How about werewolves that are adept at hunting specific prey...
- "Whenever ~ attacks, you may have target creature an opponent controls block ~ if able."
(a provoke like mechanic w/o the blocking creature getting untapped)
some Werewolves could have Hexproof to represent their super speed (see Aven Fleetwing)...
as for super strength... Bloodthirst/Trample/Rampage? >_>
they could also try giving some First Strike to represent the Agile ones...
I have played U/R Twin before and I honestly hated it, the combo isn't easy at all to pull off with spellskite being as popular as it is and sideboard cards like combust. I much prefer a more classic aproach to Rug like Ari Lax posted. I would definitely prefer to just board it in against decks that don't play a lot of counters, skites or instant removal.
RUG doesn't depend on the Twin Combo as much as U/R Twin...
RUG has answers to mainboard Spellskites and not to mention those 0/4 are just chomp blockers against our 6 drops...
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As for the Twin Combo being the SB, it's actually better in the MD...
just because it can easily win you game one when you have everything...
and making them play very cautiously game two...
I really just love the mind games it offers...
as for things the would give you opponent creatures... I'm not really sure...
you could try using Tezzeret AoB, just to make your opponent's artifacts to creature (not profitable)...
In Limited, a reusable tapper is a reusable tapper...
it maybe costly to activate but if it enables you to survive until you get what your looking for, it's all worth it... and it's Limited... where re-usable effects are gold...
as for the Throne, token producers for a cheap cost of 1 is great...
ended up with a R/G Beatdown deck...
Had the 1/1 goblin player-spitter and a bunch of Red Bloodthirst creatures with some burn with some green beef and some green pump spells...
Anyways, here's some of my memorable plays last weekend:
>Both of us were at 14, he summoned a Primival Titan.
On my turn I cast Act of Aggression on the Titan and attacked with my Goblin Arsonist then Flinged the Titan after combat... he drew during his draw step and scooped...
>I'm at 20, he's at 17... he attacked and I didn't block (18), then he landed a bloodthirsted Carnage Wurm.
On my turn I cast Act of Aggression on the Wurm and attacked with a Goblin Arsonist and Sacred Wolf bring him down to 4...
he then Attacked with the Wurm and casted creature to defend... I top-decked a Fling and it was game...
yup, some tokens are quite rare... especially tokens form Mythic cards...
luckily I got a Wurm token from the prerelease event I joined... now to look for Garruk...
one of the LGS in our area even sells the rare tokens... O_o
maybe i'm missing something but wouldn't you want to run slagstorm to polish off the 3/3s your leaving behind with beast within on your opponents side?
uh... because your gonna play D.Force a few turns later, toasting all those 3/3s left behind?...
Maybe I'm missing something, but why run Blue at all? 4 Preordain and 3 Mana Leaks don't seem to justify it? Is it just to find the destructive forces? Why not go to 4 D-Force, and drop blue entirely. Primeval, Inferno and Wurmcoil all seem like fine substitutes for Frost Titan, ending the game in a real hurry. Then maybe you can squeeze in enough mountains to run Koth, who also -2's into D-Force nicely.
Actually I prefer Frost Titan over Inferno/Primeval/Wurmcoil in D.Force... just because he taps down any land/creature your opponent has that remains in play...
and his counter shield makes it hard for your opponent to remove him once you played a D.Force with him around...
I think he means "This effect doesn't end at end of turn"...
anyway...
Trample is really hard to give a brief explanation...
It's complex and is easier to understand/teach when explained through actual demonstration...
Curious to see the comic and his card to be...
I cast kill spell to kill this guy.
Opponent activates shuffle+mill+evade ability.
I respond by casting another kill spell.
Question: would this cause the rest of Mirror-Mad Phantasm ability to resolve, effectively decking him if he doesn't have another copy in his deck?...
- "Whenever ~ attacks, you may have target creature an opponent controls block ~ if able."
(a provoke like mechanic w/o the blocking creature getting untapped)
or maybe a Cyclops Gladiator like ability or some Arena effect...
as for super strength... Bloodthirst/Trample/Rampage? >_>
they could also try giving some First Strike to represent the Agile ones...
he also looks like he just arrived in front of Liliana's place and is getting ready to do some major payback...
RUG doesn't depend on the Twin Combo as much as U/R Twin...
RUG has answers to mainboard Spellskites and not to mention those 0/4 are just chomp blockers against our 6 drops...
-=-=-=-=-=-
As for the Twin Combo being the SB, it's actually better in the MD...
just because it can easily win you game one when you have everything...
and making them play very cautiously game two...
I really just love the mind games it offers...
Gitaxian Probe
Fetch Lands
Cards to consider:
Dismember
as for things the would give you opponent creatures... I'm not really sure...
you could try using Tezzeret AoB, just to make your opponent's artifacts to creature (not profitable)...
(wishing Forbidden Orchard was in standard..) O_o
it maybe costly to activate but if it enables you to survive until you get what your looking for, it's all worth it... and it's Limited... where re-usable effects are gold...
as for the Throne, token producers for a cheap cost of 1 is great...
nothing spectacular on the cards,
card pool rares were:
Furybound Hellkite, Aegis Angel, Monomania, Glacial Fortress, Cemetery Reaper, Worldslayer
ended up with a R/G Beatdown deck...
Had the 1/1 goblin player-spitter and a bunch of Red Bloodthirst creatures with some burn with some green beef and some green pump spells...
Anyways, here's some of my memorable plays last weekend:
>Both of us were at 14, he summoned a Primival Titan.
On my turn I cast Act of Aggression on the Titan and attacked with my Goblin Arsonist then Flinged the Titan after combat... he drew during his draw step and scooped...
>I'm at 20, he's at 17... he attacked and I didn't block (18), then he landed a bloodthirsted Carnage Wurm.
On my turn I cast Act of Aggression on the Wurm and attacked with a Goblin Arsonist and Sacred Wolf bring him down to 4...
he then Attacked with the Wurm and casted creature to defend... I top-decked a Fling and it was game...
the sad part: I got another Furybound Hellkite and another Aegis Angel is my prize packs...
luckily I got a Wurm token from the prerelease event I joined... now to look for Garruk...
one of the LGS in our area even sells the rare tokens... O_o
BG Rock Pod.dec... ^__^
the next problem now is how to put creatures on your opponent's side... Beast Within?
this deck might be fun but it would be a pricey fun deck...
as for combos:
Sundial of the Infinite + "At the beginning of the next end step" cards...
Mimic Vat
Postmortem Lunge
Gruesome Encore
Oblivion Ring/Glimmerpoint Stag + Venser, the Sojourner
maybe because of the neat cards in some decks (as mentioned U/B and U/W)...
nevertheless, they all look fun!
If everything goes fine in our LGS, I might be able to take this guys for a test drive one-by-one...
uh... because your gonna play D.Force a few turns later, toasting all those 3/3s left behind?...
Actually I prefer Frost Titan over Inferno/Primeval/Wurmcoil in D.Force... just because he taps down any land/creature your opponent has that remains in play...
and his counter shield makes it hard for your opponent to remove him once you played a D.Force with him around...
D. Force => Exarch Twin SB instead of Exarch Twin => D. Force SB...
well the surprise factor for game two would be greater since they are expecting only RUG DF...
as for getting the Twin Combo, there seems to be enough filter/draw...
and yeah, I would like to see Beast Within #3 in the MD and probably #4 in the SB...
I think he means "This effect doesn't end at end of turn"...
anyway...
Trample is really hard to give a brief explanation...
It's complex and is easier to understand/teach when explained through actual demonstration...