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Acolyte's Reward
Instant
Prevent the next X damage that would be dealt to target creature this turn, where X is your devotion to white. If damage is prevented this way, Acolyte's Reward deals that much damage to target creature or player. (Each White in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to white.)
lagotripha on BOROS BURN AIKIDO
2 years ago
If you want to play Braid of Fire you want to set up something like grandmaster to cast multiple 'return to hand' instant/ X cost spells, backed up by a second ramp engine, and it needs to win the game. This would be easiest with setting up a Time Warp loop or similar, but there are combo options with red/white that are similar, if a little less reliable.
To do this you'd need to respec the list into a grind/control setup -Path to Exiles and Lightning Helixes with the goal of getting a winning field where you just have better topdecks and a braid that keeps ticking up. This doesn't match the rest of your list.
I'm most used to seeing Boros Reckoner alongside Swans of Bryn Argoll as part of a combo engine, but the deck here doesn't have the parts to do that (wraths/land damage). It will work fine as a 3 drop choice for boros, but it will eat up slots that could be draw engines. You could go a little higher on the curve, run some more removal and try for Light from Within or Acolyte's Reward value, but it will take tuning and likely never quite reach competitive levels.
I've seen mono red tron where you try to cast wraths and burn people out with reckoner damage/ Fireball, but it hasn't been great in a long while.
I have seen combos using Hallow+Plunge into Darkness, a long time ago. It was a janky mess leaning hard on Children of Korlis. Hallow can definitely work for getting a high life total, letting you set up something like Aetherflux Reservoir or symetric burn, but every damage spell for it has big question marks above it.
The rest of your deck outside of braid is an aggressive 'get to low life totals then exploit that' list. This is where deflecting palm shines, but also where risk factor is great. It will, over time morph into boros burn if you keep pushing the power level - the curse of competitive is that you tend to get a generic deck with 6-7 cards that are your own twist on it.
You might get something unique if you focus on cards like Timely Reinforcements, which has been a traditional control staple, to win mirror burn matchups, or figure out Molten Psyche alongside delayed symetric draw - Howling Mine or similar could power a very aggressive list.
I hope this provides ideas and options at least - I don't have any great answers.
DrukenReaps on Cards that redirect damage from …
2 years ago
Didn't see much for , decent amount of though.
Batwing Brume, Comeuppance, Acolyte's Reward, Channel Harm, Divine Deflection, Vengeful Archon, and Refraction Trap.
If you wanted to take this further Pariah or Pariah's Shield on Stuffy Doll is fun. Most Stuffy Doll effects get attached to red but it would redirect damage rather efficiently compared to some of the instants above.
Idoneity on
Avacyn Reigns Supreme
3 years ago
Alright, I'm here to rectify the meiny of follies within this decklist.
Unto what I would ablate:
Shalai, Voice of Plenty is an illegal inclusion due to the colour identity rules, for she has Green therewithin.
Akrasan Squire does close to naught in all scenarios. It adds one power to the board, yet offers nothing else. An eath exclusion.
Seeing as that you commander provides indestructible, Terminus is a wrath that shall hit your board as well. Try Catastrophe, as the Armageddon tells me that you don't mind foredoing all lands.
Riot Control is inutile. I shan't say more. The very same is of Faerie Guidemother, for it just does nothing.
Sorcery-speed removal is just awful, and therefrom I would remove Revoke Existence.
Scaretiller is awful ramp, even when playing mono-White.
Wherefore do you run White Knight? 'Tis a potent card, but doesn't do much for this strategy.
Now, Eternal Dragon is a favourite of mine, yet it just finds a basic plains. Other than that, 'tis a seven-mana 5/5. Don't run this.
Acolyte's Reward is egregious, thence I would rede for its removal.
Why is Anafenza here? She is meant to go infinite, yet there isn't much to combo with here. Just murder it.
Suspicious Bookcase is rather perfidious, avaunt it should be snuffed for something else.
