Ib Halfheart, Goblin Sac-tician [PRIMER]

Commander / EDH Liquidbeaver

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Someone Gave Me A Gift —April 15, 2018

Ib Halfh-art

They said to put it above my bed so that "even your dreams will be full of your Glorious Leader."

Now I need a frame...

Liquidbeaver says... #1

Jay3401: That is awesome! I hope you enjoy it, I have a ton of fun with it each time I play it.

I actually had Hoarding Dragon in for a while, but I realized it had the Anger problem, which is no one wants it to die except you. I would say I only successfully got to use it once out of more than a dozen times of casting it. Also, opponents would use exile or bounce based removal on it, so you lose the artifact you tutored for on top of losing the dragon.

Rather than tutor out Crucible of Worlds, I found tutoring out equipment with Godo, Bandit Warlord was a much better use of a high CMC creature, and you have completely control over it. Tutoring up Nemesis Mask, Illusionist's Bracers, Basilisk Collar (sideboarded), or Thornbite Staff (sideboarded) for Krenko was all I needed to win a game sometimes. I would definitely recommend running Godo if it is a more casual meta, or if you end up running more equipment than I do.

As for Buried Ruin, I used to run it, took it out to cut non-basics as low as possible, and once I cut a bunch away and had some flexibility I never put it back. I've been meaning to remove Myriad Landscape, so this is a perfect time to add Buried Ruin back in. Great suggestion!

As for Buried Ruin, I used to run it, took it out to cut non-basics as low as possible, and once I cut a bunch away and had some flexibility I never put it back. I've been meaning to remove Myriad Landscape, so this is a perfect time to add Buried Ruin back in. Great suggestion!

March 16, 2018 2:57 a.m.

Jay3401 says... #3

I see your point on Hoarding Dragon and gotta agree... Inventors' Fair then?

March 16, 2018 7:26 a.m.

Liquidbeaver says... #4

Jay3401: I think Inventors' Fair is a much better fit in a deck like this. I am going to add it to the budget version, which has a more casual pace and more forgiving landbase.

March 16, 2018 4:19 p.m.

Liquidbeaver says... #5

The big changes recently...

Siege-Gang Commander out for Beetleback Chief: Just trying to cut down the CMC a bit more, plus I never get to use the second ability of SGC anyway.

Wheel of Fortune out for Memory Jar: I've been going back and forth on this for a long time, and I finally decided to do it after a string of bad luck with Wheel. Wheel is amazing normally, and I don't know if it is just the deck or my meta, but 9 out of 10 times I play it it ends up going worse for me. Worse yet, I found myself holding onto it and not casting it. Memory Jar allows me to get the effect, I don't have to pitch my original hand if I have a good one, and any benefit to opponents is short lived. Being able to recur it is a huge plus also.

Crawlspace out for Meekstone: Much more effective, and the impact on this deck is minimal (Krenko, Chancellor, Purphoros, Urabrask). I will miss the art though!

Kindred Charge out for Chancellor of the Forge: This change may not stick, or I may just bring Charge back in in addition to the Chancellor, but I tend to have better luck with this effect as a creature than I do with a sorcery. Not losing the new tokens at the end of turn is great too.

Aggravated Assault out: I originally added this because the deck felt one turn away from winning very often at the end of a game someone else won. I figured getting more combats in, or the...14 card infinite with Krenko, Mob Boss and Skirk Prospector was fun if I ever managed to get it off. Ultimately, drawing deeper into my deck more results in a lot more consistent wins.

Basilisk Collar out: I think this was just me trying to be too cute. Fun, but not consistent or impactful enough.

Invasion Plans out: See above. Nemesis Mask does this way, way better. Playing Invasion Plans was always a huge risk, and there are better finishers.

Skirk Fire Marshal out: While great with Basilisk Collar, most of the time it's just a really hard to play around effect, as strong as it is. I would rather have Goblin Assassin back in eventually.

Myriad Landscape out for Buried Ruin: Entering the battlefield tapped is ultimately what killed this for me. Buried Ruin fits the spot better.

Great Furnace in: Added to up the artifact count for the new manarock.

Mox Opal in: Now that I've raised the artifact count a bit, including this is easier than before. Also helps a bit to offload mana generation away from the lands a bit, in cases where I want to sac them all but not be stranded after.

Imperial Recruiter in: Hell yeah! This finally got reprinted, which dropped the price from $150+ to probably around $50. Can grab so, so many good creatures.

Fervor in: I've wanted one more haste enabler for a long time. This might eventually change to Mass Hysteria.

Font of Mythos in: In an effort to drastically increasing my draw, I'm trying symmetrical draw effects for the first time. The hope is to take advantage of it faster than my opponents. We'll see how that goes!

Horn of Greed in: As the deck gets better, getting multiple land drops in a turn becomes more consistent, and I rarely miss a land drop anymore. I would only be worried about this against one green deck in my meta, but even then it is always a race anyway, at least this time it will be more fun.

Scour from Existence in: Rather than just running either this or Spine of Ish Sah, I am going to run both. The deck plays so much better the more interactive it becomes.

That's the biggest number of changes I made since the deck's first revision more than a year ago! I'm confident I will be happy with most of the changes, but as always, this deck will constantly change to be the most powerful and most fun I can make it.

March 16, 2018 4:46 p.m.

BasedTurtleHD says... #6

have you considered scrying sheets?

March 19, 2018 5:03 p.m.

Liquidbeaver says... #7

BasedTurtleHD: I had Scrying Sheets in the deck a long, long time ago, and took it out when I took out Extraplanar Lens, and never really thought about it. Now that I look at it again, it is definitely worth playtesting to see how it does now that the deck works much, much better. Great suggestion!

April 13, 2018 3:07 p.m.