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I think you missed this leaked art of Ajani and Elspeth vs Xenagos:



Ajani pretty much confirmed.

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I'm just waiting for a representation for Mogis.

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 Slarg232 wrote:
I think you missed this leaked art of Ajani and Elspeth vs Xenagos:



Ajani pretty much confirmed.


No, I saw that art months ago.

Ajani was on promotional art for Alara Reborn too, but it didn't mean he'd get another card so quickly...

Promotional art is just that, promotional art.

We saw Bolas involved in Zendikar, but he didn't make an appearance, did he?

Art is art, for a character to be involved in the plot, he doesn't have to be a card, Ajani was also involved in the Scars plotline, but he didn't appear as a card...

 
   
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HOGWARTS

IF WOTC isactually releasing a duel decks set with Ajani, Elspeth, and xenagos, that would be sick, id probably try and by 2 or maybe even 4 of the sets, so i could get 4 of each. But I will have patience, and wait to see what happensand what is released, for Born of the Gods.


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Also, any ideas on color combos for affinity decks? I have for of each type of artifact land 4 memnites, 4 ornithopters, etc, etc , (well, only 2 of the white Ancient Den lands, but im planning on getting 2 more to make it 4), but I was thinking red/white with jor kadeen (r/w new phyrexia legendary, just in case anyone didnt know about him), and a bunch of boros stuff that helps the buffing (martial glory, etc), or i had a gruul idea also, but if nothing else works, I'll just see if i can get a few Tezzeret the Seekers, and stuff, and make it a mono blue artifact deck, or maybe mono green?Or make it a 5 color deck? I'm super stuck.......

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around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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Brighton, MO

 orkkiller21 wrote:
IF WOTC isactually releasing a duel decks set with Ajani, Elspeth, and xenagos, that would be sick, id probably try and by 2 or maybe even 4 of the sets, so i could get 4 of each. But I will have patience, and wait to see what happensand what is released, for Born of the Gods.


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Also, any ideas on color combos for affinity decks? I have for of each type of artifact land 4 memnites, 4 ornithopters, etc, etc , (well, only 2 of the white Ancient Den lands, but im planning on getting 2 more to make it 4), but I was thinking red/white with jor kadeen (r/w new phyrexia legendary, just in case anyone didnt know about him), and a bunch of boros stuff that helps the buffing (martial glory, etc), or i had a gruul idea also, but if nothing else works, I'll just see if i can get a few Tezzeret the Seekers, and stuff, and make it a mono blue artifact deck, or maybe mono green?Or make it a 5 color deck? I'm super stuck.......


The next Duel Deck is Jace (AoT) vs. Vraska.

As for affinity, I'd really need to see a list to help you out, but typically, Uwb is the way to go, The only colored spells affinity should be running should be a number of Thoughtcast, Ethersworn Canonist, and an array of options like Whipflare, Nature's Claim, Cabal Therapy/Thoughtseize (honestly, Therapy is better.)

Seeker is only really good in a control build (Tezzerator, etc.) Agent of Bolas is the Tezzeret for Affinity, you +1, pass, next turn you -4 and win...


 
   
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 orkkiller21 wrote:
IF WOTC isactually releasing a duel decks set with Ajani, Elspeth, and xenagos, that would be sick, id probably try and by 2 or maybe even 4 of the sets, so i could get 4 of each. But I will have patience, and wait to see what happensand what is released, for Born of the Gods.


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Also, any ideas on color combos for affinity decks? I have for of each type of artifact land 4 memnites, 4 ornithopters, etc, etc , (well, only 2 of the white Ancient Den lands, but im planning on getting 2 more to make it 4), but I was thinking red/white with jor kadeen (r/w new phyrexia legendary, just in case anyone didnt know about him), and a bunch of boros stuff that helps the buffing (martial glory, etc), or i had a gruul idea also, but if nothing else works, I'll just see if i can get a few Tezzeret the Seekers, and stuff, and make it a mono blue artifact deck, or maybe mono green?Or make it a 5 color deck? I'm super stuck.......

Are you making a Modern, Legacy, or Casual deck?
Pretty much always include blue- Thoughtcast is too good of a spell to not use. It's pretty much always 2 cards for one mana.
If modern, you can't use the artifact lands- you'll be playing mostly blue with splashes for specific cards in other colors(such as Galvanic Blast or Dispatch).

