So I've got two competing ideas...
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Posted on March 26, 2017, 2:37 a.m. by DrukenReaps
I've got two ideas one more or less put together in the form of Divine Decree (still needs lots of work but the deck is put together just need some testing) the other I've barley started Smiling Slugger. Both are stuck in these colors and it is a choice between Alesha, Who Smiles at Death with slug creatures or Queen Marchesa and slug enchantments. There will likely be lots of overlap as both are group slug. I think alesha will be better and more aggressive by pinging everybody and having creatures to attack and block with. Marchesa version I have played in several forms and the downside seems to be that everyone wants me dead and I don't ever seem to have enough creatures. I think I've basically answered this for myself but thoughts? Most the slug decks I've seen are heavy enchant so I'm not sure if a creature version would be as effective at hurting everybody. Winning is not important just speeding up games.
alesha for sure she is great, she has more slug potential than marchesa. That and alesha is more competitive. (if you havent auto include master of cruelties in her)
March 26, 2017 10:14 a.m.
Panas, just add some white protection so he cant be targeted as easy so stuff like Rule of Law and so forth
March 26, 2017 10:16 a.m.
DrukenReaps says... #5
Thanks guys. I'll see about getting the alesha deck idea together.
March 26, 2017 3:43 p.m.
DrukenReaps says... #6
Alright so Smiling Slugger is what I have tentatively created at this point. It'll be a few weeks in the making as I already spent this month's fun allowance and won't be paid for awhile... but thoughts and suggestions on what to remove and things that might be better? Keep in mind the idea is to speed up games and for everyone to have fun trying to beat the clock I create not slow everything to a crawl. I'm not sure how many targets I should have for alesha or how many additional reanimation effects I should use. Also not sure if I should bother trying to fill my grave or let my opponents fill it for me, they will fill it with my stuff that much I'm sure of.
March 26, 2017 6:20 p.m.
DrukenReaps says... #7
And in the shortest amount of time ever I have gone from deciding to change to instead sticking with what I have... I just like the look and feel of the mighty Queen Marchesa too much to stop using her as a commander. Still Divine Decree needs help and testing so the eternal deck evolution continues... thanks for the comments though.
Panas says... #2
In my opinion a group slug theme focused around creature can happen for sure! I also think that Alesha is more combo focused and Marchesa v.2.0 is focused around pillow forts. Your deck ideas are both torn between these archetypes and the group slug you want to introduce. Both can be built sluggy; my suggestion would be to focus more on that theme rather than the other! I'm talking Sire Of Insanity and Mindslicer and Descent into Madness and Dread and Magus of the Abyss and Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts and Heartless Hidetsugu and Havoc Festival here! Go deep, prefer rattlesnakes over pillows and make them hurt!
Oh wow, I may be more of a sadist than I thought... :p
If there is no strong reason to play white, maybe you could consider running a Malfegor brew? He can be pretty spicy at being group slug!
March 26, 2017 9:32 a.m.