Since we're on the subject of Niv and him not being a walker and/or becoming one...
Would it be possible for him to gain a spark from outside means (like Karn)? Very likely Niv didn't have a spark at the end of the original Ravnica block, but couldn't he gain one somehow over the course of time?
I know what happened to Karn and the situation that led up to it is very unique, but that leads me to believe that sparks are not permanent to the planeswalkers they started with (originally Urza's spark, now Venser's). Niv is probably smart enough to work some of the minor details out.
I'm a bit slow (I just now thought of this, derp), but what's the interaction if you place an Infinite Reflection on a Requiem Angel? Does it do what I'm hoping it does when a creature of your's dies?
I think as far as land is concerned you could up the island count by 2 and drop two Oracle of Nectars, the life gain from Nissa should be enough. Since you are playing Nissa Revane it might be a good idea to up the count of Nissa's chosen to 4. The Recollects can come out, they're a neat idea but don't really pack that much of a punch. Privledged Position is the same way. You're only running 1 so the chances of seeing it are very slim. You want to be winning or won before you stumble upon it, plus it's a "win more" kind of idea at that point. Also, if you aren't winning by the time you see it, you're probably not in much of a position to win anyway. Since we don't get the luxury of Skullclamp anymore, some ideas for card draw could be Gitaxian Probe, Divination, Harmonize(it's in color, I like it very much in here) and/or Serum Visions(which I love for the scry ability to fix your draws a little). As far as Kira goes I wouldn't put her mainboard. She is a great sideboard option against targeted removal. I am not sold on the Helix Pinnacle as a win condition. If you wanted to incorporate another wincon I would keep it simple and choose Overrun. You can basically vomit elves all day long, so giving them all another +3/+3, trample and swinging with the team seems to work just fine. Also it works in a pinch earlier in the game. If you are concerned with board sweeping and the like you could always try Elixir of Immortality in the side. It gains you some life but also shuffles your grave back into your library. This will work well in conjunction with Nissa. Hopefully I have offered up some productive ideas. Keep me posted or keep throwing out idea, I'm sure we can get this deck tuned and running like a machine in no time.
See, my experience with Elves and planeswalkers is that they tend to draw a lot of aggro really quickly, quicker than usual. Nissa is pretty much in there to take some aggro off everything else. I'm not really expecting to get her ultimate off but hopefully one or two of her life gaining ability. That's kind of why I want the Oracle in there. But I might take them out to make room for other things, idk.
As for taking out Privileged/Recollect, I like it. I have more Privileged so I might move it to the sideboard if I can't find anyone with Kira's.
How many Overrun's would you recommend? Two? Or would Ezuri be better?
Also, what are your thoughts on Twinblade Slasher? Should I replace it with a different one drop, like Ezuri's Archers?
This is kind of a lot to do with only a day before the PTQ. I may have to go to a later one. D:
I really like the deck. I used to play an Intruder Alarm/Voice of the Woods deck back in the day. Some ideas that might be useful are Coiling Oracle, he's such a good fit in this deck. If you are looking for counter magic, I would try Voidslime. It's pretty limited because of it's colors but in this deck it fits perfectly and is incredibaly versatile. Something else you might want to look at is Kira, Great Glass Spinner. She's not an elf, but she would do great at protecting your board.
Voice of the Woods was what I originally used before Lorwyn came out. o: Great minds, eh?
I really like Coiling Oracle. This deck could use some draw power, considering I could empty a bunch of elves onto the board at any time.
If I do end up using Voidslime/Kira, would you recommend I change my mana ratio?
This Saturday I plan on attending my first PTQ. While I don't expect to get very far, I do want to have some fun and at least win a round. So, I come to you guys for some tips and general advice/help.
I'm running a UG Elf deck that used to be a casual legacy deck that I recently modified with the introduction of the Modern format.
Basically, this wants to go infinite whenever possible. This is achieved on a smaller level via Intruder Alarm and Imperious Perfect but goes off completely with a Llanowar or Archdruid out to supply the infinite mana. Infinite creatures, swing for the win.
Thrown in is also Joraga Warcaller which can benefit from large amounts of mana (via Intruder + Archdruid). Helping him is Immaculate Magistrate. Bramblewood is a source for trample on the Warcaller and any other elves that get a counter on them (such as the elves that may come in from a Promenade).
Oracle of Nectars buys time with life. Again, large amounts of mana supplied from the combo.