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Alright, well, jace vs vraska, sounds interesting..... but for the affinity deck, its going to be legacy, so i can use practically anything, but i plan on using 4 of each of the artifact lands, so i will have 4 ancient dens, 4 seat of the synods, and 4 vault of whispers. Would halimar depths work well? And yes, the agent of bolas version of tezzeret seems very do-able for affinity, i will have to see if my friend has a couple. Would 2, 3 or 4 work the best? I usually try and do 4, but idk if i want to dish out $60+ for all 4. I also plan on using 4 silences, and 2 magister sphinxes. But would any of the other sphinxes from the Esper faction from the Alara block work well? maybe the mythic one? ( i forgot the name)I will also try to get a list up ASAP, maybe after i get a bit of work done on a project I'm working on.


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Or i can just make it Black/blue........ since sometimes it takes a while for 3 color decks to start up without a certain color of mana


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Alrighty..... the list might look a bit like this, but it is not confirmed-

4 seat of the synod
4 vault of whispers
4 ancient den
( variation of swamps,plains and islands to make up the rest of the mana)

creatures-
4 memnite
4 ornithopter
4 hovermyr
4 frogmite
3-4 trinket mage
3-4 Qumulox

other spells-
4 silence
3-4 bone saw
3-4dark ritual (maybe?)
3-4 doom blades, or victim of night's or another kill spell, such as geth's verdict, etc
4 hunger of the nim
2-4 cranial plating (if i can get any)
(any other cheap but good artifacts, etc)

planeswalker(s)-
2- ? Tezzeret, agent of Bolas (If I can get any)

the deck can also be black/blue, I would just need to take out the silences, ancient dens, and any other white card i might add, it might be better to make it a 2 color affinity, so i dont get stuck waiting for a certain color of mana in a 3 color deck, but it could work.....

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around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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Brighton, MO

 orkkiller21 wrote:
Alright, well, jace vs vraska, sounds interesting..... but for the affinity deck, its going to be legacy, so i can use practically anything, but i plan on using 4 of each of the artifact lands, so i will have 4 ancient dens, 4 seat of the synods, and 4 vault of whispers. Would halimar depths work well? And yes, the agent of bolas version of tezzeret seems very do-able for affinity, i will have to see if my friend has a couple. Would 2, 3 or 4 work the best? I usually try and do 4, but idk if i want to dish out $60+ for all 4. I also plan on using 4 silences, and 2 magister sphinxes. But would any of the other sphinxes from the Esper faction from the Alara block work well? maybe the mythic one? ( i forgot the name)I will also try to get a list up ASAP, maybe after i get a bit of work done on a project I'm working on.


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Or i can just make it Black/blue........ since sometimes it takes a while for 3 color decks to start up without a certain color of mana


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Alrighty..... the list might look a bit like this, but it is not confirmed-

4 seat of the synod
4 vault of whispers
4 ancient den
( variation of swamps,plains and islands to make up the rest of the mana)

creatures-
4 memnite
4 ornithopter
4 hovermyr
4 frogmite
3-4 trinket mage
3-4 Qumulox

other spells-
4 silence
3-4 bone saw
3-4dark ritual (maybe?)
3-4 doom blades, or victim of night's or another kill spell, such as geth's verdict, etc
4 hunger of the nim
2-4 cranial plating (if i can get any)
(any other cheap but good artifacts, etc)

planeswalker(s)-
2- ? Tezzeret, agent of Bolas (If I can get any)

the deck can also be black/blue, I would just need to take out the silences, ancient dens, and any other white card i might add, it might be better to make it a 2 color affinity, so i dont get stuck waiting for a certain color of mana in a 3 color deck, but it could work.....


Not sure what kind of deck you're going for (sounds more like Tezzerator using Bone Saw/Transmuter to cheat out a Blightsteel Colossus, etc.)

Here's my X-0 deck that's been getting me a lot of success, hopefully you'll get some ideas.

Lands (16)
4 Ancient Tomb
4 Glimmervoid
2 Inkmoth Nexus
3 Ancient Den
3 Seat of the Synod

Planeswalkers (2)
2 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

Equipment (5)
4 Cranial Plating
1 Umezawa'a Jitte

Sorcery (4)

4 Thoughtcast

Artifacts (9)
4 Mox Opal
2 Springleaf Drum
3 Tangle Wire

Creatures (25)
4 Ornithopter
2 Frogmite
4 Vault Skirge
3 Phyrexian Revoker
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Memnite
4 Etched Champion

Sideboard (15)
2 Chill
2 Spell Pierce
2 Cursed Totem
3 Chalice of the Void
3 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Sword of War and Peace

