So uh... Brion... How far can you throw that goat?
Commander / EDH*
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Play Testing —Oct. 8, 2013
So overall, the deck has done well, the Brion Stoutarm mechanic of flinging beasts works well, especially in combination with cards like Gratuitous Violence. But something I have found more recently has been happening when I win is alternate ways to kill my opponent.
While my goal for this deck was to use Brion Stoutarm to kill opponents in two or three hits, and in combination with some attacking, or in later games when I need an opponent out fast and I'm not afraid of backlash, I'll drop a bomb like Serra Avatar and fling her same turn, most of the time killing my opponent out right. But recently alternate ways to win without even using Brion Stoutarm have happened more regularly. For example, just the other night I was playing against two friends, and one opponent put out the third opponent using two creatures. Next turn it was evident that I would be seriously lacking with a completely open field, and him having two Eldrazi on the field. So earlier I had placed a Warstorm Surge on the field, and so that turn, one drop of Serra Avatar, and I directed the damage towards the remaining player, winning the game.
Over my playing, I have found that using Brion Stoutarm is very effective, but he is not always ideal. My original plan was to place him on the field and then place other creatures on as they came and fling them an opponents ways, but I found that opponents too quickly became uneasy towards him. Therefore, I've found that timing when I bring him out, only bringing him out when I'm ready to use him and not before, it imperative. Or not using him at all and seeking to use other ways such as my most recent game described above.
Any thoughts on the alternate tactics to use in this deck? Maybe something I can consider to place in, or something that doesn't seem to fit these two overall themes?