As everything is very targetable and things can go very wrong, Privileged Position is in there just in case.
Also, not included in the deck is Helix Pinnacle as I haven't had a chance to go pick it up yet. This is an alternate win-con, rather than having to rely on swinging creatures.
So, thoughts? Can it win against some of the current meta? What would you change and why? Sideboard? Should I run a little bit of control since there's blue in there? Is it just awful and should I not even bother?
Also, if you can post links to decklists when talking about the meta, that'd be very much appreciated as I'm not up to date on some of the newer ones.
When I buy an intro pack, I expect it to be playable out of the box without buying anything else. The distribution and packaging of the intro pack is done in such a way that it only holds exactly 60 cards and the 2 inserts, and a booster. They have to do a special treatment to one of the 5 just to accomodate the checklist cards. So none of the Intro Packs will have DFCs.
It is the fact that when they jam the intro packs into a box of 10 intro packs, the method of distributing each intro pack into a box requires it that when they put the cards into the intro pack, that the way each one is packaged needs to be the same. It's the same reason why there aren't specialized 18 card boosters in a sea of 15 card boosters in every booster box.
What if each Intro Pack had double-faced cards? So far each color has at least one.
So I've seen it brought up a few times, but would anyone happen to have a link/copy of the leaked video that was taken down? Never got a chance to see it. Thanks!
Am I the only one who, when looking at the jar with the eyes, thought of Ludevic's Test Subject? What if it's a transform creature, something that transforms into a mass of eyes or a beholder or something?
Then they would never, ever die, which would of course make them ridiculous.
I think what he meant was that dying on its "light" side would be it's trigger to transform. There would be no ability to transform it from dark to light.
Which could be interesting, depending on how its played around with.
Hello! So I recently built a deck around one card that I think is kind of overpowered: Invisible Stalker. My logic and train of thought was that, given his evasiveness, anything short of a Wrath-like effect kind of just sits in your opponent's hand, being useless.
If the stars align, the best turn order ends up like this:
Turn 1: land, Silver-Inlaid Dagger
Turn 2: land, Stalker
Turn 3: land, Tainted Strike (waiting for the counter), then equip the Stalker and swing for 5 poison
Turn 4: repeat of turn 3
Again, not expecting that to happen ever, but that was the idea that started me on this deck.
Apologies for the condition of the sideboard. Haven't really had a chance to sit down and figure out what I want in there exactly. Except for the big creatures, I want to slide those bad boys in there once my opponent sideboards most of his removal.
Advice? Should I keep infecting cards? Has a deck like this been done? Is this just terrible and should be scrapped? If you can leave an explanation of your advice (the metagame you're using, like Pro-Tour or your FNM for example), that'd be awesome. It'd help me out tons.
Spirit of the Night. When I was starting out, I loved big big creatures but black was my go-to color. This ended up with me doing some sort of shenanigan to get them out a little bit quicker, like playing multiple rituals out or reanimating them. While cards like Avatar of Woe or Scion of Darkness are some of my faves, Spirit is my favorite. If anything, it just has a weird but creepy/cool art.
Would it be possible for him to gain a spark from outside means (like Karn)? Very likely Niv didn't have a spark at the end of the original Ravnica block, but couldn't he gain one somehow over the course of time?
I know what happened to Karn and the situation that led up to it is very unique, but that leads me to believe that sparks are not permanent to the planeswalkers they started with (originally Urza's spark, now Venser's). Niv is probably smart enough to work some of the minor details out.
Unfortunately, Infinite Reflection doesn't work with tokens.
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How about Infinite Reflection (on anything cool) + Reassembling Skeleton? Would it still enter the graveyard tapped from its graveyard ability?
While we're at it with graveyard fun times, why not Infinite Reflection on a cool zombie with Gravecrawlers in the grave?
Apologies if this has been brought up before.
Correction: You have to control both of them.
So yeah, you can Mind Control an enemy's creature and then pair them, but they'll lose the benefit should the Mind Control get disenchanted.
Although the non-target part is very cool.
Bolded is the important part.
So...
Nicol Bolas will be in the Core Set? Will that imply that multi-colored cards will also be in it (to support his multi-colored cost)?
See, my experience with Elves and planeswalkers is that they tend to draw a lot of aggro really quickly, quicker than usual. Nissa is pretty much in there to take some aggro off everything else. I'm not really expecting to get her ultimate off but hopefully one or two of her life gaining ability. That's kind of why I want the Oracle in there. But I might take them out to make room for other things, idk.
