Junk of the Heart

Casual* Call911FTW

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Cleaning Up and Testing Out —May 11, 2013

I renamed the deck Junk of the Heart after a pretty good song. Haha, plus it fits the lifegain and color scheme.

I still have not had a chance to test this bad boy out but plan on playing with some buddies in the near future. Here is the plan:

  1. Start of with a bit of ramp
  2. Regain life and gain board advantage with Plainswalkers to stabilize
  3. Defend with Indestructible Deathtouch Lifelink chubby creatures like Trostani, Selesnya's Voice and Rhox Faithmender.
  4. Use powered up Spirits, Sigarda, Host of Herons, and Obzedat, Ghost Council to finish the game while keeping a healthy life total.

Blood Scrivener is there to get card advantage and makes topdecking a treat.

The sideboard is currently geared towards combating friend's decks. The third Ready / Willing is for control match ups that are a little intense with the board wipes.

Tell me what you think! What needs to be added? I'm afraid it will do a lot of life gaining but little damage dealing. How can I help sink in that finishing blow?

Will update with playtest results and FNM battles when the time comes.

NighNoNot says... #1

I have an Isolated Chapel you can buy for cheap :3

May 1, 2013 12:05 a.m.

Call911FTW says... #2

I will take you up on that if I decide this is the deck I wanna build! :D

May 1, 2013 11:48 a.m.

Jay says... #3

I really like the use of Blood Scrivener ! I'm working on a similar deck, only I lean a little bit more towards control in mine. I have to suggest Garruk, Primal Hunter . His -3 is great for refilling your hand, and can create pretty powerful tokens if left unattended.

Mine is called Junk Control (not a reanimator) if you wanna take a look.

Anyway, +1 and good luck to a fellow Junk player!

May 2, 2013 9:57 p.m.

Call911FTW says... #4

Thanks man. I actually really like your control aspects and I'm debating what I should. I think I dropped that for lifegain but I might morph it into something like yours the more I play. Dig your deck though sir!

May 3, 2013 1:26 p.m.

Jay says... #5

Thanks! I've actually been toying with the idea of Blood Scrivener , I might have to test him.

May 3, 2013 1:41 p.m.

Call911FTW says... #6

I'm debating cutting one Thragtusk for my Garruk, Primal Hunter . Thoughts?

May 4, 2013 11:14 a.m.

Jay says... #7

Garruk, Primal Hunter is definitely worth adding, but maybe cut Rhox Faithmender instead.

By the way, tested with Blood Scrivener in my deck, and it's absolutely fantastic. Mainboarded two.

May 5, 2013 12:51 a.m.

Call911FTW says... #8

Heck yes. Glad to hear he works!

So Garruk, Primal Hunter is in. I want to keep my curve the way it is so I'm testing it without a thraggy.

Here is my idea behind Rhox Faithmender : He is the key part to my life gain. I know it doesn't win games but it allows me to stabilize and it gives my deck the personality I'm looking for. Plus I can give him deathtouch with my Vault of the Archangel and Ready / Willing to stop a whole heck of a lot of main boarded bad guys. Definitely a work in progress though and I'm gonna have to streamline as I test.

The deck arrives Tuesday! Have you brought your brew to FNM yet? Any ideas on that sideboard of mine?

May 5, 2013 12:58 a.m.

Jay says... #9

Unfortunately I haven't gone to FNM yet, but I've been playing it like mad with my buddies. I've been fine-tuning my deck's sideboard as it goes. A few good cards to consider for it:

Abrupt Decay for aggro
Loxodon Smiter for cruel control
Golgari Charm for control (haven't tested this yet, but theory says it should work)
Blind Obedience for aggro
Deathrite Shaman for reanimator

Other than those really key cards I think it varies by meta a lot. The big thing is to make sure you know what you're gonna take out when you side them in. For example, I sb 3x Loxodon Smiter because I put him in for Centaur Healer , of whom I run 3.

May 5, 2013 1:02 a.m.

Call911FTW says... #10

Thanks for all the help by the way. This is my first Junk deck and I'm so pumped to try it out.

May 5, 2013 1:40 a.m.

Jay says... #11

Yea no problem man, I like helping people out. Besides, maybe you'll be able to help me out with a deck I'm unfamiliar with sometime. Good luck with the Junk!

May 5, 2013 11:38 a.m.

Call911FTW says... #12

I'm thinking about throwing in a 1 of Griselbrand if Sigarda doesn't cut it for a late game bomb.

May 6, 2013 9:57 p.m.