Selesnya Midrange/Tempo - Advice Needed!
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hotdogs —Oct. 15, 2013
after playing at my LGS on sunday i found i had way too many weenies so i put in boon satyrs AND loxodon smiters but now my mana curve is backwards, OOPS! advice?
Hello, a few suggestions... I'd drop the sylvan for Elvish Mystic , you have a ton of 2 drops already. I'd drop or scale back the Fiendslayer Paladin s, they're a lot better when you're running more enchantment auras, and putting Unflinching Courage on them is a bit redundant since they already have lifelink. I'd top your Advent of the Wurm out at 4 as well.
I like the use of Ajani, I may have to throw him in my G/W deck instead of a Fleecemane Lion or two... here's my take on it... selesnya beatdown
October 11, 2013 11:06 a.m.
yea, Ajani's -3 can be devastating, turn 4 double strike on a 4/4 fleecemane is incredible. Would dropping Fiendslayer Paladin x1 for one Advent of the Wurm and then another Fiend slayer for a 4th call of the conclave be beneficial?
And thank you sytec, i definately understand the advantage of flash now, its not just for saving mana for instants.
October 11, 2013 12:54 p.m.
IMO, you can drop Unflinching Courage from the mainboard entirely. I like to run 4 in the sideboard, and I swap it in against aggro decks, which most of them do not have an answer for. It's a pretty bad card against any deck with a lot of creature control, because so often you'll put it on a creature, which then gets destroyed by an instant, and then you're down 2 cards to their 1. I'm personally not in love with Call of the Conclave , between Voice of Resurgence , Fleecemane Lion , and Selesnya Charm , your two drops are pretty well handled. Now that you're running Boon Satyr , you could potentially run more Fiendslayer Paladin s or run some more 1 drops to even out the curve a bit - I'm really partial to Experiment One , which has a lot of chances to evolve with this deck.
So in summary, my recommendation would be -2 Call of the Conclave , -2 Unflinching Courage (put it in sideboard); then either +2 Fiendslayer Paladin , +2 Experiment One , or just +4 Experiment One .
October 11, 2013 2:30 p.m.
Since I dropped caryatids for mystics that woukd give me 9 one drops with the experiments. Idk but it seems excessive.
October 11, 2013 7:53 p.m.
TheFrozenFox says... #6
I think Elvish Mystic is the better mana dork if you are curving out at 4 and Sylvan Caryatid if you want to curve at 5
October 11, 2013 9:19 p.m.
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October 11, 2013 10:48 p.m.
bandini, i've been playtesting this with friends and the unflinching courage combined with Ajani's -2 is devastating. It wins games efficiently and fast especially with an indestructible lion. But i did drop two conclaves for 2 experiment ones because IMO its a really cool card.
October 12, 2013 3:26 p.m.
saints4774 says... #10
Alright your in between a midrange and an aggro deck, which is not where you want to be because you lose to both. The only matchup this is good in is against control, which is not good right now. The second thing is if you play Elvish Mystic , Loxodon Smiter is a must. So you should decide whether quickness or stability is where you want to be. In this meta I'd suggest quickness because you easily beat mono red and your early threats are resilient enough to at least put up a fight against midrange.
October 13, 2013 12:33 a.m.
what do you guys think about Archangel of Thune ? Ive been told it doesn't work in my deck and neither does paladin or unflinching couratge
October 13, 2013 6:20 p.m.
TheFrozenFox says... #12
All of those cards are good and relevant, but you're deck needs to orientate itself towards the cards, I would run all 3 if you plan on running the angel, alongside Sylvan Caryatide and Trostani
Scytec says... #1
Flash is great for creatures if used in a deck that can take advantage of it. Say an opponent has a creature like Tymaret, the Murder King , and they refuse to attack because they constantly use their mana abilities, so the is no way for you to take care of it. If you have no creatures on the field, or just an Elvish Mystic , then they may attack thinking that the only thing you can do is block and lose your creature, or let it go through with no negative effect for them. Boom, flash in your Boon Satyr and you kill their creature, also, you summon on their round, so when it is your turn again, the creature does not have summoning sickness, so you can attack immediately. If nothing else, it is nice to never have summoning sickness with a flash creature. if you want to play it just wait a bit, wait until they play the cards they want, waste all their mana, then summon it so it can not be countered, and it wont have summoning sickness.
October 11, 2013 10:53 a.m.