As for taking out Privileged/Recollect, I like it. I have more Privileged so I might move it to the sideboard if I can't find anyone with Kira's.
How many Overrun's would you recommend? Two? Or would Ezuri be better?
Also, what are your thoughts on Twinblade Slasher? Should I replace it with a different one drop, like Ezuri's Archers?
This is kind of a lot to do with only a day before the PTQ. I may have to go to a later one. D:
also, lol title reads U/B elves instead of UG
Voice of the Woods was what I originally used before Lorwyn came out. o: Great minds, eh?
I really like Coiling Oracle. This deck could use some draw power, considering I could empty a bunch of elves onto the board at any time.
If I do end up using Voidslime/Kira, would you recommend I change my mana ratio?
This Saturday I plan on attending my first PTQ. While I don't expect to get very far, I do want to have some fun and at least win a round. So, I come to you guys for some tips and general advice/help.
I'm running a UG Elf deck that used to be a casual legacy deck that I recently modified with the introduction of the Modern format.
4 Hinterland Harbor
12 Forest
4 Island
Creatures
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Imperious Perfect
3 Elvish Archdruid
3 Twinblade Slasher
3 Bramblewood Paragon
3 Immaculate Magistrate
3 Joraga Warcaller
2 Oracle of Nectars
2 Nissa's Chosen
4 Intruder Alarm
3 Elvish Promenade
2 Recollect
1 Privileged Position
3 Nissa Revane
Basically, this wants to go infinite whenever possible. This is achieved on a smaller level via Intruder Alarm and Imperious Perfect but goes off completely with a Llanowar or Archdruid out to supply the infinite mana. Infinite creatures, swing for the win.
Thrown in is also Joraga Warcaller which can benefit from large amounts of mana (via Intruder + Archdruid). Helping him is Immaculate Magistrate. Bramblewood is a source for trample on the Warcaller and any other elves that get a counter on them (such as the elves that may come in from a Promenade).
Oracle of Nectars buys time with life. Again, large amounts of mana supplied from the combo.
As everything is very targetable and things can go very wrong, Privileged Position is in there just in case.
Also, not included in the deck is Helix Pinnacle as I haven't had a chance to go pick it up yet. This is an alternate win-con, rather than having to rely on swinging creatures.
So, thoughts? Can it win against some of the current meta? What would you change and why? Sideboard? Should I run a little bit of control since there's blue in there? Is it just awful and should I not even bother?
Also, if you can post links to decklists when talking about the meta, that'd be very much appreciated as I'm not up to date on some of the newer ones.
Thanks!
What if each Intro Pack had double-faced cards? So far each color has at least one.
I think what he meant was that dying on its "light" side would be it's trigger to transform. There would be no ability to transform it from dark to light.
Which could be interesting, depending on how its played around with.
Possibly to do with Magic's 20th Anniversary. Wikipedia lists the modern anniversary gift as platinum for the 20th year.
And honestly we can probably expect Platinum Angel to reappear.
Apologies for not finding it before-hand.
If the stars align, the best turn order ends up like this:
Turn 1: land, Silver-Inlaid Dagger
Turn 2: land, Stalker
Turn 3: land, Tainted Strike (waiting for the counter), then equip the Stalker and swing for 5 poison
Turn 4: repeat of turn 3
Again, not expecting that to happen ever, but that was the idea that started me on this deck.
9 Island
6 Swamp
4 Invisible Stalker
4 Blighted Agent
4 Silver-Inlaid Dagger
2 Inquisitor's Flail
4 Mana Leak
2 Gitaxian Probe
3 Ponder
3 Phyresis
4 Dismember
2 Mental Misstep
4 Tainted Strike
4 Go for the Throat
1 Grave Titan
2 Frost Titan
1 Chancellor of the Spires
2 Curiosity
1 Ponder
3 Disentomb
3 Vapor Snag
2 Think Twice
Apologies for the condition of the sideboard. Haven't really had a chance to sit down and figure out what I want in there exactly. Except for the big creatures, I want to slide those bad boys in there once my opponent sideboards most of his removal.
Advice? Should I keep infecting cards? Has a deck like this been done? Is this just terrible and should be scrapped? If you can leave an explanation of your advice (the metagame you're using, like Pro-Tour or your FNM for example), that'd be awesome. It'd help me out tons.
Thanks!