All colorless mana ramp options?
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Posted on Feb. 9, 2016, 1:38 a.m. by Postmortal_Pop
Artifacts and colorless have always been my favorite flavor in the magic color pie and I've ran an all artifact deck for a long time now. You could probably imagine my joy when the new wastes hit the shelf, "now my lovely robots won't call prey to all that land hate!" I thought aloud... in the Isle at Walmart... As fellow shoppers glared... After rushing home and clearing away the dust and cobwebs I sat down to revive my deck!... And promptly realized that it was terrible... So I broke from my myrs theme, put away the Door to Nothingness (no joke, that was my win con...) and set out to make something that would be equally as scary to my play group now as the original version was to our nieve younger selves.
If you've made it through all that without dying, here is the real question:
Is there any primarily colorless mana ramp options that aren't the urza lands?
Right now I'm using Hedron Archives, Heartless Summonings, and mana myrs to keep the pace reasonable in my pay group but I really need something faster.
I read all over about 4+ cmc creatures played potentially on turn 2 and I know there are all sorts of combos that I have no idea how to use. I'm not looking for tournament winners, I just want the deck to keep its reign of terror.
alanwescoat says... #3
Cloudpost and Glimmerpost, along with Vesuva and Thespian's Stage
February 9, 2016 5:33 a.m.
Burnished Hart and Opaline Unicorn are two colourless mana helpers, but they don't hit the field until Turn 3.
Meteorite can also be used, at a pinch.
There are lots of Artifacts that can be tapped for mana. Problem is that most of them don't hit the field until Turn 2 or 3.
February 9, 2016 8:29 a.m.
The eldrazi might be able to help you. Kozilek's Channeler and Herald of Kozilek. Plus there are a bunch of cheap summon cards for Eldrazi Scion that could help get more mana early game. Of course, those typically have green and blue costs, I'm not sure if you're going to have colored lands, or you're going all colorless
alanwescoat says... #2
Ancient Tomb
I can get Lodestone Golem out on turn 1.
Ancient Tomb
Ornithopter, Memnite, or Phyrexian Walker
Ornithopter, Memnite, or Phyrexian Walker (again)
Mox Opal (Tap for mana before losing it with the next play.)
Mox Opal (losing the first one)
Lodestone Golem
Sweet!
February 9, 2016 5:30 a.m.