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Deck Reviews / [Modern] Unimprisoned in the Moon

« on: February 23, 2018, 07:11:40 pm »

Let me know what you all think. I may drop one land for another Serum Visions.

Unimprisoned in the Moon

Deck built around Tamiyo, Field Researcher Emblem.

Turn 1 - Birds of Paradise or Noble Hierarch
Turn 2 - Oath of Gideon
Turn 3 - Tamiyo, Field Researcher ; enters with 5 Loyalty, +1 for 6
Turn 4 - +1 for 7 loyalty, protect with 2 tokens from Oath of Gideon and mana dork
Turn 5 - Use -7 ability and cast Coax from the Blind Eternities to likely get Emrakul, the Aeons Torn from sideboard.

Glittering Wish can get you another Tamiyo from sideboard or Progenitus if you've already used the emblem. It can also fetch a couple of charms for removal or a Orzhov Charm if you want to recast Emrakul

Deckstats Feedback / Annotations for Standard, Modern, ect.

« on: September 25, 2016, 02:40:17 am »

I have a lot of old decks. Most of which are labeled as Standard. I love searching through Standard decks. A lot of them are not standard (anymore).

Any chance we can get an * or something next to the decks that contain cards not playable in standard? Maybe an option to exclude decks that contain said cards?

Just a suggestion, not sure if it goes here.

$:-\$

Deck Reviews / Kaledesh Brews

« on: September 20, 2016, 05:04:34 am »

Here are a couple of brews for Kaladesh. Both are pretty centric to cards in Kaladesh which is a pretty big reason I'm posting them.

The first one is built around Dubious Challenge. The idea is to cast Dubious Challenge and get back the creature of you opponents choice by either Long Road Home or Eldrazi Displacer.

deck="Dubious Evolution"
//Lands
4 Canopy Vista
6 Forest
4 Fortified Village
1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
7 Plains
3 Westvale Abbey

//Spells
4 Eldritch Evolution
2 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
4 Long Road Home
2 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
3 Stasis Snare

//Creatures
2 Angel of Invention
3 Bruna, the Fading Light
4 Eldrazi Displacer
4 Gisela, the Broken Blade
3 Verdurous Gearhulk

//Other
4 Dubious Challenge

//Sideboard
SB: 4 Declaration in Stone
SB: 4 Sylvan Advocate
SB: 4 Oath of Nissa
SB: 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
SB: 1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
SB: 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk

The next deck is an Aetherworks Marvel deck. It's built to all in on free spells. On a starting note before I explain more: playtesting this has been RIDICULOUSLY consistent. The only problem being that it's all in on your side of the board. You can probably sideboard a few burn spells if aggro get too out of hand, but a 3/2 on turn 2 and a 2/3 flying trample on turn 3 hits pretty good. The lifegain and scy 2 from the puzzleknots usually put you in a good spot if you don't get any solid 2 drops. Running the G/R Gearhulk give you a ton of power, and casting one with Rashmi on the board really swings the game in your favor. You can put the counters on your voyager as well giving you a flying siege rhino. Running a lot of high mana cards allows for your red Gearhulk to really hurt, as well. When making this deck it seemed very janky, but after messing with it, and I can't stress this enough, it is very consistent in hitting what it needs to to keep up the tempo.

deck="Aetherworks Marvel All-in"
//Lands
4 Aether Hub
4 Botanical Sanctum
4 Cinder Glade
7 Forest
1 Mountain
4 Spirebluff Canal

//Spells
3 Aetherworks Marvel
3 Attune with Aether
4 Eldritch Evolution
2 Glassblower's Puzzleknot
3 Woodweaver's Puzzleknot

//Creatures
1 Aethersquall Ancient
3 Aethertorch Renegade
3 Combustible Gearhulk
4 Empyreal Voyager
3 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
3 Verdurous Gearhulk
4 Voltaic Brawler

Anyway, let me know what you think. The sideboards could use some work, and the G/W land seems to be the biggest problem with the Dubious Challenge deck. I may cut the Nissa as the 2 green seems too much to get consistently on turn 3 when every turn after that it's just not worth playing. It's really strong to play on turn three if you can bounce an Angel of Invention to use Fabricate and be able to flip your Westvale Abbey.

General Magic / My EMN Brews

« on: July 21, 2016, 11:27:13 am »

So here are my Eldritch Moon brews. My only disclaimer is that you won't find any alterations of G/W Tokens or CoCo variations here (which I hope makes you happy).

The first deck I will list is just fun and possibly full of free spells. It revolves around getting the new Tamiyo, Field Researcher to -7 on turn 6 by using Oath of Gideon and a bunch of 2 drops to protect it. Once you get to turn 6 you should use the Ultimate and cast Coax from the Blind Eternities and search your sideboard for one of the three eldrazi's that would best suit your matchup. And don't forget you can cast it for free.

