Ertai Help
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Posted on March 14, 2017, 9:34 a.m. by JohannKlink
I was thinking of making a deck based around Ertai, the Corrupted with the focus on enchantment control and have some utility creatures like Kambal, Consul of Allocation. Any card suggestions?
RedUndead40 says... #3
Make sure to add Daxos the Returned for repeatable counterspells.
March 14, 2017 2:10 p.m.
miracleHat says... #4
Ertai, you have to choose immediately whether you want an enchantment based control deck, or a creature based control deck.
Pros of enchantment:
it is a better deck
higher resiliency, consistency, cohesiveness, and ruthlessness. It is a brutal deck to go up against.
Must have cards:
Solitary Confinement, Oblivion Ring, Hanna, Ship's Navigator, Nether Void, chains of methlestopholes (somebody gets to find the correct name of that card).
Pros of creatures:
Easier on a budget
higher flexibility, more interaction, and efficiency.
Must have cards:
insert not-green/red hatebear... Sun Titan, Sheoldred, Whispering One, Entreat the Angels.
March 14, 2017 4:59 p.m.
bushido_man96 says... #6
White will give you access to cards like Replenish, as well.
TheHelvault says... #2
Ertai as an enchantment control deck is very doable. You're going to want to have enchantments out the ass, and have other control elements as well. Have library manipulation like Index, Ponder, Brainstorm, Sensei's Divining Top, Long-Term Plans to find the enchantments you need when you need them (you could also have some miracle cards in there like Entreat the Angels for a win-con or Terminus for a board wipe). Have cards that like enchantments, like Ethereal Armor to make a creature big or Sigil of the Empty Throne to make angels everywhere (note that Sigil makes 4/4 angels no matter what the CMC of the casted enchantment).
As for some controlling enchantments and things, Curse of Exhaustion + Knowledge Pool will lock an opponent out of the game, or if you'd rather, you can use Rule of Law to stop everyone from casting spells. Note that Knowledge Pool lets you cast cards from anyone's exiled cards for the price of any one measly spell. You can even flicker the Pool to get more cards available to cast!
Enchantments you could include in Ertai: Silkwrap, Stasis Snare, Encase in Ice, Pacifism, Quarantine Field, Banishing Light, Curse of the Bloody Tome, Curse of Exhaustion, Rule of Law, Curse of Thirst, Curse of Echoes, you get the idea. Search on Gatherer for enchantments in esper colors and you'll find lots.
March 14, 2017 9:57 a.m.