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Eternal Formats / Creative / Re: help, new ideas
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on: February 13, 2009, 07:39:10 pm
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Yea I made some changes to the other deck. I am having issues with creating a more efficient mana base without having to spend $20 per duel land and or land fetchers.
I am not high on copying others deck creations and I do enjoy throwing down big creatures early.
The main reason for sharing my deck is to see if there are cards out there that might do a fuction that a card in my deck does more efficiently. An example is my current dilema, Tormod's cyrpt or haunting echoes.
thanx for the comment
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Eternal Formats / Creative / help, new ideas
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on: February 13, 2009, 05:53:48 pm
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Creatures;[/B]
1 [c]Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind[/c]
1 [c]Hellkite Overlord[/c]
1 [c]Tidespout Tyrant[/c]
4 [c]Clone[/c]
1 [c]Windbrisk Raptor[/c]
1 [c]Spirit of the hearth[/c]
1 [c]Empyrial Archangel[/c]
1 [c]Reya Dawnbringer[/c]
1 [c]Darksteel Colossus[/c]
1 [c]Platinum Angel[/c]
Enchantments;[/B]
2 [c]copy enchantment[/c]
2 [c]Animate dead[/c]
1 [c]Curiosity[/c]
Artifacts;[/B]
1 [c]Null Rod[/c]
1 [c]Quicksilver Amulet[/c]
1 [c]Tormod's Crypt[/c]
Spells;[/B]
1 [c]demonic tutor [/c]
1 [c]vampiric tutor [/c]
1 [c]entomb [/c]
2 [c]Buried alive [/c]
1 [c]merchant scroll [/c]
1 [c]personal tutor [/c]
1 [c]mystic tutor [/c]
2 [c]Intuition [/c]
2 [c]recall [/c]
3 [c]exhume[/c]
1 [c]tinker[/c]
2 [c]counterspell[/c]
1 [c]enlightened tutor[/c]
Mana;[/B]
4 [c]Crumbling Necropolis[/c]
4 [c]steam vents[/c]
4 [c]watery grave[/c]
4 [c]Arcane Sanctum[/c]
4 [c]underground river[/c]
1 [c]sol ring[/c]
right now I am trying to figure a better mana base without having to spend a fortune on original duel lands and moxes. Any suggestions?
Also what do you think about replacing Tormod's Crypt with [c]haunting echoes[/c]?
My hope is to protect myself from [c=thoughtseize]discard[/c], [c=extract]library picking[/c], and [c=magma spray]burn[/c] cards with spirit of the hearth. [c]Empyrial Archangel[/c] helps against direct damage as well, including my [c=underground river]poking[/c] lands. Cards that would otherwise [c=Collective Restraint]lock[/c] me up I can use [c]Tidespout Tyrant[/c]
otherwise I go straight for the Niv-curiousity combo, DSC with tinker or cloning the poo out of the hellkite.
I can imagine someone adding that I need moxes, B lotus, timewalks, A.Recall, force of will, etc......but I cant afford those cards.
I guess I am looking for someone to point out holes or weaknesses in the deck and suggest some cards that arent $40 per card. Or so...
Thanx!
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Eternal Formats / Creative / comments on my deck
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on: January 21, 2009, 01:55:43 pm
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Creatures;
1 [c]Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind[/c]
2 [c]Dominus of Fealty[/c]
2 [c]Tidespout Tyrant[/c]
2 [c]Clone[/c]
1 [c]Windbrisk Raptor[/c]
1 [c]Djinn Illuminatus[/c]
1 [c]Empyrial Archangel[/c]
1 [c]Reya Dawnbringer[/c]
1 [c]Kaervek the Merciless[/c]
1 [c]Platinum Angel[/c]
1 [c]Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir[/c]
Enchantments;
4 [c]copy enchantment[/c]
4 [c]Animate dead[/c]
1 [c]Curiosity[/c]
Artifacts;
1 [c]Null Rod[/c]
1 [c]defense grid[/c]
Spells;
1 [c]demonic tutor[/c]
1 [c]vampiric tutor[/c]
1 [c]entomb[/c]
2 [c]Buried alive[/c]
1 [c]merchant scroll[/c]
1 [c]personal tutor[/c]
1 [c]mystic tutor[/c]
2 [c]Intuition[/c]
3 [c]recall[/c]
Mana;
4 [c]Crumbling Necropolis[/c]
4 [c]steam vents[/c]
4 [c]watery grave[/c]
4 [c]Arcane Sanctum[/c]
4 [c]underground river[/c]
1 [c]sol ring[/c]
the way I play the deck is use Recall, entomb, intuition, Buried Alive or just discarding large creatures into my graveyard and fishing them out with animate dead and Reya. Course with animates in play I can copy them with copy enchantment (adds verstility for toher things too). I find the recalls, intuitions and entomb with the tutors.
