The deck typically can ramp into a big bomb or draw spell on turn 3-4. The earliest I've done anything of major merit has been the occasional turn 1 Ward of Bone or turn 1 Storm Cauldron, but those require a heavy opening hand of mana rocks. For the purpose of early ramp, there are 21 mana rocks. Stax pieces are incredibly easy to drop. With proper division of colored mana, there's really no problem tutoring up the proper Stax piece or board wipe for each situation. The lack of counterspells is a bit underwhelping, but that's why I stuck with surefires like Force, Swan Song, and Forbid. Force is the token freebie, Swan Song is similarly applied for 1 measly blue mana, and Forbid is my recurring friend. Forbid in an opening hand is devastating.
It's easy to play around your own double-edged Stax effects. Storm Cauldron can circumvent your own land destruction. Khalni Gem can help a bit there, too, while at the same time being able to reset Gemstone Mine if need be. We make enough mana here for Trinisphere to be no issue. Activating Memory Jar and casting Sunder the same turn essentially destroys all lands as well, and can be timed to affect you the least.
I think more counters may be needed, but I'm not sure what to cut. The high number of mana rocks is absolutely necessary to drop a win-con early, or cast a board wipe when I can't quite grasp the W. Thoughts?
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Made for myself. Experimental.
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Made for myself. Original stock from Steve Argyle.
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Made for myself. I like Deftones.
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Win-Cons
1 Enter the Infinite
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Felidar Sovereign
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur (I count him as a win-con over a card-draw mechanic because... well, that's basically game. Even if he's circumvented, he's not a go-to for drawing cards. He's there to end the game).
Draw Engines and Tutors
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Personal Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Tolaria West
1 Myojin of the Seeing Winds
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Sphinx's Revelation
1 Mystic Remora
1 Rhystic Study
1 Fabricate
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Recurring Insight (this is my absolute favorite)
1 Trinket Mage
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Expedition Map
1 Memory Jar
Stax and Board Wipe
1 Trinisphere
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 All is Dust
1 Mass Calcify
1 Soulscour
1 Ravages of War
1 Armageddon
1 Catastrophe
1 Sunder
1 Storm Cauldron
1 Land Equilibrium
1 Rising Waters
1 Winter Orb
1 Tangle Wire
1 Ward of Bones
1 Cyclonic Rift
Other Bombs
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Blazing Archon
Protection
1 Force of Will
1 Forbid
1 Swan Song
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Homeward Path
Mana Rocks
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Copy Artifact
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Diamond
1 Sky Diamond
1 Marble Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Azorius Signet
1 Khalni Gem
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Chromatic Lantern
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Talisman of Progress
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Chrome Mox
1 Grim Monolith
1 Everflowing Chalice
Remaining Lands
Golds
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Tarnished Citadel
1 Glimmervoid
1 Gemstone Caverns
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Meteor Crater
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
UW
1 Tundra
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Skycloud Expanse
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Nimbus Maze
1 Seachrome Coast
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Mystic Gate
Blue
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1 Seat of the Synod
2 Snow-Covered Island
White
1 Ancient Den
2 Snow-Covered Plains
Other
1 Marsh Flats
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Flooded Strand
1 Arid Mesa
1 Windswept Heath
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Mishra's Workshop
The deck typically can ramp into a big bomb or draw spell on turn 3-4. The earliest I've done anything of major merit has been the occasional turn 1 Ward of Bone or turn 1 Storm Cauldron, but those require a heavy opening hand of mana rocks. For the purpose of early ramp, there are 21 mana rocks. Stax pieces are incredibly easy to drop. With proper division of colored mana, there's really no problem tutoring up the proper Stax piece or board wipe for each situation. The lack of counterspells is a bit underwhelping, but that's why I stuck with surefires like Force, Swan Song, and Forbid. Force is the token freebie, Swan Song is similarly applied for 1 measly blue mana, and Forbid is my recurring friend. Forbid in an opening hand is devastating.
It's easy to play around your own double-edged Stax effects. Storm Cauldron can circumvent your own land destruction. Khalni Gem can help a bit there, too, while at the same time being able to reset Gemstone Mine if need be. We make enough mana here for Trinisphere to be no issue. Activating Memory Jar and casting Sunder the same turn essentially destroys all lands as well, and can be timed to affect you the least.
I think more counters may be needed, but I'm not sure what to cut. The high number of mana rocks is absolutely necessary to drop a win-con early, or cast a board wipe when I can't quite grasp the W. Thoughts?
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So that you don't think me too arrogant, I will showcase a bit of my work. I'm aware that a lot of the captions on these say that I made them for myself. I have more works that I have done for others, and they were done exactly to their specifications, but they're the one who were fond of them, not I.
General discussion for a previous board. Original stock from Steve Argyle.
Made for myself
I had been a long-standing member of KSI and one of its original 6 members from Unreal Tournament. Most of my experience in digital artistry is from being part of their graphics team.
Professional Halo Reach team logo
My division during my time in clan ops in KSI. Origina
Made for myself, based off of the IRO-Bots from Amory Wars, a graphic novel series written by the frontman for Coheed and Cambria, Claudio Sanchez. Original stock from Jason Engle.
By request. First time trying an integrated anime/manga piece
Made for myself back when the Zune was a piece of junk for its time
By request. Subliminal ***** in the text unintentional.
Experimental. Original stock from Jason Engle.
Made for myself. Experimental.
Made for myself. Original stock from Steve Argyle.
Made for a Moderator on the forums for Spore after its release. Original stock from Steve Argyle.
Made for myself. Original stock from Steve Argyle.
Made for myself. Experimenting with the "button" concept.
Made for myself. One of my first in which I used no images to start and created each layer. The only object not of my own craft was the typeface and text.
Made for myself. I like Deftones.
I'm always looking for new individuals to train up and teach certain tricks and tips. Don't hesitate to seek me out for advice or help.