The Song of Phyresis

Commander / EDH Mortlocke

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Will work for Magic: The Gatheringâ„¢ Cards —Aug. 18, 2019

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So, realizing that I want to pursue Revised Dual Lands for this deck I decided to try and acquire them while spending as little money as possible. I put out a post on a distro list at work that advertised my services for odd jobs in exchange for Revised Duals. Honestly, it was a bit of a joke but someone actually took me up on that offer. They needed some weeding done for their yard, so after a brief negotiation the customer decided that they'll part ways with a Revised Bayou for my services.

After 7 hours (started at about 6am-ish) one severe allergic reaction to the outdoors, dogs, and whatever else nature has to throw at me Phyrexia is now in possession of a NM Revised Bayou. If I can get a hold of a Dual Land, then anyone can. Don't limit your choices to only monetary options, you'd be surprised at what you can and would do for some Dual Lands. Do any of you have similar stories? Have any of your done anything weirder than weeding a stranger's yard for Cardboard Crack?

MrXilas says... #1

Well, I can't think of what to add to this, mainly because it's beautiful, but K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth might work so your heavy duty black spells get a little faster. He can also help you cast Atraxa. I don't have much advice, so here is an upvote for your troubles.

August 6, 2019 11:23 p.m.

Mortlocke says... #2

MrXilas, while I do appreciate the compliment I cant help but feel that it was a cheap copout on giving me any real meaningful feedback that I can use. No deck is perfect, and has faults even its builder cant notice...but I digress. You entirely ignored my post - instead you just clicked on the deckpage, said "it's pretty", and left me a +1 "for my troubles"...then hurriedly posted your own deck because screw helping anyone else here or promoting any goodwill toward your fellow tappedout denizens. Here, let me give you some suggestions so you can leave more meaningful posts...instead of shortchanging others:

  1. EDHREC.com is an excellent resource to see what cards are popular based on the commander. It pulls from multiple sites including this one for its numbers. It can help educate you on typical builds for commanders. Who knows, maybe it could remind you of a card you once saw in a game...and maybe you could suggest it to someone like me?

  2. Actually reading the freaking post. Some people who advertise their decks just want objective feedback to help them with their deck pages, or want feedback on cards they're considering (like me for instance).

Your attitude is a drain on the site, and the advertise your deck forum. Shape up. You're not here to serve your own whims - you're here to help build a community, and to help your fellow magic player build decks (and deck pages) to the best of their ability. Self serving attitudes dont improve anything about others' experience here.

August 7, 2019 7:48 a.m.

lifemtg says... #4

As I said in the Advertise Your Commander Deck, I will comment soon, unfortunately my personal life is first, so sorry if I comment late

August 7, 2019 9:22 p.m.

bushido_man96 says... #5

Reference your questions on the Advertise Your Deck page:

  1. The screen doesn't seem too hard on the eyes, but I do have a bit of trouble reading the white letters at times in the middle, with the white Atraxa art. If the letters were yellow, perhaps they'd be a bit easier to follow in spots?

  2. I like Champion of Lambholt . It can shut down aggressive opponents pretty quickly, if that's an issue you face in your meta.

  3. I'm a fan of the Weatherlight saga in general, and Volrath the Fallen is one of my favorite cards, so I'm super excited about Volrath, the Shapestealer . I'd say give him a go, just to see how it works out, but that's mainly because I'm just a fanboy.

Hope these help out some.

August 8, 2019 5:27 p.m.

MrXilas says... #6

So lifemtg doesn't feel like they have to pick-up my slack, here is what I managed to come up with:

  1. Given the amount of infect creatures you have, wouldn't it make more sense to run something that gives trample instead of Tainted Strike ? Is it mostly there so Atraxa can swing in if she needs to? There are three one drop instants in green that grant trample that might push your infect creature through. I was thinking Berserk , Vigorous Charge , or Unnatural Predation . Ditto, but on white cantrips that grant flying.

