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The Birth of Meletis
Enchantment — Saga
— Search your library for a basic Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
— Create a 0/4 colourless Wall artifact creature token with defender.
— You gain 2 life.
wallisface on
U/B control
1 year ago
Some thoughts:
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You're running a LOT of cards as 1-ofs and 2-ofs. This will lead to a really inconsistent (and overall weaker) deck. I'd suggest aiming for more playsets of the things that matter.
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You have a lot of nonbos here. For example, while Solemnity is out, The Birth of Meletis does nothing, and Wedding Announcement Flip will never flip.
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Adding to the above, there's a bunch of cards here that don't make a lot of sense. I can't see what benefits you're getting from Solemnity (its application is very narrow and there will be lots of games its doing nothing), Wedding Announcement Flip (its a bad card, and you have too few creatures to make any use of it), Urza's Sylex (games seldom go long enough for this to ever be able to do anything. The land destruction is irrelevant in a format where 99% the cards cost 0-3 mana).
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Your mana curve feels waay off. Generally speaking, Modern decks can't justify running more than 3-4 cards costing 4 mana, and run nothing above this. You've got a whopping 12 cards costing 4-or-more, but even worse is that most of those cards cost 6-8 mana... that's a really unrealistic cost to pay unless you have a LOT of dedicated control in your deck (which, you don't).
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This whole situation above becomes a lot worse by the comparably tiny quantity of 1 and 2 mana spells you're running... I think a lot of games you're not going to be doing anything until turn 3, which is effectively starting 2 full turns behind your opponent (a really dangerous place to be).
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Some of these cards seem really suboptimal. Borrowed Time and Minimus Containment feel awkward when Prismatic Ending exists. Authority of the Consuls probably hurts you more than helps you (in that its just giving yourself card disadvantage and while it may annoy the opponent, it's not buying you much time). All these 6 and 8 mana cards are just not castable. Melding Urza, Lord Protector Meld needs a really strong plan to be viable, and you don't have anything to support that being successful. It feels like you're relying on Farewell to survive, but no game will go long enough to reach 6 lands - and there are just better options in Day of Judgment or Wrath of God. Even playing those more optimal board wipes, I don't think you can rely on them.
I think my general thought here is that the deck doesn't really have a plan of what it wants to do. I think you need a clearer vision for what you're wanting it to achieve, and then run a realistic (much lower) mana curve towards making that goal happen.
chivalruse on
Pillow Fort
1 year ago
Recommend you replace a few of the weaker defenders with Wall of Omens and The Birth of Meletis. Just great defender cards because they replace themselves in terms of card advantage.
SaskeSaskia on
Ba Sing Se
1 year ago
Rolling Stones is definitely on my list to get.
The Birth of Meletis dang that card goes hard. Also those are some great walls to pick from, thank you!
TheoryCrafter on
Ba Sing Se
1 year ago
Have you considered any combination of Fortified Area and Rolling Stones? Both of these cards would be a boon for your walls.
The Birth of Meletis will gain you a Plains, a Wall and 2 life.
Other cheap Walls you may wish to consider are Shifting Wall, Wall of Glare, Wall of Hope, Wall of Kelp, Wall of Resistance, Wall of Runes, and Wall of Tears.
I hope this helps, thank you for reading me out. Happy Hunting!
DreadKhan on
Imagine voltron being consistent...
1 year ago
In my experience using Retreat with Artist, it worked well at a lower budget, but in the decks I used it I eventually need to get a card like Sakura-Tribe Scout to get infinite landfall. Artist is actually a really solid ramper in a deck that can expect to get extra cards into hand, and if you just don't fetch Retreat until you need it, it'll rarely be an issue. For a card that's worse maybe, I look at The Birth of Meletis, I suspect it's pretty bad to draw, getting a Basic Plains after you've already gotten access to White isn't going to matter a whole lot, but it is a land drop you'll hit. With Dreamscape Artist, you get weenie sac fodder, but you're ramping, so you get actual lands into play, and if all you have is Blue mana, Dreamscape can get you Black and White the same turn, possibly letting you cast Zur, the lands are untapped even. Thus, I think you'd much prefer to draw Dreamscape to Birth, and I can't think of too many situations when you really want to fetch Birth with Zur, I suspect you have much more important things to find in almost any scenario. For Retreat, I'd look at pulling any of the small buff Auras, I suspect they aren't big enough buffs in multiplayer when you can already fetch stuff like All That Glitters or Ethereal Armor for a much bigger buff. Retreat would then work with Stasis to some extent, but also with Dreamscape Artist. Aside, but if you did add a big ramp combo like that, you could also throw in Daily Regimen as a way to soak up large amounts of mana.
