I put two of them into a Counters Company and was impressed by how it flooded the board with zombies allowwing me to close the game in two swings. downside was i lost the combo creatures but it didn't matter as I had 6 2/2 zombies going wide and killing my opponent.
Besides Counters Company deck splashing , is there any other deck time from moderns past that could be turned into zombie tokens by sidisi but still function out of the graveyard?
So far it seems like to make Sidisi good you wanna be running a shell that has 25 or more creatures in it for Sidisi to turn into zombies.
Running a 4 CMC creature seems paradoxical in a Collected Company deck, so she does compromise space for non-CC cards. The bolt-able body doesn't help, and many of the lists that can run her are vulnerable to Anger of the Gods. She also needs support from dredge or something similar if you want to make more than a zombie or two, but Life From the Loam decks usually have better things to do (like Haakon, though I hope the knight synergy in Dominaria gives him more options).
Aside from her body and CMC, Sidisi's biggest problem in modern is probably just her color combination. Sultai has always been second fiddle to Grixis in the format, and green/4-color haven't offered enough to make the color combo relevant.
i know it seems that way, but for 4 mana it makes 1 to 4 bodies, with ability to make more on the attack step.
building around Sidisi unburial rites would be kind of secondary than a primary goal. Something to do with all the creatures Sidisi mills to make zombie tokens.
enbalm and eternalize are some what underwhelming. honored hydra is the strongest embalm that seems viable so far.
i know it seems that way, but for 4 mana it makes 1 to 4 bodies, with ability to make more on the attack step.
building around Sidisi unburial rites would be kind of secondary than a primary goal. Something to do with all the creatures Sidisi mills to make zombie tokens.
enbalm and eternalize are some what underwhelming. honored hydra is the strongest embalm that seems viable so far.
You'd need quite a few dredges to make that many. She's capped at one zombie per instance of mill with a creature, regardless of how many end up in the graveyard, y'know.
for it might work with a living end type strategy. she turns all those cyclers into zombies. if the tokens don't get the job done, then you living end the field. Or maybe sidisi could be relevant vice versa, living end is compromised and you dump the deck to make the tokens.
for it might work with a living end type strategy. she turns all those cyclers into zombies. if the tokens don't get the job done, then you living end the field. Or maybe sidisi could be relevant vice versa, living end is compromised and you dump the deck to make the tokens.
Not without a lot of dredge creatures. Sidisi only counts creatures that go to your graveyard from your library.
Dying to bolt is an issue especially for a 4-mana creature and getting 1x-zombie a turn isn't very exciting.
It is pretty similar to the more splashable Master of the Wild Hunt which is probably better in a deck not built around graveyard synergies.
Whisperwood Elemental is better than both as a value generating creature that makes tokens and clogs the board.
At a higher mana cost there is Grave Titan which is the best of its kind of board-generating creatures.
for it might work with a living end type strategy. she turns all those cyclers into zombies. if the tokens don't get the job done, then you living end the field. Or maybe sidisi could be relevant vice versa, living end is compromised and you dump the deck to make the tokens.
Not without a lot of dredge creatures. Sidisi only counts creatures that go to your graveyard from your library.
i wasn't being clear I know cycling doesn't trigger the zombies in sidisi's ability.
my point i wanted to make is sidisi, brood tyrant can turn a deck into zombies.
however if the shell doesn't have graveyard interactions, then your just milling bodies that you won't recoup later. Some decks like living end could get use out of the milled creatures, shells like counters company which i was originally using Sidisi for spamming bodies onto the board was a far stretch to recover milled creatures for there original purpose.
Dying to bolt is an issue especially fir a 4-mana creature and getting 1x-zombie a turn isn't very exciting.
It is pretty similar to the more splashable Master of the Wild Hunt which is probably better in a deck not built around graveyard synergies.
Whisperwood Elemental is better than both though as a value generating creature that makes tokens and clogs the board.
At a higher mana cost there is Grave Titan which is the best of its kind of board-generating creatures.
Whisperwood Elemental that does accomplish the same goal in similar way. turning the deck into a swarm of bodies. grave titan while the best option is too high of casting cost for the decks I've used Sidisi in so far. Whisperwood is on the edge as well even at 5.
Has Sidisi, Brood Tyrant ever been viable in modern?
I put two of them into a Counters Company and was impressed by how it flooded the board with zombies allowwing me to close the game in two swings. downside was i lost the combo creatures but it didn't matter as I had 6 2/2 zombies going wide and killing my opponent.
Besides Counters Company deck splashing
So far it seems like to make Sidisi good you wanna be running a shell that has 25 or more creatures in it for Sidisi to turn into zombies.
Based on that I've had thoughts of running Haakon, Stromgald Scourge combos, or running big creatures and making unburial rites combos.
Unburial Rites decks don't need green. Gifts Ungiven does everything they want already.
Aside from her body and CMC, Sidisi's biggest problem in modern is probably just her color combination. Sultai has always been second fiddle to Grixis in the format, and green/4-color haven't offered enough to make the color combo relevant.
building around Sidisi unburial rites would be kind of secondary than a primary goal. Something to do with all the creatures Sidisi mills to make zombie tokens.
enbalm and eternalize are some what underwhelming. honored hydra is the strongest embalm that seems viable so far.
You'd need quite a few dredges to make that many. She's capped at one zombie per instance of mill with a creature, regardless of how many end up in the graveyard, y'know.
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Not without a lot of dredge creatures. Sidisi only counts creatures that go to your graveyard from your library.
It is pretty similar to the more splashable Master of the Wild Hunt which is probably better in a deck not built around graveyard synergies.
Whisperwood Elemental is better than both as a value generating creature that makes tokens and clogs the board.
At a higher mana cost there is Grave Titan which is the best of its kind of board-generating creatures.
i wasn't being clear I know cycling doesn't trigger the zombies in sidisi's ability.
my point i wanted to make is sidisi, brood tyrant can turn a deck into zombies.
however if the shell doesn't have graveyard interactions, then your just milling bodies that you won't recoup later. Some decks like living end could get use out of the milled creatures, shells like counters company which i was originally using Sidisi for spamming bodies onto the board was a far stretch to recover milled creatures for there original purpose.
Whisperwood Elemental that does accomplish the same goal in similar way. turning the deck into a swarm of bodies. grave titan while the best option is too high of casting cost for the decks I've used Sidisi in so far. Whisperwood is on the edge as well even at 5.