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Tiny Leaders RaSkipper

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4th highest ranked TL deck! Thanks all! —Aug. 12, 2015

ockhamsrazor says... #1

Lightning Greaves gives Shroud, not Hexproof, and therefore prevents you from equipping any more until it is removed.

Since the equip is (0), you can just pop it off to equip, but keep in mind this leaves an opening for your opponent to Murder, Doom Blade, etc.

May 25, 2015 11:11 a.m.

Serra_Sentinel says... #2

Ajani, Caller of the Pride for all the cats ever and to pump Kemba.

May 25, 2015 11:11 a.m.

RaSkipper says... #3

ockhamsrazor Indeed, that's partly why Leonin Shikari is there. When the Greaves are equipped, especially early game, I don't remove them unless they're tapped out. Happens pretty frequently.

b287213 I really thought about Caller of the Pride, one of the last considerations to get cut. It's not a creature so I can't equip it, and it's open season for removal. By the time I could pop it's ultimate, Kemba's ability has already netted me more cats than Ajani. And where Ajani pops once, Kemba pops once every turn. Thank you though!

May 25, 2015 12:31 p.m.

Jhereg2467 says... #4

Swords of Fire, Ice, Feast, Famine, Light, and Shadow

June 7, 2015 11:19 a.m.

jimmynitos says... #5

You can replace Neurok Hoversail with Kitesail. Awesome deck,+1!

June 7, 2015 11:26 a.m.

RaSkipper says... #6

Thanks man! I like the Hoversail over the Kitesail or Cobbled Wings because it only costs 1 to bring out, the only cost that Puresteel Paladin won't help with. Thanks for the suggestion!

June 7, 2015 4:45 p.m.

MattDovah says... #7

Nice deck, +1 ;)

What do you think about Glaring Spotlight?

Takes hexproof away from your opponents and doesn't need an activation cost.It also can be used a wincon to attack with your well protected and unblockable kittens ;)

June 8, 2015 8:32 a.m.

RaSkipper says... #8

Glaring Spotlight would be a devastating sideboard card against Geist decks. Thanks!

June 8, 2015 5:07 p.m.

shaderaven says... #9

Great Deck +1! I made a tiny leaders deck that was based off of ideas from this one. would you be willing to offer some advice please?

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/17-06-15-i-am-iron-man/

June 17, 2015 2:43 p.m.

someonecool46 says... #10

Love the deck, looks pretty dangerous but fun! :) You've clearly thought through a series of options so let's hope I add something new...

My initial thought was to include Enlightened Tutor which, in addition to finding your equipment, also adds utility to your enchantment based sideboard. You could also run a Sensei's Divining Top and then a couple of white fetches to get shuffle effects on top of your tutor effects, which would give you a little deck manipulation and card selection. Also you mentioned your mill match up, and I've taken to running an Aegis of the Gods in the sideboard (mill is prolific in my meta) which you can also find with Enlightened Tutor.

Given your heavy reliance upon artifacts you could run an Ethersworn Canonist in the sideboard (again, found by enlightened tutor) and shift gears to be more of a controlling deck in response to control decks? Might not be important in your meta but it's also a nusence for mill decks that often run Brain Freeze.

You could run a Flickerwisp to dodge removal and re-trigger both your Stoneforge Mystic and Mentor of the Meek, as well as just irritating your opponents and gaining tempo.

And finally, I'd consider a Fate Forgotten over Revoke Existence, just because it's an instant and so you can leave up mana on your opponents turn to catch them out. Probably a meta call. Any call for a Rest in Peace??

Hope that helps!

June 23, 2015 6:37 p.m.

someonecool46 says... #11

Bah, you're way ahead of my on the Aegis of the Gods haha. Ah well. :p

June 23, 2015 6:38 p.m.

RaSkipper says... #12

@someonecool46 Dang man, thanks! You have some great suggestions, here's my thoughts.

Enlightened Tutor is objectively a much better card than Steelshaper's Gift, but it's also five times the price. Same problem with Sensei's Divining Top, pricey. I'd easily replace my Mask of Memory with it if I had it. It honestly just comes down to waiting until I have the funds to obtain those cards.

Ethersworn Canonist I have not seen before, and would be incredible against any kind of counter/pump/control scenario. Trying to pump your attacking creature with a Titan's Strength and a Giant Growth? Nope! Easy purchase, replacing it with Luminarch Ascension. Many thanks!

