Flyers
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Posted on May 1, 2016, 5:52 a.m. by AliceInQuantumland
I have a deck with child of Alara that has only flyers, but the mana costs and colours are unbalanced. Can anybody help me?
AliceInQuantumland says... #3
Atony1400 believe me the mana is not a problem at all. I always manage to get the colours I need in time. The banabase is really not an issue. The problem this deck has is really that the flyers cost too much mana and that the colours are not properly balanced.
May 1, 2016 2:06 p.m.
Deckologist says... #4
Firstoff if speed is something youre into youre gonna have a bad time with that mana base. You need duals or shocks. the reasoning for this is that you can run Wood Elves Skyshroud Claim Nature's Lore and Ranger's Path so essentially grab any color you need since shocks and duals count as 2 land types and cards like the fetches above do not say "basic land".
May 2, 2016 12:43 a.m.
AliceInQuantumland says... #5
Deckologist I really apprechiate your help, but believe me, I never had problems to have all colours in my mane while playing this deck. I just want to lower the curve, because I'm tired of starting the game with 3-4 spels with a CMC higher than or qual to 4. Do you have any suggestions for creatures that I could exchange to get a simular effect for less mana?
May 4, 2016 10:07 a.m.
Part of the problem is that most decent creatures with flying occupy the 5-7 CMC range (not counting outliers like Serra Ascendant) so if you want to keep with the all-flyers theme your curve will naturally be top heavy.
You could probably drop some of the less useful cards for additional small ramp like Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, Farseek etc. and maybe some draw so that you are still doing something early game but don't have to sacrifice your big flying beaters:
- Wind Dancer and Ephara's Enlightenment - I think I only counted 3 creatures that don't have flying natively
- Rattlechains - not very many spirits and isn't very good by himself
- Triskaidekaphobia - seems out of place here
- Enduring Scalelord - not many +1/+1 counters in this deck
- Eater of Hope - not very good without lots of tokens or recursion.
If you drop some of these and are able to get to 7ish mana quicker you might feel like you're not just twiddling your thumbs so often. Hope that helps!
May 4, 2016 1:12 p.m.
AliceInQuantumland says... #7
F.R.F Thank you a lot. The Wind Dancer and Ephara's Enlightenment are for Child of Alara so I'll keep them. You are right about Rattlechains, but I think instead of cutting it, I will replace some of the bigger flyers with spirits, because the cost less. The Triskaidekaphobia is in the deck for sentimental reasons, it won me a game at the prerelease and I wanted to play it in one deck. The Enduring Scalelord and the Eater of Hope are definetly going out, thanks.
Atony1400 says... #2
First off, I'm just pointing this out, but you should really change the title to reflect what your asking about, not just the deck itself. I honestly showed up due to the "Flyers" title, and was expecting problems choosing flyers for your deck. Honestly, I would change the title to "Having trouble with Child of Alara manabase?"
Now, onto your problem. I think you should take a gander at this youtube video by a reliable magic source (TCC) which can really help you out. Hope this helps!
May 1, 2016 10:11 a.m.