Omlette du Fromage
Commander / EDH*
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Updates #1 —Aug. 10, 2019
After some more thought and input from other folks I made a few updates:
It That Betrays out for Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre - This was more just a quality of life fix for the deck. It That Betrays is a fine magic card, but Ulamog provides the ability to shuffle my graveyard back into my library should something go terribly wrong while activating my combos.
Ogre Battledriver out for Anger - This isn't a huge change when comboing off, but at other times Anger will ensure haste more consistently than the Ogre since my creatures will always have haste. There is a chance that the Ogre will come down too late to hasten the rest of my creatures.
Stonehoof Chieftain out for Polyraptor - The Chieftain is pretty much just a big dumb beater in this deck. Many of my creatures already have trample or flying and I have better options that can provide indestructibility. The Polyraptor opens up a few more avenues to victory.
Temple of the False God out for Recross the Paths - Temple isn't really a land so I don't feel bad cutting it here for a ramp spell. I am interested to see how Recross the Paths fairs in this deck. Cultivate would've been the safe pick, but with the high CMC of this deck, Recross the Paths has a much higher ceiling. It also can hit any land.
On the chopping block: Mayael the Anima. She is just inferior to Atla in every way and she seemed to be just excess goods in early play testing. I also don't run quite enough 5+ power creatures for her to consistently hit. I think I will replace her with Riftsweeper or another utility creature.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #2
Thanks for the comment Poly_raptor. Greater Good is an absolute house in a deck like this. It's a free sac outlet that usually nets me 3+ cards per activation. Also, with the quality of creatures in this deck, discarding three cards to get one immediately onto the battlefield isn't really an issue.
Culling Dais is pretty interesting since it is a bit of a toned down Greater Good . I'll have to give it a try.
August 9, 2019 11:09 a.m.
Poly_raptor says... #3
I’d not even thought about using it on the bigger creatures, I think I was too busy thinking about cracking those measly eggs. Point well made!
August 9, 2019 11:23 a.m.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #4
Yup! The enchantment is pretty solid with big creatures. Just a thought on your competitive vs. dinosaur dilemma. Atla can kind of be both. A lot of the best dinosaur cards are naturally massive creatures with strong abilities. I would think that you could swap out my big creatures for the big dinos and still have the deck be quite effective.
August 9, 2019 12:22 p.m.
Protean Hulk , Avacyn, Angel of Hope , are very good. Trostani, Selesnya's Voice makes more eggs, which gets more triggers. Nesting Dragon also has that ability.
Poly_raptor says... #1
I wouldn’t run Greater Good - if you sac the egg to it you draw no cards and discard 3 cards.
I also found that drawing cards with sac outlets can be quite tricky to do properly if you’re constantly manipulating the top.
I chose to run Culling Dais instead, which can fix a big draw later in the game.
I really like your list, hope you don’t mind if I take some inspiration from it to tweak mine, I’m struggling with an inward battle of “do I make it more competitive or do I have lots of smashy dinosaurs”
August 9, 2019 10:52 a.m.