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Body of Research
Sorcery
Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of cards in your library.
Slurpz on
Crouching Kadena, Hidden Phage [Ultimate]
1 year ago
I find that the upside of having my mana fixed to cast both Phage and Body of Research reliably is worth the downside of having a mana base that might get hated on every once in a while. An opponent has to run basic land hate (with all the opportunity cost that entails), find it, cast it, and have it not get removed by the table before it impacts me. This makes it a risk I'm willing to take. Although it can cause this build to lose a game once in a while I personally find the upside outweighs the hate.
wallisface on
Simic ramp-new
1 year ago
Some thoughts:
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Mu Yanling isn’t modern-legal.
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lifegain is probably the weakest mechanic in magic, and it’s never usually worth running cards that only gain life - i’d ditch Predator's Rapport.
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you need waay more lands imo. Typical modern ramp decks will be running anywhere from 28-33 lands. 20 is far too low, especially when cards like Elvish Pioneer and Eureka Moment are depending on a high land count.
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ramp decks usually want all their cards to either be ramping you, or providing some massive payoff for all your mana. In that sense, I don’t think Scythe Leopard has any reasonable place here.
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some of your big “payoff” cards also feel skeptical to me. Nessian Boar is just giving your opponent card advantage. Snapping Sailback doesn’t feel particularly intimidating for its mana cost. Body of Research is interesting, but is still just a big vanilla creature with no abilities.
griffstick on Path to Exile or Swords …
2 years ago
Situational either card can be better. It really comes down to the type of deck it goes in and the decks you're up against.
These cards on their own at base value Swords to Plowshares is better. Unless you hit a token from the card Body of Research created. Or Serra Avatar or Malignus Type cards. Then Swords isn't good. Unless that big creature if gonna hit you. But then again it's situational.
InnocentAu on
Fractal Standard
2 years ago
Gotta say, I've tried this deck and loved it! Super effective for the price and quite fun. I highly recommend adding a couple of Tanazir Quandrix though, with Double Major, you can quadruple tokens on a fractal. With Manifestation Sage, that means a fractal in the 20/20 range. With Body of Research, you're looking at a 160/160 ish... :D
kidsquid on How To Make Fractal Tribal …
2 years ago
Would like to seek help for this basic idea of mine. First time I saw Esix and the very small Fractal tribe, I fell in love with it!!
I could've just went with Avenger of Zendikar on this one but I'd like to have the fractals to be the main theme in this deck.
I just love the concept of exponential doubling of counters and this card Body of Research .
Playtesting it, I saw that I always run out of hand because of ramping, and having problems getting the fractals out. It just doesn't seem glued together yet.
Let me know your thoughts!
Thanks
Slurpz on
Crouching Kadena, Hidden Phage [Ultimate]
2 years ago
If I'm being honest the area where I know the least about what I'm doing is making a mana base and am open to feedback regarding it but honestly I don't know what you're trying to tell me. I have looked at manabases of top decks with off-color fetches and essentially copied them with slight modification. In none of those top decks have I seen this type of mana base be brought up as having the same issue. I'm definitely in line with Abzkaban's view here.
One of the advantages of this type of mana base that my deck desperately needs is mana fixing as we're trying to win with Phage the Untouchable and Body of Research . This is also why I run Chromatic Lantern . I wouldn't run a mana base this expensive unless I absolutely needed to so if you have an example of a more appropriate mana base please link it here.
Slurpz on
Kadena Slinkena
2 years ago
I like the Aphetto Alchemist + Illusionists Bracers + Fledgling Mawcor combo. I haven't seen that one before, gonna have to do some thinking and see if I can possibly squeeze that into my own Kadena deck. Have you considered Body of Research to do a 2 card combo with Simic Ascendancy ?
Slurpz on
Crouching Kadena, Hidden Phage [Ultimate]
3 years ago
Cut Ashnod's Altar, Endless Whispers, Scroll of Fate, Ixidor, Beastmaster Ascension, and Dark Ritual. Added Body of Research as a second card that can be an instakill in one round of combat. Added in Simic Ascendancy which can combo for a win with Body of Research . Upgraded the mana base with off color fetches for the fixing many of the cards require. Did minor adjustment to basic land counts and mana rocks to reflect the needs of the deck. Added Phyrexian Altar for the any color of mana it can produce. Updated the description to change the change in direction of the deck. Added Grim tutor as OK option / replacement for a proxy of Imperial Seal I intend to make. I can't remember what other changes there were but they are all reflected in the description.
This is not where I imagined the deck ending up, but as I look at it I see a sort of a "fair" combo deck. Answers exist to the combos used for winning, it can be fast but sometimes it won't be. You can shoot for pulling off less certain combos like winning with Elbrus. One day you might pickle lock turn 5. I think as a result of the draw engine and the tutors it may be possible to tailor playing this deck for different tables by pursuing different combos. That's the deck. There won't be any more edits until a new card comes out that gets me brewing again.
