Temur Scepter Combo

Modern Saber993

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Land Revision —Feb. 3, 2017

Added in Bounce lands in an attempt to make Kiora's Follower more effective. Resolving a bounce land with follower on board reduces the number of pieces in the combo by 1 (Or, more realistically, provides a substitute).

Added in Grapeshot as a 1 of as an outlet for infinite mana loops with no source of damage.

Changed up the sideboard.

Saber993 says... #1

The first run of this deck actually included a copy of grapeshot, but I ended up pulling it when I realized it was basically an unnecessary card after the inclusion of Zhur-Taa druid. If I'm casing Dramatic Reverasal 500 times, I could just as easily be dealing 500 damage from Zhur-Taa's tap damage.

(Other things the original decklist included was a copy of Paradox Engine where the plan was to ramp to engine, drop an Isochron Scepter with Manamorphose on it, then draw out the entire deck and slam a Grapeshot with Pact of Negation backup)

I do dig the Kiln Fiend idea- and having run Pauper UR kiln fiend in the past I know how scary that can be. Definitely worth testing.

February 2, 2017 12:02 a.m.

Saber993 says... #2

Made a pretty significant update today. Changes have the deck feeling very consistent in a vacuum (T3 occasionally, T4 consistently). Still very open to suggestions, there is still a lot of room to grow.

Most questionable thing that changed however is the addition of white cards in mainboard. I have yet to feel like I can't get the white when I need it, but it just feels dirty.

Other things I would like some input on:
-Any ideas that could make kiora's follower more useful? (She already feels useful as hell- goldfishing found a handful of games where Lightning Helix ended up on Isochron Scepter instead of Dramatic Reversal and she turned it into 6 damage/life per turn instead of 3)

-Thoughts on Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind? He seems like he could be the high costed card that serves as an alt win-con that I was looking for, but I haven't had much testing time with him yet.

-Landbase: This one I'm a little rough on. Just suggestions in general would be appreciated. Mostly in the "I need to shock myself less" category.

February 2, 2017 12:26 a.m.