I play an aura deck that is Invisible Stalker, Hero of Iroas and Rootwater Matriarch. It is effective. It is also hated, mostly because of the Invisible Stalker/hexproof nature. I agree, it would be nice to run something that isn't so polarizing.
Elderwood Scion seems like a good direction and balance, but sadly there aren't many creatures yet that work as well with auras. Perhaps as we see the strength of Prowess develop, that may change things in the near future.
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Feb 4, 2014Genesis Man posted a message on Launch Giveaway!Misthollow Griffin, because Distant Memories and/or Moorland Haunt. Already a decent mythic by itself, the griffin combos so well with other cards available that it's a virtually impossible threat to remove.Posted in: Announcements
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- Jalira, Master Polymorphist
- Tromokratis
- Uyo, Silent Prophet
- Stitcher Geralf
- Alhammarret, High Arbiter
- Lorthos, the Tidemaker
None of these cards (to my knowledge) are top-tier commanders, so I picked Jalira mostly due to the fact that I love the concept of polymorph decks. With that in mind, I have created a starter deck list with the cards I have, obviously incomplete. Are there any recommendations on how to round out the deck? I know the two directions to take Jalira are either a) token generators/manlands and big, random-effect-generating fatties or b) control/stall, produce tokens/mandlands and have exactly ONE creature in the deck... but I haven't seen the deck in action before, so I don't know which direction will actually be the most playable. Also, if the other commander options just scream a better deck, I'm certainly interested to hear about that as well. All thoughts and feedback are most welcomed. Note: The cards listed are the ones I already have access to.1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
Instants (23)
1x Pongify
1x Dispel
1x Spell Pierce
1x Force Spike
1x Swan Song
1x High Tide
1x Brainstorm
2x Anticipate
2x Impulse
2x Muddle the Mixture
2x Counterspell
2x Cyclonic Rift
2x Mana Leak
2x Redirect
3x Thirst for Knowledge
4x Foil
4x Fact or Fiction
4x Engulf the Shore
4x Ætherize
5x Misdirection
5x Ætherspouts
5x Evacuation
6x Synthetic Destiny
1x Ponder
1x Preordain
3x Compulsive Research
4x Rite of Replication
4x Whelming Wave
5x Telemin Performance
6x Crush of Tentacles
6x Mass Polymorph
6x Rise from the Tides
6x Inundate
6x Recurring Insight
8x Treasure Cruise
11x Temporal Trespass
Enchantments (4)
1x Mystic Remora
3x Rhystic Study
4x Skywise Teachings
4x Thopter Spy Network
Artifacts (16)
0x Everflowing Chalice
1x Sol Ring
2x Thought Vessel
2x Sky Diamond
2x Fractured Powerstone
2x Mind Stone
2x Guardian Idol
2x Fellwar Stone
2x Lightning Greaves
2x Swiftfoot Boots
3x Proteus Staff
3x Nuisance Engine
3x Druidic Satchel
4x Quicksilver Amulet
4x Trading Post
5x Myr Turbine
6x Deadeye Navigator
7x Scourge of Fleets
7x Sphinx of Uthuun
7x Chancellor of the Spires
8x Stormtide Leviathan
9x Inkwell Leviathan
9x Void Winnower
12x It That Betrays
Land (34)
0x Zoetic Cavern
0x Faerie Conclave
0x Temple of the False God
0x Springjack Pasture
0x Foundry of the Consuls
0x Mishra's Factory
0x Spawning Bed
27x Island
1x Jalira, Master Polymorphist
Instants
1x Pongify
1x Rapid Hybridization
1x Brainstorm
2x Muddle the Mixture
3x Polymorphist's Jest
4x Domineering Will
4x Summoner's Bane
Sorceries
1x Preordain
4x Rite of Replication
4x Whelming Wave
4x Talrand's Invocation
8x Treasure Cruise
Enchantments
1x Mystic Remora
4x Control Magic
4x Domestication
5x Future Sight
1x Sol Ring
2x Sky Diamond
2x Mindstone
2x Swiftfoot Boots
3x Druidic Satchel
3x Worn Powerstone
4x Quicksilver Amulet
Creatures
2x Phantasmal Image
5x Mercurial Pretender
6x Deadeye Navigator
6x Frost Titan
7x Myr Battlesphere
7x Scourge of Fleets
7x Phyrexian Ingester
8x Stormtide Leviathan
9x Inkwell Leviathan
0x Zoetic Cavern
0x Faerie Conclave
0x Halimar Depths
0x Temple of the False God
0x Remote Isle
0x Lonely Sandbar
0x Arcane Lighthouse
0x Rogue's Passage
0x Coral Atoll
0x Ghost Quarter
0x Springjack Pasture
22x Islands
And thanks!
