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Deck Reviews / [Legacy] Fluctuator Combo
« on: June 25, 2017, 07:12:36 pm »
So, this is a combo deck built around Fluctuator , and with that in play you cycle through the deck playing a bunch of stuff and win thanks to Laboratory Maniac.
https://deckstats.net/decks/18078/757245-fluctuator-combo
Sometimes the deck fizzles mid-combo if you start it too soon, clearly with Fluctuator in play you'll need Shadow of the Grave or Restless Dreams to continue the cycle loop and obv. 1B or B to cast them.
My thoughts...
1) Maindeck i have no card manipulation (brainstorm, ponder etc.) to search for the combo so sometimes it's difficult. Can I remove some non-cycler to add some manipulation?
2) Maindeck i have no protection and i have Cabal Therapy in side, I added Burning Wish to possibly get a Therapy but the wish is only 1. Maybe i can add Force of Will? but removing what?
3) My only wincon md is Laboratory Maniac and in side there's Doomsday with the stack: Predict, Grapeshot, Conjurer's Bauble, Lion's Eye DIamond, Second Sunrise to use it post side. You can also use only Conjurer's Bauble , Grapeshot and Second Sunrise for the combo. There are some easy combo to side ? (i thought about painter servant and grindstone but meh)
4) Burning Wish is the only maindeck answer (along with Rescind) for problematic permanent by wishing for Hush , Massacre (D&T) , Void Snare or Doomsday if you see you can fizzle (stack 5 cycler and win with maniac). You can however wish for Infernal Tutor to get anything else. There's a better card for this slot?
Some choices explanation:
Lion's Eye Diamond : pretty good with Shadow of the Grave and Infernal Tutor.
Sol Lands : Necessary for "fast" combo. (sometimes T1)
Cycleland + Jhessian Zombie : Very good synergy, when there are no cycleland in the deck you can imprint Zombies on Chrome Mox.
Burning Wish : Strange choice but can search for answer maindeck.
Restless Dreams : Good to not fizzle, but sometimes not necessary.
Rescind and Unearth : Flex slot but Rescind can answer maindeck on opponent turn (and cycles), Unearth to bring back Maniac or a creature to use Cabal Therapy post sideboard.
What do you think?
https://deckstats.net/decks/18078/757245-fluctuator-combo
Sometimes the deck fizzles mid-combo if you start it too soon, clearly with Fluctuator in play you'll need Shadow of the Grave or Restless Dreams to continue the cycle loop and obv. 1B or B to cast them.
My thoughts...
1) Maindeck i have no card manipulation (brainstorm, ponder etc.) to search for the combo so sometimes it's difficult. Can I remove some non-cycler to add some manipulation?
2) Maindeck i have no protection and i have Cabal Therapy in side, I added Burning Wish to possibly get a Therapy but the wish is only 1. Maybe i can add Force of Will? but removing what?
3) My only wincon md is Laboratory Maniac and in side there's Doomsday with the stack: Predict, Grapeshot, Conjurer's Bauble, Lion's Eye DIamond, Second Sunrise to use it post side. You can also use only Conjurer's Bauble , Grapeshot and Second Sunrise for the combo. There are some easy combo to side ? (i thought about painter servant and grindstone but meh)
4) Burning Wish is the only maindeck answer (along with Rescind) for problematic permanent by wishing for Hush , Massacre (D&T) , Void Snare or Doomsday if you see you can fizzle (stack 5 cycler and win with maniac). You can however wish for Infernal Tutor to get anything else. There's a better card for this slot?
Some choices explanation:
Lion's Eye Diamond : pretty good with Shadow of the Grave and Infernal Tutor.
Sol Lands : Necessary for "fast" combo. (sometimes T1)
Cycleland + Jhessian Zombie : Very good synergy, when there are no cycleland in the deck you can imprint Zombies on Chrome Mox.
Burning Wish : Strange choice but can search for answer maindeck.
Restless Dreams : Good to not fizzle, but sometimes not necessary.
Rescind and Unearth : Flex slot but Rescind can answer maindeck on opponent turn (and cycles), Unearth to bring back Maniac or a creature to use Cabal Therapy post sideboard.
What do you think?