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Deck Reviews / [Pioneer] Selesnya Toughness

« on: December 28, 2019, 05:13:16 am »

Selesnya Toughness

This deck is built around a classic strategy of using cards like Assault Formation to make cards like Yoked Ox into powerful aggressive cards. It uses lifegain to stall and has Ajani as a backup plan.

One of the best options you have with this deck is to not play Assault Formation until you suddenly play it along with Tower Defense and go for an inst-kill.

Slaughter the Strong is the most fantastic removal ever.

I feel like the deck could be tweaked a bit. It survives well, but doesn't consistently get the kill. It also doesn't take as much advantage of the lifegain (which I accidently realized there was a lot of in this deck and added Ajani).

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Deck Reviews / Re: [Pioneer] Life will Drain You

« on: December 27, 2019, 03:44:48 pm »

I'm not sure that doubling your life total counts as life gain. I believe it is the same as setting your life total to a certain value.

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Deck Reviews / [Pioneer] Dubious Challenge Deck

« on: December 27, 2019, 03:05:59 pm »

https://deckstats.net/decks/139095/1504307-dubious-challenge

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Deck Comments / Re: Lifegain Aggro - Comments

« on: December 26, 2019, 05:14:32 pm »

Revision 2

Added/removed cards:
-2 Heliod, God of the Sun
-4 Huatli, the Sun's Heart
-4 Nyx-Fleece Ram
-4 Slaughter the Strong
-2 Wall of Essence
+4 Archangel of Thune
+2 Castle Ardenvale
+1 Fountain of Renewal
+4 Healer's Hawk
+4 Lone Rider // It That Rides as One
-3 (SB) Authority of the Consuls
-2 (SB) Suncleanser
-2 (SB) Teyo, the Shieldmage
+3 (SB) Archangel of Tithes
+2 (SB) Hushbringer

Changed amounts:
+1 Linden, the Steadfast Queen
+1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
-2 Plains
+1 Stasis Snare
-1 (SB) Declaration in Stone
+1 (SB) Sundering Growth

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Deck Reviews / [Casual] Negative ETB Deckbuilder's Reference

« on: December 06, 2019, 04:45:36 am »

Negative ETB Deckbuilder's Reference

I have been a little fanatical recently in trying to construct a deck built around cards with negative ETB effects. To save time for other people who may want to try and build a similar deck, I have created this guide.

I have below a list of some solid Negative ETB decks that you can use as a basis for whatever additions or improvements you can come up with. All of these decks are Modern legal (sadly no Phyrexian Dreadnought):

Simple Torpor (Boros): https://deckstats.net/decks/139095/1487766-simple-torpor-negative-etb-

2-drop Manifest (Dimir): https://deckstats.net/decks/139095/1487773-2-drop-manifest-negative-etb-

Illness on the Ranks (Golgari): https://deckstats.net/decks/139095/1487778-illness-in-the-ranks-negative-

Lazav and Varolz (Sultai): https://deckstats.net/decks/139095/1487779-lazav-and-varolz-negative-etb-

Pandemonium (Gruul): https://deckstats.net/decks/139095/1487783-pandemonium-negative-etb-

Manifest Whispers (Golgari): https://deckstats.net/decks/139095/1487786-manifest-whispers-negative-etb

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Deck Reviews / [Modern] Indestructible Charge Suggestions

« on: September 09, 2019, 05:44:36 pm »

Indestructible Charge

This deck was built off a comment someone made that cards like Planar Cleansing and Wrath of God are too easy to work around.

It opens quickly, and best case scenario is having a Frontline Medic down early, allowing you to recklessly charge each turn.

Then, Magus of the Disk or Wrath of God can pair well with cards that make your own creatures indestructible. If you have both Frontline Medic and Magus of the Disk down, you can wipe your opponent's side of the board every turn (use the ability during your second main phase).

Against more controlling decks, the sideboard opens this deck up into a more aggro deck, and the indestructibility will still help against removal attempts.

I'm looking for suggestions, and I may edit this once I get around to play-testing this.

Is this an idea that there are already good decks for?