I usually go after Reya followed by Niv-Mezzit and curiousity 1st because Reya will help get the creatures in play in addition to the animates. Niv-mezzet keeps my hand full and can pick off smaller creatures or a bit of direct damage. I try to get the Tyrants into play ASAP to start sending lands, etc back to opponents hand. The djinn enables replicated Demonic tutors. Raptor helps gain life. Dominius takes things from opponent. Emyprical angel helps with direct damage, and from my own lands, unblockable/shadow creatures, etc. Platinum angel helps against early loses due to mana trouble, winnie creatures, bad hand etc. and the merciless one discourages spell casting.
I have realized that disruption is a weakness, I am trying to put up defenses against counterspells (defense grid and Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir) null rod can protect against Tormod's crypt, etc.
I can imagine someone adding that I need moxes, B lotus, timewalks, A.Recall, force of will, etc......but I cant afford those cards.
I guess I am looking for someone to point out holes or weaknesses in the deck and suggest some cards that arent $40 per card.
Thanx!
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Eternal Formats / Creative / Re: Dragonstorm
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on: January 09, 2009, 01:07:54 am
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Suspend 3 (four turns) is way too long for a pure combo deck in Vintage. For reference, Dark Ritual -> Phyrexian Negator wins in 5 turns.
I don't especially think the deck is viable, but if you really wanted to make it work the first step would be to cut Lotus Bloom (because it is too slow) and Simian Spirit Guide (because it doesn't generate storm) and figure out someway to Storm without them. I would probably just run 4x Hellkite Overlord since you would only need to storm to 3 to win with him.
The lotus blooms are more of just spells that i can play for zero to generate storm than an actual mana source And yes, this deck isn't really viable, but more of something for fun. As of right now, I'm casting storm on average, turn 3 or 4, but honestly, it has gone of turn one I might be reading you wrong, but you are aware of how Lotus Bloom works right? As in, you cannot just cast it for zero since it doesn't actually have a mana cost. You HAVE to suspend it if you want to play it (barring welding it in or something weird like that), you can't just play it on the turn you go off for zero, it would have to un-suspend on that turn to matter. LOL, thats what I wa thinking. Who let him get away with that? I think you just ruined his deck, LOL |
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Eternal Formats / Creative / Re: Suggestions for Improving your Game
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on: January 05, 2009, 11:57:34 pm
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Don't make excuses for awful play.
Know when to mulligan.
Know all 75 cards in your deck.
If you can do these 3, you're ahead of like 80% of players already.
"know all 75 cards in your deck" Thats the lowest amount now? Have I missed something? |
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Eternal Formats / Creative / constructive criticism
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on: January 05, 2009, 11:54:24 pm
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Creatures;
2 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
2 Dominus of Fealty
2 Godsire
4 Clone
1 Windbrisk Raptor
1 Brion Stoutarm
Enchantments;
2 Pemmins aura
4 copy enchantment
4 Animate dead
1 Levitation
1 Curiosity
Spells;
1 demonic tutor
1 vampiric tutor
1 entomb
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 merchant scroll
1 personal tutor
1 mystic tutor
2 Intuition
2 boomerang
4 recall
Mana;
4 Crumbling Necropolis
4 steam vents
4 watery grave
4 Arcane Sanctum
4 dimir Aqueduct
1 sol ring
the way I play the deck is using Recall, entomb, intuition or just discarding large creatures into my graveyard and fishing them out with animate dead. Course with that in play I can copy that too. I find the recalls, intuitions and entomb with the tutor cards.
I usually go after Niv-Mezzit 1st because I enjoy drawing cards plus it helps pick off small creatures and a bit of direct damage. Using Godsire to make tokens that I attack with and sack with stoutarm for direct damage. Raptor helps gain life when I have a Sire in play. Dominius helps take things from opponent.
Pemmin's Aura helps Niv-mezzit and Godsire, and curiousity is my emergency win card or if I just want to poke everything in play and draw a bunch of cards.
I can imagine someone adding that I need moxes, B lotus, timewalks, A.Recall, force of will, etc......but I cant afford those cards.
I guess I am looking for someone to point out holes or weaknesses in the deck and suggest some cards that arent $40 per card.
Thanx!
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