Thoughts On Pure Planeswalker Deck?
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Posted on July 14, 2016, 2:37 a.m. by Dark_Midget
Hello everyone, I hope you're doing well tonight!
So, with the final Oath card coming out in Eldritch Moon, I was thinking I'd make a Gatewatch deck, involving Planeswalkers as something of win conditions and the theme mostly revolving around the 5 Gatewatch Planeswalkers (Though putting some others in for balance and flow, such as Tibalt)
Obviously, my main worry with this deck is the fact that Planeswalkers just SCREAM "Come at me" and keeps me open to just being torn to shreds. So my thoughts and questions are regarding deterrents, or ideas on how to protect myself and Planeswalkers, or anything in that sort of realm. I was thinking some kill spells would be good, as would anything that bounces. Planning on using a couple of isochron scepters if I'm using a few instants.
This is basically a casual legacy deck, so anything goes and I am open to all card suggestions :)
Dark_Midget says... #3
Oh! So I can :)
I'm kind of being stupid and am wanting to do a 5-colour deck, but those are generally pretty tricky. Though I could in theory just play 3 colours with a playset of Oath of Nissa.
July 14, 2016 3:49 a.m.
Dark_Midget says... #4
OH! I guess I'm also curious about peoples' suggestions for the best Planeswalker cards for the deck in general. Thinking as far as Gideons go, Champion of Justice would be the one I'd go for.
Liliana and Nissa are kinda throwing me off though. Not sure which I'd like best (though of the Veil seems to be the best general one for Liliana).
July 14, 2016 4:06 a.m.
I have seen people run both lili and nissa together. 4 drop is probably Garruk Wildspeaker because he can ramp you into more planeswalkers. Another 4 drop could be gideon or Elspeth, Knight-Errant. 5 drop could be Ob Niz or the other Garruk. Lots of possibilities.
I also spoke to kyuuri117 who had a superfriends deck that playes Lingering Souls.
It went:
T4 Garruk Wildspeaker, untap 2 lands, cast Lingering Souls from graveyard.
T5 Garruk Wildspeaker gives +3/+3 to your 4 spirit tokens and they swing for 16.
Alongside this he obviously ran Lili, Nissa, and a variety of others.
July 14, 2016 4:20 a.m.
The best Nissa is Nissa, Voice of Zendikar, at least in Modern, if that's where you're building. As for Tibalt, don't play him unless your deck is specifically tailored around self-discard, which Superfriends isn't very good at doing.
Five color isn't really a good idea, because it's SUPER prone to color screw. (Seriously, trust me.) But I guess you have to, if you're running all five Oaths. Speaking of which, don't overload on walkers/oaths. You need that wiggle room for removal, ramp, etc.
Best of luck!
July 14, 2016 8:44 a.m.
Temerities says... #8
I've started a superfrie d deck running around both tamiyos for an infinite ult / emblem gameplay. Tamiyos infinite Emblems I'm still working on it and trying to figure out. what I've found out is 3-5 mana cost planeswalkers when run in high amounts are your win cons more often then not. like I said you might find some good info in this deck your looking for and if you have any suggestions let me.know haha
July 14, 2016 10:18 a.m.
Just letting you know that you can't have more than planeswalker one the field of the same type, even if they have different names. So you can't have Garruk Wildspeaker and Garruk Relentless Flip or both Tamiyos or multiple Jace's etc.
July 14, 2016 10:20 a.m.
Dark_Midget says... #10
Yea. They fall under the Planeswalker uniqueness rule.
July 14, 2016 10:50 a.m.
Regarding what Chief said in comment #1;
Although I would personally prefer you start with the Abzan route so you would have access to Liliana of the Veil, I think you should try Bant just to try Tamiyo, Field Researcher first.
July 14, 2016 10:59 a.m.
Temerities says... #12
Divine Verdict is one of my personal favorite board wipes in a superfriends deck.
July 14, 2016 12:04 p.m.
JonathanSamurai says... #13
Path to Exile and Swords to Plowshares offer a lot of protection for one mana. Bevy of board wipes if you start getting swarmed. Beyond that just choose like 3 walkers you absolutely love and beat everyone at the table as they helplessly try to kill your walkers and you.
July 14, 2016 12:36 p.m.
Dark_Midget says... #14
Yeah, the ones that cause creatures to die when they attack are great. Divine Verdict being one of them.
July 15, 2016 11:13 p.m.
JonathanSamurai says... #15
Divine Verdict should only be played in EDH or if you couldn't find Celestial Flare, Immolating Glare, Journey to Nowhere, Swift Reckoning or the aforementioned Path to Exile / Swords to Plowshares. That's just white.
July 15, 2016 11:40 p.m.
Dark_Midget says... #16
Thank you! I was looking for the cheaper alternatives :)
July 16, 2016 3:09 a.m.
Temerities says... #17
I do apologize I meant Supreme Verdict not divine. that's my favorite board wipe card
ChiefBell says... #2
You can actually play superfriends in modern with a reasonable degree of success in Abzan or Bant colours. You get access to Oath of Nissa, lots of powerful planeswalkers and mana dorks, and also a metagame that doesn't necessarily punish slow decks if you have the correct cards.
July 14, 2016 3:30 a.m.