sblay1, 11 years ago

I took out 2 Cornucopias for 2 Mind sculpts and dropped 4 islands for the 4 drowned catacombs

rhyptherock, 11 years ago

-2 Spellheart Chimera, Prognostic Sphinx. Swapped my Glimpse the Future for Divination. Also swapped some stuff for (FONCY) new cards.

Some Interactions

oysteria, 11 years ago

Here's a list of the interactions you should be taking advantage of:

Hidden Strings: When you cast it, you can untap two lands, essentially making it free, then cipher it onto a creature capable of dealing combat damage this turn. Let's assume a board of just Nivmagus Elemental and Battlewise Hoplite in play, both able to swing.

The first cast of Hidden Strings: target Battlewise Hoplite and a land, then Cipher onto the Hoplite. When he deals combat damage, target him with the copy of Hidden Strings (this triggers heroic, meaning you get the +1/+1 counter and scry trigger), then exile the copy while it's on the stack with Nivmagus Elemental so he gets two counters. For two mana, you got a 3/4, a 4/4, two scry triggers, and potentially untapped a land. Not bad.

You can also exile your tricks while they're on the stack if they get countered, meaning that even if you don't get your trick off you still get value off your card. So what if they Dispel'd your Triton Tactics? Nivmagus is still getting two counters, baby.

Remember that Disperse can be used on your own creatures to save them from board wipes or disadvantageous blocks, and that when you board in your Detention Spheres it gets even better-- you can cast D-Sphere to exile a creature, then cast Disperse in response to the ETB trigger. This returns D-sphere to your hand, but the first ability still resolves so those creatures are now permanently exiled and you still get your D-sphere back.

harbinger_redux, 11 years ago

Modern Event Deck Removals: All Caves of Kolios All City of Brass All Soul Warden 1 Honor the Pure 2 Intangible Virtue 1 Sword of Feast and Famine 2 Shrine of Loyal Legions

A New Direction

Shivalry, 11 years ago

Boros Reckoner price dropped significantly, so I've decided to add a full playset. Dropped the land count back down to 20, I really don't need any more than that. Worked Mogis's Marauder back into my side board, I really like it as a closer against basically any deck that isn't mono-black. Pretty happy with the deck, finally. Doesn't feel like anything is missing. I just need lots of practice now to make it feel second nature.

FNM Update (6/13/14) 2nd Place!

MattTheNinja, 11 years ago

Things went really well this last FNM. I got second place, though I feel like I could have gotten first, and there was even a Conspiracy draft afterwards where I opened a Dack Fayden. The reason I feel I could have gotten first is because I made a misplay during game 1 vs R/W Burn which may have allowed me to win and let us play 3 games instead of 2.

Round 1: 2-1 vs. Elfball

Round 2: 2-1 vs. infinity-ooze-updated-what-do-you-think (If you're not familiar with this deck you should really check it out, it's pretty awesome)

Round 3: 0-2 vs. R/W Burn

Round 4: 2-1 vs. U/W/R Kiki Control

Also, clearing the comments since it's getting redundant and cluttered again and a quick shout out to GlistenerAgent for helping tinker with the deck.

Zenog3, 11 years ago

Added in a sideboard, and replaced 4 Gift of Orzhova with 2 Eidolon of Countless Battles and 2 Herald of Torment

Nyahaah! 40 upvotes!~

Smellygoat11, 11 years ago

Thank you all for the support! I shall continue work on the deck for weeks to come, so keep those suggestions coming! :D [Comments purged]

2HG FNM

harrydemon117, 11 years ago

Change this up a bit to play alongside a Jund Midrange build so the mana bases don't cross over

WIN.

superwill123, 11 years ago

i beat the game. woo!

Round 2

Dekeman3, 11 years ago

Found too many large / expensive cards hold this deck back. Adding in more control and cards that aren't just a one time use.

dirk, 11 years ago

Clearing Comments

Recent changes and explainations.

Arxvacen, 11 years ago

Thirst for Knowledge -> Ponder. TFK is a great card for any blue deck and especially those decks running recursion and artifacts. I ended up cutting it for ponder (begrudingly because I've got an FNM foil TFK) because there have been an occasional game where I've been off green mana and no way to tutor up a forest in U/B. Ponder is a 1 mana way of digging through the deck for that land I need, and, like TFK, is not dead late game. Since this deck, by choice, doesn't run a "big mana" theme, the 1cmc vs 3cmc helps out tremendously for conserving mana, also the ability to shuffle gives Top and Sylvan Library extra juice.

