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Commander / EDH usaDiabetic

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GaryofAshpodel says... #1

For equipment to give your creatures haste :)

From the list, I personally like Haunted Cloak and Strider Harness. Not sure the power level vs. theme level you are going for, but Necropouncer fits with the living weapon subtheme.

September 20, 2017 11:37 a.m.

usaDiabetic says... #2

GaryofAshpodel yeah most of the equipment I run is either a living weapon because the germ token can be given unblockable by Temmet, or for protection(greaves/boots/cloak). I do like the idea of Necropuncer though.

Thanks for taking the time for suggestions and just looming at the list!

September 20, 2017 12:14 p.m.

LuminAutopsy says... #3

glyph keeper seems like kind of a nonbo with timmys trigger, plus youre running some other sub optimal choices like trueheart duelist and anointer priest, are they in there just because of lack of options?

September 20, 2017 7:20 p.m.

usaDiabetic says... #4

LuminAutopsy Glyph Keeper already has evasion, so won't be the target of Temmet, to an extent yeah dualist is a throw in that can make a token, Anointer in another soul sister for the Summare and incidental life gain.

September 20, 2017 7:29 p.m.

LuminAutopsy says... #5

usaDiabetic have you considered mimic vat over dualist? i feel like it might work better just bc if your opps get anything good and it happens to die you can keep making tokens of it every turn

September 20, 2017 8:12 p.m.

usaDiabetic says... #6

LuminAutopsy I had not, until now. Definitely an interesting card and worth a few looks...thanks for the suggestion!!

September 20, 2017 8:21 p.m.

lil_cheez says... #7

Any thoughts on Sun Quan, Lord of Wu? You're playing blue and want your creatures to be unblockable, so...

September 21, 2017 9:53 a.m.

usaDiabetic says... #8

lil_cheez yup, Sun Quan would do the trick there. But, at 6 CMC and $20 for a copy, I doubt he makes the cut.

Thanks for the suggestion though, honestly if it wasn't $20, it would probably make it's way into the list.

September 21, 2017 10:05 a.m.

KraKra21 says... #9

Dark Depths? Over time, you get a 20/20 indestructible token... That is, if your opponents let you live that long :D

September 21, 2017 8:09 p.m.

usaDiabetic says... #10

KraKra21 Yup Marit Lage would be a beast in here, but that $40 price tag is a little steep for me at the moment.

It will be added to the maybe board though. Thanks for the suggestion.

September 21, 2017 8:55 p.m.

KraKra21 says... #11

Didn't realize it was $40...lol

Very nice deck, though. +1 Upvote!

September 22, 2017 9:58 a.m.

TheRedGoat says... #12

So I won't presume you wouldn't need to change your build to incorporate these, but I'm just going to put out there that Seance, Back from the Brink, Soul Separator, Mimic Vat, Soul Foundry, Faerie Artisans, God-Pharaoh's Gift, and Dance of Many are all cards you could really abuse.

Also I totally want to build a deck with all of those cards now!

September 23, 2017 11:10 a.m.

usaDiabetic says... #13

TheRedGoat, nope those are great suggestions. I had God-Pharaohs gift in, but took it out. I actually had a build I drafted up before this that ran a ton of Eldrazi and discard spells but I didn't like it that much because it wasn't very resilient.

Also soul separator was on the short list but got cut. Might bring Mimic Vat or Soul Foundry over Hour of eternity though.

Thanks for the suggestions!!

September 23, 2017 2:07 p.m.

Honor of the Pure could be good since all zombies are white, and Metallic Mimic makes them all bigger too. Pretty solid build, looks fun! +1

September 29, 2017 5:35 p.m.

usaDiabetic says... #15

Jimmy_Chinchila Thanks, yeah it's been great to pilot so far. Not all the zombies are white though(eternalize). Also, not a lot of the tokens I make are white either. It doesn't really play as a tribal deck either. Thanks for the input though, still might consider the mimic.

September 29, 2017 5:45 p.m.

Ravioli2003 says... #16

Glyph Keeper is a bit of a non-bo with Temmet, Vizier of Naktamun. I guess it's probably irrelevant, but slight dissynergies like that bug the crap out of me. I can hardly even bring myself to play Rest in Peace with Lingering Souls in Modern. Sweet deck though, +1!

October 5, 2017 3:05 p.m.

usaDiabetic says... #17

Ravioli2003 yup that was brought up earlier in the comments, Glyphkeeper is a pain to remove for opponents and has evasion(flyers are still good), so wont have to be a target of Temmet. A lot of the time the keeper will get in on it's own and will take either 4 spot removal spells/abilities or 2 sweepers to deal with permanently, plus it's on theme.

Thanks for the upvote! It's really fun to pilot.

October 5, 2017 3:43 p.m.

ursamaul says... #18

October 8, 2017 7:27 a.m.

usaDiabetic says... #19

ursamaul yup, occasionally there are cards you want in the bin to be embalmed or eternalized. So, the discard is a plus not a drawback

October 8, 2017 7:38 a.m.

LuminAutopsy says... #20

ursamaul also instant speed makes it a lot lot better even if you have to discard

October 10, 2017 3:05 p.m.

usaDiabetic says... #21

LuminAutopsy didn't even realize braingeyser was sorcery speed haha.

So yeah that too.

October 10, 2017 3:13 p.m.

KraKra21 says... #22

You have Ghostly Prison and Propaganda, so I would put in Norn's Annex

October 10, 2017 6:58 p.m.

usaDiabetic says... #23

KraKra21 I do have both those cards, but this isn't a pillow fort deck, so I don't really think I need the annex. If anything to add to that effect, I would add Windborn Muse, which I'm seriously considering adding over the Dualist.

Thanks for the input, the suggestion makes sense, but the two fort effects I have in are really to just discourage attacking because I'm usually not willing to trade my tokens in combat.

October 10, 2017 7:17 p.m.

NV_1980 says... #24

Hi,

This looks like great fun to play; definite +1. Just wondering whether it would make sense to add Quietus Spike. Maybe also Strionic Resonator to copy Temmet's ability. Last but not least, Coastal Piracy would seem really nice as redundancy for Bident of Thassa.

Regards,

NV_1980

August 27, 2018 4:59 a.m.

usaDiabetic says... #25

Wow Strionic Resonator seems like and auto include in this deck, great suggestion!

I also really like Coastal Piracy! I'm less sold on the Spike, I remember it being on the short list while building the deck. I think one copy of that effect is fine with Sythclaw, but if I start putting in too many of that effect I would probably be a big target at the table haha.

Thank you for the awesome suggestions!!!

August 27, 2018 11:22 a.m.

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