Latula could be good ramp/overrun. She can make an army for a quick alpha strike should Mageta get tapped down. Give her an untap effect and she can make blowouts by working with Mageta.
Alexi I'd try running with ETB creatures you can recur.
So: has anyone had any famous celebrities in their games? I once played EDH with Roger Daltry and Sean Penn. Rog has a pretty sick Crosis deck but Penn's Zedruu seemed pretty much out of the box.
Ok, I lied.
What celebrities would you be interested in seeing play? I think I'd try to get gaming community celebrities like Jessie Cantrell (Nintendo 3DS show) and Sean Plott (Starcraft commentator Day[9])
I'd prefer to see private home videos with liquor. It'd be more interesting, easier to get good audio out of for some real conversation, and the threat of some awkward looking hairy dude scratching his moobs in the shot will be less of a problem. plus, kitchen table games are always more interesting. Especially if it's non-magic celebrities, I'd be more interested in what their games look like without outside pressure.
This, for every creature in my deck. The only time "big" is sufficient for me is when "big" means "one-shot". And that's pretty rare outside of generals like Mimeoplasm or infectious dudes like Blightsteel Colossus.
Hm. While that's a generally agreeable philosophy, what do big creatures have to do with the OP's 2/2 vanilla creature for 4 in question?
With 1 equipment on him he's a 4/4 for 4 vanilla. Lame
With 2 equipment on him he's a 6/6 for 4 vanilla. Tough, but still lame, and it's not likely to actually be turn 4 when this curves out.
With 3 equipment on him... you should be asking yourself why you didn't just run a voltron general to use all these fancy toys in the first place. And if you are running a voltron general, why are you equipping this guy?
Compare with, say, Uril, the Miststalker. In addition to the awesome pump ability they both have, Uril starts out a 5/5 for 5, has Hexproof, can be accessed at any time from your command zone, and only has to swing for 21 damage. These are all good qualities of a pumping voltron card playable in EDH. Granted, Uril uses Auras, so I guess you could argue they even out. Still, there's plenty of other voltron options, many of them legendary creatures, that do much cooler things.
Well, it's a shame Braids is banned. Kuon, Ogre Ascendant requires thing die to mean anything, and doesn't even let you pay colorless to cast it. The Abyss as a general... pretty black.
Glissa Dredge/Stax/Combo can be pretty potent while maintaining a small board. She's an incredibly powerful engine, and a great rattlesnake blocker.
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf Stax/Combo uses a little more board presence, but doesn't play from the yard so much as Glissa. Instead it can attack people's hands very effectively and seal the game.
I've played both of these generals on fairly competitive levels and can assure you're they're capable of being very nasty. B/G Stax is an absolute blast to play.
With Teneb vs. Karador, I find two different types of reanimator played for me. Teneb is the more control-based deck reanimating the largest of creatures, and Karador is more focused on bringing immediate value to the field, as with, say, Acidic Slime. It's not that I don't run the slime in Teneb, but with Teneb I pay less attention to the curve. It's hard to articulate, but I definitely play distinct forms of reanimator between the two generals, and this stems from their different abilities.
I can definitely see how that plays out. I suppose over time, the subtle differences start to show more substantially. They've definitely both got their own sets of pros and cons.
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For Teneb Vs Karador I've felt that Teneb gets hated on less at least netween the two groups I normally play with. When I ran Karador as my general every piece of graveyard hate went straight for me first, even with a self-milling Mimeoplasm deck. So I've been using Teneb as my general for that deck for a while now but that's just my experience
It's kind of funny that Teneb and Mime avoid the graveyard hate like so. I guess maybe it's because they can abuse anybody's yard, and so it seems as though it's futile to hate yours? Hm.
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I think WGB represents one of the greatest short comings of the commander set because Karador and Teneb are competing for the same spot. In my opinion, Karador should have never been printed because Teneb already existed. They may be slightly different but not enough.
Succinctly put. Though I'm glad Teneb's fire wasn't completely put out by the release.
I remember when Karador was spoiled on elderdragonhighlander.net's home screen. The forums went wild! Over and over I could hear the cries of joy, from the joy of the new product release, the excitement of new wedge gencommanders, and the joy of thousands of Teneb players who had a new fearless leader. There was no questioning they were competing for the same spot.
