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Haunted Plate Mail
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +4/+4.
: Until end of turn, Haunted Plate Mail becomes a 4/4 Spirit artifact creature that's no longer an Equipment. Activate this ability only if you control no creatures.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
TheOfficialCreator on
Equip
3 months ago
You need Hammer of Nazahn, Grafted Exoskeleton, Shadowspear and Open the Armory. Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, and Mox Opal if possible.
Cuts:
Adaptive Automaton (clunky, what are you choosing??)
Benalish Marshal (too mana intensive for so little impact)
Bladegraft Aspirant (same)
Burnished Hart (too slow)
Chief of the Foundry (too much mana for so little impact)
Eivor, Battle-Ready (way too expensive)
Kassandra, Eagle Bearer (not really cost efficient since you don't have the spear)
Militia Bugler (not good)
Mother of Runes -> Giver of Runes
Novice Knight (not good)
Thraben Inspector (not really refined for your game plan)
Darksteel Plate -> Mithril Coat
Explorer's Scope (not good)
Haunted Plate Mail (not good)
Ring of Thune (not good)
Sword of Hours (not good)
Sword of the Paruns (not very good)
Hieromancer's Cage -> Borrowed Time
Pacifism (not good)
Council's Judgment (this card sucks)
DreadKhan on
Brian Stacks' Pyromancy (E)
1 year ago
You don't have a sideboard, but if you ever think about it I bet Meekstone would be handy as backup copies of Smoke vs fast aggro decks. Technically they 'stack', if you have both they can only untap 1 creature that satisfies Meekstone.
Also, I absolutely love creature lands/artifacts that become creatures, some even do double duty as a mana rock. If you added Black you could try something like Phyrexian Totem or Rakdos Keyrune, but mono-Red does have Foriysian Totem, 1 or 2 copies of this might be a nice way to close out games, it's especially useful if your opponent can't safely play blockers, or if they've snuck out a few weenies early since the Totem makes a great blocker. There is also Guardian Idol, which might be more useful than Mind Stone vs some decks, maybe Haunted Plate Mail or Levitating Statue could do work, Xanthic Statue is only 5 for an 8/8 Trample. For Man-lands there flashy Den of the Bugbear, each time you pay it's 3R you get to make another 1/1 fwiw. If people play lots of weenies then Ghitu Encampment is very good at dealing with them with it's First Strike. These cards that become lands might be even better in a sideboard as well, where you play game 1 with zero creature presence and once you're sure people have pulled all their creature hate you can sneak some situational creatures in.
Interesting solution to the 'how do I kill my opponent?' question, creatureless decks are always cool!
Caerwyn on Do equipments tap if the …
5 years ago
Equipment, auras, and fortifications do not tap when the permanent they are attached to becomes tapped. As such, you will be able to activate Haunted Plate Mail ’s ability (provided you meet its “no other creatures condition”) and use it to block after it was attached to a creature that became tapped.
metalmustaine on Do equipments tap if the …
5 years ago
Let's say i have a Haunted Plate Mail attached, and my creature attacks, can i use it as a blocker next turn?
LittleBlueHero on
5 years ago
Cyclopean Mummy , Creepy Doll , Cemetery Gate , Black Carriage , Creepy Doll , Carrion Crow , Bloodline Keeper Flip, Headstone , Night Terrors , Haunted Plate Mail , Grimoire of the Dead , Cellar Door , Witch's Familiar , Dread Reaper , Banshee , Profane Memento , Victim of Night .
I have been building and rebuilding a mono black Halloween deck for a few years. I can never decide on which cards to keep and which to cut, wether or not it needs a secondary theme (discard, zombies, etc.) to be a little competitive or just put in anything that fits best and play it for the lolz.
Kudos for making the attempt!
Dango on
Chain Hulk - Vannifar Flash Hulk
5 years ago
TheRedGoat The problem we see with greaves is that shroud conflicts with our untappers when we want to target Vannifar. Boots may earn a slot, but we are in the process of narrowing the focus of the list and making necessary cuts as this is only a first draft. As far as the 0-drops go, they are slotted in here primarily to combo off with Protean Hulk when we sac it. Our Hulk package consists of Ezuri, Claw of Progress, Sage of Hours, and the 0-drops to put them into play and get experience counters with them, and then place counters on Sage each turn to assemble an infinite turn combo. Also, this deck is really out there right now so don't think your more niche suggestions are unhelpful just because they're out there! I always encourage creativity and thinking outside the box. Magewright's Stone is good for an untapper, and we will definitely take it into consideration, but Thousand-Year Elixir somewhat outclasses it for being a sort of haste enabler for one extra mana. Haunted Plate Mail doesn't feel the greatest in Simic colors because we don't have the best artifact tutors available and we wouldn't be able to tutor for that in our pod lines.
TheRedGoat on
Chain Hulk - Vannifar Flash Hulk
5 years ago
Things to keep in mind:
Being Birthing Pod on a stick, it will be assumed your commander is on a high value/combo win game plan pretty much regardless of what you build. I see her as the type to "accidentally go infinite" myself. This will mean she is going to be targeted by counter spells and instant speed removal, or really any strategy that is already being used against Yisan, the Wanderer Bard. While you have blue, and therefore counterspell options ad infinitum, I recommend the good ol' "boots and greaves" package.
Secondly, I see no reason to run zero cmc creatures. Tokens can get the job done if you really want to work from the bottom of the barrel up, and there are plenty of cards that can fill that role without being dead draws in a stalled game. By all rights, if you're playing Vannifar onto a board without fodder already, I think something is horribly wrong.
I'm not sure what else to offer for card suggestions/insights as I'm not used to playing competitive magic like what you're starting with here (I mean, you're playing zero cmc ramp spells and force of will, which is basically equals top tier imo). My own playgroup tends to hate on players that try to win within the first 5 turns, so my advice is going to be biased towards more casual play. Or else I can just be truly unhelpful and simply point out really "out there" strategies or niche effect cards. Like Magewright's Stone. Also, Vannifar doesn't care if the creature being sacked wasn't a creature a moment ago like in the case of Haunted Plate Mail.
Tyrant-Thanatos on Exciting Cards in M19
6 years ago
I'm pretty excited about Bigpox and Storm Crow.
Cleansing Nova seems interesting. I know that 5 is a bit above the curve for boardwipes, but it reminds me a lot of Austere Command. I think it could see play.
Sorcery-Speed Fling for looks pretty nice. No idea how useful it will actually be but hey, it's interesting.
Generic Demon is generic, but that's exactly why I like it. It does exactly the thing that demons do, and it does it well (hopefully).
Nexus of Fate... is this a strictly better Beacon of Tomorrows? I guess you can't target with it but... wow. I doubt that'll make any impact on the game, just surprised.
Entirely Normal Bookcase is a huge flavor win imo. Doesn't seem particularly powerful, but I'd love to put together something with this and Haunted Plate Mail and similar such things. Thematic haunted mansion deck sounds like some casual fun.