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im just gonna say now that yes, this would do well with delver but..... but personal preference says NOOOOOO, so if you plan on sleeving this up after RTR comes out, go ahead and slide those in here if you want. now on to the deck
my first thoughts when Nivmagus Elemental was spoiled was to HOLY SHIZZNIT this is AWESOME!!!!! then when my brain had calmed down from its insanity, i started thinking about what decks this would be good in. my first thought was to use it as a counterspell hater in a red burn deck, but I then realized that it would probably slow that deck down. But anyway, as i was looking through burn spells for that deck and i saw Geistflame and I started to have a little convo with myself
Me 1: could be a good gut shot replacement
Me 2: ya, and the flashback could be useful
Me 1: probably, but how do you fell abo...... WAIT a sec
Me 2: what!! what is it!!!
Me 1: Burning Vengeance
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Me 2: YES! Do it!
and so my idea changed and this was the result. I feel like a quick run down of the card choices is appropriate
Nivmagus Elemental
- The shining star of this deck. eats up your flashed backed spells like there is no tomorrow.
Faithless Looting - a cheap draw spell that lets me filter through my deck for other key spells
Geistflame - an easy way to deal with non flipped delvers, or is an extra ping to the face
Artful Dodge one of the best spells in my deck. makes the elemental bigger and unblockable for 2 mana. easy way to get in those last few points of damage
Devil's Play - another finisher, and can have x be zero for the flashback if I wanna exile it
Burning Vengeance - a key card that deals alot of damage. having multiples out is the best =)
hope you guys like my deck. feel free to comment or +1, and have fun in every game that the Nivmagus Elemental whoops your butt, because you know that your opponent will be
i can always add another burning vengeance if im playing white or green pillar of flame is another nice sideboard card for zombie matchups. with my mana curve so low i dont think i need to give up any spots to ramping
With 15 Sorceries, and 10 Instants Guttersnipe is an absolute must. I feel like it could be even more reliable than Burning Vengance. Try to find a place for it
good idea on the guttersnipes
-2 nightbirds clutches, -1 geistflame, +3 guttersnipe
You might want to side either Forge Devil or Smite to deal with Witchbane Orb s, card:Grafdigger's Cage and other annoying artifacts.
Also, no Goblin Electromancer ?
i think u mean Torch Fiend and Smelt , but thats why i have the Ancient Grudge s in the SB. I decided not to do the electromancer because of two reasons:
Blue and red are not my typical colors, but wouldn't Delver fit well in this deck?
he would..... but I hate playing delver soooooooo....... no
one or two Talrand, Sky Summoner would fit nicely in here giving you a 2/2 flyer for each of your spells that you exile
this is a burning vengeance deck to start with, it just looks like it plays well with the 3 creatures I have. im not sure I want to take out any more instants and sorceries for talrand
well actually I didn't think about taking out the rings lol thats a pretty good idea =)
Cool deck, my friend is looking at doing something similar. Is this possible without 4x Snappys?
I think this deck might even work w/o the Snappers but it would be hurt severely. Maybe 1 or 2 Goblin Electromancer and 3 or 4 Past in Flames , but Past sucks because of it's high mana cost...
Ah yeah, I see what you're saying. I'll tinker around with it and see if I can find any replacements.
if u take out the snappys I would say that to keep this aggressive, you might want to put in delvers. as much as I hate that card it really would do well in this deck if you needed to replace a creature
If the spell doesn't resolve when eaten by Nivmagus Elemental does it still triggers Burning Vengeance ?
yes because burning vengeance triggers when a spell is cast, not when it resolves
This is very similar to the deck i have been planning from the second i saw nivmagus elemental. I preordered a bunch of cards for it already so mine will be hitting up fnm very soon. Your deck gave me a few ideas that may improve mine.Thanks +1 from me.
| Date added | 8 months |
| Last updated | 8 months |
| Legal formats | Standard, Extended, Legacy, Vintage, Commander / EDH, Modern |
| Sets | |
| Cards | 61 |
| Avg. CMC | 1.88 |
| Top rank | #37 on 2012-09-22 |
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balangaz says...
+1 for showing me the way to make Nivmagus even better! Im breaking my head thinking of a way to create a deck using Burning Vengeance and this might just be it!
I just think that there are too few Burning Vengeance s here, if one would Erase or o-ring it there wouldn't be much more around to create trouble. Pillar of Flame could be nice to deal with future Golgari zombies and it's a 1-mana 2-damage to flashback with Snapcaster.
Would Altar of the Lost or maybe Gilded Lotus be useful here? Maybe Brimstone Volley ?
September 10, 2012 7:42 p.m.