this seems like a really fun deck, but im wondering why cataclysmic gearhulk is in there. his etb is only useful once and its not that great to begin with.id throw in felidar guardian instead somewhere.
I've been scratching my brain on this for a while and have come up with some nutty ideas with way too many holes in them to work. does anyone have any ideas they'd like to share on this subject. I honestly feel its a question we need to answer. because i like playing paper magic at my lgs. but if card prices dont come down then i fear that online versions or hearthstone and its clones will consume the market and paper magic will die out eventually. maybe thats a bit too tin-foil hat. Still, I'd like to hear some feedback.
what about turn 2 expose evil, turn 3 saheeli, turn 4 Indomitable Creativity for one and the only creatures you have in the deck are emrakul and ulamog, get emrakul, no etb, copy with saheeli sac the original , get the etb and haste, swing with emrakul on turn 4 and take their turn. you just need a way to get emrakul and ulamog back in your library.
i'm going to try to do it with Reckless Fireweaver that way you dont even have to attack with the infinite guardians on turn four they deal damage from fireweavers trigger. fireweaver also deals with dec in stone, if they dec in stone then fireweaver triggers infinite damage. or if you hate the idea of the fireweaver , you can let them come in tapped as long as you have a selfless spirit on the board to protect them from a turn 5 fumigate.
maybe change out the neonate for bomat courier. the fireweaver is there so that if they dec in stone you get the trigger. may be better to sideboard him though and put baral in his place. the neonate / temper combo gives you good protection for saheeli on turn 2, it also helps with the mirror match because neonate has menace. so they have the play , you neonate turn 1 , neonate turn 2, they play saheeli, you hit with neonate , sac it and temper saheeli down.
maybe change out the neonate for bomat courier. the fireweaver is there so that if they dec in stone you get the trigger. may be better to sideboard him though and put baral in his place. the neonate / temper combo gives you good protection for saheeli on turn 2, it also helps with the mirror match because neonate has menace. so they have the play , you neonate turn 1 , neonate turn 2, they play saheeli, you hit with neonate , sac it and temper saheeli down.
saheeli rai turn 3 , indomitable turn 4, copy emrakul sac the original, get the etb take their turn on turn 4. or do it with ulamog , btw saheeli gives them haste.
3x Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim
4x Felidar Sovereign
4x Filigree Familiar
4x Lone Rider Flip
4x Tree of Perdition
4x Chaplain's Blessing
2x Fumigate
2x Blighted Steppe
4x Concealed Courtyard
8x Plains
2x Shambling Vent
5x Swamp
4x Implement of Improvement
2x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
4x Authority of the Consulate
2x Consulate Crackdown
2x Fatal Push
4x Fragmentize
1x Fumigate
2x Stasis Snare
i'm going to try to do it with Reckless Fireweaver that way you dont even have to attack with the infinite guardians on turn four they deal damage from fireweavers trigger. fireweaver also deals with dec in stone, if they dec in stone then fireweaver triggers infinite damage. or if you hate the idea of the fireweaver , you can let them come in tapped as long as you have a selfless spirit on the board to protect them from a turn 5 fumigate.
what do you mean by that? i know its a narrow focus on the combo being the only wincon.
4x Fiery Temper
4x Invasive Surgery
4x Negate
4x Shock
4x Felidar Guardian
4x Insolent Neonate
2x Reckless Fireweaver
2x Baral, Cheif of Compliance
4x Aether Hub
4x Island
4x Mountain
2x Plains
2x Port Town
4x Spirebluff Canal
4x Cathartic Reunion
4x Saheeli Rai