Reforged Again

Kjeldur, 4 years ago

Deck Edit

DoctorBarbarian, 4 years ago

Deck Edit

DoctorBarbarian, 4 years ago

Golgari Signet > Putrefax - A little more speed is needed early on so a cheap mana rock serves here, while Putrefax was fun but without more Infect it wasn't serving to do more than draw the table's attention as soon as it hit the graveyard.

Lithoform Engine > Fact or Fiction - Lithoform is becoming quite the utility piece in a few of my decks and here it just makes so much sense. Double up on Worldly Tutor for just three mana more? SURE! Copy any of my back-breaking permanents as they enter for 4 mana?! DEAL! Meanwhile, Fact or Fiction, though good card advantage for the hand and the 'yard, is just outclassed by other cards in the deck doing similar or same-y things.

Port of Karfell > Island: Utility land for mill/recursion is just good.

Ice Tunnel > Island: Even though it ETBs tapped, I'd rather have a tutorable dual-colored land in my land slot.

Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip > Forest: Budget dual land. Duh.

Vorinclex +1/+1 counters

Dkronk42, 4 years ago

Dream Cache / Fierce Guardianship

Teira470, 4 years ago

• Out: Cyclonic RiftGC // In: Dream Cache
• Out: Misdirection // In: Fierce GuardianshipGC

more devotion and more effective mana dork

Fallerup, 4 years ago

Gigantosaurus

Gigantosaurus

Craptacular

rco, 4 years ago

My first pass at this deck was ineffective and not very fun. I decided to take one stab at unfucking it before pulling it apart.

One idea is to cut all of the off-theme ramp and go to 42-45 lands. The various scry effects help keep the top of the library clear in the late game, and traditional ramp doesn’t seem to be a good tempo investment and is definitely a bad cascade hit.

Cut for basics:

• Rattleclaw Mystic
• Skyshroud Claim
• Oracle's Vault
• Stolen Strategy
• Mind's Dilation

Swaps:

• Psychic Battle → Beastmaster Ascension
• Rashmi, Eternities Crafter → Temur Ascendancy
• Reclaim → Phylath, World Sculptor
• Wheel of Fate → Cavalier of Gales
• Fury Charm → Seal of Primordium
• Flamekin Herald → Seal of Removal

Possible adds:

• Tidespout Tyrant
• Thrash / Threat
• Other seals and spellbombs

Possible Cuts:

• Dryad Greenseeker
• Sigiled Starfish
• Into the Wilds
• Tamiyo, Collector of Tales

The Great Lizard Skull Cometh!

Mortlocke, 4 years ago

When I started to pilot this deck (Realizing Dinosaurs embody my inner Timmy) i've always intended to acquire a special high-end deck box for it in the same fashion as my Sliver Deck The Queen's Egg. The problem however was that I had a very specific vision (a common problem that plagues me with my decks as well) - I wanted to get a deck box that resembles a Tyrannosaurus Rex's fossilized skull. Currently, there is no such product available - but luckily for me I found an artist who works with metals and cast resins who is willing to take up the task of building me my dream T-Rex Skull deck box - albeit at a pretty penny. Everything is in the early stages at the moment, but what's really awesome is the fact that I at least have a concept image to share:

onesided removal

Fallerup, 4 years ago

balan's a woman lol

Super_Stone_Man117, 4 years ago

Big Update

Super_Stone_Man117, 4 years ago

3rd update

sabbatical2005, 4 years ago

-1x Moraug, Fury of Akoum / -1x Quest for Pure Flame / -1x Fiery Emancipation

+1x Feldon of the Third Path / +1x Terror of the Peaks / +1x Tectonic Giant

2nd update

sabbatical2005, 4 years ago

-1x Shattering Spree / -1x Flamekin Harbinger --> +2x Quest for Pure Flame The more damage, the better.

-2x Faithless Looting --> +1x Reforge the Soul +1x Risk Factor Better to draw more cards instead of discarding the same amount.

-1x Braid of Fire --> +1x Runaway Steam-Kin Most of the instant effects are cut. Runaway fits the theme and helps with mana at sorcery speed.

-2x Chandra's Spitfire --> +2x Rekindling Phoenix I love the phoenix for it's flavor and strength. It's a very constant blocker against flying decks.

-2x Glacial ChasmGC / -1x Mountain --> +3xMyriad Landscape Cut the chasm because i now damage my opponent instead of all players. Myriad has an art which fits to the theme and helps with lands early game.

-4x Mountain --> +3x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip / +1x Bonders' Enclave Added some new lands as well. Enclave fits the theme.

-1x Vow of Lightning --> +1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge Vow is fun but slow. Anax is fun and faster.

-1x Squee, Goblin Nabob --> +1x Goblin Chainwhirler Also a flavourfull goblin and adds to the idea of the deck. Also most of the discarding cards were cut earlier.

-1x Anger --> +1x Tuktuk Rubblefort Provides haste as well and has reach.

-1x Lord of Shatterskull Pass --> +1x Moraug, Fury of Akoum Lord was too slow, but had the feel because of the creature type. Added another minotaur.

-1x Stigma Lasher --> +1x Soulbright Flamekin for mana fix. Sitgma was too slow.

-2x Flamekin Harbinger --> +1 Cosmotronic Wave / +1x Bonfire of the Damned No need for searching elementals, more damage and free attack.

