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« on: September 23, 2009, 08:16:44 pm » |
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I have been scouring for a general for a few weeks. I really wanted someone who could do duels and multiplayer pretty well. Sedris looks to be my guy; helping me to reuse excellent CIP abilities. Keep in mind this is my first EDH deck and a first draft. Harsh criticism is very much welcome as I have a tendency to go overboard on goofy synergy instead of focusing on effectiveness.
//GENERAL
Sedris, the Traitor King
//CREATURES (18)
Shriekmaw
Ingot Chewer
Mulldrifter
Trinket Mage
Bone Shredder
Nekrataal
Puppeteer Clique
Flametongue Kavu
Izzet Chronarch
Bogardan Hellkite
Duplicant
Solem Simulacrum
Nezumi Graverobber
Draining Whelk
Sower of Temptation
Coffin Queen
Gilded Drake
Dimir House Guard
//LEGENDARY CREATURES (7)
Venser, Shaper Savant
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Keiga, the Tide Star
Nicol Bolas
Kiki Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Thraximundar
Kagemaro, First to Suffer
//ENCHANTMENTS (2)
Rhystic Study
Necromancy
//INSTANTS (16)
Cryptic Command
Rewind
Dismiss
Force of Will
Desertion
Misdirection
Hinder
Fact or Fiction
Brainstorm
Thirst for Knowledge
Vampiric Tutor
Mystical Tutor
Mystical Teachings
Capsize
Makeshift Mannequin
Entomb
//SORCERIES (10)
Compulsive Research
Cruel Ultimatum
Demonic Tutor
Profane Command
Beacon of Unrest
Damnation
Bribery
Buried Alive
Syphon Mind
Torrent of Souls
//PLANESWALKERS (2)
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Lilianna Vess
//ARTIFACTS (10)
Sensei's Divining Top
Pithing Needle
Engineered Explosives
Loxodon Warhammer
Mana Crypt
Sol Ring
Rakdos Signet
Izzet Signet
Darksteel Ingot
Coalition Relic
Dimir Signet
//LAND (33)
Thawing Glaciers
Tolaria West
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
Badlands
Steam Vents
Watery Grave
Blood Crypt
Polluted Delta
Bloodstone Mire
Terramorphic Expanse
Vivid Creek
Vivid Crag
Vivid Marsh
Great Furnace
Seat of the Synod
Vault of Whispers
City of Brass
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Volrath's Stronghold
Mountain x 5
Swamp x 3
Island x 5
The plan is to play this like a bigger, dumber aggro-control deck; countering threats when needed, accumulating advantage by replaying creatures and then eventually getting a few fat guys on the table who hopefully bring me all the way.
I'm not going to get big into what's here as its pretty simple: Reuse CIP effects as much as possible. Volrath's Stronghold and Kiki Jiki offer alternatives to Unearth, and the reanimation effects seemed like a no brainer with so many cards I'd want to enter play again and so many big dudes.
EDIT: One last thing: Gilded Drake looks AWESOME in here.
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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2009, 04:11:31 pm » |
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at first glance, the manabase seems a bit light given the number of high cost spells you've got. I run 40 land plus 7 accelerants in my Horde of Notions deck (which has a similar concept and quite a few high CMC spells), and have never found it too much.
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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2009, 10:20:53 pm » |
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I've adjusted my list to include more mana sources, as well as some other minor tweaks.
