Momir Vig, Simic Combonary
Commander / EDH*
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June 9, 2017
Removed: Oracle of Mul Daya, Strip Mine
Added: Carpet of Flowers, Deserted Temple
Notes: Oracle of Mul Daya has consistently been an okay card for me. It has only ever served as a tutor target when I have nothing else to be doing at the time, or want to use it as sacrifice fodder through Birthing Pod. At CMC 4, plus the cost of revealing information to my opponents, I do not believe that I get enough utility out of it to warrant its current spot in the deck.
Carpet of Flowers was a card recommended to me by several cEDH players. I have been doubtful about its utility in the past, but I will give it a try. I am not glad about replacing a creature with a noncreature spell, even if it represents a decrease in curve (from CMC 4 to CMC 1). If I am not happy with the card, or feel that I need to go back up on creature count, I will be replacing it.
I am testing Deserted Temple as another high-value land that can enable great acceleration with Cradle/Nykthos on the field. I cut Strip Mine temporarily while I look for another suitable land to replace it with. I am not sold on unbalancing my basic split (which is currently 7/7) nor am I in favor of adding another colorless source for a colored one. Strip Mine is undoubtedly a fantastic card, but I am not sure about its necessary utility unless I'm playing against a [card]Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale[/card] or something similarly obnoxious. If I feel I am dealing with too many other value lands (such as an opponent's Cradle/Serra Sanctum/Cabal Coffers) then I'll put it back in, but for now I think I can do without.
HeroesAreDead says... #2
congratz to the primer! worked out to be really good!
GoldenCapitalist says... #1
Thanks for all the questions everyone! I'm going to combine my responses into one post for all recent questions.
HeroesAreDead, I have previously considered Walking Ballista, yes. However, both it and LabMan are somewhat dead cards without the infinite combo, and you can't play any dead cards when trying to run a tight list. If anything, I would keep a Walking Ballista in the sideboard as a mana sink that no one can interact with.
rockleemyhero, that was exactly my concern with Protean Hulk. I don't want to run a 7 drop that I need to find a way to sacrifice (Only got 2 ways to do that in the deck, neither of them creatures) and a bunch of dead cards otherwise. If you come up with anything, let me know, but so far I am skeptical about the Hulk.
Jaxrid, to answer your question, Hulk is a generally good creature, even if not using him to immediately assemble an infinite combo. However, this deck only has 2 sac outlets: Birthing Pod and Eldritch Evolution. Neither are creatures, nor would I want to run other sac effects just for the Hulk. It's a high-value creature definitely, but at 7 mana, and no easy way to sacrifice him, I don't see it happening at the moment.
April 27, 2017 12:53 a.m.