Experience Point

I made a bunch of edits about a month ago. Some were based on acquisitions, others had been sitting in the maybeboard for a while, and some were cards that felt obvious. I'm not entirely happy with the outcome so far, so I have a feeling I might make other …

5 years ago

Kess, Dissident Spellslinger

Duel Commander* zulaica

SCORE: 2 | 7 COMMENTS | 1256 VIEWS | IN 2 FOLDERS

Replacements

As confirmed by user:TeferisBitchboy, the Rituals were out of place and inconsistent. They've been replaced by Fiery Confluence and Dark Petition. A potential for 6 damage to my opponent for with Fiery Confluence was too good to pass up, and consistently having a Spell Mastery trigger made …

6 years ago

Kess, Dissident Spellslinger

Duel Commander* zulaica

SCORE: 2 | 7 COMMENTS | 1256 VIEWS | IN 2 FOLDERS

Some minor tweaking took place over the week. This is where the dust settled.

Mana Fixing

Reflecting Pool and City of Brass had been sitting in the maybe pile since I put this deck together. I opted for a simple swap with one Swamp and one Island.

Reflecting Pool …

6 years ago

Kess, Dissident Spellslinger

Duel Commander* zulaica

SCORE: 2 | 7 COMMENTS | 1256 VIEWS | IN 2 FOLDERS

After an admittedly short amount of testing, I made a snap judgement and replaced Firemind's Foresight with Exquisite Firecraft.

Firemind's Foresight felt like a dead draw in this deck. Exquisite Firecraft is cost-effective burn—which this deck needed more of—and Spell Mastery is most often triggered. I feel like it was …

6 years ago

I know you're here, I hear you blinking

Commander / EDH* MisterCasey

SCORE: 4 | 3 COMMENTS | 650 VIEWS | IN 2 FOLDERS

Have been placing consistently in top 4 of a Duel Commander tourney after some major overhauls. Focus less on artifacts and more on controlling board state. Lots of bouncing and tapping of opponents stuff until I can put together a win-con. The deck is a lot faster now.

6 years ago

And Rafiq will form the head!

Commander / EDH* MisterCasey

SCORE: 1 | 1 COMMENT | 233 VIEWS

Have started using this deck in a Duel Commander setting, so went through some major overhaul. As over half of the deck has changed, an out-in will take too long. Added removal and draw.

7 years ago

Tasigur, the Delving Fang

Duel Commander zulaica

7 COMMENTS | 466 VIEWS

In practice, Hooting Mandrills didn't work particularly well. It feels premature to swap it back after one day, but I have a feeling its effectiveness is too limited to edge cases. Deathrite Shaman makes its way back into the deck.

8 years ago

Tasigur, the Delving Fang

Duel Commander zulaica

7 COMMENTS | 466 VIEWS

I haven't adjusted my manabase accordingly yet, but made the following adjustments for tonight:

• Spell Pierce for Think Twice

• Undermine for Forbidden Alchemy

• Hooting Mandrills for Deathrite Shaman

We'll see how it works….

8 years ago

Tasigur, the Delving Fang

Duel Commander zulaica

7 COMMENTS | 466 VIEWS

Swapping Damia, Sage of Stone for Mox Diamond didn't take too much thought. She's a great card, but her triggered ability doesn't really synergize with the rest of the deck. Coupled with a relatively high casting cost, the decision was made somewhat easy.

8 years ago

Hardened Scalelords [BFZ]

Standard* zulaica

SCORE: 7 | 19 COMMENTS | 2365 VIEWS | IN 6 FOLDERS

Undergrowth Champion has been performing better than expected. Due to its relatively high casting cost, I haven't been seeing Enduring Scalelord on the battlefield as often. It made sense to remove one Enduring Scalelord for one Undergrowth Champion.

The sideboard saw some revision as well. Erase wasn't being used, plus …

8 years ago

Hardened Scalelords [BFZ]

Standard* zulaica

SCORE: 7 | 19 COMMENTS | 2365 VIEWS | IN 6 FOLDERS

After getting stomped in a playtest against Grixis Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, I realized I needed some responses to indestructible creatures and more exile. I also figured I could use more than 20 creatures -- I was too focused on removal -- so Anafenza, the Foremost makes an appearance. Ob …

8 years ago

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