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Deck Reviews / Any help on this crazy Manaless Dredge [Casual]?

« am: April 13, 2020, 06:26:00 Nachmittag »

I'm working on this one. Any help is appreciated, as I'm not sure if it can actually work. No interested in tournaments play, I just build deck to play against friends.
Here's the main strategy:
Turn 1: Draw 8th card. Pass. Discard a card with Dredge or the Phantasmagorian + 3 other cards (with Dredge possibly).
Turn 2: Don't draw, Dredge instead. Narcomoeba, Nether Shadow and Prized Amalgam can go onto the battlefield already.
Turn 3: It's time for everything basically. Ichorid and using Dread Return you can put into the battlefield Sidisi, Brood Tyrant and/or Lotleth Giant.

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1611990-manaless

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General Magic / Help with a deck?

« am: Januar 25, 2020, 05:10:51 Nachmittag »

Hi everyone, I have an idea for a casual deck using Tamanoa + Overabundance + Searing Meditation, but not quite.
I'm gonna hit the opponents by tapping lands.
I still don't know how to defend against anything: do you have any ideas?
If you know my previous decks, you know I'm going cheap and fun to play.
Thanks in advance.
https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1322647-tamanoa?share_key=aoJYH47VjepC2vQ1

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General Magic / [Magistrate's Scepter] How to stop unlimited turns?

« am: Oktober 22, 2019, 09:39:41 Vormittag »

I hate infinite combos. I hate playing against them and even playing with a combo deck. I simply don't get where the fun come from, as a casual player. I recently build a deck around Charge Counters (see the latest on my profile) using the awesome Magistrate's Scepter. As soon as I found out I could have played unlimited turns with it, I was disappointed.

This is how I feel it should be:


What do you think about it? What are your thoughts on infinite combos in general?

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[it] Richieste recensioni mazzi / [Modern] Ebony Owl Netsuke

« am: Oktober 16, 2019, 12:29:12 Nachmittag »

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1015186-netsuke

Questo mazzo continua la serie di mazzi basati su "carte con cui nessuno vuole giocare" e lo porta al next level. Copre anche i due buchi principali della mia avventura di deckbuilding fin ora: i mazzi Izzet e quelli Control.
Questo si concentra sulle carte in mano agli avversari e fa tonnellate di danni anche prima della fase di pescata. Questa combinazione di carte si è rivelata molto divertente da giocare e comunque devastante contro diversi tipi di mazzi.

STRATEGIA OFFENSIVA
Più carte pescano i nostri avversari, meglio è per noi. Abbiamo permanenti come Ebony Owl Netsuke e Fevered Visions che infliggono tonnellate di danni ogni turno, anche se quest'ultimo è molto più coerente nell'assegnazione del danno perché richiede solo 4 carte in mano per essere triggerato.
Quando hai questi in campo, il gioco è praticamente finito.
Ma la maggior parte dei mazzi non ha alcun problema a giocare più carte contemporaneamente, quindi in molti casi la nostra strategia di base non può funzionare. Ecco perché usiamo altri trucchi per mantenere i nostri avversari con 7 carte in mano ogni volta.
La Howling Mine si è rivelata una vera chicca in questo aspetto, costringendo a pescare 2 carte in ogni fase di pescata, e ancora: averne molte in gioco è un enorme bonus per la nostra strategia offensiva. Temple Bell, anche se è meno potente, è fantastico per far pescare a ogni giocatore quando vogliamo. Di solito a questo punto ogni giocatore pesca parecchie carte ogni turno, quindi Cerebral Vortex e la Trappola possono finirli facilmente. Molten Psyche è semplicemente devastante nelle partite a quattro giocatori.
- Esempio?
Inizio del mantenimento dell'avversario, 7 carte in mano: 4 danni da Ebony Owl Netsuke. Ho la Howling Mine e tappo la Temple Bell, pesca 3 carte totali. Quindi, usando 2 mana: casto due trappole = 22 danni. Gioco fluido.

