Bo1 ETB Lifegain Swarm (Made in MTGA) - Comments

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Bo1 ETB Lifegain Swarm (Made in MTGA)

[Fuzzy2Wasy]

Not sure if you really meant Hallowed Priest or not, maybe I'm missing it, but I don't think there are any ETB life gain triggers with that creature (it only gets big). 

I'm not very familiar with the format at all, but I would think Anointer Priest, Suture Priest, Essence Warden, Prosperous Innkeeper, and Soul's Attendant might all be better choices for what you're going with.

As far as your "throw in" cards I would alternatively suggest some removal like Swords to Plowshares or Path to Exile, and/or an Elesh Norn or something else that will buff by +2 toughness, because an opponent's debuff, like a Norn of their own pretty much shuts down your entire deck. To be fair, that darn Praetor can shut down a lot of decks lol.

[Dronisha]

You are correct, I did not catch the error with Hallowed Priest so thank you for that lol. The other cards you mentioned would definitely fit well into this. I am especially drawn to Suture Priest as I have not actually seen that one. Elesh Norn, Path to Exile, and Sword to Plowshard do look promising so I will definitely be testing those out. I appreciate the insight and I look forward to playtesting this some more!

[Fuzzy2Wasy]

@Dronisha, My pleasure.  The deck caught my eye for sure.  I generally am an Edh player but think about getting into the 60-card format occasionally. 

The other plus points as far as Suture Priest, Essence Warden, and Prosperous Innkeeper specifically, is that none of them are human, so they are all valid mutate targets.  Seems like they just make the deck "work better".  I would even consider swapping them in instead of the other human ETB lifegains you have.  Just a thought.  Nice work overall.

[Dronisha]

Sorry for my late reply as things have been a bit crazy on my end, but yeah I am glad you found the deck interesting. I enjoy all aspects of the game but lately I have been enjoying Standard and Historic...and I did find out that sadly some of the cards you mentioned are not historic legal, though they appear to be fine for modern so I may actually recreate the deck for that mode. You have a very valid point about the mutate and human interaction, it definitely works better with nonhumans. Essence Warden being another 1 drop etb lifegain is honestly more than enough reason for me to want to do that, but the fact that it can be mutated onto as well is a major plus side. I learned quite a bit of new cards for this deck thanks to you, and I am much appreciative !!