Tribute to Johnny: A Different Sort of Deck.
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Aug. 28, 2015, 4:48 p.m. by Karns_Pyromancer
Basically, I like weird decks. Be it decks like Salmonman1064's deck that uses Kresh as the Commander (but is really built for Feldon of the Third Path) or decks with 90+ land that are designed to make all opponents do a mental reboot.
I want to find these decks and study them, appreciate them, stick them in a folder. They aren't always efficient nor do they necessarily win all that much, but to a Johnny like me, they always bring admiration or a smile (the Spike in me likes to abuse them, but we're going to pretend that part doesn't exist right now).
What I need is help. I don't have the time to seek out these decks and doing so wouldn't be efficient. Please feel free to tag users, decks, or just describe some of the wackiness we Johnnies bring to the table (specificity is appreciated).
Karns_Pyromancer says... #3
lemmingllama, honestly, both options are attractive (if you combo, you might as well win, right).
I mostly just want to see interesting decks, things not everyone else is doing.
August 28, 2015 5:12 p.m.
Megalomania says... #6
I love being able to put my own twist on commonly used combos. Not sure if anyone else does this but my favorite combo/play in my deck involves casting an end turn Insidious Dreams which leads to a Future Sight + Helm of Awakening + Sensei's Divining Top + Tendrils of Agony on my turn. Admittedly not the most efficient combo in the deck, but it works and it's sort of flashy especially when people see it for the first time. Lol.
Another thing I have in the deck is the Peregrine Drake + Archeomancer + Ghostly Flicker (infinite mana) combo. It's a 3-card combo which I often pull off using Intuition and Reanimate.
Not sure if you find these to your liking but I have had a lot of success (and fun) usung them.
August 28, 2015 10 p.m.
Karns_Pyromancer says... #7
Those are beautiful, Megalomania!
I'm surprised I've not seen Helm of Awakening in mass.
August 28, 2015 10:32 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #8
Okay so I've got some goodies, but first, what do you want specifically? Cause I'm not even sure where to begin.
one of my favorite gimmick decks is my Maelstrom Wanderer deck because it is so different than the usual good-stuff value.dec build he usually gets, and mine wins: MagicalHacker - Maelstrom Wanderer
lemmingllama says... #2
So wait, are the deck's supposed to actually win, or just do cool things that no-one expects and everyone ends up having a good game?
If the latter of the two interests you, I'd recommend to check out M a g i c a l H a c k e rs MagicalHacker - Zedruu the Greathearted and my own Some Goats Want to Watch the World Burn. Zedruu has the best of weird shenanigans.
August 28, 2015 4:57 p.m.