STRATEGIA DIFENSIVA
La cosa peggiore è quando il tuo avversario gioca buone carte che gli hai fatto pescare. Ho provato a riempire la strategia difensiva di counter, come Dream Fracture o Remand, che sono buoni anche per la parte offensiva, ma rallentano troppo il gioco e finisce per essere un mazzo pessimo. Ci sto ancora lavorando, considerando Outwit, poiché a questo punto il mazzo è senza armi contro incantesimi come Shock.
In realtà è meglio rallentare il gioco dell'avversario invece usando Call to Heel e Whelming Wave che riempiono le mani dei nostri avversari e attivano le nostre carte offensive come Molten Psyche e Ebony Owl Netsuke.
Swans of Bryn Argoll è ottimo contro le creature, in quanto non può essere danneggiato e fa sì che il nostro avversario peschi una valanga di carte. Si è rivelato eccezionalmente buono durante il gioco reale.

Questo è tutto! Divertiti con questo nuovo control deck Izzet.

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Deck Reviews / [Modern] Artifact sacrifice deck

« am: Oktober 13, 2019, 10:15:02 Nachmittag »

Hi folks, can I have your help on my new deck idea? I'm planning to sacrifice artifacts that has "whenever this artifact is put into a graveyard..." to trigger effects like "sacrifice an artifact: ..."
Any help?
This is the first idea of the deck.

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1298038-artifact

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Deck Reviews / [Casual] A Lucky Deck

« am: Oktober 10, 2019, 04:58:09 Nachmittag »

I need to share my super fun deck based on dices. I love playing it against friends.

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1374436-a-lucky-deck

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General Magic / What do you love more? Building decks or playing?

« am: Juni 15, 2019, 03:29:38 Nachmittag »

I play MTG since 2003: I bought my very first deck on vacation, it was a mono blue with Phantom Warrior, Wind Drake and Mana Leak, I always loved it. Since then I always loved building my own decks from scratch. I bought a few, expecially in the beginning, but I always realized that build a deck is a big part of the game, if not the biggest, at least for me.
My learning curve had a real blast when I had no-limits internet access. From that point my focus is on super cheap and fun decks to play against friends, Modern and Casual formats. Currently I own 15 complete decks and I'm always working on new unique ideas. I love when cards interacts with opponents and the game is enjoyable for everyone.

Check my decks collection here:
https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/?lng=it

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Deck Reviews / Vehicles [Modern]

« am: Juni 13, 2019, 11:40:36 Vormittag »

Just a straightforwsrd vehicles deck. Super cheap, but any suggestion would be great.
Thanks in advance.

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1298278-vehicles

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Deck Reviews / [Modern] Ebony Owl Netsuke (UR)

« am: Juni 13, 2019, 11:34:50 Vormittag »

DRAW CONTROL DECK IN MODERN
This deck continues the series of decks based on "crappy cards that no one wants to play with" and brings it to the next level. It also covers the two main holes of my deckbuilding adventure: Izzet and Control decks.
This one focuses on cards in opponents hands and makes tons of damages even before the drawing phase. This cards combo proved to be very fun to play and still devastating against different type of decks.

OFFENSIVE STRATEGY
The more cards our opponents draw, the better it is for us. As permanents like Ebony Owl Netsuke and Fevered Visions deals tons of damages each turn, even if the latter is way more consistent as it force to draw and requires only 4 cards in hand to kick in.
When you have multiple of them in play, the game is pretty much done.
But mostly of decks have no problem whatsoever to play multiple cards at once, so that in many cases our base strategy can't work. That's why we use other tricks to keep our opponents with 7 cards in hand everytime.
Howling Mine proved to be an absolute blast in that aspect, forcing to draw 2 cards at every draw phase, and again: having multiple of them in play is a huge bonus to our offensive strategy. Temple Bell, even if it's less powerful, is great to make each player draw as we wish. Usually at this point each player is drawing a bunch of cards every turn, so Cerebral Vortex and the Runeflare Trap can finish them off easly. Molten Psyche is simply devastating in four-player games.
- Example?
Beginning of the opponent's unkeep, 7 cards in hand: 4 damages from the Ebony Owl Netsuke. I own the Howling Mine and I tap the Temple Bell, he/she draws 3 total cards. Then, using 2 mana: dropping two Runeflare Trap = 22 damages. Slick play.