I'm glad Teneb still has some fight in him for that spot, as evidenced in this thread.
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I can definitely understand the joy people can get from Oros with nasty combos. I run a pretty nasty equipment package in my Ulasht deck that often Scourge of Kher Ridges puts to devastating use, and the same would be said for Ashling the Pilgrim and Jaya Ballard, Task Mage decks. Sadly, I feel Oros competing for favor with Jaya and Ashling... just doesn't seem as exciting. It flies under the radar, though... and the added colors are nice, and sparing some of your creatures is certainly relevant.
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Intet feels like a clear winner. I always knew she was special.
3 on the upkeep is a small price to pay for decimating your opponents' hands. Plus, running NB as your general with a nuts scheme deck to take on all your friends is the epitome of Archenemy flavor.
Crosis, the Purger is a good general, too, for that good-old-fashioned-evil feeling. It's like a mini-bolas effect, with mind games!
Alexi I'd try running with ETB creatures you can recur.
Ok, I lied.
What celebrities would you be interested in seeing play? I think I'd try to get gaming community celebrities like Jessie Cantrell (Nintendo 3DS show) and Sean Plott (Starcraft commentator Day[9])
Hm. While that's a generally agreeable philosophy, what do big creatures have to do with the OP's 2/2 vanilla creature for 4 in question?
With 1 equipment on him he's a 4/4 for 4 vanilla. Lame
With 2 equipment on him he's a 6/6 for 4 vanilla. Tough, but still lame, and it's not likely to actually be turn 4 when this curves out.
With 3 equipment on him... you should be asking yourself why you didn't just run a voltron general to use all these fancy toys in the first place. And if you are running a voltron general, why are you equipping this guy?
Compare with, say, Uril, the Miststalker. In addition to the awesome pump ability they both have, Uril starts out a 5/5 for 5, has Hexproof, can be accessed at any time from your command zone, and only has to swing for 21 damage. These are all good qualities of a pumping voltron card playable in EDH. Granted, Uril uses Auras, so I guess you could argue they even out. Still, there's plenty of other voltron options, many of them legendary creatures, that do much cooler things.
When I did a "friendlier" Nath, I found having some Elf Tribal was powerful without being obscenely oppressive.
Kuon, Ogre Ascendant requires thing die to mean anything, and doesn't even let you pay colorless to cast it. The Abyss as a general... pretty black.
Ulasht wolves could work, too.
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf Stax/Combo uses a little more board presence, but doesn't play from the yard so much as Glissa. Instead it can attack people's hands very effectively and seal the game.
I've played both of these generals on fairly competitive levels and can assure you're they're capable of being very nasty. B/G Stax is an absolute blast to play.
Cool idea, I want reports!
It's nice to hear some takes on Teneb v Karador.
I can definitely see how that plays out. I suppose over time, the subtle differences start to show more substantially. They've definitely both got their own sets of pros and cons.
It's kind of funny that Teneb and Mime avoid the graveyard hate like so. I guess maybe it's because they can abuse anybody's yard, and so it seems as though it's futile to hate yours? Hm.
Succinctly put. Though I'm glad Teneb's fire wasn't completely put out by the release.
I remember when Karador was spoiled on elderdragonhighlander.net's home screen. The forums went wild! Over and over I could hear the cries of joy, from the joy of the new product release, the excitement of new wedge
gencommanders, and the joy of thousands of Teneb players who had a new fearless leader. There was no questioning they were competing for the same spot.I'm glad Teneb still has some fight in him for that spot, as evidenced in this thread.
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I can definitely understand the joy people can get from Oros with nasty combos. I run a pretty nasty equipment package in my Ulasht deck that often Scourge of Kher Ridges puts to devastating use, and the same would be said for Ashling the Pilgrim and Jaya Ballard, Task Mage decks. Sadly, I feel Oros competing for favor with Jaya and Ashling... just doesn't seem as exciting. It flies under the radar, though... and the added colors are nice, and sparing some of your creatures is certainly relevant.
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Intet feels like a clear winner. I always knew she was special.
Crosis, the Purger is a good general, too, for that good-old-fashioned-evil feeling. It's like a mini-bolas effect, with mind games!