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Ok, my Deckbuider seems to be having problems, what does everyone think about this Suicide Black Standard Deck:

Creatures (18)
Tormented Hero x4
Thrull Parasite x4
Gray Merchant x2
Mogis' Marauders x4
Xathrid Necromancer x2

Spells (14)
Boon of Erebos x4
Pharika's Cure x4
Duress x2
Triton Tactics x4

Enchantments (8)
Dark Favor x4
Underworld Connections x2
Dark Prophecy x2

Land (20)
Island x5
Swamp x11
Dimir Guildgate x4

Sideboard:
Agent of Fates x2
Erebos, God of the Dead x2
Doom Blade x4
Dark Betrayal x4

Want as many thoughts as possible, and here are some explanations;

Duskmantle Seer: Suicide black to EVERYONE! Most of my stuff is 1-3 CMC, so my health cost is rather low. However, against everyone except RDW, their high cost spells/creatures are now double edged swords.

Pharika's Cure: Doom Blade and Dark Betrayal are in the Sideboard for two main reasons: Pharika's Cure might not kill anything out right, it can target anything non-hexproof, and with all my life costs it helps with those. That's why both DBs are Sideboarded, not mainboarded.

Thrull Parasite: not the most agressive creature ever, but the ability to remove counters helps against planeswalkers. Also, the Extort will help, as if I Boon of Erebos a Tormented Hero, I can extort it and have my opponent pay two life instead of myself. +2/+0, Regenerate, and my opponent loses 2 life is pretty good for only two mana.

Triton Tactics: One mana to cast on two Tormented Heros to block as 2/4s, my opponent loses two life, I gain two life, and two creatures don't untap. Nice.

Duress: Why not Thoughtseize? BECAUSE I'M POOR.

Any comments?

Deckbuilder working again:

http://www.mtgdeckbuilder.net/Decks/ViewDeck/1077647

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In a way, it seems like you should use the temple of deciet, black/blue theros land, instead of the dimir guild gates, even though they are almost the same except for the scry ability of the temple of deciet. It's just that scry might be nice when you lay the temple, instead of just throwing down a guild gate , which I can't do much with right away.

around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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HOGWARTS

Just curious, but could someone maybe give me some ideas for drawing cards and if this deck might be good at an FNM?

4 steam vent
12 island
8 mountain

4 young pyromancer
4 guttersnipe
4 spellheart chimera

4 magma jet
4 turn/burn
4 stymied hopes
4 shock
4 molten birth (?)
4 negate (?)


Well, the cards with the (?) I am not too sure about putting in the deck just yet, since i would like to maybe find a couple more ideas. I have 2 Ral Zareks, and 2 bidents of thassa, which I was thinking might be nice, but am not too sure of yet. The 2 Ral Zareks, are in my current red/blue standard, but I am going to just try a new version of the deck, with this new list. I have a friend who also has an Izzet deck, and he used jace memory adept to mill himself, which i didnt really expect, to get more instants and sorceries out for his spellheart chimera, but i was also pondering of whether or not to try steam augury's, instead of the epic experiments i have now...... Still trying to decide, but maybe if i took away, one of the sets of 4 of a card, and replaced it with 2 Ral Zarek's, and 2 bidents of thassa to make the last 4 cards?

Just curious, since i'd just like to try something new with my standard deck, with making it a bit faster, etc and make it a bit better, if you would like to see my current red/blue standard deck, all you gotta do is ask! =) maybe any tips for how it could beat mono-blue devotion? or b/w control?


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(My friends have taken to blowing lots of money on tier 1 decks,like mono-blue devotion and b/w control, its not a bad thing, but it really surprised me when my friend started to actually get hardcore about magic)


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so, in tandem, i would like to maybe make my standard an 'almost tier 1 deck', i guess you could call it, so it could actually be an equal match against my friends instead of having them blow me away with 1/0 elemental tokens, or get f*cked over by b/w control


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I can also change up the amount of mana.......... so its a good ratio for islands, mountains, and the steam vents.

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around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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Just finished another commander deck. Jund themed this time. Can't wait to sleeve it up and try it out.