1x Marchesa, the Black Rose
Creatures(34)
1x Striking Sliver
1x Galerider Sliver
2x Heart Sliver
2x Diffusion Sliver
2x Two-Headed Sliver
2x Acidic Sliver
2x Oona's Blackguard
2x Nightscape Familiar
2x Marchesa's Smuggler
2x Amoeboid Changeling
2x Leeching Sliver
2x Hibernation Sliver
2x Frenzy Sliver
2x Clot Sliver
3x Homing Sliver
3x Barbed Sliver
3x Basal Sliver
3x Belligerent Sliver
3x Blur Sliver
3x Sage of Fables
3x Spectral Sliver
3x Syphon Sliver
3x Taurean Mauler
4x Notion Thief
4x Glen Elendra Archmage
4x Vampiric Sliver
4x Treasonous Ogre
4x Dack's Duplicate
4x Mer-Ek Nightblade
5x Thorncaster Sliver
5x Synchronous Sliver
5x River Kelpie
6x Scourge of the Throne
6x Fury Sliver
2x Cyclonic Rift
5x Necrologia
Sorceries(10)
3x Windfall
4x Whispering Madness
4x Distant Melody
4x Rite of Replication
5x Mass Mutiny
5x Living Death
5x Patriarch's Bidding
6x Recurring Insight
6x Twilight's Call
Enchantments(7)
1x Mystic Remora
2x Unnatural Selection
3x Shared Animosity
3x Intruder Alarm
3x Phyrexian Arena
4x Mana Echoes
5x Conspiracy
Artifacts(13)
1x Runed Stalactite
1x Sol Ring
2x Izzet Signet
2x Rakdos Signet
2x Dimir Signet
2x Fellwar Stone
2x Hivestone
3x Darksteel Ingot
3x Chromatic Lantern
4x Bident of Thassa
4x Door of Destinies
5x Coat of Arms
5x Cauldron of Souls
0x Sliver Hive
0x Command Tower
0x Opal Palace
0x Temple of the False God
0x Vivid Marsh
0x Vivid Crag
0x Vivid Creek
0x Crumbling Necropolis
0x Ghost Quarter
0x Geier Reach Sanitarium
8x Island
8x Plains
8x Swamp
Assuming I cut TG, the tweaks I would want to make (I assume) are Sliver, Dethrone, or +1/+1 counters matter cards. Plus pushing the mass card draw a bit farther.
After having done some research... the number of creatures that combo well with Training Grounds is astounding. That said, the deck is obviously not built around the TG, so I don't want to dilute the creature base too much. With that in mind, I came up with a "short" list of possible candidates.
- Academy Elite
- Boldwyr Intimidator
- Burnished Hart
- Cemetery Reaper
- Champion of Stray Souls
- Clockwork Dragon
- Clot Sliver
- Coffin Queen
- Colossus of Akros
- Cruel Sadist
- Dimir Guildmage
- Drakestown Forgotten
- Falkenrath Exterminator
- Gigantoplasm
- Inner-Flame Igniter
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist
- Jhoira of the Ghitu
- Ludevic's Test Subject
- Marchesa's Smuggler
- Memnarch
- Mnemonic Sliver
- Shaman of the Great Hunt
My initial thoughts are that Clot Sliver, Mnemonic Sliver, and Marchesa's Smuggler are the most on-theme, with a decent/marginal affect. Inner-Flame Igniter seems like an okay combat trick (RRR for +3/+0 and first strike to all my creatures), but it's fairly marginal without TG. Drakestown Forgotten and Cruel Sadist seem like decent removal creatures. Champion of Stray Souls... I'm not entirely sure how to evaluate. It's expensive (obviously) but seems decent with and without TG in play. Any thoughts on this list, or anything I might have left out?Edit: The original deck list is now updated. It's feeling a bit stronger, thanks to the suggestions!
The deck list I have is currently short 8 cards and lacks a bit of focus. I'm not sure the Training Grounds inclusion has a strong enough interaction with the rest of the deck... Any suggestions would be most welcomed!
