Starscream, Power Hungry

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

More Than Meets the Eye {2}{B} (You may cast its card transformed for {2}{B}.)

Flying

Whenever you draw a card, if you're the monarch, target opponent loses 2 life.

Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, transform Starscream.

Tokens

• The Monarch

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (12)

Last_Laugh on A Little Sprinkling of Some Inklings

2 months ago

I'd say Nightshade Harvester, Sunscorch Regent, and Luminarch Aspirant. If the harvester is a meta call for lots of ramp/landfall, I'd understand the inclusion though.

That starts to cut into your creature count so another change I would suggest is switching from your 1 time sorcery speed draw like Read the Bones, Night's Whisper, and Sign in Blood to things like Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip, Tymna the Weaver, and Welcoming Vampire.

Tocasia's Welcome and Plumb the Forbidden are good options here too but I would keep the creature count at around 25.

Last_Laugh on

3 months ago

Ok, I have several suggestions for you. I'll try to break it down by category and keep it budget friendly.

Card Draw (load up on this effect, it's one of the decks biggest strengths): Aerial Extortionist doubles as annoying removal while drawing cards. Breena, the Demagogue draws cards and beefs up your dudes quick. Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip because the monarchy is pretty easy to take back and hold here and he's an artifact so he comes with a buddy. Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor is an anthem effect for faeries that draws cards. Bident of Thassa/Reconnaissance Mission will draw a LOT of cards here. Plumb the Forbidden I typically use in response to boardwipes so I have a grip full of cards to redeploy. Tocasia's Welcome is self explanatory. Robe of the Archmagi since Alela is a warlock.

Buffs/Counters: Anduril, Narsil Reforged's 2x +1+1 counters on everyone is nuts here. Skyhunter Strike Force will give everyone +3+3 just for attacking all 3 opponents. Nykthos Paragon is conveniently an enchantment and Alelas has lifelink built in (this thing is deceptively disgusting here). Flowering of the White Tree is another good anthem effect here.

Vault of the Archangel is expensive to activate but you typically don't need to. This affects combat in your favor just with the unspoken threat of potential activation. Hold up mana, be committed to using it if needed, and cast stuff on your 2nd main if you didn't activate it.

Feel free to check out my list for more ideas. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Alela's Aerodynamics: A Crash Course

Basshunter on Caaaaards

4 months ago

Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip has some nice synergys with Sheoldred, think about it? =)

Last_Laugh on Flying Tribal - Artifact & Enchantement - Token

8 months ago

I agree that card draw is what makes this guy tick. I personally run 23 draw effects (iirc) while staying on theme. Btw, Faerie Mastermind isn't in your card draw section.

Mystic Remora: This one is meta dependent and is a nice recursion target for Serra Paragon or Hall of Heliod's. Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip: this guy's damage from drawing cards while you're the monarch adds up. I also look at him as a 3 drop. Plumb the Forbidden: Instant speed and pseudo dodging counterspells makes this card. Typically used in response to boardwipes. Aerial Extortionist: Versatile removal and card draw on a flyer. This guy is annoying and its draw triggers from a lot of things like commanders, flashback, rebound, and play from exile effects etc.

Also, a few cards outside of draw engines that I've had good results out of. Divine Visitation: makes any future 1/1 tokens into real threats. Nykthos Paragon: isn't a flyer, but he's an enchantment so he triggers Alela and Alela conveniently has lifelink built in so you can reliably gets the counters from his trigger. It gets out of hand quickly.

Last_Laugh on Welcome to art class, time to draw. (Suggestions)

10 months ago

Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip would work well here assuming you can reliably hold onto the monarch.

As far as draw power itself goes, feel free to check out my Alela deck, it has like 23 draw effects (aka more than I want to type out on my phone lol) and it might give you a few ideas in these colors. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Alela's Aerodynamics: A Crash Course

Last_Laugh on

10 months ago

Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip will give you more damage per draw (assuming you can hold the monarch here).

Last_Laugh on Alela, Faerie Beat Down!

1 year ago

I would suggest running more card draw. Fortunately there's a LOT of options in these colors.

Coastal Piracy is another recon mission/bident variant. Skullclamp is great in token decks. Plumb the Forbidden is an excellent answer to boardwipes that fills your grip up for redeploying. Tocasia's Welcome triggers off your tokens and anything else cmc 3 or less. Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip isn't a faerie but with enough draw power, this guy can hit for a ton of damage. Shadrix Silverquill will typically go wide with +1+1 counters (which is amazing on a flying army) but he does have a draw option.

On the note of +1+1 counters, consider Cathars' Crusade, Felidar Retreat, and Drana, Liberator of Malakir. Archangel of Thune is a bit pricier but is downright amazing here (if you add it, I recommend Authority of the Consuls with it). Divine Visitation is another way to pump up your damage output with this much token production.

Feel free to check out my list for ideas. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Alela's Aerodynamics: A Crash Course

Last_Laugh on Faerie Dreamscapes

1 year ago

Nice deck but I do think this thing needs more draw power. Reconnaissance Mission, Coastal Piracy, and Bident of Thassa will all draw a bunch of cards. Vault of the Archangel and just the THREAT of activation makes it worth running. Starscream, Power Hungry  ^Flip I've had good success out of. Plumb the Forbidden in response to a boardwipe ensures you have a full grip on your turn.90

Feel free to check out my list for ideas. Same commander but I run more of a +1+1 counter subtheme. Upvotes on any of my decks are appreciated. Alela's Aerodynamics: A Crash Course