Thoughts on these builds?
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Posted on June 21, 2017, 8:02 p.m. by JMS210
Anyone have any thoughts on these builds.
Yes, 2 are illegal but my play group are adults and don't mind the cards.
That's the beauty of it all.
I can get Contamination and Bitterblossom out but the table still has Mana rocks to get through. Stony Silence stops them cold while it will have zero effect on me.
I don't need the combo finish. I have won just as many games locking down the table as I have comboing off.
I don't run Necro (although admittedly I should) because ever Zur deck runs it and I wanted something a little different.
June 21, 2017 11:47 p.m.
Winterblast says... #4
I've had a look at your Augustin because I play him too. I think your build is a bit slow, considering the fact that you are allowed to run cards that are banned in normal commander. If the other players can do that as well, you need more speed imo. Less lands, much more mana artifacts.
You also have too many mass removals for my liking and nothing to attack the mana bases of your opponents. Making spells more expensive goes hand in hand with land destruction...but you have almost none. Removing lands will also kill creatures with The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale and Pendrell Mists
You already mentioned in your deck description that your deck needs a good starting hand. I can't see this happening consistently with your current build...you say you need 3 lands and a mana rock, which is unrealistic with so few mana rocks in the deck. If you don't get that start, opening hands might be absolutely unplayable because of too high mana costs.
If you want you can have a look at my build Augustin's $t4ks. The list shows how I play it at the moment...I've made a lot of changes since the beginning, which was similar to yours, with far too mana anti-aggro cards that did little to nothing for a quick hardlock or win.
PlattBonnay says... #2
You're playing stony silence in a pox deck with an artifact combo finish. Seems loose. Also, you're playing black and not Necropotence? Doesnt even matter if you're not finding it with Zur, this just seems objectively incorrect.
June 21, 2017 11:09 p.m.