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Bottle Gnomes
Artifact Creature — Gnome
Sacrifice Bottle Gnomes: You gain 3 life.
awesomedude20 on
Shirei's Army of Weaklings
1 year ago
So, Shirei as a deck, has one fatal issue you gotta overcome:
If Shirei dies, so does your entiiiiiiire gameplan, so protecting Shirei is absolutely a must.
I see you're running some indestructible-enabling equipments. Darksteel Plate is... okay, but Shield of Kaldra should probably be scrapped. That's 8 mana you gotta dump into it for it to do its thing.
I would run more cards like Professor's Warning, Without Weakness, or Gift of Doom (which is especially fun since you don't care about saccing creatures, and you'll always play it for its morph cost, which is 3 generic. Not too bad at all.)
These let you survive removal which WILL be pointed at your commander, while also trading the expensive benefit of having continuous indestructible applied to Shirei, for the chance to make your opponents WASTE removal on you.
A Darksteel Plate is great and all, but it gives other players all the time in the world to try and play around it, and THEN blow up Shirei. Reactionary protection lets you waste their resources, which is fun.
Also, this is my own personal view on the game talking, but I think you have WAAAAAAAAAY too many tutors. Your entire sorcery/instant lineup is tutors, and then a few more.
I think you'd be better off replacing almost all of those cards, with cards that you'd be happy to draw anyways, because as soon as every card in your deck is a good draw, you really won't need those tutors.
Ideally you'll want to add more sac outlets, more Shirei protection/ramp, and DEFINITELY some instant-speed removal.
I might add more thoughts later, but uh, laaaast thing.
Marionette Master is INSANE and is capable of dealing like 50~ damage or so to a player in just one turn rotation. So uh, yeah lol.
Also Tree of Perdition is fun.
And Bottle Gnomes best card 10/10
BrassLord on
Fear the Night - Werewolf eldrich horror
3 years ago
Possible sideboard includes that are budget Back to Nature for Boggles, Sorcerous Spyglass for a catch all, Ancient Grudge and Smash to Smithereens for Affinity, Tormod's Crypt for graveyard shenanigans, Ghost Quarter for Tron, and Thragtusk or my favorite Bottle Gnomes for any Aggro!
But sideboards are always dependent on what you play against! Hope that gives some ideas!
Spell_Slam on
[PDH] Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
3 years ago
That's a gooood cookie! Much better than Bottle Gnomes! Thanks again!
Omniscience_is_life on
Mayael, the Master of Monsters
3 years ago
Hey fellow Nayan!
LOVE this list, I'm definitely going to take many of these cards over to my deck.
May I suggest some cards? Thanks. For card draw, Soul of the Harvest is a superstar, as it provides a decent body with a relevant keyword in addition to said draw. I don't like Bonders' Enclave, paying what is essentially 4 mana for 1 card in exchange for a (admittedly untapped) colorless source is not ideal in my mind... but if you're feeling ok with your colorfixing then perhaps it's ok :)
You have a LOT of 3+ CMC ramp, I would suggest Nature's Lore+Arcane Signet in exchange for Migration Path, and Kodama's Reach (can't have Ishi-Ishi, Akki Crackshot pinging you ;D).
How about Zacama, Primal Calamity? Even as just a 9/9 keyword soup, it'd be decent, but having a Naturalize, Lightning Bolt, and, um, Bottle Gnomes on a stick is incredible. Maybe take out Akroma, Angel of Wrath as she has no function but to beat? Provides no additional value?
Just thoughts! Thank you for making this deck, I really did enjoy finding it!
Strangelove on
Perpetual Servitude
3 years ago
Hey Sauwse, +1
You want cards that, unless they ramp or draw, do at least two things (like sacrifice themselves and trigger). Also, I found death triggers to be more useful than ETBs with Shirei and the stack.
I'd say you can cut the following:
Tree of Perdition... I love it too, but... it paints huge target on your head. I almost never get this to go off without boots, etc. Anything that has to tap is going to be clunky.
Piper of the Swarm... also clunky.
Tattered Mummy / Cauldron Familiar... compared to Sling-Gang Lieutenant? or Qarsi Sadist?
Deathgreeter... I'm not sure if I like this more than Bottle Gnomes, and I like that Deathgreeter costs 1, but I think you have enough lifegain as is.
Macabre Waltz... one of the weakest cards for sure.
Hope that helps! Good luck.
xaarvaxus on
Teshar
4 years ago
Bottle Gnomes may only gain you life but they at least can sac themselves at no cost and count as historic for the purposes of triggering your commander's ability.
Felidar Cub gives a little more removal to recur.
Condemn is a bit conditional but at least an option for some instant speed removal that can deal with indestructible creatures.
Checked Card Kingdom and they have a fair number of printings of Sun Titan for under $3, the Commander 2019 version is listed at $1.99. Having a couple of things that are a little beefier wouldn't be a bad idea and it fits the theme of the deck.
I second adding a anthem or two to be able to punch through if/when needed.
lagotripha on
Grisly Graverobbers 2.0
4 years ago
Nice list, should be fun for casual play. I'd look at mechanics like morbid Tragic Slip , Scavenge Slitherhead , unearth Extractor Demon , and 'classic' sacrifice effect creatures like Spore Frog or Bottle Gnomes / Brindle Boar . Stag is currently your only way to deal with flying creatures, so something like Aerie Ouphes would likely help.
Past that, relax and build something to be fun with your playgroup. Good casual games aren't about consistancy (uneless its consistant fun), they are about creating fun memories and flashing in Gluttonous Slime in response to living end.
kyledycus81 on
Oloro, Darkness Ascetic
4 years ago
Replaced Bottle Gnomes for Priest of Forgotten Gods cheaper mana cost both gained life but priest had more worth.