first WNM (Wednesday night magic)
weisemanjohn, 11 years ago
Went 2-3 because of being mana screwed the first and third match, second match was bant control. Fourth and fifth I won against mono blue aggro and GB (trying to play like GR monsters with kill?)
Favorite combos
Archetype of Imagination+Kalonian Hydra
Progenitor Mimic+Kalonian Hydra
Progenitor Mimic+Prime Speaker Zegana
Also added to the deck Prime Speaker Zegana, Thassa, God of the Sea, and another Courser of Kruphix plus some misc side boarding.
Simple tournament
TH3_ST34M9UNK, 11 years ago
Sorry I haven't been able to get on from some school work but I finally got to test my deck out and lost 3 and won 2.
Diresam12, 11 years ago
Day 32 - 29 Days Past #2
heavyarmoire, 11 years ago
It occurred to me that I probably can't have my control and aggro at the same time, so I'll focus on board state.
Day 32 - 29 Days Past
heavyarmoire, 11 years ago
Changed the ideal deck to the actual deck. Cards I'm hellbent on keeping: Call to the Kindred, Black Market, Disperse (as it's a Faerie on it), Vedalken Shackles, Painful Quandary, Door of Destinies (until I decide whether or not it's a bad card for the direction of the deck. Probably will be but I'm stubborn on occasion). Any other suggestions will be loved and considered.
First Playests
ChrisWeeks93, 11 years ago
Got some play-testing in today at my local shop. Just some casual games. I found that there is to much discard. After the games gets to early-mid territory my opponent is top decking or is very close to it. At that point im no longer reaping the benefits of the discard and further discarding cards become dead, especially if my opponent is able to play the card they are top decking every turn.
So to this end i decided to make the following changes. Black Cat is OUT. This card it garbage from what ive experienced with it. I always have something else id rather be spending the mana on and theres so many other cards i wish i had in my hand.
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled is a good card, just not in this deck. Hes just to high cost for what you get, at-least in this format. He shuts down Yisan, the Wanderer Bard decks thats about it, otherwise his second ability is pretty much nonexistent.
Read the Bones is coming out. I really like this card but the 3 CMC is just to much for this deck, it cant handle it. When i need the cards the most i only have 2 land available. The scry is powerful but i just cant seem to make it work. With all the other 3 drops Underworld Connections, Mind Rot, and Hero's Downfall, theres just no way i can make the 3 fit the curve.
So out goes Black Cat x3 and in comes Gray Merchant of Asphodel. This guy is a baller and does worrrrrk. I didnt know how wonderful he was until i play tested with him. Im not to focused on devotion in this deck with the 20 instants/Sorcery's and this card still wins games. Yes, he wins games. The damage is sick nasty and the life gain is amazing! I quickly realized in play-testing how quickly i die, and more often than not, more of that damage i did to myself than my opponent did to me. With Thoughtseize, Sign in Blood, Read the Bones, and Underworld Connections all doing damage to me, i quickly get behind on life and lose. Im perfectly fine paying life for all those cards but without any way to get life back it was a bust. So gray merchant saves the day and 3x come in.
2x Read the Bones go out for 2 more Sign in Blood. I would much rather run a play set of bloods instead of bones altogether. The extra mana is huge and my 3 CMC slots are packed anyway. Also they make the deck more aggressive which it is defiantly lacking in.
Out goes 2x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled for 2x Whip of Erebos. Im not completely sold on this card but the life gain i grab off of Indulgent Tormentor is nuts. Also, though i havent had a chance to use it yet, the reanimation could be a came winner.
Tweak
therefiller, 11 years ago
Giant Adephage -> TerastodonMomentous Fall -> Snakeform
Halimar Depths -> Island
Sylvan Caryatid -> Gyre Sage
Harrow -> Exploration
Vorel of the Hull Clade -> Bow of Nylea
Diluvian Primordian -> Djinn of Infinite Deceits
Jace's Archivist -> Dungeon Geists
Thespian's Stage -> Darksteel Citadel
Add white??