Commander: Prossh, Skyraider of Kher

Creatures:
Hamletback Goliath
Mistcutter Hydra
Kalonian Hydra
Myojin of Infinite Rage
Skarrg Guildmage
Polis Crusher
Varolz, the Scar-Striped
Batterhorn
Oak Street Innkeeper
Gruul Ragebeast
Zhur-Taa Druid
Rubblebelt Raiders
Skarrg Goliath
Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
Rubblehulk
Necropolis Regent
Ogre Battledriver
Nemesis of Mortals
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Savageborn Hydra

Planeswalkers:
Sarkhan Vol
Garruk Relentless/Garruk, the Veil-Cursed

Sorcery:
Demolish
Explosive Vegetation
Death Cloud
Molten Disaster
Fade into Antiquity
Frenzied Tilling
Down/Dirty
Vandalblast
Mind Shatter
Diabolic Tutor
Green Sun's Zenith
Bramblecrush
Clan Defiance
Red Sun's Zenith
Lavalanche
Jarad's Orders
Rakdos's Return
Lay of the Land
Increasing Ambition
Kodama's Reach
Treasured Find
Morgue Burst
Seismic Stomp
Flesh/Blood

Instants:
Putrefy
Volcanic Geyser
Smelt
Grisly Salvage
Gruul Charm
Naturalize
Golgari Charm
Ranger's Guile

Enchantments:
Alpha Authority
Quest for Pure Flame
Curse of Bloodletting
Burning Earth
Furnace of Rath
Leyline of the Void
Leyline of Lifeforce
Leyline of Punishment

Artifact:
Goblin Charbelcher

Enchantment Artifact:
Hammer of Purphoros

Lands:
Golgari Guildgate
Gruul Guildgate
Jund Panorama
Barren Moor
12 Forests
9 Mountains
9 Swamps

I should get a hold of a Terramorphic Expanse and Evolving Wilds, probably a Spinerock Knoll too. I don't want to get too many non-basic lands though because I am hoping to catch a few people with burning earth.

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Orks: 3000
Chaos Daemons: 1750
Warriors of Chaos: 2000

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HOGWARTS

Just curious, but could someone maybe give me some ideas for drawing cards and if this deck might be good at an FNM?

4 steam vent
12 island
8 mountain

4 young pyromancer
4 guttersnipe
4 spellheart chimera

4 magma jet
4 turn/burn
4 stymied hopes
4 shock
4 molten birth (?)
4 negate (?)


Well, the cards with the (?) I am not too sure about putting in the deck just yet, since i would like to maybe find a couple more ideas. I have 2 Ral Zareks, and 2 bidents of thassa, which I was thinking might be nice, but am not too sure of yet. The 2 Ral Zareks, are in my current red/blue standard, but I am going to just try a new version of the deck, with this new list. I have a friend who also has an Izzet deck, and he used jace memory adept to mill himself, which i didnt really expect, to get more instants and sorceries out for his spellheart chimera, but i was also pondering of whether or not to try steam augury's, instead of the epic experiments i have now...... Still trying to decide, but maybe if i took away, one of the sets of 4 of a card, and replaced it with 2 Ral Zarek's, and 2 bidents of thassa to make the last 4 cards?

Just curious, since i'd just like to try something new with my standard deck, with making it a bit faster, etc and make it a bit better, if you would like to see my current red/blue standard deck, all you gotta do is ask! =) maybe any tips for how it could beat mono-blue devotion? or b/w control?


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(My friends have taken to blowing lots of money on tier 1 decks,like mono-blue devotion and b/w control, its not a bad thing, but it really surprised me when my friend started to actually get hardcore about magic)


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so, in tandem, i would like to maybe make my standard an 'almost tier 1 deck', i guess you could call it, so it could actually be an equal match against my friends instead of having them blow me away with 1/0 elemental tokens, or get f*cked over by b/w control


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I can also change up the amount of mana.......... so its a good ratio for islands, mountains, and the steam vents.
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around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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HOGWARTS

Any ideas on any other good cards that I could use for a standard mono-white aggro deck? I already have an idealized decklist, but I was curious if there was anything else....... I will also most likely be waiting on a few cards from Born of the Gods, such as the Nyxborn shieldmate , and others, since they would also help with how the decks gets its creatures to it's threat level, etc. Since enchantment creatures count as enchantments, that I could put towards using an ethereal armor on a creature, since the creature is an enchantment creature, so it still counts towards making the creatuire enchanted with the armor, stronger. Is that correct? I have a feeling it is, but I am asking, so I can have the rule(s) clarified. I added some files so you could see exactly what cards I am referring to, if anyone would like to see a prototype decklist, I'd be happy to supply one! Sorry I cloned my last post about my izzet standard deck, I wasnt sure which key I pressed, and it got copied over again, but this deck idea I just mentioned with the white aggro deck, and the red/blue izzet standard are open for comments! so please, give some advice!
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around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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Brighton, MO

Eidolon of Endless battles and Brimaz are going to rock face when they come out.

