Lame_Duck on Finding a home for Emrakul, …
5 days ago
I've been playing around with this card, trying to find a good deck for it. My first thought was to pair with Ugin, Eye of the Storms, since the two help ramp into each other.
I initially tried a dedicated Ramp deck but I found that Emrakul is actually pretty bad in that strategy; it just didn't do enough to stabilize the board when I was behind, even when I could cast it on turn 4 or 5, and untapping all of my lands was usually kind of pathetic when all I could do with the extra mana was cast more ramp spells.
Now, I'm playing with a Big deck, trying to use Emrakul to ramp into Charred Foyer / Warped Space and cast Emrakul for free; with that pattern I can, at worst, use the untapped lands to unlock the Foyer to still have something going on if Emrakul prompts a Day of Judgment or whatever. I've been liking this deck a lot more and a mixture of acceleration and removal to slow the game down seems like a better fit, since it gives more time to draw into a big play rather than needing it right away to have a chance like in the pure ramp deck.
Anyone else being experimenting with Emrakul? Any insights or ideas to share?