//GENERAL
Sedris, the Traitor King
//CREATURES (16)
Shriekmaw
Ingot Chewer
Mulldrifter
Trinket Mage
Bone Shredder
Nekrataal
Puppeteer Clique
Flametongue Kavu
Izzet Chronarch
Duplicant
Bogardan Hellkite
Solem Simulacrum
Nezumi Graverobber
Draining Whelk
Sower of Temptation
Gilded Drake
//LEGENDARY CREATURES (6)
Venser, Shaper Savant
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Keiga, the Tide Star
Nicol Bolas
Kiki Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Kagemaro, First to Suffer
//ENCHANTMENTS (2)
Rhystic Study
Necromancy
//INSTANTS (14)
Cryptic Command
Rewind
Dismiss
Force of Will
Desertion
Misdirection
Hinder
Fact or Fiction
Brainstorm
Vampiric Tutor
Mystical Tutor
Mystical Teachings
Capsize
Makeshift Mannequin
//SORCERIES (10)
Compulsive Research
Cruel Ultimatum
Demonic Tutor
Profane Command
Beacon of Unrest
Damnation
Bribery
Buried Alive
Syphon Mind
Torrent of Souls
//PLANESWALKERS (2)
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Lilianna Vess
//ARTIFACTS (12)
Sensei's Divining Top
Pithing Needle
Relic of Progenitus
Engineered Explosives
Loxodon Warhammer
Mana Crypt
Sol Ring
Rakdos Signet
Izzet Signet
Darksteel Ingot
Coalition Relic
Dimir Signet
//LAND (37)
Thawing Glaciers
Tolaria West
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
Badlands
Steam Vents
Watery Grave
Blood Crypt
Polluted Delta
Bloodstone Mire
Terramorphic Expanse
Vivid Creek
Vivid Crag
Vivid Marsh
Great Furnace
Seat of the Synod
Vault of Whispers
City of Brass
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Volrath's Stronghold
Sulfurous Springs
Underground River
Shivan Reef
Reflecting Pool
Mountain x 4
Swamp x 4
Island x 5
EDIT: Just tossed this together to play around with. Yuck. It needs a lot of work.
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« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2009, 04:00:49 pm » |
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I feel like a lot of these CIP abilities are just too 'small' for multiplayer. Like, a terror is cool, and maybe two terrors are good. But after that, you've lost your Bone Shredder forever. Paying a few mana for an incremental effect like "draw2" or "deal 4" is playing too 'fair'. The advantage of Sedris is that you can get ANYTHING cheaply into play, so I'd play along to those strengths by reanimating something with a little more heft and leave the incremental advantage to Horde of Notions or something.
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« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2009, 04:31:27 pm » |
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I'm feeling the same way after playing around with it a little bit. It sucks almost as bad in duels. I'll be posting a completely new deck list later.
Thanks for the input.
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« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2009, 04:47:27 pm » |
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Matt's concerns are why I dropped Sedris from my Garza Zol and later switched the deck to a recursion heavy Kresh the Bloodbraid.
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« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2009, 09:12:39 pm » |
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Revised, trying to salvage what I started with. I added some splashier dudes and more lands.
//GENERAL
Sedris, the Traitor King
//CREATURES (16)
Shriekmaw
Ingot Chewer
Mulldrifter
Trinket Mage
Puppeteer Clique
Spitebellows
Izzet Chronarch
Duplicant
Bogardan Hellkite
Solem Simulacrum
Nezumi Graverobber
Draining Whelk
Sower of Temptation
Bloodfire Colossus
Sundering Titan
Body Double
Avatar of Woe
//LEGENDARY CREATURES (9)
Venser, Shaper Savant
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Keiga, the Tide Star
Nicol Bolas
Kiki Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Thraximundar
Kaervek the Merciless
Kagemaro, First to Suffer
Arcanis the Ominipotent
//ENCHANTMENTS (3)
Rhystic Study
Necromancy
Phyrexian Arena
//INSTANTS (8)
Cryptic Command
Desertion
Hinder
Fact or Fiction
Vampiric Tutor
Mystical Tutor
Mystical Teachings
Makeshift Mannequin
//SORCERIES (10)
Cruel Ultimatum
Demonic Tutor
Profane Command
Beacon of Unrest
Damnation
Buried Alive
Syphon Mind
Torrent of Souls
Decree of Pain
Bribery
//PLANESWALKERS (2)
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Lilianna Vess
//ARTIFACTS (12)
Sensei's Divining Top
Pithing Needle
Relic of Progenitus
Engineered Explosives
Loxodon Warhammer
Mana Crypt
Sol Ring
Rakdos Signet
Izzet Signet
Darksteel Ingot
Coalition Relic
Dimir Signet
//LAND (39)
Thawing Glaciers
Tolaria West
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
Badlands
Steam Vents
Watery Grave
Blood Crypt
Polluted Delta
Bloodstone Mire
Terramorphic Expanse
Vivid Creek
Vivid Crag
Vivid Marsh
Great Furnace
Seat of the Synod
Vault of Whispers
City of Brass
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Volrath's Stronghold
Sulfurous Springs
Underground River
Shivan Reef
Reflecting Pool
Crumbling Necropolis
Mountain x 4
Swamp x 5
Island x 5
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« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2009, 11:41:48 am » |
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Acranis seems like an EXCELLENT guy to unearth. In fact, you could probably make a very interesting build of Sedris using guys with strong tap effects, unearth, and ways to repeatedly untap them like Thousand-Year Elixir so you get double or triple use from unearth's haste-granting. Visara the Dreadful and Avatar of Woe come to mind as very good. Perhaps Skill Borrower. Perhaps Demonic Hordes for a bit of old-school panache!
