Matt
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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2009, 09:42:24 am » |
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First off, while I've seen a Nath deck do some silly things before (Words of Waste, Geth's Grimoire), it sounds more like the general you want is Savra, Queen of the Golgari.
First off, you can expect at least 1/3 of players to have some kind of board-sweeping effects, be they Disks or just simple Wraths or a mass-damage spell like Firespout. What this implies is that I almost always want my mana acceleration to be in the form of Wood Elves rather than Birds of Paradise. The land sticks around, the creature doesn't. So IMO the general green mana package begins with:
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Kodama's Reach
Search for Tomorrow
Rampant Growth
Explosive Vegetation
Harrow
Yavimaya Elder/Civic Wayfinder/Borderland Ranger/Krosan Tusker (fixing, not accel)
and if you are using the appropriate duals, Wood Elves, Seedguide Ash, Nature's Lore, Skyshroud Claim, and Farseek are useful
for mana artifacts, Solemn Simulacrum and Darksteel Ingot are good in almost any deck
Next, specific card notes. You've got a lot of the classics, so that's good. I tried Mongrel Pack but didn't like how it could only get tokens if it died in combat (being sacced in Declare Attackers usually) but YMMV.
Bitterblossom of course belongs!
Algae Gharial is cute, as is Scavenger Drake. I think shroud might be better than flying.
Woebringer Demon should be much more of a pain for your opponents than you.
Puppeteer Clique actually is very good in a deck like this; besides the obvious "attack with your guy" plan, you'll be able to trigger his persist on demand, and he serves as graveyard removal for recurring effects. Seeing an Angel of Despair wave bye-bye is good.
I think you'll find that Mind Twist and Strip Mine don't really do enough to justify themselves in a multiplayer format. Mana Vault too, although maybe the boost is worth it.
Acorn Harvest is just too inefficient. There are better ways of getting fuel for sacrifices.
You DEFINITELY need a Doubling Season and Grave Pact, they're probably the best things you can do in a deck like this.
You probably want a little more removal; Shriekmaw is the best (can be sacrificed with the trigger on the stack), but Bone Shredder, Nekrataal, and Faceless Butcher are also all strong. The Butcher trick will kill any targetable non-General. Ritual of the Machine is good too, but the nonblack restriction actually comes up a lot. Urborg Justice is also neat.
Nether Traitor functions a lot like a token-maker, in that he provides fuel for many, many sacrifices. Brood of Cockroaches too, although it requires a little more mana and life, but it can chump block like a pro.
Woodfall Primus can be sacrificed multiple times (see below for synergy!), and has a good effect each time.
If you switch your mana creatures to ones with CIP effects, you won't feel bad about sacrificing them to things, and then you can start doing recursion effects like Oversold Cemetary and Gleancrawler and Phyrexian Reclamation.
Necrogenesis is a good, cheap token maker, and good, cheap, graveyard control, both of which are great effects. Coffin Queen too, because sacrificing an opponent's creature is kind of like sacrificing your own token.
Sylvan Library doesn't have any particular synergy, but it's good when you have 40 life to play with.
Verdant Force is a classic token-maker: EACH upkeep!
Spawning Pit is a wonderful way to sacrifice stuff on demand, and gives you some Wrath insurance. Also insane with Doubling Season.
Shambling Shell is an alright dude. Not super impressive but he does his job without fail (+1/+1 cancels out Persist on P.Clique and Woodfall Primus, for example). Krovikan Horror is another dude who can do a lot of legwork.
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