Looking to fix my manabase
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Posted on May 25, 2017, 1:26 p.m. by Wolfrage76
My Thumpy, thumpy, thumpy! deck has been playing great except for my mana. I don't know why but I'm always short on mana anymore. Not even specific colors, just in general. Can you give me some feedback on how to ramp my mana up more? It held its own against 3 players at once that had almost twice the mana, but just barely.
Thumpy, thumpy, thumpy!
Commander / EDH*
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Wolfrage76 says... #3
Thanks for the tips. I prefer Astral Cornucopia because if all the proliferation. It's cheaper to get out and can get me much more mana down the road.
May 25, 2017 1:48 p.m.
Wolfrage76 says... #4
Also, land tax lets me pull lands from library increasing my chance of getting other cards I want in other draws. But Mana Reflection is a thought.
May 25, 2017 1:50 p.m.
Wolfrage76 says... #5
Oh, didn't answer your quesiton: It was theme as this is based on old deck that had a ton of low cost, mostly green fungus cards but it doesn't work for this one s it's not a token deck
May 25, 2017 1:52 p.m.
MTGApprentice2016 says... #6
You're most welcome. I personally have found that having between 7 - 10 pieces of ramp is ideal depending up on what you want your deck to accomplish.
May 25, 2017 1:55 p.m.
Land Tax is not goof in a green deck. The whole point of having green is that you can ramp. Tax just gets cards into hand. Also, I would avoid Mana Reflection. Your deck basically ceilings at 6 mana and reflection will just be another big, clunky spell in your hand for a large portion of the game. You need low end ramp. Stuff that you can play at turn 2-3. Rampant Growth, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, that kind of stuff. After all, you want to ramp into your threats, not play the ramp after them.
MTGApprentice2016 says... #2
Astral Cornucopia < Gilded Lotus in my personal opinion. Thran Dynamo would also be a good include. Honestly, while Land Tax is good...Mana Reflection is better as Mana Reflection actually ramps you while Land Tax only lets you keep up with the Jones's mana base.
I'm not seeing any green ramp spells such as Seek the Horizon, Cultivate, etc. all. Was there a reason for this (personal choice or thematic) as my suggestion would be to cut Banshee's Blade, Ring of Xathrid, Titan Forge, Scarab Feast, and Savor the Moment for some of the green ramp spells and/or further artifact ramp.
Also, I'd start by adding two more lands somehow as 35 lands isn't the best to run for commander I have found.
May 25, 2017 1:43 p.m.