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« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2009, 06:00:58 pm » |
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That's not a bad idea. I think I'll give this a whirl and see what's worth cutting for some of the stuff you suggested.
Anything else sticking out that looks like it needs to be fixed?
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« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2009, 12:02:15 am » |
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If you have the mana, add Helldozer to the list of guys with awesome tap abilities.
Relic of Progenitus seems particularly anti-synergistic. Since you'll basically never want to nuke your own yard, this isn't really a cantrip, so you might as well run Tormod's Crypt if you're intent on cleaning house, or Phyrexian Furnace if you're intent on keeping people from their yards over many turns.
In multiplayer, the Signets are pretty much inferior to Fellwar Stone. Speaking of Fellwar Stone, the same goes for Exotic Orchard.
Treachery is pretty strong.
I don't really like the artifact lands, Trinket Mage notwithstanding, because they tend to die to a lot of resets like Disk. Darksteel Citadel excepted obviously. YMMV.
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2009, 10:00:14 pm » |
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Great points all around. Thanks for all the help, Matt.
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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2009, 11:26:41 pm » |
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I tweaked the deck a little bit and ended up with the following, which I played a lot after I failed hard at the Hadley tournament.
//GENERAL
Sedris, the Traitor King
//BIG FAT GUYS
Bogardan Hellkite
Keiga, the Tide Star
Nicol Bolas
Kaervek the Merciless
Sundering Titan
Arcanis the Omnipotent
Avatar of Woe
Thraximundar
//UTILITY DUDES
Duplicant
Sower of Temptation
Shriekmaw
Pestermite
Solemn Simulacrum
Nezumi Graverobber
Ingot Chewer
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Kagemaro, First to Suffer
Izzet Chronarch
//TUTORS
Demonic Tutor
Liliana Vess
Vampiric Tutor
Mystical Teachings
Trinket Mage
//BAD ASS SPELLS
Engineered Explosives
Cruel Ultimatum
Decree of Pain
Damnation
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Bribery
Buried Alive
Intuition
Entomb
Sensei's Divining Top
Into the Roil (probably going to be switched for Capsize)
Loxodon Warhammer
//DRAW
Mulldrifter
Thirst for Knowledge
Brainstorm
Phyrexian Arena
Fact or Fiction
//REANIMATORS
Body Double
Makeshift Mannequin
Necromancy
Torrent of Souls
Beacon of Unrest
Puppeteer Clique
Profane Command
//COUNTERSPELLS
Draining Whelk
Desertion
Cryptic Command
Venser, Shaper Savant
Remand
Hinder
//ARTIFACT MANA
Sol Ring
Darksteel Ingot
Coalition Relic
Mana Crypt
Izzet Signet
Rakdos Signet
Dimir Signet
//LANDS
Badlands
Volcanic Island
Underground Sea
Blood Crypt
Watery Grave
Steam Vents
Bloodstained Mire
Polluted Delta
Scalding Tarn
Terramorphic Expanse
Vivid Crag
Vivid Marsh
Vivid Creek
Underground River
Sufurous Springs
Shivan Reef
Vault of Whispers
Great Furnace
Seat of the Synod
Crumbling Necropolis
Reflecting Pool
City of Brass
Thawing Glaciers
Volrath's Stronghold
Tolaria West
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 x Swamp
5 x Island
4 x Mountain
The biggest change was adding Pestermite, which gives the deck a chance to combo off. Its worked out really, really well. Its saved my ass against out of control tokens, Sharuum and Magister Sphinx ready to swing... lots of stuff. I'm a little worried the deck will end up winning with that too much, but we'll see.
Kiki-Jiki has been totally stupid. A lot of the time, he's way better than Sedris (surprise, surprise).
Buried Alive fetching Body Double, Nicol Bolas, and Izzet Chronarch is pretty amazing.