Living Death -> Decree of Pain. Living Death is an absolute house (a sweeper and mass reanimator rolled into one), but with less and less creatures in the deck, it was losing its support. Decree of Pain sticks out like a sore thumb at 8cmc but its a sweeper and mass draw in one card, and you can cycle it to kill most tokens, utility creatures, and replaces itself while being essentially uncounterable. It also takes care of Gaddock Teeg which is a card I always try to build my decks around, even if I haven't seen Teeg played in a while.

Some Tweaks

stangmar, 11 years ago

Rings of Brighthearth--> Reforge the Soul: this was to try and see if mayael will benifit from a form of refuel

True Conviction --> Maze of Ith i dont see make of ith as a land and more as a spell and want to see if it works in this deck

mana reflections --> Reap and Sow: i have wanted to try this ramp spell for a while

scourge of kher ridge -->Steel Hellkite: want to see if this works better

Chromatic Lantern --> Kodama's Reach: want to have pure lands and not mana rocks if i can

Madblind Mountain --> Boseiju, Who Shelters All: the mountain was too hard to activate consistently

Updated

lessthanthree24, 11 years ago

I've made a few changes, reduced the planeswalker count and added Godsend, also changed the 2 drops to be more devotion/create creatures based for Eidolon of Countless Battles, also added a Dictate of Heliod which also can take advantage of having more tokens on the board!

Let me know what you all think...

SB & Ideas

HanHeinrich, 11 years ago

SB (during PTQ 15.06.) vs. Token(Polymorph) Leyline of Sanctity !! +2 Anger, +2 Seal, (Swan Song, Needle) -3 Relic, -1(3) Remand vs. Valakut +2 Spellskite, +2 Swan Song, +1 Counterflux, (+2/3 Baloth) -1 Anger, -2 Repeal, -2 L.Bolt, (-1 CoK, -1 Relic, -1 Remand) vs. Merfolk +2 Anger, +1 Needle, +1 Combust, +2 Swan Song, (+1 Seal) -3 Relic, -3 Remand, (-1 CoK) vs. Pod +2 Anger, +1 Needle, +1 Grudge (Sskite), +1 Combust (Angel) -3 Remand, -1 CoK, (- Relic vs. non-GY) vs. GB/Jund +3 Baloth, +1 Needle, +2 Spellskite (Decay) -1 Anger, -1 Repeal, -1/2 Remand, -1/2 CoK, (-1 Relic) vs. Twin +2 Spellskite, +2 Seal, +2 Swan Song, +1 Combust -3 Courser, -2 Tribe Elder, -1 Anger, -1 Remand(?) Ideas: Beast Within for Repeal 1 more Needle ? Vendilion Clique Teferi ?? only 25 lands ?

Change 2

HanHeinrich, 11 years ago

Last Minute changes before Tournament: MB: -1 Anger of the Gods -1 Farseek +1 Primeval Titan +1 Repeal SB: -1 Primeval Titan -1 Negate +1 Counterflux +1 Anger of the Gods

xcn, 11 years ago

Experiment One out Selvala's Enforcer in

Change 1

HanHeinrich, 11 years ago

GerryT -> change 1 MB: -2 Oracle of Mul Daya -1 Lightning Bolt -1 Remand -1 Repeal -1 Explore -2 Fire-Lit Thicket -1 Flooded Grove -1 Island +1 Primeval Titan +1 Izzet Charm +2 Farseek +2 Anger of the Gods SB: -1 Relic of Progenitus -1 Ancient Grudge -1 Swan Song -1 Anger of the Gods +1 Combust +1 Negate +2 Spellskite

Deck Disassembled

Gidgetimer, 11 years ago

I disassembled this deck about 2 months ago because I cannibalized some major parts to improve my Oloro deck. Not actively keeping up on this deck but keeping the list in case i want to revisit in the future.

Edits

mo_food, 11 years ago

Removed: Urban Evolution Eidolon of Blossoms Chameloeon Colossus Primeval Bounty Glen Elendra Archmage Clone Simic Sky Swallower Hinder Akroma's Memorial

Added: Jace Beleren Jace, the Mind Sculptor Garruk, Primal Hunter Tamiyo, the Moon Sage Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre All is Dust Krosan Grip Kodama's Reach Beast Within

Speeding up deck.

Danthos, 11 years ago

Droping x3 Karametra's Acolyte for x3 Experiment One

Droping x1 Reverent Hunter for x1 Fanatic of Xenagos