Any suggestions are welcome. It is possible to win by turn 3 using Simian Spirit Guide.
This deck uses 3 different combos to win by turn 4 using infinite combo:
Infinite Milling Combo: Ornithopter+
Grimoire Thief
+Intruder Alarm+Retraction Helix.
turn 1: land, cast Ornithopter (or not) or
Altar of the Brood
.
turn 2: land. cast
Grimoire Thief
turn 3: land, Intruder Alarm.
turn 4: land, (or not), cast an Ornithopter (if you haven't yet but you will be needing at least 2 creatures.) cast Retraction Helix/Banishing Knack on a creature (preferably grimoire thief if no altar of brood), tap to bounce Ornithopter, recast Ornithopter, activating Intruder Alarm (untapping the retraction helix creature,) then milling 1 card using
Altar of the Brood
or 3 with
Grimoire Thief
, then repeating the cycle until milled out. (this combo does not require red mana, however you can still use Simian Spirit Guide to speed up the combo by turn 3). - If 0 drop is unavailable, Instead play land, cast Trinket Mage, fetching 0 drop, then playing Retraction Helix (however, since Trinket Mage and 0 drop just entered the battlefield they cannot be targets for Retraction Helix on turn 4).
Infinite army combo 1: Pestermite+Splinter Twin
turn 1: land
turn 2: land
turn 3: land, cast Pestermite/Deceiver Exarch
turn 4: land, cast Splinter Twin copying either Pestermite or Deceiver Exarch, then tapping to copy the creature, thus untapping and repeating the process in order to create an army of flying haste creatures. (if Splinter Twin is unavailable, you may remove Simian Spirit Guide and cast Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker instead).
Infinite army combo 2: Intruder Alarm+Splinter Twin
turn 1: land
turn 2: land, cast creature
turn 3: land, cast Intruder Alarm
turn 4: land, cast Splinter Twin/
Elemental Mastery
producing infinite creatures.
other possible combos/synergies include:
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind+Curiosity
Purphoros, God of the Forge can be used to replace
Altar of the Brood
.
combo fixers:
Trinket Mage - fetches
Altar of the Brood
or Ornithopter.
Serum Visions - thins deck by cycling itself and increases combo possibilities.
comparable spells:
Altar of the Brood
vs
Grimoire Thief
:
Memnite vs Ornithopter:
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker vs Splinter Twin:
Pestermite vs Deceiver Exarch:
Retraction Helix vs Banishing Knack
