White Counters Lifegain
Modern
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3 - 2 on my first match outside my playgroup —Aug. 1, 2019
Against a Mono-Green trample deck.
Lost on my first two outta plain stupidity and bad luck, choosing to keep a bad hand and drawing no creatures whatsoever. Then keeping a hand with only one land thinking (well, there are twenty land cards on the deck so no worries (there were worries on T4).
Had Chalice of Life Flip and Prism Ring out on four of the five matches but kept getting Return to Nature'd and Naturalize'd, really made me wish for a Mana Tithe so im putting it on the sideboard from now on.
Got a beautiful synergy with Nyx-Fleece Ram, Serene Steward and Wall of Reverence on pretty much every match, while Ajani's Pridemate was nowhere to be seen.
FIRST MATCH - Had 3 Soul Warden on field; - Died to trample; - Found out Brave the Elements does not protect me from trample.
SECOND MATCH - Opponent had insane ramp and was able to drop a big trampy creature on T4, not much i could do but take 7 to the face for three turns.
THIRD MATCH - Turn 1 Prism Ring is lovely - Turn 2 Serene Steward followed by 2 Nyx-Fleece Ram on the subsequential turns really helped me, awesome creatures to hold some damage on the first turns where the trample wasen't so bad - Ended up winning with a highly buffed Steward, although i cant remember the turn
FOURTH MATCH - Having Ordeal of Heliod, Soul Warden and a Pridesmate on my opening hand was really nice, things got flowing and at some point i got to flip Chalice of Life Flip only for it to be destroyed next turn D: - Kill hit with Ajani's Pridemate
FIFTH MATCH - Don't really remeber much about it, but ended up with a 7/7 Suture Priest and got to actually actvate Chalice of Death Flip for the kill hit.
Sorry for the long update, i was really exited to play against people i dont usually play with so i dont remember much of the details.
Magic is awesome.
wallisface says... #2
Deck looks good! Should defo be able to win some games with this! :)
The best thing to do now would be to get the deck out there and play tons of games with it - it’ll be the most effective way to see what cards do amazingly, and which cards might be providing less use. It’ll also give you a good idea on what kinds of hate-pieces you’ll need for the sideboard (if your playgroups run sideboards).
Just chiming in on the Saltskitter convo - personally i don’t think it’s a card worth running, for 3 reasons. 1: your deck already looks pretty solid and this appears to be worse than anything it’d replace (never go above 60 cards). 2: adding in another 4cmc card is going to mess with your mana curve too much and slow you down. 3: it can’t reliably do things, as your opponent can force it to flicker when they want to attack you, and its flickering ability in general isn’t great considering the investment.
June 11, 2019 4:55 p.m.
Looks good.
I suggest swapping Brave the Elements in place of Shelter , as the lower CMC will fit your mana-base better and its wide range makes lethal strikes more likely.
I think if you're playing very casual games, Saltskitter could be worth including up to 2x. However, I generally agree with wallisface's assessment. I'm guessing you're already aware of Norin the Wary and consider him too pricey. Norin would definitely be worth playing in this Soul Sisters style build, but would increase the cost quite a bit, as you'd really need good lands to make it consistent enough.
Ordeal of Heliod also comes to mind as a possible fit for this build.
Hope you're playtesting this!!
June 11, 2019 6:12 p.m.
Ordeal of Heliod is actually a god tier level card and i never even knew about its existence, im pretty sure i'll add it. Brave the Elements does sound better as well. Thanks for the input.
EpoH says... #1
Funkydiscogod i love the idea of repeatedly putting Saltskitter on the battlefield, any idea on what to replace on the deck to keep it at 60 cards ? should i just add it and make it 64 ?
Im not really sure on the card draw though, do i need one? Shelter kinda does that but i don't think i'll be on a too tough of a spot to need it.
June 11, 2019 3:24 p.m.