Xyris CEDH Attempt
Commander / EDH
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Raising the Alarm —April 13, 2020
For the deck, I am now adding in a new combo. That means I am going to take some card slots away from the Curiosity lines. So here are the cuts and add ins.
First up, quality of life.
Game Trial ---> Ancient Tomb
Game Trial in this deck is a tap land in this deck, since we run so little lands with types. I would rather run a fast mana land over it, especially because this deck is not looking for a long game.
Burning Inquiry ---> Llanowar Elves
I do like Burning Inquiry in this deck, but I wanted to add in more mana ramp in the deck. It is 9 snakes, but I would rather take more consistency over it. In the future, if I have the budget, will replace llanowar Elves with a Chrome Mox. I only have 1 currently, and it's in another list.
Now, finally.
Brallin, Skyshark Rider ---> Lore Broker Preordain ---> intruder Alarm Tandem lookout ---> Gaea's Blessing
Here is how the new combo works. You have Xyris, Lore Broker, and intruder Alarm. Tap lore Broker, and each player draws and discards. 3 Snake triggers go onto the stack. Let one resolve. Then, intruder Alarm untaps everything. You can keep doing this until your opponents draw their decks. If they have more cards in Library than you, then just discard Gaea's Blessing, and keep shuffling your Graveyard into your Library.
Reasons for the cuts: I cut Preordain because in this deck, we wheel so much that we don't really need a poor cantrip. I then cut Brallin and Tandem lookout because they were the slowest parts of the curiosity combo. I'm also considering cutting Niv for one of the two other nivs, because they are not as mana intensive. But new Niv you don't really have to worry about him getting countered on the way down. At the end of the day, I'm considering it and will playtest with both. Thanks for reading through the update!