"Smeagol wants it! nasty thieving fat hobbits"

It's my Sol Ring . Mine. All mine.

On a related note the reason that popped into my head was you said "...precious blue mana..." and I'm playing LEGO LOTR on steam...

Also, classy Epoch.

I should get mine altered. I'm not sure which edition I'd prefer though. I also want to get my Top altered into a seasonal/weather scene or maybe a GURU Top.

What are everyone's thoughts on using Cephalid Coliseum ?

I love Coliseum. Because it comes in untapped, rarely is it a dead draw. The one damage has yet to be relevant for me either.

My one concern is how often do you have the threshold? I've tested a few threshold cards and I've found that it can be quite difficult to actually have the 7 cards. Keep in mind though that I've never ha the dredge mechanic to pair with it either. If you have threshold within a turn 7 timeframe then I'd say it's worth it. If it takes you forever to get there then I'd leave it out.

i agree with Ohthenoises, getting the threshold could be pretty difficult. nice divining top picture.

Pros:

Comes in untapped

Taps for blue

Cons:

Utility ability requires threshold

Can't be fetched by land type

I'm thinking I might replace my basic swamp with Cephalid Coliseum .

I'm looking at this as if someone Ghost Quarter 's you or Path to Exile 's you then you have less of a chance to get a basic. Add to that your massive draw and the chances of you being able to land (hue hue hue) that land are pretty slim.

Like I said, how often do you have threshold before turn 7? (When I'm guessing is about when you want to be combo-ing out IIRC.)

I usually try to combo as soon as I can; turn 5 or 6 isn't uncommon.

However, with all the fetch lands, tutors, and ramp spells, my graveyard can potentially hit threshold quickly. It's not something that happens every game, though.

I don't think I've ever seen a Ghost Quarter played in any of my games, and Path to Exile rarely gets cast or resolved against me. However, I understand the idea.

Then it's worth it for you. For me? Not so much but if you can get threshold in the first few turns I'd say you're good to go. Nice thing is, if you sac it then Crucible of Worlds it back into play you get another go because it actually pumps your grave. Only thing that worries me there is GY hate. (That's why I love this game, there are answers for everything in almost every color for EDH.)

i wouldn't put it in for a swamp, i would put it in for an Island . and with Crucible of Worlds , it would be awesome!

Islands are more important than swamps.

Big fan of the old school lands.. undergroud sea :D Cool deck.

Two things:

How's testing on Cephalid Coliseum going? The card is working fantastically for me.

And how effective is card:Sensei's Divining Top for you? There's a lot of dislike from the Damia players on that card being in a Damia deck just because it becomes well, not that useful.

I haven't yet had a chance to test Cephalid Coliseum , unfortunately.

card:Sensei's Divining Top works well. I can't imagine the player who says it doesn't. Especially at the high level of competition, where Damia is usually an insta-win if she survives, Top allows me to stabilize on the first few turns. With nine fetches and plenty of tutors, Top is even more useful. I can sift through a lot of cards per turn to find the best ones available in the given situation.

I think a lot of the players who don't like Top are probably not using Damia in a hypercompetitive environment. They are likely used to Damia sticking around and not winning the game immediately, so they find Top to be obsolete once she's up and running.

I completely understand. In what I'm playing I'm only seeing Damia live to the end of a turn if I'm lucky, so I end up resorting to flashing her in on the end of an opponent's turn.

That's typically what I do. I don't tie up seven mana in her if I can't flashcast her. It's a waste of mana that could be left open for countermagic.

I completely agree. At least I know I'm doing it right. Ha.

about the cephalid coleseum, take back what i said about the getting to the threshold, it is actually quite easy with this deck i found out!

why card:Nature's Lore? isn't Farseek better?

Farseek can find any of my duals, but it forces whatever I fetch to come in tapped.

oh, didn't realize that natures lore is untapped.

Yep, same as Skyshroud Claim . That's why they're so good in EDH. They can find duals and bring them in untapped so you still have mana to work with after casting a ramp spell. It's especially useful to find a UG dual so you can ramp directly into countermagic for the turn cycle.