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Commander / EDH
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Oct. 3, 2015
I have no idea if this works or not, but it's something worth testing. This time I kicked cards that were basically "good stuff" not not necessarily helping with the Commander and what HE contributes to the deck now.
-1x Thassa, God of the Sea / -1x Silverblade Paladin / -1x Bruna, Light of Alabaster / -1x Aqueous Form
+1x Gift of Estates / +1x Azor's Elocutors / +1x Felidar Voereign / +1x Gilded Lotus
When making these choices I was thinking about how to improve this deck in a tournament situation, since it IS a Duel Deck.
Alright, I somehow squeezed the bloom in; and I fear that Gift of Estates might end up being a dead draw when I have Land Tax or Grand Arbiter or Thassa or the Lotus, you know what I mean, so instead I'm trying to go for Ethereal Armor because why nooooot? It gives First Strike when I can't access Double Strike yet to ensure Ojutai stays longer on the board if I need him to block and is all around just a fine card. Considering I got rid of one more Double Strike Trigger for the sake of other alternatives this one can't hurt as an aggressive alternative + it comes at very low CMC.
Nevermind, I'm putting Thassa back in for the Azor's Elocutors. This win Condition is too slow - by the time it hit the field the opponent might already be dead via the hands of Ojutai. Thassa can help make that happen by making him unblockable + considering the things above - what's not to loave about Early-Game Aid when you're absolutely Mana screwed of flooded?
Bruna, Light of Alabaster: This deck has moved away so much from Voltron that the last couple of times I actually had her in hand, I never got around to actually attach any auras to her. The fact she comes with Vigilance in a Deck like this is no addition anymore and there are no other decks making heavy use of Auras in my Meta, so she's no defense against my Opponent. So what better place to switch a once-good-now-basically uselss card out for than a definite Wincondition. "Felidar Sovereign", get rid of it while you can or you can't no longer. This doesn't even change much about the mana curve.
Aqueous Form: Again, unlike Medomai, Ojutai does not necessarily need to deal damage to give me back the necessary boardstate of being allowed to untap so I can be ready for whatever my opponent has in mind. I have a lot of other ways of having Ojutai break through to the enemy that also double in giving him protection that I would rather fix my mana base for the deck to run more stable. The Bonus Scry Effect is pretty irrelevant either when I put the Aura on Ojutai himself due to his Anictipate effect, and the other creatures that could have used this are no longer in the board.