Nighthowler's main use is to create an alternative Voltron target that is already big enough to one-shot people, so it is pretty meta-dependent. Is everyone on mill strategies with lots of creatures in their decks? If so, this can be better than swinging with Zur, and mostly needs evasion and protection, things you're already running. It can also be a big blocker if you give it Vigilance I suppose, but giving it Shadow or Unblockable is really shocking the first time, when people thought all you had was a 30/30 vanilla. If you actually draw it btw, it can be a gargantuan buff for Zur, even in a typical scenario by late game it'll add tons of power to Zur compared to any other single Aura that isn't Colossification, but technically this can be even bigger. It works well with Court of Cunning as a fetchable Mill source that can do serious work if you're safe from being attacked. I actually theory-crafted a deck around Solitary Confinement and Court of Cunning with Zur finding both. You'll also want a way to draw more cards after you've got it set up, but you're fairly hard to take the Monarchy from at that point, and Court pays for Solitary every turn. Nighthowler could then speed up the closing of the game for you if Milling people to death by itself sounds too slow.
WhatInTheWhoNow on
Imagine voltron being consistent...
1 year ago
Energy Flux: I did heavily consider Energy Flux when creating the deck, but ultimately decided against it because it doesn't fit my style. I think it would be dangerous to wait a full 4 turns using just land to get Zur out, however, that does not mean it may be worth using rocks and destroying everyone's artifacts after Zur is out. Also, it is important to note that sacrificing does not "destroy" a permanent, but simply places it in the graveyard; thus you would still need to pay Darksteel Ingot's cost (here it is on the Wiki https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Indestructible, under the "description" section). However you're still right, it is a good card in this deck and I think it would fit nicely, especially against any artifact decks. I don't doubt how good it is; maybe I'm just baby for being too scared to kill my own artifacts.
Dreamscape Artist: Hmm, it is definitely tempting. However, I think it would be better to use enchantments to guarantee land drops. It's for that reason that I included The Birth of Meletis and The Restoration of Eiganjo Flip, and I have been debating the necessity of Blanket of Night.
Dance of Many: This looks to be a really fun card. Although it would be sad to commit to an opponent's creature and have to kill your own if you need to remove it. I'll keep an eye on this one should I feel like changing things up.
Ash Barrens: Seems like a shoe in to me. It's cheap and as you said, it fixes mana if necessary. Personally, with 48 mana (land + rocks) in this deck already, I think mana fixing won't be much of an issue.
Retreat to Coralhelm: Yeah, this one is a bit out there. Considering that there is already a lot of draw enchantments, it would seem like a bit of a waste to scry. As for tapping creatures, Zur should be unblockable sooner or later as well as have vigilance.
Darksteel Ingot and Skyclave Relic: These are both good cards, and do better than the cluestones and Sol Grail. I think Darksteel is cheap enough to throw it in without question.
TheoryCrafter on
Balan Voltron
2 years ago
For ramp, have you considered any combination of Ambitious Farmhand Flip, Environmental Sciences, Kor Cartographer and The Birth of Meletis if you need a way to to get lands onto the battlefield faster there's also Walking Atlas
Puresteel Paladin is also an option for you. Not only can you get some extra card draw, but once you have 3 artifacts on the battlefield, equipping Balan will be free. Though Maul of the Skyclaves can enter the battlefield equipped to a creature.
If you have cash to spare, don't forget Shadowspear.
Also, since you have a lot of artifacts, Have you considered Inspiring Statuary, Introduction to Annihilation and Scour from Existence as a means to protect yourself from the Karn, the Great Creator/Mycosynth Lattice Combo? If nothing else, Inspiring Statuary will at least help make your nonartifact spells cost less.
Other artifact lands to put in your deck are Ancient Den and Treasure Vault
Thank you for reading me out. I hope this helps. Happy Hunting!
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