-1x Siege Dragon --> +1x Dragon Mage Because the number of flyers in my casual games keeps increasing. Siege dragon only damages non-flying creatures. Dragon mage helps searching for answers.

I also added some cards, for more diversity:

+3x Mountain +1x Myriad Landscape +1x Bonders' Enclave

+1x Quakebringer (Fun and fits the theme) +1x Soulbright Flamekin (Gives trample to some creatures that really need it. +2x Runaway Steam-Kin (Mana fixers) +1x Embercleave (Must have finisher, gives double strike as well and scales nicely) +1x Fiery Emancipation (Must have, triple damage is so much fun) +1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge (Helps for blocking and get's heavy quickly. Also fun when you have purphoros out.) +1x Inferno Titan (Another giant that helps quakebringer and shoots damage itself.) +1x Immolation Shaman (Fun early drop that fits the theme.)

1st update

sabbatical2005, 4 years ago

-3x Wild Guess --> +2x Commune with Lava / +1x Risk Factor

-1x Sizzle / -2x Flamebreak / -1x Fault Line --> +4x Fiery Confluence

-3x Earthquake --> +1x Quakebringer +1x Cosmotronic Wave +1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

-1x Chandra's Phoenix --> +1x Rekindling Phoenix

-3x Fault Line --> +1x Blasphemous Act +1x Chandra's Ignition +1x Bonfire of the Damned

-1x Obsidian Fireheart --> +1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

-1x Scourge of Kher Ridges --> +1x Drakuseth, Maw of Flames

-1x Shatterstorm / -2x Shattering Pulse --> +3x Vandalblast

None

Noire_Samhain, 4 years ago

More small changes

temeref, 4 years ago

Deck has been struggling vs. artifact hate. The issue here is that, regardless of being hit by it as well, other good players tend to leave artifact hate in play due to this list's aggressive dump/refill strategy. So, I'm considering non-intrusive options for hitting planeswalkers, since one of the deck's MVP's Karn, the Great Creator is also one of it's greatest adversaries.

• Reverberate, which was a Scroll Rack, has been swapped out for Soul Shatter. Reverberate was... okay, at best, but also wildly inconsistent. I wanted to try it vs. Ad NauseamGC which is rampant in my meta, but even being able to copy it wasn't enough to stop what happened after the fact. RIP lol. Anyways, I was playing Soul Shatter for a while prior actually due to the instant speed nature of it, since it worked well at keeping permanents down for Smokestack and helped vs. indestructible targets (which helped with Devastation). It's one more mana than the more common Liliana's Triumph, an excellent budget option for any deck in black, but can also hit planeswalkers -- and has a much higher chance at hitting what you want it to. Usually it's Sisay decks running Karn, the Great Creator, and as such he will almost always be the highest CMC creature/walker in play during the turns where it matters.

• Inquisition of Kozilek swapped out for Duress. I've ping-ponged between these two endlessly, but I think Duress is coming out ahead. So, Inquisition of Kozilek has a really strong upside of being able to hit Dockside Extortionist, Thassa's OracleGC, or any other low-cmc creature. Generally that's good enough on it's own, but being able to Reanimate a discarded creature can be key to winning without Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools. Roger provides one target, and having a second can speed up a win by an absurd amount. That said, despite Duress not aiding in that regard, it can hit Ad NauseamGC, which is generally broadcast miles ahead and is an easy target. Even if they cast it in response, I can then discard whatever the most important card in their hand is, which can greatly lessen the power of said deck's all-in play. With how many Ad NauseamGC decks I play against, any edge like this can help.

• Rite of Flame is out for Lotus Petal. Technically petal is better in every way, except for the fact that it gets hit by artifact hate. Wasn't too keen on that idea which is why it was exempt for the longest time. I'm trying to get a more efficient mana base going, though, and being able to add the mana at instant speed rather than sorcery should help the overall deck a lot.

I didn't end up ordering a number of cards like Tarnished Citadel and Lotus Petal during my last batch of buys, so I guess I'll have to do that now lol.

General Changes

Voodoo_Gremlin, 4 years ago

Removed Starfield Mystic and added Drannith MagistrateGC

Removed Canopy Vista and added Rejuvenating Springs

Removed Prairie Stream and added Prismatic Vista

Revision

ioniboi, 4 years ago

Bunch of new Cards

iSacs1987, 4 years ago

As promised I have an update o this Deck, considering several suggestions from the community.

• Plasm Capture replaces Echoing Truth
• Fierce Empath replaces Field Research
• Shared Summons replaces Harmonize
• Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip replaces Island
• Littjara Mirrorlake replaces Island
• Rimewood Falls replaces Island
• Replicating Ring replaces Lullmage's Familiar
• Garruk's Uprising replaces Mulldrifter
• Court of Bounty replaces Oko, the Trickster
• Path of Ancestry replaces Rupture Spire
• Reef Worm replaces Maraleaf Pixie
• Talisman of Curiosity replaces Ur-Golem's Eye
• Koma, Cosmos Serpent replaces Voracious Greatshark
• Mosswort Bridge replaces Woodland Stream

More Combos

iSacs1987, 4 years ago

More value

jpxsat, 4 years ago

First Edition

TheAvenger482, 4 years ago

None

j1fry, 4 years ago

None

Raptorlisk, 4 years ago

Forest > Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip

Island > Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip

Coralhelm Commander > Thieving Skydiver