Help me make this work: Inalla + Throne of the God Pharaoh

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Posted on Oct. 8, 2017, 6:15 p.m. by Panas

Heyo!!! I'm currently working on a concept revolving around Throne of the God-Pharaoh and tapping creatures in Grixis colours. At the helm, I've got Inalla, Archmage Ritualist, with support from Opposition, Azami, Lady of Scrolls and Galecaster Colossus. I need to fill in the gaps with decent wizards and other ways to find/recur my important pieces from the grave, as well as making this janky build as viable as it can be for a casual, yet response heavy meta. Any ideas?

Young Pyromancer Talrand, The Sky Summoner and other cards that pump out tokens seems to be the first place to start. Docent of Perfection  Flip pumps out wizards, so that might be extra helpful. If your meta is response heavy, you may need lots of cheap counters like Dispel Invasive Surgery Turn Aside and Outwit. Black has lots of creature recursion, but as far as bringing back artifacts Daretti, Scrap Savant is about as powerful as the get if you run lots of artifacts. There are a handful of artifact recursion artifacts from darksteel and mirrodin as well so look into those. The throne would probably work best in a token heavy aggro deck, so focusing on things that churn out tokens and things that also do chip damage like Purphoros, God of the Forge will likely lead to victory.

October 8, 2017 6:59 p.m.

Pieguy396 says... #3

Burn at the Stake seems good here.

October 8, 2017 7:09 p.m.

Cicjose says... #4

well the best token generators in these colours are Bitterblossom

Hangarback Walker and

Elspeth, Sun's Champion

October 8, 2017 10:09 p.m.

cklise says... #5

Is Cryptic Gateway in your list? It seems like an auto-include with tribal.

October 8, 2017 10:16 p.m.

cklise says... #6

Some other options: Supreme Inquisitor, Kyren Negotiations, Crackleburr (can potentially both tap or untap your creatures, and return choice wizards to hand), Springleaf Drum, Crookclaw Elder, Sigil Tracer, Mothdust Changeling (a sneaky wizard), Aphetto Grifter. That should cover the most fitting cards for tapping your stuff.

October 8, 2017 10:36 p.m.

Pieguy396 says... #7

Cicjose Elspeth, Sun's Champion isn't in Grixis colors

October 8, 2017 11:12 p.m.

MWorl91 says... #8

Conspiracy and Arcane Adaptation to make everything Wizards so that they all trigger Inala

October 8, 2017 11:29 p.m.

Panas says... #9

I'm liking this so far! Thank you guys! I'll start fleshing out the list and come back as soon as I have something :)

October 9, 2017 2:47 a.m.

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