 
   
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HOGWARTS

Very true, Im very excited to have more cats/leonin, creatures, come out, since i have been waiting for more cat creatures to use, i know that there is already cat creatures and many of them, but the new ones coming out will surely be grand! especially for when i make my ajani, token deck, which i will plan out for the future, since i have about 3-4 decks in the construction process at the moment..... luckily i chose white as my color for when i preregistered for the prerelease, and pre-ordered a fat pack, so i have a chance at getting some of the new cats/leonin

around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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HOGWARTS

Alrighty then........ Well, I was just curious if maybe cloud fin raptors might be better idea to use, or maybe more useful in my izzet standard that I posted a while ago, ( the raptors would replace the guttersnipes, and would get bigger , with evolve, whenever I would get a 1/1 elemental) just curious!


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Might as well sing myself a tune........


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Where was I going with that??? Nvm....


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Just talking too myself.....


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To, not too, woops on the grammar....

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around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
Made in us
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Brighton, MO

 orkkiller21 wrote:
Alrighty then........ Well, I was just curious if maybe cloud fin raptors might be better idea to use, or maybe more useful in my izzet standard that I posted a while ago, ( the raptors would replace the guttersnipes, and would get bigger , with evolve, whenever I would get a 1/1 elemental) just curious!


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Might as well sing myself a tune........


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Where was I going with that??? Nvm....


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Just talking too myself.....


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To, not too, woops on the grammar....


Actually, Cloudfin Raptor would only evolve once if a 1/1 creature entered the battlefield, and if another entered after, it wouldn't evolve because the 1/1 doesn't have higher power/toughness than the Raptor, which is now 1/2

 
   
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HOGWARTS

Very true! Well, I ended up finishing the deck the other day, and would like anyone interested to go to this link here...... I hope the link works......

http://www.mtgvault.com/tigerknight21/decks/izzet-standard

around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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The problem I run into with an Izzet style blue red is it's slow to get the good combos rolling, very bad against aggro because you don't want to waste your spells with nothing on the field(Guttersnipe/pyromancer) to get the effects of, and you usually want to block a minimum of times because losing those is no good. Just in general it's hard to combat the current metas.

Other issues, against life gain especially constant, it has very big problems with. You whittle your opponent down while he constantly gains, not good. And cards like Skullcrack can only get you so far.

Things that I find help a deck that runs 4 of spellheart chimeras are izzet charm(you have 4 of which is great) and steam augury which makes them choose while giving you two benefits(card advantage and buffing spellheart.)
Maybe you should try some spells with cipher. IE: Hidden strings, and hands of binding. Where your spellhearts will be able to give you that free cast more often, and the cast unlike other "copies" will trigger guttersnipe as well as young pyromancer.
Nivmagus elemental is also a great 1 drop for exiling the free ciphers giving him 2 free counters each turn or, he is also great against counter decks where you can still exile the copy and get more mileage out of the countered card.

I believe elixir of immortality is particularly useful in a Izzet deck because of the fact that a lot of your draw(Izzet charm, or steam augury if you go that path) is discard as well. And it cycles them back into the deck while giving you life. Unfortunately that doesn't bode very well in the spellheart chimera theme.

And last but not least Overload spells are red blues friend. It effectively give you split cards on one card. Good early game, or maybe good late game for it's normal cost. Or the overload on some(Like Mizzium mortars, and Cyclonic rift) Can ruin the opponents day. Other's like Electrickery are great for the sideboard in what is more and more a token based meta.

I'll also add that I've had great success as of late with the addition of Possibility storm. It really helps lock out control decks. And decks with X cost cards makes them useless.(Sphinx's Revelation, Hydras)

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Brighton, MO

ZekeWN wrote:


I'll also add that I've had great success as of late with the addition of Possibility storm. It really helps lock out control decks. And decks with X cost cards makes them useless.(Sphinx's Revelation, Hydras)


Except good control decks will not let that land on the table. Possibility storm is 5 mana, to have counter backup to ensure it sticks, you're gonna need to make at least 7 mana (5 for Storm, 2 for Izzet Charm) to try and make it stick,

There's a reason Possibility storm is worth exactly $0.10.

