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sry for hijacking your post
blut
Cranial Plating deserves a spot in this deck, especially in light of all the cheap flyers.
Edge of the Divinity isn't that strong since Tidehollow Sculler is the only creature that uses it to full effect.
Survival Cache is a nice idea but with all the Phyrexian mana going on turns 1 and 2 I feel like it won't draw you cards consistently. Consider swapping it for mainboard removal (Unmake, Doom Blade, Go for the Throat, Dismember, etc)or Night's Whisper. Alternatively you could replace it with a turn 1 discard spell like Duress if you play against a lot of control/combo decks.
My idea for a Pauper legal deck that uses Mystical teachings to grab what you need when you need it. Every nonland card can be grabbed with Teachings. Reavers and Coatls are combat tricks and Wurm is a finisher. Everything can be recurred using Reclaim, which turns Forbidden Alchemy into a card advantage engine. I'm not super familiar with pauper so any advice regarding specific card choices or regarding the deck as a whole is greatly appreciated.
There are a lot of variables to consider when deciding where you should attend college:
*What are you interested in? If you know what you want to study or do for the rest of your life then you can look at schools with reputable programs in that field.
*What do your grades/extra-curriculars look like? If you end up with a stellar transcript (single or double digit class rank, 3.0+ GPA, a few clubs/sports or community service) nicer schools will want you. If you were lazy and skidded through high school with ****ty grades a year at community college with strong grades can help you transfer to a decent school.
*Are you an intrinsically motivated individual? Community college can be a black hole for lazy people; there aren't many distractions since they're commuter schools so it's pretty much all schoolwork. You'd need to plan out the next couple years by talking to an adviser from the school you'd like to transfer to after community college (assuming you want a 4-year degree) to make sure you're on the right track for your credits to transfer and that you're taking the right classes.
Also: private schools cost more but can offer more financial aid than state schools, while state schools are cheaper but have less aid to offer.
As far as where you get your bachelor's not being important that's pretty true. However, attending a school with a desirable Master's program as an undergraduate can help your chances of getting accepted to that program.
Very true. I appreciate your advice, especially since I've wanted to use Skinrender since he came out but haven't had a deck to put him in. Fecundity would be drawing me a lot of cards but I'm not sure of what I should cut for it. Maybe I should throw in some sac outlets too, a la Grim Backwoods or Miren, the Moaning Well. They also work as an instant-speed Vat reset, so I could change what's being produced by Mimic Vat and then make a new copy on the same turn.
The idea is to use Mimic Vat in conjunction with Parallel Lives and creatures with ETB/dies effects to maximize card advantage. Token producers get a nice boost off of Parallel lives; Mitotic Slime, Thragtusk, Ant Queen and Grave Titan become pretty broken. Any advice is appreciated.
I decided on Throne of Geth for proliferate tech since I can sac a persister, graft a +1/+1 counter onto it to remove the -1/-1 counter, then proliferate to replace the counter just moved from the grafter, all while making the rest of my critters stronger.
@thebluemuzzy: Gilder Bairn looks like a ton of fun. I'd have to play a single Helix Pinnacle with it. Now, how best to free up five slots...
The go-to nut card to play in cascade is Hypergenesis; you get around its suspend when you cascade into it, and you most likely have a hand full of cascade creatures that you play for free so you end up on top from the ridiculous card advantage.
Burn is an okay thing to Cascade into; kill a creature or go upside someone's head if the board was just wiped. Flametongue Kavu accomplishes this nicely, as does Lightning Bolt.
Storm cards might be worth looking at since you can rack up a hefty spell count late game with cascade. Worst case scenario you hit one on your first Cascade spell of the turn and get the original spell for free plus a free copy. Grapeshot, Empty the Warrens and Tendrils of Agony seem okay.
Synergy between graft and persist makes my creatures resilient and hard to kill. River Kelpie helps me draw a buttload of cards and Essence Warden helps me gain a buttload of life. As of now I don't think the deck has a way to win, but I don't know if I need a designated win condition since I have resilient critters, life gain and card draw.
One card that I have to question is Phyrexian Revoker, cause isn't there away that my oppentents can get around that card besides killin that??
Nope. If they're only running one unique kill spell (4x Doom Blade, for example) and you name it with Revoker, they have no way to deal with it aside from combat, thus protecting every one of your creatures from spot removal It's more aggressive than Pithing Needle but it's slower and it's also a creature so most decks can answer it easily.
Pretty straightforward, use Tracker and Arena to "brawl", use phantoms, deathtouch and creature protection to come out on top, swing with Phantom Nishoba for game.
Any advice regarding card choice or feedback is appreciated.
sry for hijacking your post
blut
Cranial Plating deserves a spot in this deck, especially in light of all the cheap flyers.
Edge of the Divinity isn't that strong since Tidehollow Sculler is the only creature that uses it to full effect.
Survival Cache is a nice idea but with all the Phyrexian mana going on turns 1 and 2 I feel like it won't draw you cards consistently. Consider swapping it for mainboard removal (Unmake, Doom Blade, Go for the Throat, Dismember, etc)or Night's Whisper. Alternatively you could replace it with a turn 1 discard spell like Duress if you play against a lot of control/combo decks.
Prophetic Prism helps you get colored mana from your urza lands. Replaces itself with a cantrip too which is always nice.