DEFENSIVE STRATEGY
The worst thing is when your opponent play good cards that you made him/her draw. I tried to fill the defensive strategy with counters, like Dream Fracture or Remand, that are good even for the offensive side, but it slows down the game too much and it end up being a bad deck. I'm still working on it tho, considering Outwit, as at this point the deck is armless against spells like Shock.
It's better to slow down opponent's play instead using Call to Heel and Whelming Wave that fill our opponents hands and triggers our offensive cards like Molten Psyche and Ebony Owl Netsuke.
Swans of Bryn Argoll is great against creatures, as it can't be damaged and makes our opponent draw a bunch of cards. It proved to be exceptionally good during actual play.

That's it! Have fun with this new Izzet control deck. Enjoy it.

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1015186-netsuke

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Deck Reviews / Tamanoa [Casual]

« am: Juni 13, 2019, 11:33:06 Vormittag »

Some help on my Tamanoa deck?
Basically with Tamanoa we are safe against non-creature damage. So I can play cards like Overabundance and Searing Meditation.
Isolation Cell, Oppressive Rays and Soul Tithe are great against aggro decks: the opponent has to tap for mana if he wants to play creatures (the only way to kill us).

Any suggestions? It has to be super budget (<30€).

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1322647-tamanoa

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Deck Reviews / Vehicles (RW) [Modern]

« am: Mai 25, 2019, 08:29:14 Nachmittag »

I've just created this vehicles deck, modern, budget (under 30€). Some advice from you? Thanks in advance.

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1298278-vehicles

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Deck Reviews / [Modern] Wither budget

« am: November 21, 2018, 04:45:02 Nachmittag »

I'm looking for some help with my new wither mono black deck. It's an early WIP so any suggestion is good.

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/1116691-wither-1-1-

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Deck Reviews / [Modern] Help with this -1/-1 mono black

« am: Oktober 19, 2018, 05:51:18 Nachmittag »

I'm trying to build a nice mono black modern deck. I have this idea around -1/-1 counters and I started this very early wip. Any suggestion is welcomed, just remember I'm on a budget.
Thanks in advance.

http://deck.tk/79lp6ciz

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Deck Reviews / [Casual] Amazing Wall deck!

« am: September 05, 2018, 11:58:52 Vormittag »

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/754316-walls

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Deck Reviews / [Modern] The best 12€ deck ever

« am: September 04, 2018, 07:24:19 Nachmittag »

https://deckstats.net/decks/88072/802645-heroic-1-1-

MONO WHITE +1/+1 COUNTERS IN MODERN

Heroic is an ability that triggers when the player targets one of his/her creatures.
Nothing extraordinary from a strategic point of view, except that this deck is build around +1/+1 counters. This means that the creatures, if supported by some well played spells, make our own play almost impossible to stop. Unlike Prowess or Bushido, Heroic leave a permanent effect on the board so the strategy is an exponential ramp of improvement turn after turn, creatures become more and bigger.

OFFENSIVE STRATEGY
Starting with lands: cheap choice here with a bunch of Plains[/url. [url=https://cards.deckstats.net/magiccard.php?lng=en&card=Desert+of+the+True]Desert of the True is a good alternative for 4-player matches.
Drop-1 creatures like Lagonna-Band Trailblazer and Favored Hoplite are a great first play because there aren't many 2/2 creatures with Haste that can attack you straight in. Then the nasty things happens: at turn 2 you'll be able to cast almost every spell, say the Ethereal Armor and Defiant Strike, making the Hoplite an indestructible 5/5 with first strike! Uh, and you draw a card tho.

A card that helps massively to spread the counters on all creatures it's the Phalanx Leader. It's awesome. In addition with the Vanguard of Brimaz you'll end up having multiple ass-beating creatures, most of them with vigiIance, first strike or flying.
Say you have 3 creatures on the board, still no counters on them. Just cast Gleam of Authority on the Phalanx gives a +1/+1 on every creature, plus the Phalanx gets an additional +2/+2 and vigiIance!

DEFENSIVE STRATEGY
There is one main problem with this deck: counters and auras exist only attached to a creature, so cards like Unsummon litteraly destroy our strategy. If you have to face blue decks I higly recommend to swap Defiant Strike with Rebuff the Wicked from the sideboard to counter those type of cards. Nasty permanents like Sanguine Bond or Ghostly Prison can be removed using Oblivion Ring.
Another awesome card is Valorous Stance: it's a double-effect instant (rare in white) that prevents the effect of cards like Terminate or can destroy huge creatures like Aetherwind Basker.

That's it. Enjoy your cheap awesome white deck and good Magic to all!