1x Marchesa, the Black Rose
Creatures(33)
1x Viscera Seer
1x Striking Sliver
1x Galerider Sliver
1x Carrion Feeder
2x Heart Sliver
2x Diffusion Sliver
2x Two-Headed Sliver
2x Acidic Sliver
2x Oona's Blackguard
2x Amoeboid Changeling
2x Hibernation Sliver
2x Frenzy Sliver
2x Clot Sliver
3x Homing Sliver
3x Barbed Sliver
3x Basal Sliver
3x Belligerent Sliver
3x Blur Sliver
3x Spectral Sliver
3x Syphon Sliver
3x Taurean Mauler
4x Notion Thief
4x Glen Elendra Archmage
4x Vampiric Sliver
4x Treasonous Ogre
4x Dack's Duplicate
4x Mer-Ek Nightblade
5x Thorncaster Sliver
5x Synchronous Sliver
5x River Kelpie
5x Psionic Sliver
6x Scourge of the Throne
6x Fury Sliver
2x Cyclonic Rift
5x Necrologia
Sorceries(8)
3x Windfall
4x Whispering Madness
4x Distant Melody
4x Rite of Replication
5x Living Death
5x Patriarch's Bidding
6x Recurring Insight
6x Twilight's Call
Enchantments(9)
1x Mystic Remora
2x Unnatural Selection
3x Shared Animosity
3x Intruder Alarm
3x Phyrexian Arena
3x Unspeakable Symbol
4x Mana Echoes
5x Sneak Attack
5x Conspiracy
Artifacts(13)
1x Skullclamp
1x Sol Ring
2x Izzet Signet
2x Rakdos Signet
2x Dimir Signet
2x Fellwar Stone
2x Hivestone
3x Darksteel Ingot
3x Chromatic Lantern
4x Bident of Thassa
4x Door of Destinies
5x Coat of Arms
5x Cauldron of Souls
0x Sliver Hive
0x Command Tower
0x Opal Palace
0x Temple of the False God
0x Vivid Marsh
0x Vivid Crag
0x Vivid Creek
0x Crumbling Necropolis
0x Ghost Quarter
0x Cavern of Souls
1x Drowned Catacomb
7x Island
8x Mountain
8x Swamp
1x Marchesa, the Black Rose
Creatures(38)
1x Striking Sliver
1x Galerider Sliver
2x Heart Sliver
2x Diffusion Sliver
2x Two-Headed Sliver
2x Acidic Sliver
2x Oona's Blackguard
2x Nightscape Familiar
2x Amoeboid Changeling
2x Leeching Sliver
2x Hibernation Sliver
2x Frenzy Sliver
2x Clot Sliver
3x Homing Sliver
3x Mnemonic Sliver
3x Barbed Sliver
3x Basal Sliver
3x Belligerent Sliver
3x Blur Sliver
3x Sage of Fables
3x Spectral Sliver
3x Syphon Sliver
3x Taurean Mauler
4x Glen Elendra Archmage
4x Vampiric Sliver
4x Treasonous Ogre
4x Dack's Duplicate
4x Mer-Ek Nightblade
5x Cairn Wanderer
5x Thorncaster Sliver
5x Synchronous Sliver
5x River Kelpie
5x Psionic Sliver
6x Scourge of the Throne
6x Fury Sliver
7x Blood Tyrant
7x Thraximundar
7x Stalking Vengeance
2x Cyclonic Rift
Sorceries(7)
4x Distant Melody
4x Aphetto Dredging
4x Rite of Replication
5x Mass Mutiny
5x Living Death
5x Patriarch's Bidding
6x Recurring Insight
Enchantments(7)
1x Training Grounds
2x Unnatural Selection
3x Shared Animosity
3x Intruder Alarm
3x Phyrexian Arena
4x Mana Echoes
5x Conspiracy
Artifacts(12)
1x Runed Stalactite
1x Sol Ring
2x Izzet Signet
2x Rakdos Signet
2x Dimir Signet
2x Fellwar Stone
2x Hivestone
3x Darksteel Ingot
3x Chromatic Lantern
4x Bident of Thassa
4x Door of Destinies
5x Coat of Arms
0x Sliver Hive
0x Command Tower
0x Opal Palace
0x Temple of the False God
0x Vivid Marsh
0x Vivid Crag
0x Vivid Creek
0x Crumbling Necropolis
0x Ghost Quarter
0x Drowned Catacomb
8x Island
8x Plains
8x Swamp
Any recommendations on replacements and/or which random removal spells don't really need to be in the list?
Unfortunately though, Mizzium Mortars doesn't work with Sunforger. Otherwise, I agree it would be much better in this case than Lightning Bolt.