Genesis Wave/Green Sun's Zenith would help you turn your absurdly large mana pool into card advantage and win conditions.
8 land tutors might be a bit much, I'd stick to 4 expedition maps and cut the scryings.
4x Winged Coatl
4x Drudge Reavers
4x Havenwood Wurm
4x Fog
4x Reclaim
4x Doom Blade
1x Traitor's Clutch
4x Harrow
4x Forbidden Alchemy
4x Mystical Teachings
4x Evolving Wilds
6x Forest
5x Island
5x Swamp
My idea for a Pauper legal deck that uses Mystical teachings to grab what you need when you need it. Every nonland card can be grabbed with Teachings. Reavers and Coatls are combat tricks and Wurm is a finisher. Everything can be recurred using Reclaim, which turns Forbidden Alchemy into a card advantage engine. I'm not super familiar with pauper so any advice regarding specific card choices or regarding the deck as a whole is greatly appreciated.
*What are you interested in? If you know what you want to study or do for the rest of your life then you can look at schools with reputable programs in that field.
*What do your grades/extra-curriculars look like? If you end up with a stellar transcript (single or double digit class rank, 3.0+ GPA, a few clubs/sports or community service) nicer schools will want you. If you were lazy and skidded through high school with ****ty grades a year at community college with strong grades can help you transfer to a decent school.
*Are you an intrinsically motivated individual? Community college can be a black hole for lazy people; there aren't many distractions since they're commuter schools so it's pretty much all schoolwork. You'd need to plan out the next couple years by talking to an adviser from the school you'd like to transfer to after community college (assuming you want a 4-year degree) to make sure you're on the right track for your credits to transfer and that you're taking the right classes.
Also: private schools cost more but can offer more financial aid than state schools, while state schools are cheaper but have less aid to offer.
As far as where you get your bachelor's not being important that's pretty true. However, attending a school with a desirable Master's program as an undergraduate can help your chances of getting accepted to that program.
Say no more.
4x Bringer of the Blue Dawn
4x Bringer of the Black Dawn
4x Bringer of the Red Dawn
4x Bringer of the Green Dawn
4x Composite Golem
4x Crop Rotation
4x Fertile Ground
4x Herbal Poultice
4x Crystal Quarry
4x Cavern of Souls
16x Forest
Edit: Dunno if it was mentioned yet but Chimera tribal. Also good ol' Constructs. Nothing wrong with Myr either.
5-color elementals with Horde of Notions is a blast too. Throw in Conjurer's Closet or Minion Reflector for crazy card advantage.
4x Essence Warden
2x Shriekmaw
4x Viridian Emissary
2x Skinrender
3x Acidic Slime
1x Mitotic Slime
1x Thragtusk
1x Ant Queen
4x Grave Titan
4x Mimic Vat
4x Putrefy
4x Dread Return
4x Woodland Cemetery
1x Grim Backwoods
1x Miren, the Moaning Well
9x Forest
8x Swamp
The idea is to use Mimic Vat in conjunction with Parallel Lives and creatures with ETB/dies effects to maximize card advantage. Token producers get a nice boost off of Parallel lives; Mitotic Slime, Thragtusk, Ant Queen and Grave Titan become pretty broken. Any advice is appreciated.
@thebluemuzzy: Gilder Bairn looks like a ton of fun. I'd have to play a single Helix Pinnacle with it. Now, how best to free up five slots...
Burn is an okay thing to Cascade into; kill a creature or go upside someone's head if the board was just wiped. Flametongue Kavu accomplishes this nicely, as does Lightning Bolt.
Storm cards might be worth looking at since you can rack up a hefty spell count late game with cascade. Worst case scenario you hit one on your first Cascade spell of the turn and get the original spell for free plus a free copy. Grapeshot, Empty the Warrens and Tendrils of Agony seem okay.
4x Essence Warden
4x Aquastrand Spider
4x Safehold Elite
3x Plaxcaster Frogling
4x Vigean Hydropon
3x Sporeback Troll
1x Cytoplast Root-Kin
4x Wickerbough Elder
3x River Kelpie
3x Deadwood Treefolk
4x Hinterland Harbor
4x Llanowar Reborn
8x Forest
7x Island
Synergy between graft and persist makes my creatures resilient and hard to kill. River Kelpie helps me draw a buttload of cards and Essence Warden helps me gain a buttload of life. As of now I don't think the deck has a way to win, but I don't know if I need a designated win condition since I have resilient critters, life gain and card draw.
Any advice or feedback is appreciated.
Nope. If they're only running one unique kill spell (4x Doom Blade, for example) and you name it with Revoker, they have no way to deal with it aside from combat, thus protecting every one of your creatures from spot removal It's more aggressive than Pithing Needle but it's slower and it's also a creature so most decks can answer it easily.
4x Ulvenwald Tracker
4x Glittering Lynx
4x Thornweald Archer
3x Saffi Eriksdotter
4x Glittering Lion
4x Phantom Nantuko
4x Loxodon Hierarch
3x Phantom Nishoba
4x Nature's Spiral
4x Razorverge Thicket
3x Arena
8x Plains
8x Forest
Pretty straightforward, use Tracker and Arena to "brawl", use phantoms, deathtouch and creature protection to come out on top, swing with Phantom Nishoba for game.
Any advice regarding card choice or feedback is appreciated.