@Daedalus19876: Those are either some very fancy boxes for referencing Razortooth and me, or your response got lost in transit.

TheRedGoat: Shit.

Apparently I can't actually OPEN those accordion folders I created, because clicking them just hyperlinks to the users in question. Dammit.

Here's the gist of it, abbreviated (sorry):

RazortoothMtg: I felt I had a few options, but I needed to be able to use that combo even when holding up 0 mana. That leaves me 2 options: a free spell like Snapback or Pyrokinesis, or Simian Spirit Guide+Pyroblast. The former seemed better, and I got to kill a Kaalia deck with Snapback so I like it, hehe.

TheRedGoat: Sorry for how curt this is about to sound; I lost probably 700 words in those damnable spoiler boxes above :/ In short:

Words of War is inefficient and requires extra setup alas. I find Leyline of Anticipation to be subpar in this case, and slots are tight. Breath of Fury goes infinite with a draw outlet as long as I have any one undefended opponent, but I cut it anyway because it's too easy to disrupt. My deck is fast enough now (average T4 win) that Mystic Retrieval is too much mana. Hostility works for a couple combos in place of Kozilek, Butcher of Truth, but it's a very bad substitute because it won't save you from decking yourself if the effect in question draws more than 1 card. Also, you can't use Hostility as recursion to re-draw your GY. I would honestly try to get Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre if you want to cut a few $$s, but you do need an "Eldrazi shuffle" for the deck to function right. Purphoros, God of the Forge is virtually never a creature (barely have enough devotion in the deck to turn him on) so I'm not running Curiosity. I did add Mind Over Matter for the Niv-Mizzet combo tho. And when you do make that more casual Locust God deck, feel free to link me! :)

Again, sorry for the curtness. If you want more detail feel free to ask for clarification.

Micocoulier: I'm just worried about the random aspect of the discard :/ If I have enough Locusts/cards for it to work, I should just be able to storm for the win...

If that is curt I'd hate to see you when you're really pissed. But in any case you actually made me realize the main point with Breath of Fury is not about ensuring the creature can get in to any given opponent regardless of their board, but rather just that you'll get to a single opponent that may have been behind.

I had the same lack of perspective about Purphorous not having enough devotion most of the time and about the graveyard shuffle being more important than just having a card to stop you from decking out.

I can further tell now that Retrieval and Leyline are more suited to value spell/probably control based interactive decks. Yours being so fast it just wants to get off the ground first, which feels very similar to some elf builds I've looked up, so I'm not sure that's a good thing.

Lastly, I feel I not only misjudged what kind of deck you were building here, but with Words of War I may have misunderstood that it is not meant to be in a draw mechanic focused deck is it? But rather it would be meant for a deck that tries to play off having no resources in hand? Like a Hazoret the Fervent to name a recent example put out by WotC. Or when you say inefficient did you just mean that because you personally are going for a fast paced build as opposed to something slower?

TheRedGoat: I hope that didn't sound angry! I just had very little time to (re)type a lot of information.

With regards to Words of War, it can stop the combo, but I am not willing to pay a card to get a Shock. After all, I want to draw everything I can in this deck! :)

Words of Wind is a bit better because it can act as a nonsymmetric stax piece (I bounce a Locust, they bounce something important), but even there it's simply too slow for how this deck currently functions.

Thanks again for your comments :)

This is brilliant, and brilliantly written. I really, really love the idea of Fateful Showdown, as it just outright ends a dude if you Enter the Infinite, even without the big bug on field.

I would suggest maybe considering Impact Tremors as a nifty budget option to lay the hurt on fools when the commander is on the table. One good draw spell or puzzle box and the pings begin.

do you think Mind Stone might be better than one of the rock you are running?It enters untapped, and can become a locust if drawn too late. I would think that it's better than the Pyramid of the Pantheon. and equal but different to Coldsteel Heart and Fellwar Stone

AngryToken: Thank you! :D I really should build a budget version of this deck...I'll tag you if/when I start that project :)

bmorri9: I could see adding it, but the lack of colored mana is a big deal given that I'm trying to use it with Paradox Engine. Pyramid of the Pantheon is good when I have a few turns to setup, or draw into in the middle of Paradox Engine combo'ing (where it's much, much better than Gilded Lotus).

Whats your primary goal for adding stifle in? Is if for Kindred discovery?

Worthy adding a Timetwister into the deck, since I own one?

Also, is Arcanis the Omnipotent just too expensive? Good way to mill yourself out with Mind Over Matter

Daedalus19876 thanks for link , here for budget tag :D appreciate it

Agieryna: That is the primary reason, yes :) Two other reasons, however - I want to be able to interact with certain abilities (notably the cycling of Decree of Annihilation and the activated ability of Aetherflux Reservoir), and I want a card with a jackal on it in the deck (I'm an unashamed furry).

rkjunior: Absolutely. It's simply the best wheel in the game. I'd probably cut Time Reversal, Diminishing Returns, or Mystic Remora for it.

rkjunior: Yeah, the high mana cost, high blue devotion, and summoning sickness ruin the card for me in this build :( At least Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind does something when not able to tap, and still goes infinite with Mind Over Matter.

weiman: Will do! :)

Do you have enough answers to Alms Collector ? It's very dangerous and every white deck can use it.

Gamered: I haven't had to play against it yet, so if I end up running into it I'll get back to you. But I think I should be fine:

1) I'm running 4 cards that can directly remove it (Snapback, Mystic Confluence, Chaos Warp, and Jace, the Mind Sculptor).

2) Many of my combos don't rely on drawing multiple cards at one time. Murder of Crows and Kindred Discovery draw 1 repeatedly, as does Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind+Mind Over Matter. Skullclamp+Mana Echoes still works.

3) It actually enables me to infinite combo if I control Consecrated Sphinx. In fact, it lets me deck them in the process, haha.

4) If worst comes to worst, I can still counter it :)

I like the deck it's very well tuned. Maybe you should put in parentheses the descriptions of the combo tabs? For example, as a relatively new player I have no idea what storm combos or infinite loot combos are so that part of the description doesn't do too much for me.

The biggest worry I have with my Locust God EDH deck is .

Fate unraveller

narshol: You might need more removal, then. I ran Molten Disaster for a while, which might help you :) You could also try something like Reality Shift if it's a problem, or more counterspells.

But honestly I'm willing to take 1 damage per card. I'm certain I can find removal before I die to it, heh.

My deck draws the whole deck in one draw spell cast. Last time I play tested, I had Mirage Mirror, Thought Reflection and put out a whirlpool warrior using mirage mirror to copy thought reflection. 13 cards in hand turned in to 39, then I popped the warrior to do it again.

narshol: Yeah, I've had something similar happen with Mindmoil+Alhammarret's Archive. It's a pretty sweet interaction.

How did you get your deck to have so many upvotes?

ChrisKrow popular decks snowball. This is the most popular locust god deck, people looking up the locust god see this, and generally upvote it. it's a cruel system that keeps the popular, popular and the unknown, unknown, but thats what deckcycling is for. also, popular creators have followers, and the followers generally upvote the decks the creators make