Magic Dragon Foil
URGAnimar, the RUG CleanerFoil
RRRFeldon of the Third Path 2.0 Foil
BG(B/G)Not Another Meren DeckFoil
UR(U/R)Mizzix, Y Control and X Burn Spells
(W/U)(B/R)GHarold Ramos - The 35 Foot Long Twinkie (In +1/+1 counters)
UB(U/B)Dragonlord Silumgar
Have you run into any problems with the artifact lands? I usually have mine wiped with many of the nonland board clears, and even stolen with Hellkite Tyrant from my friend's Scion deck.
[EDH In Development] Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis | Trostani, Selesnya's Voice | Queen Marchesa | Ruhan of the Fomori | Yahenni, Undying Partisan
[EDH Retired] Ertai, The Corrupted | Sigarda, Host of Herons | Tariel, Reckoner of Souls | Korlash, Heir to Blackblade
[Modern] Stuffy Doll Combo Burn | Demigod of Revenge
I run both clones you mention in a different deck, but it's not Stax. That being typed, my experience with the Impersonator has been good so far. What do you find yourself thinking of copying with either clone from your own list?
That's my problem, I have never built a stax deck before and I'm trying to get a grasp of it. What are general suggestions for this type of deck?
(W/U)(B/R)GForm of Progenitus, Shape of a Scrubland
BRGJund Tokens with Prossh, the Magic Dragon Foil
URGAnimar, the RUG CleanerFoil
RRRFeldon of the Third Path 2.0 Foil
BG(B/G)Not Another Meren DeckFoil
UR(U/R)Mizzix, Y Control and X Burn Spells
(W/U)(B/R)GHarold Ramos - The 35 Foot Long Twinkie (In +1/+1 counters)
UB(U/B)Dragonlord Silumgar
Here's a link to MTGS's Stax Primer. It's an education in and of itself. Of course, there are other articles on Stax to be found elsewhere, but the Primer's as fine a place to start as any.
(W/U)(B/R)GForm of Progenitus, Shape of a Scrubland
BRGJund Tokens with Prossh, the Magic Dragon Foil
URGAnimar, the RUG CleanerFoil
RRRFeldon of the Third Path 2.0 Foil
BG(B/G)Not Another Meren DeckFoil
UR(U/R)Mizzix, Y Control and X Burn Spells
(W/U)(B/R)GHarold Ramos - The 35 Foot Long Twinkie (In +1/+1 counters)
UB(U/B)Dragonlord Silumgar