Wellway! Quite the multitude there, whereupon I have some recommendations.
Boon Reflection was just reprinted and thence it has quite the low price, for it does the same as Rhox Faithmender. Another is Alhammarret's Archive.
This is a slow deck, so try Ghostly Prison.
If you wish for other efficient life gain, Soul Warden and Soul's Attendant do much at a cheap cost.
Heliod's Intervention is fantastic removal and a splendid mana-sync, withal Abolish is an underrated favourite of mine.
Lyra Dawnbringer anthems much of your deck whiles Baneslayer Angel is a scarily efficient flyer.
Unto ramp:
Given the high mana curve, you'll need a lot of this. Marble Diamond, Mind Stone, and Arcane Signet are each two-mana, which is when you want to ramp, and do their job well. Solemn Simulacrum is okay but not great, yet Thran Dynamo does a most meritorious effect for an eight-mana commander.
Lastly, though not ramp, Generous Gift is universal and efficient removal as an instant.
That shall be all from me. Fare thee well.
FormOverFunction on
Mangara, The Diplomat EDH
3 years ago
This looks really good. There are a lot of double white spells; is there anything with devotion that might be useful? It’s white, so it’s not as likely, but maybe a little jank like Acolyte's Reward?
Tylord2894 on Can redirected combat damage from …
3 years ago
Yes, that would work, but wording is very important here. The key is that Captain's Maneuver is a replacement effect that changes what is getting damaged. There are other "redirection" effects that seem like they do the same thing but don't, such as Acolyte's Reward. The Reward prevents damage then it deals damage. While the effects from Reward and Maneuver seem identical, they are importantly different.
Since the replacement effect from Maneuver changes that is being dealt damage, you commander would be dealing combat damage to that player. All combat damage dealt to players is commander damage.
Hope this helps!!
SynergyBuild on
Cleric Deck [~$40]
6 years ago
I like it, I haven't seen either of those cards, but it certainly seems good. If you want to hit on early game disruption (usually in the form of Thoughtseize or Inquisition of Kozilek), cards Loxodon Smiter are a suprise, and if you want to mess with aggro decks, Cryptic Commands and Supreme Verdicts are how control decks deal with many of them. I suggest Day of Judgment for a budget boardwipe.
If you really want to abuse Acolyte's Reward, I suggest using a Boros (Red-White) deck that answer the opponent and comboes off to win. Blasphemous Act is both a Board wipe and a win-con. Stuffy Doll, Spitemare, and Boros Reckoner are your creatures, and you blow up your own creatures to win. Possibly Pariah for the laughs as they attack themselves.
thegoldentoast on
Cleric Deck [~$40]
6 years ago
So not only do I completely agree, but I also realize that my perspective of the modern meta is off. The red-aggro deck I was referring to is standard meta and, to be honest, while I've seen and studied all the modern meta decks in principle I haven't played against any of them (because there expensive and the people I play with don't have that kind of money.)
I make a lot of modern decks but, from your description, almost all of them would loose to the current meta decks. The meta decks are all too effective at either being aggressive and/or disruptive in the early turns. So I'm moving on from this deck to one that attempts to feed of this meta... perhaps Deep-Sea Kraken or Acolyte's Reward.
Fatespinner79 on Boros or Selesnya variant of …
6 years ago
Hi all,
I am new here and I have created one deck for our game group. But I am not sure which variant I should play? Shall I go for Boros or for Selesnya? Feel free to comment any other improvements to the deck that you think would be good.
I own all commons and uncommons of the Ravnica, Return to Ravnica and Theros block twice plus Magic X. Please note that this is a strictly budget deck. I am willing to buy rares as long as they are not more expensive than 1 USD. Also in our group we have the rule not to include more than 4 rares in your decks. This should ensure that the power level of the decks is similar.
Normally we are four or five players and we play free-for-all, two-headed giant and prisma. So the deck needs some defenses.
My deck list is strangely formatted. How do I do a better deck list?
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