Fate Forgotten is another winner, but I'll be swapping it out with Solemn Offering and keep the Revoke Existence. My reasoning behind this is that exiling the target over destroying it is a more important to me than instant over sorcery speed. Hadn't seen it before though, again, thanks!

And don't worry, you definitely added some new suggestions, appreciate it! I'm going to add the top and the tutor to my online list for testing and see how it goes. If the deck doesn't suffer from having twelve equipment spells over thirteen, I'll keep the top.

June 24, 2015 6:23 a.m.

someonecool46 says... #13

RaSkipper - Haha you're welcome, glad I could help!

Completely understand about the price issue, but top would certainly be a decent upgrade if you can manage it. Don't forget that it'll work better with fetches though! Again, assuming you can find the cash for them.

Ethersworn Canonist is a great card in the Death and Taxes legacy decks, which are worth a gander considering they're essentially just white lock-out style decks that you could mould yours around. On that note, Phyrexian Revoker could be worth considering as a catch all to troublesome leaders or one of irritating cards for you (although you already have Runed Halo so probs not that important). If you really wanted to go down that route you could turn into more of a disrupting deck post board with cards like Aven Mindcensor, Spirit of the Labyrinth and Leonin Arbiter to really lock out tutor and fetch heavy decks. You could even run a Thalia, Guardian of Thraben if you fancied going for a long game, but that doesn't sound like an important match up given what you've mentioned.

Anyway, Glad I could make some sensible suggestions. :) GL & HF!

June 24, 2015 6:43 p.m.

deaddrift says... #14

Cool deck man. I suggest Secluded Steppe in your land package and maybe True Believer to complement Aegis of the Gods in the sideboard.

June 26, 2015 4 p.m.

Tata says... #15

I don't like the maindeck Revoke Existence and Fate Forgotten. I think Council's Judgment is better. I also think you could stand to run a little more targeted removal (not an edict). Silkwrap isn't bad, and neither is Oblivion Ring. Prison Term is good enough for the main. I also like Fiend Hunter and Banisher Priest.

June 29, 2015 5:54 a.m.

SwagMoney says... #16

Council's Judgment > Oblation. Judgment may be a sorcery but it removes True-Name Nemesis and doesnt give your opponent gas

July 17, 2015 4:08 a.m.

Iron_Cube says... #18

Nobody mentioned Godsend ?
And what do you think about Sigil of Valor ?
Especially if you are getting cat tokens every turn.

July 19, 2015 9:50 p.m.

RaSkipper says... #19

SwagMoney: Dealing with things like True-Name Nemesis is where the sideboard of making opponents sacrifice creatures comes in. Target removal, and if there's hexproof or protection, focus on targeting the player. Thanks though!

Iron_Cube: Godsend was in an earlier draft of this deck. It's an incredible card but it's abilities seem a bit random to rely on in any match as well as it costs 3 to cast and 3 to equip, making it too expensive for my purposes. Lots of 3 cost equipments I'd love to use but cannot (Loxodon Warhammer for example). As for Sigil of Valor, I pulled one out of a recent fat pack (same place I pulled a Sword of the Animist!) and spent a long time trying to find a spot for it. The 'attacking alone' text is what shot it down for me. I'm more focused on making too many cats to block over pumping up Kemba into a titan. Thank you for the suggestions!

July 20, 2015 1:58 p.m. Edited.

naynay666 says... #20

Great name +1.

July 20, 2015 2:53 p.m.

As an Ezuri player, I can tell you that any kind of neutralisation effect is key. The main plan of the deck is to play its hand out by turn 4 and hope to swing for game almost instantly, but it needs Ezuri in combination with Nykthos or Priest of Titania/Elvish Archdruid, so effect blockers such as Arrest, or plain old exile such as Path to Exile, Banisher Priest and Oblivion Ring should work, though you're than likely to run into enchantment removal in Elvish Lyrist or Reclamation Sage. Fog effects such as Angelsong are also useful, provided you have a solid counterattack

Martial Coup might be worth a shot, although that very much depends on how fast your local Ezuris are; if they can consistently win by turn 5, it might be tricky.

I know a Kemba player in my local area, and in my experience the Ezuri matchup is all but unwinnable, but fine-tuning your deck to specifically deal with it might give you a chance. I bid you good luck.

PS. If they play Winter Orb, then include at least one way to deal with it. It will end you every time

August 2, 2015 4:43 p.m.