This format is amazing with Planechase. I played with my wife and a friend at the game store tonight and the 4 people watching the game bought generals within 15 minutes.
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« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2009, 09:06:56 am » |
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//GENERAL
Sedris, the Traitor King
//BIG FAT GUYS
Bogardan Hellkite
Keiga, the Tide Star
Nicol Bolas
Kaervek the Merciless
Sundering Titan
Arcanis the Omnipotent
Avatar of Woe
Thraximundar
//UTILITY DUDES
Duplicant
Sower of Temptation
Shriekmaw
Pestermite
Solemn Simulacrum
Nezumi Graverobber
Ingot Chewer
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Kagemaro, First to Suffer
Izzet Chronarch
//TUTORS
Demonic Tutor
Liliana Vess
Vampiric Tutor
Mystical Teachings
Trinket Mage
//BAD ASS SPELLS
Engineered Explosives
Cruel Ultimatum
Decree of Pain
Damnation
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Bribery
Buried Alive
Intuition
Entomb
Sensei's Divining Top
Into the Roil
Loxodon Warhammer
Rite of Replication
//DRAW
Mulldrifter
Thirst for Knowledge
Brainstorm
Phyrexian Arena
Fact or Fiction
//REANIMATORS
Body Double
Makeshift Mannequin
Necromancy
Torrent of Souls
Beacon of Unrest
Puppeteer Clique
Profane Command
//COUNTERSPELLS
Draining Whelk
Desertion
Cryptic Command
Venser, Shaper Savant
Hinder
//ARTIFACT MANA
Sol Ring
Darksteel Ingot
Coalition Relic
Mana Crypt
Izzet Signet
Rakdos Signet
Dimir Signet
//LANDS
Badlands
Volcanic Island
Underground Sea
Blood Crypt
Watery Grave
Steam Vents
Bloodstained Mire
Polluted Delta
Scalding Tarn
Terramorphic Expanse
Vivid Crag
Vivid Marsh
Vivid Creek
Underground River
Sufurous Springs
Shivan Reef
Vault of Whispers
Great Furnace
Seat of the Synod
Crumbling Necropolis
Reflecting Pool
City of Brass
Thawing Glaciers
Volrath's Stronghold
Tolaria West
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 x Swamp
5 x Island
4 x Mountain
I switched out Remand, which had not been performing unless I drew it really early, for Rite of Replication. That card has been truly insane. I played a few games with it last night, making 5 new Bogardan Hellkites one game and drew ten cards off Mulldrifters in another. Wow. It pretty much qualifies as another win condition.
I haven't run into a problem with Kiki/Pestermite like I thought I would. Removal stops the combo easily and I have plenty of other avenues to victory. No groans so far.
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« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2009, 11:59:42 am » |
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Oh yeah, I love me some Rite. Rite with kicker on almost anything in Sharuum is incredible, including Sharuum herself (my own personal Living Death? Why thank you!)
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« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2009, 11:39:07 am » |
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How has trinket mage been? Do you find you really need the crypt or explosives? Seems like those slots could be put to better use, imo.
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« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2009, 01:55:06 pm » |
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Trinket Mage has been pretty reasonable. 90% of the time, he finds Top or Mana Crypt. Its certainly not the most powerful move the deck makes, but its decent. I have yet to wish I had something else there.
Crypt was cut a while back. I don't miss it. The effect was negligible in multiplayer, plus I like to reanimate my opponents creatures.
edit: thought you meant Tormods Crypt. Finding Mana Crpyt can be important with my high cost spells.
Engineered Explosives has been pretty solid. I face a lot of tokens at the store I play in, so it acts as a one sided Wrath a lot of the time. Additionally, its helped answer some annoying low cost enchantments my deck would otherwise struggle to deal with. I ahve been thinking about whether this is truly needed or not. I'm going to make an effort to pay attention to how often its relevant.
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« Reply #16 on: November 29, 2009, 11:19:44 pm » |
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I've been playing a lot, lately, and made a number of updates to the deck since I last posted.
