Stumps6520: Feels a bit win-more shrug If I'm drawing enough cards to make the mill relevant, I'm going to be winning anyway and the mill is somewhat unnecessary. If it said each opponent, I might be more amenable... Thanks for the comment regardless, though! :)

Love-in-Theory and Jamiemac: Thank you both! I've deeply appreciated your help with my other builds - I value your opinion, if you think I can make any improvements :)

MSL2395: I'm honored that I could inspire you! :) I'd love to hear more about how your Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip deck works for you, if you're interesting in sharing haha. Any suggestions for my Avacyn list? ;)

And this list has been working wonderfully so far. I have played 40 games with it, and I've literally won 35 of them (as early as T3, even!). I updated it today, but overall I'm very happy with its current state haha.

Daedalus19876: Avacyn has been working really good, I really like the deck, but the only problem that I have is that sometimes I get a little too short of mana production, but that's because I haven't got the expensive artifacts haha

Lately, my group have started using hard artifact removal and that hurts a lot :(, but I can handle 3 opponents and nuke them with the flip + basilisk's collar damage, they do not expect it!

How do you feel about this new deck? Are you going to tune it? How much competitive do you think it's going to be? I really like the idea of the deck, and it seems fun. I would really like winning out of nowhere with a swarm of locus! hahaha

MSL2395: Yeah, Avacyn started playing much better once I put some real cash into the mana rocks, haha. If you're having problems with artifact spot removal, you could add in Leonin Abunas/Indomitable Archangel/Karmic Justice, perhaps...

Honestly, this new deck is playing amazingly already: I've won, quite literally, 7/8 of the games I have played with it (and I'm playing in a pretty strong meta). Some minor tuning might be in order, but I'm pretty happy already (and I've only been working on it for two weeks). It's even more reliant on expensive mana rocks than Avacyn, though, because it needs them for the Paradox Engine combo-win.

It's on its way to being my most competitive deck - we shall see!

Daedalus19876: Nice! I'll take into account your suggestions for Avacyn, thanks!

I'll follow your progress, I'm really excited about playing with this god, and I wanna know its performance, so maybe it's time for Avacyn stop purifying and finally rest.

Would you mind sending me like the essentials cards for this deck? In order to know where to start, because I'm really excited!! hahaha

Fan of your work, keep going!

MSL2395: But Avacyn must never cease purifying! OwO

But seriously, the decks don't have TOO much in common - it's not hard to maintain them both.

Um, lemme think about the essentials here...

You definitely need SOME kind of ramp to get The Locust God out earlier. I'm using the best ramp I can find, along with Paradox Engine. But cheaper cards like Coldsteel Heart and Commander's Sphere can work over expensive options like Mana Crypt in a pinch. Or maybe one-shot rituals like Seething Song...

Other than that, the only "essentials" are hardcore draw effects (and maybe a non-combat win-con or two, if you can't push through damage with creatures for whatever reason). Specific (and mostly cheap) cards that seem like a "must" to me:

Jace's Archivist, Whirlpool Warrior, Consecrated Sphinx, Purphoros, God of the Forge, Winds of Change, Alhammarret's Archive, Brainstorm, Mindmoil, Arjun, the Shifting Flame, Shared Animosity, Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (somewhat interchangeable with Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre), and Magus of the Wheel. Windfall is a good substitute for Wheel of Fortune in a pinch.

And of course Murder of Crows, Ashnod's Altar, and Skullclamp to add some combo wincons ;) Does that help clarify things?

Daedalus19876: It really helps, thank you very much! Maybe Avacyn is going to live another day to purify.

What about Fevered Visions? It may help your opponent with cards, but also gives you passive draw (and locusts) and punishes your opponent.

Maybe Altar of the Brood or Impact Tremors for an alternate cheap win con?