- That Ultimate, Though
https://deck.tk/87f19IHi

The next deck is the one I want to build the most. Brisela, Voice of Nightmares looks like she will break anything in standard if she Melds. So to get to the later game I put them in a W/B control shell and removed the board wipes that would decimate my goal of melding Gisela, the Broken Blade and Bruna, the Fading Light. I replaced the cards like Languish with creatures that tax the enemy really hard like Archangel of Tithes and the new Thalia, Heretic Cathar. Honestly, Gisela, the Broken (wtf she's so strong) is literally just that all by herself. I have a feeling we'll be seeing a Lightning Bolt reprint soon.

- Angels
https://deck.tk/5wBq5kDy

The next deck I brewed literally because all the hype around white cards. Black cards have a lot of synergy right now in my opinion and the Zombies in standard right now can fend for themselves in a lot of match ups. The main combo for this deck was turn 2 Stormkirk Condemned into turn 3 Voldaren Pariah with madness into a bunch of Relentless Dead to flip Voldaren Pariah and even bring back a couple Relentless Dead using their abilities. I added a little green and blue because Grim Flayer worked really well with Gisa and Geralf as well as Diregraf Colossus.

- Zombies
https://deck.tk/4oSG6a0I

The last deck I think is the most broken of all. It's an Emerge deck with Eldritch Evolution. The idea is to get a Turn 3 Matter Reshaper into a turn 4 Emerge card into a turn 5 Eldritch Evolution. You can get an Ulamog, Ceasless Hunger pretty consistently, albeit not cast, he's a little hard to deal with on turn 5. The next big thing I believe is a little broken is that Rise from the Grave is being reprinted. The value of all the cards played, whether it be Matter Reshaper being sacrificed for Emerge and, at least, drawing another card, hitting the effects of a Distended Mindbender, and Evolving it into a 10/10 that mills 20 cards when it attacks is pretty ridiculous.

- Emerge Evolve
https://deck.tk/6gbx9tQZ

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Anyway, let me know what you think. I love brewing and my next brew will be a counters deck, mostly because I have a soft spot for Managorger Hydra.

Deck Reviews / That Ultimate, Though

« on: July 06, 2016, 02:19:12 am »

Looking for tips for removal for this deck. I might replace Secure the wastes, but it's a little hard to take away from the all in factor that is Tamiyo, Field Researcher. Being able to protect the walker is huge to the success of the deck. It's pretty solid with Oath of Gideon ETB effects, but not sure if secure the wastes gets much value here. Another card i'd look into replacing for a better 1 or 2 drop is Eldrazi Displacer. Was thinking maybe some Kytheon or the like.

The idea is to turn 3 Oath of Gideon, Turn 4 Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Turn 5 protect Tamiyo, Turn 6 ultimate.

Deck: That ultimate, though

//Lands
3 Canopy Vista
4 Evolving Wilds
2 Forest
4 Fortified Village
1 Island
5 Plains
2 Prairie Stream
4 Yavimaya Coast

//Spells
3 Coax from the Blind Eternities
3 Declaration in Stone
3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
4 Oath of Gideon
4 Oath of Nissa
3 Secure the Wastes
4 Tamiyo, Field Researcher

//Creatures
3 Eldrazi Displacer
3 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
4 Sylvan Advocate

//Sideboard
1 Emrakul, the Promised End
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion

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Deck Reviews / Green White Counter deck conversion into Abzan Counters for Theros Rotation

« on: August 02, 2015, 11:52:41 pm »

So I updated my Green White devotion Hydra deck into a Green White Counter deck with the release of Origins. I didn't need the devotion because most of my creatures were under 3 mana and pumped easily into mid-range.

I have gone 3-1 and 4-0 at FNM the last couple of weeks plus some other 3-1 at other events with the Green White Counters deck as is. I will play it until Theros rotates out.

Here's the deck:

https://deck.tk/1Kgw36jc

Deck: G/W Counters

//Lands
12 Forest
5 Plains
4 Temple of Plenty
4 Windswept Heath

//Spells
2 Ajani, Mentor of Heroes

4 Dromoka's Command

3 Gods Willing

4 Hardened Scales

3 Inspiring Call

3 Solidarity of Heroes

//Creatures
3 Abzan Battle Priest

4 Elvish Mystic

4 Fleecemane Lion

4 Managorger Hydra

1 Woodland Bellower

//Sideboard
2 Servant of the Scale

2 Collected Company

2 Sword of the Animist

1 See the Unwritten

1 Gods Willing

2 Enduring Scalelord

1 Dragonlord Dromoka

1 Animist's Awakening

1 Nylea, God of the Hunt

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And here is what I turned it into for the rotation (obviously pending cards from the new set):

I added black to replace the Fleecemane Lion with Rakshasa Deathdealer and most importantly to replace Ajani, Mentor of Heroes with Sorin, Solemn Visitor. This gave me the opportunity to replace the Solidarity of Heroes with Abzan Charm and Gods Willing was replaced with Feat of Resistance (which I may also replace with Enshrouding Mist due to my final replacement); Which is I replaced Elvish Mystic with Honored Hierarch. The mana if renowned could make it a free cast if I need to get a Green or Black mana instead of a white from as well.

https://deck.tk/2Mqe39Uo

Deck: Abzan Counters

//Lands
8 Forest
5 Plains
4 Sandsteppe Citadel
3 Swamp
4 Windswept Heath

//Spells
3 Abzan Charm