Building Perfection (EDH Stax Primer)
Commander / EDH
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The Primer is Finished ... Again —Oct. 14, 2016
I added a new section detailing specific high level matchups that this deck may face. In a arena of T1 decks its important to know your enemies' strengths and weaknesses. Each strategy has a list of roughly 10 cards in my deck that can hard counter it. There are 4 strategies in three different sections of Combo, Control, and Aggro.
I'm currently looking to program a single +1 button that is green or something at the bottom of the page. I would greatly appreciate it if someone helped me make it since i'm near illiterate when it comes to code. I hope the primer has been informative as its intended purpose. I would say its completely finished but new cards come out which I will add to the 5 sections.
Perfect_Phyrexia says... #2
Possessed Portal is a great card, however, it is a bit too expensive for this deck cmc wise. Yes it is very strong but I want to win with cards around cmc 6, Mindslaver being a good example. It is also begging to be countered, very scary.
Reassembling Skeleton is definitely finding a spot soon though.
May 1, 2016 4:23 a.m. Edited.
EndStepTop says... #3
I like the changes, deck looks solid. I wasnt a fan of Salvaging station when I was running glissa, I think you're better off with higher impact cards.
May 1, 2016 9:24 a.m.
SomeDipshit says... #4
That's true, getting it countered sucks hard.
I typically sub Mindslaver and Possessed Portal in and out depending on number of opponents. Typically, no deck is in a good enough position that I can successfully 2v2 against the other two decks (using Mindslaver) -- but three people and below, always mindslaver.
May 1, 2016 11:09 p.m.
Bilgames91 says... #5
I like the changes too. Do you think Entomb would work well here? Easy dumping of Bloodghast or Reassembling Skeleton, and you use it before a creature dies to effectively tutor an artifact with Glissa.
May 5, 2016 10:22 p.m.
Perfect_Phyrexia says... #6
I'm tempted to replace the Mindslicer for a Helm of Obedience in my sideboard in order to kill someone with Leyline of the Void if that needs to happen. I want to know what your thoughts on this combo are, is it too slow or is it just completely outclassed by Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcranker in multiplayer.
May 9, 2016 12:47 a.m.
Love your list. Your deck is what inspired me to create my current favorite deck.
Behold Blessed Perfection.
Commander / EDH
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June 26, 2016 5:39 a.m. Edited.
Perfect_Phyrexia says... #9
I completely agree! There are cards in this deck like Nether Void and Guardian Beast that are incredibly old and are collectors items, same things with cards expensive cards such as Damnation, Phyrexian Obliterator, and Metalworker. Many of the non-budget cards in the deck are either these or utility cards which can be swapped out for more budget options, same with many of the lands. There are many budget options for stax decks in the Primer, Hidran, many of which rival these cards in power level. In no way am I expecting anyone to invest 2000+ dollars on a children's card game yet I wanted to give an example of a competitive level stax threat.
SomeDipshit says... #1
I think you're missing the best Stax piece ever created -- Possessed Portal
You can either sacrifice tokens or continuously recur small artifacts and discard them, or just use Reassembling Skeleton.
Dropping it wins games. Every end step! EVERY!
May 1, 2016 12:34 a.m.