MSL2395: I'm just worried - I don't want to give my opponents cards when I can help it (hence why Tolarian Winds in here but Windfall is not), because they could draw counterspells or other disruption...Still, I'll consider it! :)

Jamiemac: Oooh, not a bad idea when working on a budget! Between the two, Impact Tremors is the one I'd go for, though.

Daedalus19876 Yeah both good budget options but I would definitely choose Impact Tremors.

I'm very tempted to build similar in a grixis shell with Nekusar, the Mindrazer as the general for the black tutors and the Laboratory Maniac Tainted Pact win. Maybe with some reanimate and Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur and the new demon Razaketh, the Foulblooded. Not sure yet.

Hey!

I just wanted to provide the opposite end of the point of view from a horribly degenerate combo players:

1. On wheels and other effects that 'give your opponents card'. First of all, Wheel of Fortune is one of the single most powerful cards ever printed. While it's not on the same level, Windfall does a pretty god damned good WoF inpression a lot of the time. I would definitely have it in here. On the same token, I'd definitely add a Memory Jar + Academy Ruins package. Those cards are both stupid broken.

2. I notice you're already playing infinite combos, thus I would strongly suggest Mind over Matter + Temple Bell.

3. With the amount of cards you're drawing, Psychosis Crawler seems like a weird exclusion.

4. I hate you for having a foil Frantic Search! Gimme.

Ilnez: Thanks for your comment and input! :)

You may be right on the Memory Jar/Academy Ruins package, I'll try to pick one up. I'm just worried on Windfall, because that's best for a deck that frequently empties its hand quickly...

Mind Over Matter has such a restrictive mana cost, though, and I assume that every opponent will find answers if I make them draw their library...

Psychosis Crawler should probably be in here...any suggestions on what to cut?

I traded for that foily Frantic Search during prerelease. I love it ;)

Sry for formatting on mobile

For the mind over matter combo if you dont want to give opponents cards with bell, you can alqays play azami or arcanis or even archivist to. Speaking of azami, she also goes infinite with locust god and xenograft, or if youve looked at ixalan leaks theres a certain enchantment that works too. Unfortunately xenograft is completely dead without azami, so idk how great that is.

Enter the Infinite ? Cast Enter the Infinite with your commander &I impact tremors on board & win with Impact Tremors ETB effect.

LevahnTaupe: It's SO much mana, and pretty win-more here, TBH.

What about Chasm Skulker? He would be good for a big beater and possible token generator.

I am building a The Locust God deck and was thinking about adding Sneak Attack.

I'm planning on making a Locust God deck this weekend and i'm looking for ideas on how to go about it. I really like your deck. Seems almost exactly what i want my deck to do but i'm definitely adding some flash enablers, Vedalken Orrery and Leyline of Anticipation to name a couple. i'm also definitely adding Sphinx's Tutelage. anyways, great deck. +1

Nice primer. Always interested to see what others are doing. Thoughts on my build, Livin' La Vida Locust!?

But you can't play Darkness, River of Tears, Erayo, Soratami Ascendant, or any frogs really... :P

LeeRoy_Jenkiins: He used to be in here, and he's good tech against board wipes. I found he didn't help much with my combo or my normal gameplan, though, so for the moment he's out. He may return to the list in the future.

canderson107: Interesting! I considered that for a while, since I generally only need The Locust God during my turn, but it fell off of the radar somewhere. Has it helped you in any other way than reducing "commander tax"?

WeaponizedFarts: Thanks! Fair warning that Sphinx's Tutelage is better in 1v1 than multiplayer :)

Ender666666: I'll take a look shortly! :) Also, can I PM you about how you managed that background on your deck page?

EternalBrewmaster: Alas, I cannot :'(

Sure thing

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Daedalus19876: I feel like no one remembers Nin, the Pain Artist anymore. For a deck like this, dealing X damage to a single locust to draw X cards and get X Locust back is ridiculous.

Upvote that comment to oblivion.

Why not use breath of fury? It ends the game with coastal or Bident with infinite combat