Red-Skull, 11 years ago
I'm considering adding white to the deck for all those white sideboard shenanigans. Advise please.
Omega
DragonKnight, 11 years ago
This is my Omega BGW deck!!!
Post PTQ Khans
tails616, 11 years ago
I noticed that I have a hard time with Lingering Souls, Tarmogoyf and Scavenging Ooze. To an extent Kitchen Finks was irritating, but only a bit. I don't need to get hate-cards for Finks.
Which made me have to think about cards that can hate out Goyf/Scooze. I thought of adding one more Abrupt Decay, looked into adding some number of Deathmark or Slaughter Pact.
As for fighting Lingering Souls, if you can't beat them, join them? Maybe? Splashing white for Lingering Souls won't be terribly hard, seeing as I run Looting/Lili I can always default to flashback value. I would cut Courser of Kruphix for it. Another solution is Firespout so that I can keep Pyromancer's tokens.
Some Changes Main Board
GorehoundABB, 11 years ago
I removed the following from the mainboard as I thought they provided very little to the deck or slowed it down.
-2 Ashiok's Adept - was a good creature blocker for weenie decks but really was a heavy mana sink when I had to put down 2 spells to get cards out of my opponents hand.
-2 Cruel Feeding- Was a dead draw in almost every match up I played with it. The upside wasn't nearly as justified weighing in the downsides of having 3 copies in the deck.
-1 Launch the Fleet - The synergizes well with the deck but more or less dead draw unless i have the board I need to win.
To remedy this I added in
- 2 Jace, Memory Adept - If we can't get there with creatures, Mill, Mill, Mill. I tried out Elspeth, Sun's Champion as a two off and she didn't provide the results I would have wanted in this type of deck.
+3 Vortex Elemental - This card is godly. This card is pretty much our answer to any aggro strategy and makes profitable blocks trying to win with Jace. If all works well, I might can the last copy of Launch the Fleet for another copy of this card. Its that valuable. Games with this deck usually go on for a while so activating both abilities isn't out of the question.
Also think about this, Vortex blocks a creature, activate its ability, cast Hour of Need while you still have priority and exile it for a 4/4 sphinx. The Vortex's effect still resolves and the opponents creature get bounced back never to be seen again in the foreseeable future. Filthy.
Change of direction
simplepain, 11 years ago
Decided to go a little more token based because of the god of the forge
Thanks for the Help
Niroh, 11 years ago
So, to everyone who's helped so far, I've done some tweaking to improve mana and draw power, more feedback is always appreciated.
Recent Changes
Srixis, 11 years ago
Jareth, Leonine Titan -> Pontiff of Blight
Darksteel Ingot -> Enlightened Tutor
Bosk Banneret -> Reaper of Sheoldred
Filter Lands -> Bounce Lands
Stalwart Shield-Bearers -> Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
fixed lack of threats... I think
daemon_panda, 11 years ago
I need a testplay against opponents now. I made some changes. I forgot what went out. Here is what went in. Mindslaver, Unwinding clock, Ensnaring bridge, Thorn of Amethyst, Orb of Dreams, Sphere of Resistance, Propaganda, Rhystic Study, Aura of Silence, Blind Obedience
Anymore Reduction Suggestions?
Valentine35, 11 years ago
Only 13 more cards to cut. This sucks, since i like 'em all! The latest card to not make the cut was Blood Artist. I just felt he was only useful in certain situations, and wouldn't really matter in the long game.
Most recent cuts...Nihil Spellbomb, Ritual of the Returned, Corrupt, Twisted Abomination, Vengeful Pharaoh, Door of Destinies, Read the Bones, Barter in Blood, Altar's Reap, Rise from the Grave, Undying Evil, Grave Betrayal, Diabolic Tutor, Slum Reaper, Grim Return, Crypt Ghast
, and Tragic Slip