//GENERAL
Sedris, the Traitor King
//BIG FAT GUYS
Thraximundar
Bogardan Hellkite
Avatar of Woe
Kaervek the Merciless
Nicol Bolas
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Arcanis the Omnipotent
//UTILITY DUDES
Kiki Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Gilded Drake
Shriekmaw
Solemn Simulacrum
Puppeteer Clique
Izzet Chronarch
Ingot Chewer
Duplicant
Kagemaro, First to Suffer
//TUTORS
Mystical Teachings
Vampiric Tutor
Liliana Vess
Buried Alive
Demonic Tutor
Entomb
Intuition
Trinket Mage
//BAD ASS SPELLS
Rite of Replication
Cruel Ultimatum
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
Bribery
Memory Plunder
Future Sight
Damnation
Decree of Pain
Sensei's Divining Top
//DRAW
Thirst for Knowledge
Fact or Fiction
Phyrexian Arena
Deep Analysis
Mulldrifter
Brainstorm
Careful Consideration
//REANIMATORS
Makeshift Mannequin
Body Double
Profane Command
Torrent of Souls
Beacon of Unrest
Necromancy
//COUNTERSPELLS
Desertion
Cryptic Command
Commandeer
Time Stop
Draining Whelk
Venser, Shaper Savant
Hinder
Force of Will
Counterspell
//ARTIFACT MANA
Mana Vault
Sol Ring
Darksteel Ingot
Coalition Relic
Mana Crypt
Izzet Signet
Rakdos Signet
Dimir Signet
//LANDS
Badlands
Volcanic Island
Underground Sea
Blood Crypt
Watery Grave
Steam Vents
Bloodstained Mire
Polluted Delta
Scalding Tarn
Terramorphic Expanse
Vivid Crag
Vivid Marsh
Vivid Creek
Underground River
Sufurous Springs
Shivan Reef
Vault of Whispers
Great Furnace
Seat of the Synod
Crumbling Necropolis
Reflecting Pool
City of Brass
Volrath's Stronghold
Tolaria West
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Reliquary Tower
3 x Swamp
5 x Island
2 x Mountain
- Keiga, - Sundering Titan, - Pestermite, - Graverobber, - Into the Roil, - Warhammer, - Engineered Explosives, - Thawing Glaciers, - 2 Mountains
+ Memory Plunder, + Future Sight, + Deep Analysis, + Careful Consideration, + Counterspell, + Time Stop, + Commandeer, + Force of Will, + Reliquary Tower, + Mana Vault
A lot of changes this time around. I added more control elements to the deck (Counterspell, Commandeer, etc), dumping a few of the cards that had been under performing or been too situational (Into the Roil, Warhammer). The deck was lacking draw, so I added a Careful Consideration, which has great synergy with my general and reanimators, and Deep Analysis, which can be Entombed in emergencies.
Nezumi Graverobber was amazing if I dropped him in the first 5 turns. After that, it was really hard to get online and keep him on the table. Keiga did not have any real synergy with the deck. He was nice every once in a while, but I found myself wishing I had something else almost every time I drew it.
Memory Plunder is without a doubt the best addition to the deck. It has won me more games than I ever thought it would. So far, I've hit Call of the Stormherd and a 14 point Corrupt. Pretty awesome.
The biggest change is the removal of the Kiki Jiki / Pestermite combo. As the group we play with has grown, 6-8 person games are more common. I feel like I'm cheating under those circumstances. I definitely need to work a little harder now and its a lot more fun for everyone.
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« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2009, 12:59:32 am » |
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Nucklavee may be a card to consider.
Also Dream Halls is a spectacular card to play in the grixis colors. It's symmetrical and most people think their decks are capable of abusing it as much as anybody else's deck so it doesn't get targeted. With Sedris and Dream Halls out unearthing your creatures you pay 2B for two creatures at a time, that's crazy.
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« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2009, 10:18:42 am » |
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I'm surprised at the loss of Keiga, but shocked at the loss of Thawing Glaciers, especially while other, much worse lands remain. City of Brass in particular looks like a lot of unnecessary pain.
The painlands also seem like more hassle than they're worth. Use the filter lands from Shadowmoor/Eventide! They're really good!
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« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2009, 12:05:42 pm » |
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If your red mana can support it, Insurrection strikes me as one of the best EDH multiplayer cards out there. In our last game, I hated losing my first hand to that Tolaria plane because my whole plan was to just build up control resources at the same time as everyone else's board position developed and then try to win through a single well-defended Insurrection.
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