And the Storm Arrived [cEDH][PRIMER]
Commander / EDH
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GP London and War of the Spark —May 1, 2019
Out: Candelabra of Tawnos, Rolling Earthquake, Lim-Dul's Vault
In: Delay, Narset's Reversal, Thousand-Year Storm
So, as we all know, proxies aren't tournament legal. This made me re-think some of my deck, as I dont actually own a Candleabra of Tawnos or Timetwister. Yet... A Friend allowed me to borrow his ABURs, but I still needed a Mana Drain. I chucked a Counterspell in for the Mana Drain, Time Spiral for Timetwister and Thousand-Year Storm in for Candleabra of Tawnos.
I was horrendously surprised with how much work Thousand-Year Storm did. Casting Dark Ritual and copying it 17 times for 54xB was pretty fun. After grinding away over the weekend, I think I'm gonna keep it for a while and see how it plays out in my local meta.
One other quirk of the GP was that they allowed WAR cards. Narset's Reversal was an instant pickup. This thing is spice-incarnte. Stealing a Ad Nauseam on t3 while being mana-screwed (my own fault, kept a super gereedy hand) was just beautiful. And seeing someone use it to counter a Silence on the owners upkeep was the play that completely sealed the deal for me. I am still to test Bolas's Citadel and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. Mostly as I was enjoying Thousand-Year Storm immensely and did not want to swap it for Citadel, and the latter, I feel is a great addition to a Consultation Kess list, but I need to do some more goldfishing with Doomsday to see if it's worth trading for Laboratory Maniac.
Counters was something I was struggling with over the weekend. After tuning my interaction package to fit around my meta, and to almost perfectly answer anything from the main decks, I need to be able to adapt and fit more into an open meta. This is why I brought back Delay as it acts as a counter for any spell.
Lim-Dul's Vault is out for the moment. Mostly cos its the worst tutor in the deck. Partially because I just want to search for a card, not look at the top 5 over and over again until I find one I like.