Nivmagus Elemental + Flusterstorm = Turn 2 win?

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Posted on July 30, 2014, 5:06 a.m. by badbadbad

It's not a combo for a deck, more of a theoretical scenario. I'm just wondering if I got the rule mechanics right.

T1: Island, Nivmagus Elemental

T2: Second Island, Attack

If the opponent casts a Lightning Bolt and I respond like this:

Float 2x U, Daze, Daze, Flusterstorm, Flusterstorm

If all spells resolve, will I have enough Instants on the stack to pump Nivmagus to 21/22?

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Stack:

Lightning Bolt

Daze

Daze (Start sac'ing here)

Flusterstorm (Sac this)

Three Storm copies (Sac these)

Flusterstorm (Sac this)

Four Storm copies (Sac these)

RussischerZar says... #2

Yes, that works.

Although if you played second, it might not work since they possibly have mana open.

July 30, 2014 5:22 a.m.

MagicalHacker says... #3

What you would actually want to do is let the first storm copy resolve and exile the others. Why? So that your opponent, seeing all the copies of Flusterstorm will not pay mana for the first one unless they have 11 mana open.

I actually have a modern deck based around Nivmagus Elemental if you wanna check it out: Elemental Of Surprise.

July 30, 2014 8:12 a.m.

badbadbad says... #4

Cool. Thanks for the advice. Great deck concept BTW.

Now to figure out how to fit this in my Hidden Strings + Stasis deck.

OT: Blistercoil Weird seems like a good idea too.

July 30, 2014 8:32 a.m.

MagicalHacker says... #5

Thanks man.

And yeah, I'm still considering it for the deck.

Happy deckbuilding!

July 30, 2014 8:46 a.m.

Ohthenoises says... #6

I Wash My Hands Of This Weirdness this just seems easier but then that's just a personal preference.

Not a bad little combo. Unfortunately it still is vulnerable to Abrupt Decay , Path to Exile and any other commonly used hard removal in modern. (Exactly why I don;t run my blistercoil combo deck.)

July 30, 2014 9:48 a.m.

MagicalHacker says... #7

I've found that Not of This World and Pact of Negation work well with Nivmagus Elemental and stop removal except Abrupt Decay .

It's definitely a glass cannon, but those are my favorite strategies

July 30, 2014 11:54 a.m.

Stygian333 says... #8

What about things like Mizzium Skin ? Sideboard tech? Gets around uncounterable.

July 30, 2014 12:16 p.m.

MagicalHacker says... #9

Sweet. I have Apostle's Blessing which works really well.

July 30, 2014 12:18 p.m.

NotSoLuckyLydia says... #10

Nivmagus Kiln is an elemental combo decklist that does something similar to this, using Ground Rift . I'm convinced that this could get ported to a legacy deck.

July 30, 2014 3:16 p.m.