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Downpour Discussion

Xindlepete on Give me all of your bacon and eggs

6 days ago

With a bunch of high P/T sphinxes and whatnot, there's Simic Manipulator . Otherwise there is a lot of good tap-down effects in both blue and white, which can be potent when combined with Royal Assassin or Gideon's Avenger . Perhaps things like Downpour , Frost Breath , Feeling of Dread , Gideon's Lawkeeper , Hidden Strings and Hands of Binding make for powerful tap-down effects, and Assassinate or Sunblast Angel work as another destroyer. So even if you aren't getting the destroy effects, at least you are controlling the board and keeping yourself in the game to get out your big fliers. :) Just a thought, and I feel like that would fit with what you are trying to do here.

As far as stealing effects go, Slave of Bolas fits your colors (technically). There's also Captivating Glance , Chamber of Manipulation , Domestication , Biting Tether , Corrupted Conscience , Vapor Snare , Enslave , Spirit Away , Fool's Demise , and of course Mind Control . There might be others, but those are all I can think of for now.

And there are a bunch of "tap and doesn't untap during the untap step" enchantments too. Things like Numbing Dose , Mind Whip , Thirst , Plumes of Peace , Melancholy , Venarian Gold , Spectral Prison , Sleeping Potion , Paralyze , and Apathy . There are also non-enchantments with the effect, such as Hands of Binding , Frost Breath , Crippling Chill , Telekinesis , Vertigo Spawn Wall of Frost , Kor Hookmaster , Thalakos Dreamsower , Sleep and Dungeon Geists . Again, I'm sure there are more but those are all I can think of.

Hope any of that was helpful/what you were looking for. :)

Warmonger on Izzet-Dimir Midrange

6 days ago

Question 1: What is your primary strategy?
Question 2: What is your secondary strategy?
Question 3: What is your primary win condition?
Question 4: What is your secondary win condition?
Question 5: Do the answers to questions 3 & 4 support the answers of questions 1 & 2?

I currently don't see a primary strategy. I see Nivix Cyclops beating in heads but you need to have a plan to make sure they can connect. Far / Away are wonderful but you need to make sure that will be enough. I can also see a hint of a mill strategy, but nothing strongly supported.

I would suggest a shift towards either control (blue) or burn (red), but keep the mana cost low. Additionally, I would either substitute white for the black, or add more black to the mix.

Control helps to carve a path for the Cyclops by countering, bouncing, or tapping down their creatures. Burn does similar but it can also be aimed at the opponent if necessary or available. Black and white both have creature kill and evasion tricks, but the primary feature you want is Extort.

With black, you will essentially find 3 cards that fit you deck; Basilica Screecher (C), Syndicate Enforcer (C), and Thrull Parasite (U).

With white, you will essentially find 3 cards that fit you deck; Basilica Guards (C), Syndic of Tithes (C), and Blind Obedience (R).

Black cards will be easier to find and trade for, but the white cards have more synergistic power. The guards can block anything with 3 power or less. The Syndic can be a 2/2 blocker or attacker. But both can be removed with creature kill. Blind Obedience , being an Enchantment has better longevity and extra "come-into-play-tapped" controls. It is also currently about a $2-3 rare.

Again, the black cards will be cheaper but will be destroyed much easier as well.

I know of additional Extort cards but you said you wanted it to be on a limited budget. Also the B/W extort cards wouldn't be splashable in this type of deck.

White will also give you support to the Control side with cards like Feeling of Dread and Burden of Guilt . This will also encourage more blue control spells like Blustersquall , Crippling Chill , and Downpour .

Black gives more support to the Burn/kill strategy with Corpse Lunge , Fires of Undeath . This also encourages red spells like Curse of the Pierced Heart , Harvest Pyre , and Devil's Play .

Drop some of the marginally playable cards: Call of the Nightwing , Consuming Aberration , and Thought Scour that need additional cards to be viable and substitute with faster, more efficient instants. Dropping most of the sorceries will also provide better combat tricks and more surprise blocking situations.

Take all I have said purely as suggestions. Any deck is viable in casual formats, but for more competitive situations (even sub-tier 1) your processes have to be consistent and focused.

ColeyPTrain on Science of the Mind

1 week ago

+3 Nephalia Drownyard -3 Downpour

favarao on Unblockable Vampires

1 week ago

I have a similar deck too

Well to be unblockable I would try Sleep instead Into the Void and I used Downpour but Artful Dodge is much more efficient than that.

Is also lovely to use Falkenrath Exterminator to burn opponent's creatures

Rayenous on Sleeper Dragon's Maze Cards

1 week ago

Still.... I'd rather have just about any other card. Blustersquall , Downpour , Gridlock , Sleep , Artful Dodge , Ghostform , and Tricks of the Trade are all options in the same color that would do just as well (or usually better), and not rely on having a "protection from colour" or "landwalk" creature in play.

If it were a permanent change, it may be okay... if it were instant, it may be okay... but the way this card was designed just sucks.

Xindlepete on Delver of Secrets or Fog ...

2 weeks ago

emrakool knows what be up. :) I agree, if you are looking for some better aggro protection then Cyclonic Rift or Sleep are the way to go. Blustersquall isn't a terrible choice either. But if you are looking for something a bit lower on mana cost than 4-ish, look no further than Downpour . While being a commonly overlooked card, instant speed tap 3 for two mana can really shut down Naya/Gruul humans on turn 2 or 3 when they really start to pick up. It makes a nice alternative to Essence Scatter , and can also be used late game to help clear a path for your own large creatures.

r3mu5 on bug control

1 month ago

yes! i can not wait to put that card in this deck! thank you for the +1

i might still put Downpour in though, because it definitely stalls. thank you for the suggestion!

Dragonkkealk on Would you kindly discard your deck, sir?

1 month ago

I would definitely add a few monsters, I had a mill deck which was also mono-blue.

Archaeomancer so when you cast spells like Tome Scour and Thought Scour you can cast them again.

If your adding control then I would put in Isperia's Skywatch if you don't have any creatures and he has a big bad one - though it is pricy mana-wise....

Kraken Hatchling Because of a 1-drop with good defense.

Mist Raven It's equivilent to Unsummon but it's still pricy, so maybe like 1 or 2

Stealer of Secrets or Scroll Thief in case you are against a slow deck, it will speed yours up.

Dreadwaters Especially if you find some sort of blue mana-ramp. This will make your opponent's deck really tiny!

Exclude Though this isn't modern.. So something similar to it.

Vedalken Entrancer For obvious reasons.

If your going to go with Psychic Spiral Then I would do something that mills yourself like Armored Skaab

Divination and Inspiration to get more cards quickly.

Essence Scatter for reasons stated above

Lost in the Mist This has a lot of cost, but it also returns permanent to owner's hand.

Divination for reasons stated above

Crosstown Courier For reasons stated above