Grandmother passed away, cancer. It comes and goes, but for the most part I am fine. Ben a long emotional ride, and she was suffering, so it will be nice that she isn't anymore and the family can move on.
My sincere condolences.
Moved into the new house, mostly. Still have some clothes and Tatertot (hedgehog) to bring over.
You have a pet hedgehog?
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It's a combo deck, but it was too fragile, so I added some Stax pieces.
5/10 I'm vaguely reminded of what turns out to be a Tupac quote, and while I'm in favour of a less creature-based MtG, spells are even more fugacious than cannonfodder.
Turns out some of the deals were too good. I've been informed of one of the order's cancelation. Supply difficulties... sure. It's not like I pulled a Rabid and ordered a couple of dozen of the same card, preying on their pricing lag. That ever happened to any of you guys? What'd you do about it?
I saw something cool in the casual GMaD. It seems the fact that no new additions once you reach 75 has made a kind of "meta" where once you get high, but not hit the cap, people remove before finally hitting the cap to ensure that the deck is going in the right direction.
I'm kind of attached to the GMaD, lmao, even if I don't participate.
Took long enough to get that into people's head.
I also 2nd sharing, atleast some, of your purchases if they're interesting to the casual reader. F.e. while I myself spent some christmas money on cards, I don't think they're particularily interesting (good deals on some older cards and some shiny cards).
Arbor can't be cast. We have no GSZ or fetches. The only upside is that it can be ditched to Shaman, and that imo is not worth opening up to creature removal act as LD aigainst the deck. so away with them. vote to cut 4. Putting it at 3 @ -4. Cutting 4. Oh and we get back ~10 quid budget. Yay.
Vote to cut Myr Servitor. It's cute but the deck currently has no engine to use random 1/1 bodies on the table (if it was 'to hand' I'd think one could keep them for Shaman & March).
Voting to cut Sakura Tribe Elder. The deck currently has a very low curve save for the Treefolk at six, and has no abilities that profit from a large amount of mana available. However I acknowledge the potential benefit of thinning out land if you can recurr Elders a few times and that March on turn three might be usefull.
Voting to cut Viscera Seer. The deck might have fodder to sacrifice, and certainly stuff will die anyways so getting out scry effects out of these is ok, but the deck needs to make cuts and as a 1/1 I don't see this having enough of an impact on the board. It's also a rather tame creature for March, as its ability is self-redundant, and extra copies are at best jump blocks plus a scry effect.
Adding a single copy of Shriekmaw. And vote to add 3 more. It is targeted spot removal on a body. The body is 3 power with evasion, capable of winning games. Evoke is an alternate cost for casting, aka triggering March. Note that March's trigger resolves with the evoked creature still on the stack so you won't get that card. It is still usefull to evoke pre-March and with the 2nd maybe get two 3/2 beaters and two Terrors for five, or one (the one in your grave) 3/2 and two Terros for two. At 77c per card I think it's also quite budget friendly (magiccards.info mid price for the Commander printing).
I cannot find a card that gets you lands for Blue.
However, to counter this I will add 4× Early Frost (4 because you need at least 1 by turn 2)
It is a perfect extender of the game, getting me a round or 2 extra, and saving me from having to use my counter spells.
Also I think extra islands are essential. I need at least 22/24... by turn 6 (latest 7) this deck must combo for the win.
I'll redraft this deck testing the changes and follow up with a deck list. Don't think there's any more changes unless I completely change the way I want the deck to play...
You don't save a counter with EF. If you tap their lands in their upkeep, they maybe won't cast a spell that turn. They still can cast whatever they wanted to cast a turn later, while you hold one card less to deal with whatever comes. If you rather use a 2cmc counter over Frost, they probably will use their mana to cast a spell and you cast your counter. Same board state, but both are down a card.
Now, ofcourse the opponent might play more than one spell off that three lands you could tap with EF, but then it's unlikely that you have to counter all of them.
It's also not certain that your opponent was going to cast any spell the turn you chose to use EF. So there is a positive chance that you waste EF.
just make sure to activate it in the order of 100'000 times, with all activations still on the stack. Then resolve them until you have as many coinflip wins you need (you'd have to have a really bad day to not get ten), and it is sacced, then shortcut. And wait 'til your upkeep.
