Cloudstone Curio or Crystal Shard?
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Posted on Jan. 25, 2016, 12:21 p.m. by Sage2d6
I can't decide which I really prefer for my Ninja tribal Vela the Night-Clad Deck. I'm obviously running Conspiracy to combo with Cloudstone Curio but Crystal Shard allow me to do it to any of my creatures without having to tutor for Conspiracy. Then if I chose Crystal Shard instead, I need the mana to tap it. But also with a infinite untap artifact combo with Voltaic Key. Any suggestions?
Ooh okay perfect! I personally use Conspiracy for Higure, the Still Wind's ability to tutor for other Ninjas to combo with Conspiracy. Which makes all my creatures Ninjas then I just tutor for any of them.
January 25, 2016 12:38 p.m.
nobu_the_bard says... #4
I assume the deck is this (the slug doesn't match the deck name; it needs to be regenerated): Queen Ultimecia, the Unforgiven
It looks like hyperlocke said. I don't think Conspiracy is doing very much in this deck. You could safely cut it for Crystal Shard or Cloudstone Curio and have the redundancy of using both.
Shame Cloudstone's $12+, I'd have liked it for my Vela deck.
EDIT: Oh, other than that ninja you mentioned, which is valid.
January 25, 2016 12:41 p.m. Edited.
I really like the idea of using Conspiracy, but its only useful for one creature which annoys me. Plus it cost 5 mana just to cast it. I may just take it out.
hyperlocke says... #2
You don't need Conspiracy. Cloudstone Curio cares about permanent types (creature, artifact, enchantment, land, planeswalker), not about creature types (eg Ninja).
As for a suggestion: Having multiple cards that do the same thing is great in a 100-card singleton deck. Use both.
January 25, 2016 12:32 p.m.