Under Limitless Circumstances...

Mordon327, 11 years ago

If money was endless, I would put 4x Entomb, 4x Vampiric TutorGC, and 4x Demonic TutorGC. But as life is, I don't have $240 to spend for cards on a deck that people won't want to play against. Such is life.

Vinjinzo, 11 years ago

Removed: Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, Chromescale Drake, and Dissipate.

Added: Skeleton Shard, Assert Authority, and Override.

I also removed 2 Island, 1 Swamp, and a Plains for a Vivid Marsh, Vivid Creek, Vivid Meadow, and a Seat of the Synod.

GP Phoenix Results

ChrisHansonBiomancin, 11 years ago

I went 6-3 at yesterday's Grand Prix, coming one win short of making the second day. This was my first GP, and I was pretty happy with the results, tho coming so close certainly was a little bitter. Here's a brief breakdown of the results:

Rd 1: Golgari Dredge; W 2-0: I've seen this deck a couple of times at my LGS (Lotleth Troll, Nighthowler, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, etc.) and it's a good deck but a pretty easy matchup for me since I don't spend much time removing things. Quick win, especially after a game 2 Curse of the Swine removed his best threats where he couldn't get to them and the Biodaddy was doing his thing.

Rd 2: Orzhov Humans; W 2-1: As long as I'm on the play, I can usually outrace this deck, and I was lucky enough to win the dice roll. He made the curious decision of exiling Prime Speaker with Banisher Priest, which was punished quickly by a Monstous Polukranos.

Rd 3: Esper Control: L 1-2: Games 1 & 2 were back-and-forth, with Garruk and Cyclonic Rift doing the heavy-lifting in my win, but I flooded out in Game 3 without any draw spells.

Rd 4: MBD; W 2-1: After dropping game 1, Primeval Bounty did work in Game 2, and I was able to land an early Garruk in game 3 to lock down his Desecration Demon and run away with the match win.

Rd 5: MBD: L 1-2: Game 1 was a nail-biter, as he dropped a Gray Merchant of Asphodel with 3 Pack Rats out and me at 3 life with a Simic Charm in hand. With one more life or one less Rat, I could've bounced Gary and won on the swing back, but such is life. I crushed him in game 2 after a huge Prime Speaker, but in Game 3, I got stuck on 5 mana with 2 Garruks in hand. Had the 6th come, I would've almost certainly won, but it wasn't to be.

Rd 6: Orzhov Midrange; W 2-1: Against a fellow LGS player, I dropped game 1, and once again Primeval Bounty provided a dominating win in game 2 with my tournament life on the line. In game 3, his army of Pack Rat was bearing down on me, but a couple turns before he could finish me off, my Courser revealed a Cyclonic Rift on top of the deck and w both knew it was over.

Rd 7: Naya Hexproof' L 1-2: I was retarded and kept a loaded hand with no plays in game 1, needing one more land and drew into none. In game 2, he was the one who was mana-screwed this tim, and Nylea led an easy win. In game 3, he had a Fiendslayer Paladin buffed with Unflinching Courage and 2 Ethereal Armor, and despite a Prime Speaker for 5, I wasn't able to find a bounce or Curse, so my dreams of a day 2 appearance were dashed.

Rd 8: MUD splash W: W 2-0: I've found this to be a great matchup for me, and this was no different. Polukranos ate up his Mastger of Waves both times, and Unravel the Aether took care of Thassa, God of the Sea in game 2 as a Bestowed Biomancer made a ridiculous army.

Rd 9: Orzhov Midrange; W 2-0: Game 1 resulted in a fairly convincing win for me as he didn't have enough removal to keep up with my Garruk-supplied army. Game 2 was pretty epic, as I counted 10 removal spells in his graveyard by the end, but I was able to bounce & counter his Brimaz, King of Oreskos to stay alive, and, after creature after creature ate a kill spell, I finally resolved a Kalonian Hydra with a Prime Speaker in hand. I made a calculated risk to sac my Caryatid to tap down Desecration Demon so it couldn't team with 2 Cat tokens to kill my Hydra, and after he didn't remove my Hydra in combat, I knew I was safe to drop Prime Speaker for 9, and ran away with it from there.

