Liquimetal LandDestruction
Modern*
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March 15, 2012
Updated to add slightly more burn, added 3 Brimstone Volley and a Whipflare, to keep small things of so I don't have to spend my artifact hate on them. I feel this is more consistant, since I have a wider spread and don't rely on Liquimetal Coating as much. Big threats and earlygame lands are still my number one focus with artifacts, burn just helps with the small drops or when I need my Coating splash for something else.
Added Kuldotha Phoenix to the sideboard instead of the Oxidda Scrapmelters, cause Phoenix is a heavier recurring threat, and I have enough artifact removal as is. I will replace Manic Vandal with Oxidda Scrapmelter when I get some, I think the Scrapmelter fits better on the curve. Kuldotha Phoenix is an extra bomb, I can side her in when I need to run ratchet bombs and spellbombs, and I'm thinking of swapping the Viridian Revel to Ichor Wellspring if I run phoenixes in SB. Any thoughts?
I'm only still looking for about 3 mainboard cards and 5 sideboard cards till I have this complete and ready for FNM. Curious to see what it will do, it's a slightly odd deck for my local meta but I've been bragging about it a little so I fear I lost the element of surprise...
Theophilus says... #2
Oh, I forgot to mention: nice combo! If you can get it going early enough it's much faster than mine. I like the combo of Mulch and Noxious Revival .
March 7, 2012 6:49 p.m.
Yup, Birds of Paradise over Llanowar Elves . Any color is better than just green.
Also, Manic Vandal is your friend. I ran a similar deck and I always liked drawing the guy. Another, stronger creature is Oxidda Scrapmelter .
I suggest -2 Wurmcoil Engine , -4 Llanowar Elves , -2 Ambush Viper , -2 Mulch
+4 Manic Vandal , +3 Oxidda Scrapmelter , +3 Birds of Paradise
My deck is Liquimetal Crush
March 7, 2012 8:52 p.m.
I'm not running Birds of Paradise cause I don't have any. The Elves are for at least getting ahead of mana so I can drop my bomb a turn or two faster. (being Wurmcoil Engine )
Same goes for the duallands, I would love to put them in, but I don't have any. This deck is what I could realisticly make with the cards I have. When I get my hands on an affordable playset of BoPs or lands I'll def. put them in.
Red Sun's Zenith or Devil's Play is sort of a tough choice, but I think I like Devil's Play better since if I get to cast it twice, that should be the end of the game, and it's resistant to mill strategies. Whereas Red Sun's Zenith is just gone after mill, and I have to hope to see it again if I cast it. It's a tough, nearly 50/50 choice on both of them tho. Would you take RSZ? And why?
I put in Torch Fiend instead of Manic Vandal cause I can choose when to blow him up, and I'm not reliant on a Coating to be there when I cast him. The 1 toughness is a slight problem tho, but I don't have to hold on to him if I can't blow up an artifact. I'm still torn between the two. If anyone can convince me Manic Vandal is actually better, I'll swap them around. Oxidda Scrapmelter will probably get a place in there. Perhaps -2 Manic Vandal , -1 Mulch and +3 Oxidda Scrapmelter or something.
Ambush Viper is one of the best removal spells in green right now. They're in there to deal with cheap offensive creatures in the format (like Stromkirk Noble s and such) cause I'd rather use my Liquimetal Coating on a land than a 1-drop. Also, Wurmcoil Engine is my finisher, I wouldn't want to take him out.
Thank you guys for the input, I'll keep tweaking this little by little while I gather all the cards I need.
March 8, 2012 9:24 a.m.
Theophilus says... #6
The reason I like Red Sun's Zenith over Devil's Play is that you can potentially cast it multiple times beyond two, it exiles creatures it destroys and its cost doesn't increase based on the number of times you cast it. Those are my reasons, A Charmbreaker Devils could help though; it could be kind of nice for this deck, actually.
Theophilus says... #1
Well, same advice I got, Birds of Paradise
over Llanowar Elves
. Also, on the sideboard have you considered Red Sun's Zenith
instead of Devil's Play
? One last bit: where are your dual-colored lands?
March 7, 2012 6:48 p.m.