Azami, Lady of Hogwarts
Commander / EDH
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Not Fast Enough —Jan. 5, 2017
Caged Sun has proven to be pretty slow in a few occasion. Someone recommended I switch it out but I went against his wisdom.
Turns out he was right
In - Gilded Lotus
Out - Caged Sun
DarkRequiem This deck is meant for multiplayer, so the main early goal is to stay alive and not get focused by the whole table.
Once I get my board established I can start locking down whoever was focusing me early or make political trades and bluff about possible counterspells.
In the mid-late game I have cards that keeps me from going obsolete if my general gets locked out such as Arcanis the Omnipotent etc.
My main win condition is not so obvious. I can easily win or turn a game using many tricks and cards like Phyrexian Metamorph, Bribery, Treachery or Rite of Replication along with Cyclonic Rift and 0 mana counterspells to make sure I have a turn to swing for lethal in a 1v1 situation, or just Capsize someone to oblivion. I intentionally skipped on the Mind Over Matter since I believe it to be highly non-interactive for those around me. It's good though, I get that, and I might switch Cruise for it since Cruise doesn't do that much good for Snap or Torrential Gearhulk. I could also use a more stable win condition for when I play on the more competitive side.
The Intruder/cryptic combo is efficient, but I don't like it for the same reason I don't like Mind Over Matter.
I like the Riptide Laboratory though. I definitely need more utility lands like this.
Thank you for your feedback.
DarkRequiem says... #1
What is your main victory condition? From your list I'd say Lab Maniac, which sinergizes greatly with Azami.
If that's the case there are 3 mandatory cards: Mind Over Matter, Intruder Alarm and Cryptic Gateway.The 1st allows you to maximize draws, allowing you to easily go through the deck and... Win. The other 2 cards allow you to abuse Azami: tap 2 wizards to out into play 1 wizard from your hand, untap them all... Rinse and repeat.
With actual build I might as well go with Talrand (can't quite remember the full name).
Other than that I'd swap an island for Riptide Laboratory.
I don't think you need Caged Sun. I had it in my build and removed because ir was overly expensive in a reactive deck. I couldn't afford tapping for 6 in one turn.
Treasure Cruise os fun but I see it as subpar when compared with Mind Over Matter.
I'm on my phone right now, making it hard to check what else to remove.
January 3, 2017 10:47 p.m.