 
   
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HOGWARTS

I agree with Plaguelordhobbyservices, possibility storm is ok, but really only works with specific decks, and why would you want to spend 5 mana for something that could get countered right away? It practically has the same worthlessness that Guild Feud had when Gatecrash came out, because NOBODY wanted it, and although it was a rare, people considered it complete crap, just like Tibalt, even though the only interesting thing about Tibalt, is his mana cost, and maybe his ultimate.I've even heard of people burning Tibalt cards because nobody really wants to use them, and they just became completely worthless, even though I feel like maybe making a random Tibalt deck just for the hell of it, but I have a dozen other decks under construction at the moment.

around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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TN/AL/MS state line.

I'm sorry, but "it can be countered" is not an excuse to not use a card. All but a very select few cards fit that criteria. It's the same as not using Arcbound Ravager because it "dies to Doom Blade".

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Well thats not exactly what i meant, I meant that why not use maybe use/try something else, that maybe you could do better, with, but it's true, and you cant deny it it, that it COULD get countered, but I wasnt saying that he SHOULD'NT play, it just maybe try something else out that might work better, or find a way to maybe get it out faster, if possible.

around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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Southwestern USA

A game type our group really enjoys is inspired by VTES. Requires at least 3 players. Players can only attack with creatures to the left. Spells can target anyone. When you kill the person to your left you gain 10 life. Last one standing is the victor.

Wheel and deal. Make alliances. Treaties. Survive at all costs.

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Beijing

Right before Theros was released I built an enchantment deck that used Possibility Storm, in what could be described as red-white-green control.

Everything was enchantments, using Pacifism, Defang, Oblivion Ring, etc to control creatures and other things on the table, shutting them down as they arrived. I also had Verdant Haven and Abundant Growth for Mana fixing and card draw.

Once I got to about mid game I could play Sphere of Safety which meant all creatures had a phenomenal cost to attack, that pretty much ended direct attacks from creatures. I also had Curse of Exhaustion which prevented multiple spells being cast in a turn. Also it combos with Possibility Storm to prevent them ever casting another spell in the game.

I would win by running them out of cards using things like Codex Shredder, of which there were only a couple in the deck. But as long as I could nudge their deck slightly fewer cards than mine, they would lose first when they ran out of cards to draw. The main sideboard card I had was Witchbane Orb that gives you hexproof. That stopped decks that could deal direct damage through spells and creatures, eg Boros Reckoner or Obzedat's Ghost Council.

I won a couple of games with it on the Game Day but although I'd largely designed it myself, I really hadn't much practice with it before hand other than a few test games with my friend, so it took me half the day to get a grip on how to manage certain situations. I think I'd do better if I had another go at the day but half those cards are out of standard now.
   
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http://www.mtgvault.com/tigerknight21/decks/enchant-this/

Plz maybe comment on this deck, I have the majority of the cards and am going to switch out the tandem lookout for something else. I am only going to have 2 and not 3 of a creature for when replacing the tandem lookout, so then i can run 4 spectral flights, instead of 3, since i am also going to replace the righteous authority with the spectral flights. The creatures i would replace the tandem lookouts with, would most likely be-

grand abolisher ( work well against instants, etc)
elite vanguard (nice 1 drop for 1st turn, etc)
Sigarda host of herons ( Maybe.....)
silverblade paladin (maybe.....)
Any white,green or blue enchantment creatures, such as maybe nyxborn shieldmate, hopeful eidolon, flitterstep eidolon, etc
auramancers (great for this deck because i can get enchantments back)
lost auramancers ( I can get out enchantments for free, in a way)
any other ideas? For creatures, or anything else for this deck? Please click the 'like' button on the deck's page also! TY!



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use the link above for getting to the deck, I hope the link doesn't
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around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
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Sweden

Just home from a 6-booster Born of the Gods sealed tournament.

Booster 1: Kiora and her emblem. Off to a good start.
Booster 2: Mogis.
Booster 3: Karametra, a foiled Eidolon of Countless Battles and a Kraken token.
Booster 4: Brimaz.
Booster 5: Ephara.
Booster 6: Chromanticore.

Who cares if I lost all my games?

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reply to almightywalrus- what kind of deck did you build? with the cards,etc?

around 1500,and building/improving
will be destroying soon?
Lotr/Hobbit SBG
MTG-Main decks-
Std- Mono Red Aggro
Std- Mono G. Devotion
EDH u/w control

 
   
Made in se
Ferocious Black Templar Castellan






Sweden

Went for a green-white-blue sort of crazy mess with Kiora, Karametra, the Eidolon, Brimaz and Ephara. Mana flooded first two games, no mana third, won fourth and drew last because of time.

For thirteen years I had a dog with fur the darkest black. For thirteen years he was my friend, oh how I want him back. 
   
 
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