I just started building a +1/+1 counters deck that happened to be 5 colours. Ramos seemed to be a decent fit. The deck seems to be fast enough to be threatening, but sometimes falls short if games get drawn out; which is typically the case in EDH. Looking for decent discussions of any suggestions that might make the deck stabilize more in the late game.
NOTE: this deck is relatively casual/budget, not to say that I don't have funds or access to shocks/fetches, I'm just choosing not to use them. Possibly as a challenge, I've been finding that I don't really need them to get the colour fixing in the deck.
NOTE: this deck is relatively casual/budget, not to say that I don't have funds or access to shocks/fetches, I'm just choosing not to use them. Possibly as a challenge, I've been finding that I don't really need them to get the colour fixing in the deck.
1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
//Creatures
1 Bloodspore Thrinax
1 Corpsejack Menace
1 Crystalline Crawler
1 Deathbringer Thoctar
1 Deepglow Skate
1 Etched Oracle
1 Evolution Sage
1 Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
1 Experiment Kraj
1 Fathom Mage
1 Fertilid
1 Forgotten Ancient
1 Ghave, Guru of Spores
1 Goblin Razerunners
1 Good-Fortune Unicorn
1 Gyre Sage
1 Herald of Secret Streams
1 Kalonian Hydra
1 Marath, Will of the Wild
1 Marchesa, the Black Rose
1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
1 Pir, Imaginative Rascal
1 Prime Speaker Zegana
1 Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
1 Sage of Hours
1 Seedborn Muse
1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
1 Shaman of the Great Hunt
1 Spike Weaver
1 Triskelavus
1 Triskelion
1 Vigor
1 Walking Ballista
1 Winding Constrictor
1 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
1 Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
//Artifacts
1 Bolas's Citadel
1 Chromatic Lantern
//Enchantments
1 Cathars' Crusade
1 Hardened Scales
1 Leyline of Anticipation
1 Mayael's Aria
1 Mind's Dilation
1 Mirari's Wake
1 Privileged Position
1 Simic Ascendancy
1 Smothering Tithe
1 Sunbird's Invocation
1 Unspeakable Symbol
//Instants
1 Assassin's Trophy
1 Bioshift
1 Boros Charm
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Inspiring Call
1 Jund Charm
1 Rakdos Charm
//Sorceries
1 Biogenic Upgrade
1 Cultivate
1 Farseek
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Rishkar's Expertise
1 Shamanic Revelation
1 Skyshroud Claim
//Lands
1 Ash Barrens
1 Bant Panorama
1 Blighted Woodland
1 Canopy Vista
1 Cave of Temptation
1 Cinder Glade
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Forbidden Orchard
5 Forest
1 Gavony Township
2 Island
1 Jund Panorama
1 Krosan Verge
1 Mana Confluence
1 Meteor Crater
2 Mountain
1 Novijen, Heart of Progress
1 Opal Palace
2 Plains
1 Prairie Stream
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Smoldering Marsh
1 Sunken Hollow
2 Swamp
1 Winding Canyons
(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
Feb 8th
Out:
Sultai Charm
In:
Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch
Feb 25th
Out:
In:
Mar 4th
Out:
In:
Mar 13th
Out:
In:
April 13th
Out:
In:
May 27th
Out:
In:
July 21st
Out:
Ajani Steadfast
In:
Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
Aug 1st
Out:
Apocalypse Hydra
In:
Pir, Imaginative Rascal
Sept 23rd:
Out:
In:
Oct 7th:
Out:
Progenitus
In:
Chamber Sentry
Oct 20th:
Out:
Realm Seekers
In:
Mind's Dilation
2019
Jan 27th:
Out:
In:
Mar 4th:
Out:
In:
Mar 30th:
Out:
- Ajani, Valiant Hero
- Abzan Charm
- Sultai Charm
- Bring to Light
- Swamp
- Terramorphic Expanse
- Evolving Wilds
- Ajani Goldmane
- Incubation Druid
- Stolen Strategy
In:Apr 2nd:
In:
Out:
April 28th:
In:
Out:
(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
Simic Ascendancy - Just decent value on the whole, but can actually win the game if Mayael's Aria doesn't.
Wilderness Reclamation - Really great to get the colours back in a colour hungry deck, but Seedborn Muse is strictly better version of the card.
Guardian Project - Unconditional card draw is great no matter how you look at it.
Biogenic Upgrade - Seems like great value paired with Corpsejack Menace and the like. Probably gets you to critical mass easily with Sage of Hours.
Tome of the Guildpact - The casting cost is the most prohibiting factor of this. I'm probably going to get a playset in my prerelease kit
Incubation Druid - this is just good, not quite Gyre Sage, but good enough in a 5c colour-hungry 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