Draw (18)
Land (7)
Tutor (11)
- 1x Demonic Consultation
- 1x Demonic Tutor
- 1x Imperial Seal
- 3x Night's Whisper
- 4x Spoils of the Vault
- 1x Vampiric Tutor
Wincon (4)
Maybeboard
Tendrils of Agony Vintage storm decks are the fastest decks in Magic. Period.
This deck is a traditional Storm deck. Storm is one of the most broken keywords in magic: it allows for decks to repeatedly cast spells until they get to a point where they can cast something and copy it enough times to kill. Tendrils of Agony is the most efficient of these, as it only needs to be cast as the tenth spell of a turn. This may seem like a lot, but with sufficient knowledge of how this deck works, it is possible to cast Tendrils as the tenth spell about 75% of the time on turn 1.
Ramp: This is Vintage, so we have access to a lot of restricted cards:
Black Lotus
, Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault and the Moxes are just so efficient at providing fast mana that they have to be included, I just wish I could have more than 1 of each. [Dark Ritual]] and
Cabal Ritual
provide a hefty amount of black mana, they need to be included. Lion's Eye Diamond and Chrome Mox have larger drawbacks, so they are limited to 1-ofs. Lotus Petal just isn't efficient enought o warrant more than 1 of it.
Tutor: There's a reason that Demonic Tutor is restricted, straight tutor to hand is incredibly powerful. Vampiric Tutor and Imperial Seal are also restricted, and though not as powerful as demonic, they cost less and work really well with Brainstorm. Life is a resource is combo decks, and Night's Whisper and Spoils of the Vault utilize it to the fullest.
Draw: Ancestral Recall is the single most efficient card in Magic, unconditional draw 3 cards for is unrivaled in card advantage. Brainstorm is nowhere near as powerful, but it is the second most powerful draw spell for only . It's great with shuffling effects to remove problem cards from your hand. Darkwater Egg and Chromatic Sphere are great color filters, especially with colorless mana sources, and they cantrip, always nice. Repeal is an epic piece of storm count adder, as it will bounce any rock that has an efficiency of at least +1, and net you mana and a card. Though Yawgmoth's Will isn't exactly card draw, the advantage it gives in great, casting 2 Ancestral Recalls in one turn is so much fun.
Lands: Land Grant is pretty much always a free tutor, as with only 3 lands, you are unlikely to draw one. It is important to have 2 forests, so Bayou and Tropical Island are the logical choices. Misty Rainforest is just in there for security.
Tutor: There's a reason that Demonic Tutor is restricted, straight tutor to hand is incredibly powerful. Vampiric Tutor and Imperial Seal are also restricted, and though not as powerful as demonic, they cost less and work really well with Brainstorm. Life is a resource is combo decks, and Night's Whisper and Spoils of the Vault utilize it to the fullest.
Draw: Ancestral Recall is the single most efficient card in Magic, unconditional draw 3 cards for is unrivaled in card advantage. Brainstorm is nowhere near as powerful, but it is the second most powerful draw spell for only . It's great with shuffling effects to remove problem cards from your hand. Darkwater Egg and Chromatic Sphere are great color filters, especially with colorless mana sources, and they cantrip, always nice. Repeal is an epic piece of storm count adder, as it will bounce any rock that has an efficiency of at least +1, and net you mana and a card. Though Yawgmoth's Will isn't exactly card draw, the advantage it gives in great, casting 2 Ancestral Recalls in one turn is so much fun.
Lands: Land Grant is pretty much always a free tutor, as with only 3 lands, you are unlikely to draw one. It is important to have 2 forests, so Bayou and Tropical Island are the logical choices. Misty Rainforest is just in there for security.
Goldfish 1: Opening hand- Tendrils of Agony, Repeal, Mox Jet, Dark Ritual, Demonic Consultation, Spoils of the Vault, Tropical Island. Play Mox Jet(Storm 1). Play Dark Ritual (Storm 2). Play Tropical Island. Play Repeal targeting Mox Jet (Storm 3) drawing Dark Ritual Replay Mox Jet (Storm 4). Tap Mox Jet. BBBB floating. Play Dark Ritual. (Storm 5) BBBBBB floating. Demonic Consultation naming Cabal Ritual (Storm 6). There is a Cabal Ritual in the top six cards and then there is another 24 cards down. That leaves 22 cards in the deck. Play Cabal Ritual. Six Black floating again (Storm 7). Play Spoils of the Vault naming Cabal Ritual (Storm 8). Cabal Ritual 8 cards down. Play Cabal Ritual (Storm 9). Play Tendrils of Agony (Storm 10).
Goldfish 2: Opening hand- Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, Land Grant, Brainstorm, Mox Emerald, Demonic Consultation, and Dark Ritual. Lotus Petal (Storm 1). Break the Petal and play Brainstorm (Storm 2). Drawing: Mox Sapphire Darkwater Egg Tropical Island. Put back Tropical Island for sure and Mox Emerald (I think). Play Land Grant (Storm 3) finding Bayou. Play Bayou. Play Mox Sapphire (Storm 4). Tap Bayou and play Dark Ritual (Storm 5). Play Mana Vault. (Storm 6) BB floating. Play Mox Sapphire (Storm 7). Tap it. BBU floating. Tap Mana Vault and play Darkwater Egg (Storm 8) and break it for UB. UUBBB floating drawing: Darkwater Egg. Play Demonic Consultation naming Tendrils of Agony (Storm 9). Play Tendrils of Agony (Storm 10). No mana floating.
Goldfish 2: Opening hand- Lotus Petal, Mana Vault, Land Grant, Brainstorm, Mox Emerald, Demonic Consultation, and Dark Ritual. Lotus Petal (Storm 1). Break the Petal and play Brainstorm (Storm 2). Drawing: Mox Sapphire Darkwater Egg Tropical Island. Put back Tropical Island for sure and Mox Emerald (I think). Play Land Grant (Storm 3) finding Bayou. Play Bayou. Play Mox Sapphire (Storm 4). Tap Bayou and play Dark Ritual (Storm 5). Play Mana Vault. (Storm 6) BB floating. Play Mox Sapphire (Storm 7). Tap it. BBU floating. Tap Mana Vault and play Darkwater Egg (Storm 8) and break it for UB. UUBBB floating drawing: Darkwater Egg. Play Demonic Consultation naming Tendrils of Agony (Storm 9). Play Tendrils of Agony (Storm 10). No mana floating.
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| Date added | 8 years |
| Last updated | 8 years |
| Legality | This deck is Vintage legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 7 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 1.28 |
| Folders | Vintage Decks |
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