  2. On the stax front, due to the amount of hate Atraxa Infect draws, you might want more things that deter your opponents' from going after you such as Elephant Grass or Propaganda . Another oddball choice to that effect would be Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker . I honestly don't see Priests of Norn doing much work other than being a deterrent, so maybe that is what can get the boot.

Hopefully I answered your plight this time. I'll be mindful in the future.

August 9, 2019 10:08 p.m.

Mortlocke says... #7

bushido_man96, thank you so much for the feedback!

  1. I'm trying to figure out what shade of orange would be best, because the page's "theme color" is burnt orange, specifically hex #cc5500. It's a good color, but in my opinion it shouldn't be all over the page. I want to stick with white for the words - maybe make the letters "off" white? Specifically - White Smoke #f5f5f5 (slightly darker) or Gainsboro #dccdc (which is slightly brighter-ish). What do you think?

  2. I've considered Champion of Lambholt in the past, but my inner Vorthos just kept screaming "She doesn't fit the aesthetic of Phyrexia!". Which has been the primary limiting factor on all my decks. I do agree with you that it's a great card that does fit the Stax subtheme. I'll have to see if I can get ahold of one in a trade to give it a try. What would you cut for it?

  3. I was so excited that I actually pre-ordered one off of Card Kingdom for $5. Turns out there was a price drop down to about $3. But warning - there's a $3 Shipping and Handling fee.

MrXilas, thanks for the comment and +1, onward to your comments.

  1. Tainted Strike does seem a bit niche in it's use, but i've had better success with it by playing it on other players' creatures. Typically what would happen during a game is that my infect sources would get removed early on, and I won't be able to deal infect combat damage to the entire table (usually 1 or 2 players get infected before i'm stopped). But, when a player is swinging in with a 5/5 or more for a "harmless" bit of damage to get a trigger or a get a bargain on a deal that's when this little instant shines.

I do like the suggestion of Unnatural Predation especially though, as it pleases my inner Vorthos. I'll consider it, but for now Tainted Strike just gives me so much value.

  1. I've never heard of Elephant Grass - that's a really cool enchantment. Originally, this deck had a build that ran Propaganda , Norn's Annex , Crawlspace , and Ghostly Prison . But eventually I moved away from that position because Infect draws so much hate that players typically find a way to circumvent my pillow fort tactics.

You're right about Priests of Norn though, it's really just there as another decent infect source. Personally, i'd prefer just a better mono-white infect creature. Maybe one with evasion at a decent cost. Tine Shrike is just a piece of common hot garbage. Wish we could get a color shifted white Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon at a lower cost with only some evasion or something.

p.s. I also love Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker . Didn't know she existed either. She's very much in the same boat as the previously mentioned Champion of Lambholt - excellent card that I could use, but doesn't fit the aesthetic of Phyrexia. Still, if I see one for trade i'll definitely scoop it up. Thank you for the suggestions!

August 10, 2019 8:43 p.m.

THEDEMIGOD07 says... #8

Hey LVL_666, can you tell me the command you have for the text box on this? I really like it

August 12, 2019 4:42 a.m.

Mortlocke says... #9

Hey THEDEMIGOD07,

"Hey LVL_666, can you tell me the command you have for the text box on this? I really like it"

So i'm trying to understand exactly what you're asking here - i'm guessing you're asking is "How do I change the font for your headers?" Well, to change the font, you need to import one! It's really simple, You simply declare a new font using google fonts in your CSS sheet, like so:

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Metal+Mania'); 

Then, you simply apply it where you'd like the font to appear, like for my deck headers i'd target that specific container on the page:

.board-container h3 
{
    font-family: 'Metal Mania'; 
}
And viola! you have a custom font.

August 15, 2019 9:25 p.m.

THEDEMIGOD07 says... #10

LVL_666 oh no I meant the boxes everything is in. The brownish gray you have with all the text in

August 17, 2019 11:21 a.m.