Although I've immensely enjoyed playing this deck, it's time to set it aside for a while and try something new. I'll almost certainly give it another look after Kruphix comes out.

Swannigan, 11 years ago

Made some changes

-1 Cancel -1 Washout -1Thoughtscour

+1Abjure +1 Favorable Winds +1 Spy Network

Casual Play

ryanmeadus, 11 years ago

UPDATE: Currently undefeated in Casual play.

2-0 vs Golgari Scavenge

2-0 vs White Wheenies

2-0 vs Black Devotion

Never got a creature out in any game. Won with a agressive burn tactic using Warleader's Helix to keep me alive.

Scavenge almost got me using Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord but i won the race.

clearing out old comments

Theplusone, 11 years ago

00cjk, 11 years ago

changed the deck so it is the deck im using right now with the cards i have at hand, the taking out of the 2x Treasured Find is permanent though, i like the 2x satyr wayfinders better

dillanz, 11 years ago

swapped Treasured Find for Codex Shredder

First thoughts on replacements

Jarll, 11 years ago

Been debating with myself on how to make this deck even better, and my first thought is to remove Undercity Plague completely and replace it with Whip of Erebos. The deck currently has no 4 drops, and the added Lifelink on already unblockable creatures would be very helpful. Undercity Plague is a bit redundant for this format anyhow: there is already a ton of removal and unblockable creatures means guaranteed hits on the opponent.

NewFlesh, 11 years ago

Removed liliana's reaver for skullclamp

Final

LusciousCabbage, 11 years ago

All things here are owned and in my deckbox. Also this is a comment cleanup...I'll cycle this deck for a bit and see what the community thinks of it. If you want to, check out some of my other decks being worked on. I like playing with standard mostly, sometimes modern. I also play around in the budget range with the belief that cheap cards can be just as good as $400 top-tier decks. Still looking for a solution for the incredibly overpowered black devotion that is sweeping my meta. +1 to show you like the build and to show me and the cows some love. Tribal is so much fun to play.

9 months

darkfire.hunter, 11 years ago

So, it's been nine months since I started building and refining this deck and I'm finally done with it. Played it aginst my friends decks for a few months and while it doesn't always win it usually beats them about 75% of the time in 1-on-1 and 40% in multiplayer. I'm happy with it now.

cybergreen, 11 years ago

I went and bought ~$4 of cards on MTG Madness to take advantage of one of their deals, all for this deck. The deck is more focused and stable now.

IvanS, 11 years ago

Omniscience -> Patron Wizard
Opposition -> Aphetto Alchemist
Tamiyo, the Moon Sage -> Gilded Lotus
Nevinyrral's Disk -> Merchant Scroll
Enter the Infinite -> Intruder Alarm

FNM

greenkine, 11 years ago

3-1 FNM

Khaos231, 11 years ago

Updated decklist and added sideboard.

Play Testing Changes

IraFenix, 11 years ago

Stratus Walk doesn't need to be as consistent of a card as Aqueous Form or any of my Heroic creatures need to be. Thus, it was reduced to x3. Instead, I pumped up my Gods Willing from 3 to 4 to make my saving grace more consistent.

Triton Tactics is catching my eye right now tremendously, will let you all know what I decide.

A few changes

Yinxxu, 11 years ago

Made a few changes inspired by Stjepan Suic's tournament deck. A couple of his cards are now banned in modern, so some changes had to be made. My sidedeck is still a little questionable, but due to cost concerns a few changes had to be made. Also worth noting is that Inkmoth Nexus is not present (partially due to cost and partially due to forest need with the cards I am using).

Forbidden Orchard

Joshua690, 11 years ago

Added Forbidden Orchard for more mana options. Decided against City of Brass because I take too much damage early on just to draw cards.

Add/Remove

Ender666666, 11 years ago

Add:
1x Airborne Aid
1x Battle Screech
2x Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Remove:
2x Judge's Familiar
1x Prismatic Strands
1x Quiet Speculation

Modernised, competitive WB-Version

Silverflas7o7, 11 years ago

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raithe000, 11 years ago

Sideboard change-up. Fabled Hero was never useful, and I could never cast Hunter's Prowess. trying out more counterspells in the sideboard, but unsure if that is the right tack.

shanemrys, 11 years ago

out: Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
in: Polluted Bonds