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Labyrinth Guardian
Creature — Illusion Warrior
When Labyrinth Guardian becomes the target of a spell, sacrifice it.
Embalm {, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Illusion Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
Mark1408 on
"And Just Like That... They Were Gone"
5 years ago
my version
-2 Ice Cage
-2 Unsummon
-4 Peek
+2 Spell Pierce
+2 Island
JibJig on
Sacrifice
6 years ago
CREATURES
Cards I'd cut:
Aberrant Researcher Flip - There are better options to throw cards into your own graveyard. Examples include Sultai Ascendancy or Search for azcanta which will later let you Anticipate each turn.
Accursed Witch Flip - Curses alienate one player and make them hate you. You don't want people to hate you in EDH. Also curses aren't very good to begin with.
Ashling, the Extinguisher - 4 mana with no evasion makes it very unlikely this critter will actually connect with players. I recommend cutting it for a better force-sacrifice effect like Innocent Blood.
Bloodbriar - It's selfish (it only gives itself +1/+1 counters) and it has zero evasion. Not worth it. I recommend Reyhan, Last of the Abzan in its stead; it has the same CMC and lets you move around +1/+1 counters all day.
Briarbridge Patrol - Not very good. Tireless Tracker is so much better. Replace the creature-searching with Evolutionary Leap or if you want to spend $75 Survival of the Fittest is amazing.
Centaur Rootcaster - Same reason as Ashling. Get rid of it. Wood Elves and Sakura-Tribe Elder instead.
Deadeye Plunderers - You only have two artifacts in the deck.
Demon of Wailing Agonies - Slow. Especially when your commander has CMC 6.
Gatekeeper of Malakir - BBB cost is really hard to get sometimes in BUG colors.
Glissa, the Traitor - Slow. She's neat and a good blocker but it doesn't matter because you only have two artifacts.
Greater Harvester - Same reason as the Gatekeeper. Run Smothering Abomination instead.
Labyrinth Guardian - This critter adds nothing to your strategy.
Magus of the Mirror - I've killed people with their own Magus. Also the same problem as the curses; it alienates one person. Also Tree of Perdition exists.
Marrow Chomper - Too slow.
Mortician Beetle - Selfish. Swap with Fleshbag Marauder and Slum Reaper.
Patron of the Nezumi - Not enough rats to make it worth it. Effect is meh.
Phylactery Lich - Same reason as Gatekeeper. Also you only have two artifacts.
Savra, Queen of the Golgari - She does nothing on her own; she needs other things to do her work which isn't good.
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant - Just run Grave Titan instead.
Skullmulcher - Consider Soul of the Harvest instead. Both are good but you might need more gas than Skullmulcher can give you.
Utopia Mycon - Too slow.
I'll add more comments when I get more time to look over the next few categories.
ChaosNightshade on
6 years ago
Found the comprehensive section clarifying that. Thanks for pointing it out. I've replaced Tymaret, the Murder King, Bloodsoaked Champion and Labyrinth Guardian.
SlyBlu7 on Draft League N00B, HELP!
6 years ago
Hey guys - just entered a draft league. They let us pick up 4 packs to start (2 ANK, 2 HOU) and build 30 card decks from there. I think I got the short end of the pulls. Especially when I look at the awesome (frustratingly so) pulls that my GF got, who is even more of a newbie to the game. Anyway, this is what I put together:
Creatures Frilled Sandwalla , Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons, Naga Vitalist, Dune Beetle , Wretched Camel, Ruin Rat, Bitterblade Warrior , Sidewinder Naga , Ornery Kudu , Giant Spider , Bitterbow Sharpshooters
Spells Compelling Argument, Gift of Strength , Synchronized Strike , Splendid Agony, Cartouche of Ambition, Torment of Venom
Artifacts Traveler's Amulet, Bontu's Monument, Oketra's Monument
Land Ipnu Rivulet, Desert of the Glorified, Desert of the Indomitable, Grasping Dunes,1Island, 4Forest, 2Swamp
The idea that I had was to go BG for tossing -1/-1 with Vizier, and having some creatures and pumps. Splashed U for milling.
What else did I pull? Garbage, I think. White was especially thin, which is sad because it's one of my favorite colors.
White Mighty Leap , Oketra's Avenger , Forsake the Worldly , Dauntless Aven , Sandblast
Blue Strategic Planning, Spellweaver Eternal, Labyrinth Guardian , Ancient Crab , Eternal of Harsh Truths, Tragic Lesson, Illusory Wrappings , Shimmerscale Drake , Striped Riverwinder, Open Into Wonder
Black Liliana's Defeat, Shadow of the Grave, Doomfall, Razaketh, the Foulblooded
Red Crash Through, Pathmaker Initiate, Nef-Crop Entangler , Blur of Blades, Open Fire, Pursue Glory , Manticore Eternal , Hazoret's Undying Fury, Desert Cerodon
Aftermath Onward / Victory
Land Sunscorched Desert, Shefet Dunes
Now, my list of cards is recorded at the store, so I can change the deck but obviously cannot add any cards from elsewhere. I'm wondering if I shouldn't have featured Red in the deck, maybe just cut my losses and went RG to keep it simple. Can anyone help me out? It's fairly casual, but I don't really want to get my head caved in for the next two months of MtG.Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
casmiel on
Merely an Illusion
6 years ago
Oops overlooked your Visions, sorry. In that case I'd suggest maindeck Mana Leak, Gossamer just doesn't look Modern playable to me. And if it has to be a creature, I'd still take Labyrinth Guardian over it. Illusory Angel is playable, but only with Aether Vial backup which is crazy expensive as you know. It's difficult to satisfy the summoning condition in your list
The top Modern Merfolk lists that win tournaments all run between 2-3 Dismember even if they take 4, and that deck has been in revision and development for many years. I would just take the risk to be honest, there has to be something they are doing right with that.
TankyHamster on
Lord of Illusions
6 years ago
Hey Hunterlink!
Great deck and love how it's budget.
Just wondering why not add Labyrinth Guardian or Illusionary Servant?
Orohu on
6 years ago
I was looking through some of my own cards, and I have a couple more suggestions:
Comparative Analysis (Like Divination, but it allows you to target who draws the cards)
Labyrinth Guardian (Amonkhet-native creature with the typical Illusion drawback)
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