Either you get attacks for not having anything down, or for having Jace down.
The moment you start BSing with Pyxis out people should atleast keep a Naturalize ready for right before you hit 7.
Even if you get to use crack the box, chances are whatever you get out won't win fast enough for you to not lose first, nor be able to keep you alive - safe for the Angel, that will eat removal.
Atleast play some artifact land for Trinket to fetch.
My sincere condolences.
You have a pet hedgehog?
Sounds like Gunso really fits into your clan.
@ Polski: Naked Singularity & Ritual of Subdual. If you havent found them by now.
Took long enough to get that into people's head.
I also 2nd sharing, atleast some, of your purchases if they're interesting to the casual reader. F.e. while I myself spent some christmas money on cards, I don't think they're particularily interesting (good deals on some older cards and some shiny cards).
Vote to cut Myr Servitor. It's cute but the deck currently has no engine to use random 1/1 bodies on the table (if it was 'to hand' I'd think one could keep them for Shaman & March).
Voting to cut Sakura Tribe Elder. The deck currently has a very low curve save for the Treefolk at six, and has no abilities that profit from a large amount of mana available. However I acknowledge the potential benefit of thinning out land if you can recurr Elders a few times and that March on turn three might be usefull.
Voting to cut Viscera Seer. The deck might have fodder to sacrifice, and certainly stuff will die anyways so getting out scry effects out of these is ok, but the deck needs to make cuts and as a 1/1 I don't see this having enough of an impact on the board. It's also a rather tame creature for March, as its ability is self-redundant, and extra copies are at best jump blocks plus a scry effect.
Adding a single copy of Shriekmaw. And vote to add 3 more. It is targeted spot removal on a body. The body is 3 power with evasion, capable of winning games. Evoke is an alternate cost for casting, aka triggering March. Note that March's trigger resolves with the evoked creature still on the stack so you won't get that card. It is still usefull to evoke pre-March and with the 2nd maybe get two 3/2 beaters and two Terrors for five, or one (the one in your grave) 3/2 and two Terros for two. At 77c per card I think it's also quite budget friendly (magiccards.info mid price for the Commander printing).
4 Bloodbond March
Sorcery 6
4 Commune with the gods
2 Jarad's Orders
Creature 37
4 Cadaver Imp
4 Fleshbag Marauder
4 Sakura-Tribe Elder (1 @ -4)
4 fauna shaman
4 Viscera Seer (1 @ -4)
4 myr servitor (2 @ -4)
4 eternal witness
4 Ravenous Rats
4 Deadwood Treefolk
1 Shriekmaw (1 @ +3)
24 lands
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What would Vampire Warlord approve of given enough cash?
There's artifacts, you know. Like Wayfarer's Bauble or Solemn Simulacrum, or Darksteel Ingot or Sky Diamond (you'd only've to add something called Lucy :jug:).
You don't save a counter with EF. If you tap their lands in their upkeep, they maybe won't cast a spell that turn. They still can cast whatever they wanted to cast a turn later, while you hold one card less to deal with whatever comes. If you rather use a 2cmc counter over Frost, they probably will use their mana to cast a spell and you cast your counter. Same board state, but both are down a card.
Now, ofcourse the opponent might play more than one spell off that three lands you could tap with EF, but then it's unlikely that you have to counter all of them.
It's also not certain that your opponent was going to cast any spell the turn you chose to use EF. So there is a positive chance that you waste EF.
just make sure to activate it in the order of 100'000 times, with all activations still on the stack. Then resolve them until you have as many coinflip wins you need (you'd have to have a really bad day to not get ten), and it is sacced, then shortcut. And wait 'til your upkeep.
The moment you start BSing with Pyxis out people should atleast keep a Naturalize ready for right before you hit 7.
Even if you get to use crack the box, chances are whatever you get out won't win fast enough for you to not lose first, nor be able to keep you alive - safe for the Angel, that will eat removal.
Atleast play some artifact land for Trinket to fetch.