Need Help Taking Out 13 Cards (Lyra Dawnbringer)
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on April 22, 2018, 8:41 p.m. by Zelpoke
Just what the title says. Please don't recommend lands to take out. Any card recommendations are also welcome!
RazortoothMtg says... #3
Edit: Ashes of the Abhorrent doesn't even affect Reya Dawnbringer, so disregard that. You're not playing Reya anway, so it doesn't effect you, but I just noticed that.
April 22, 2018 9:04 p.m.
I would remove the following cards: 1. Soldier of the Pantheon- It has too small of an effect. 2.Blinding Light- It is Sorcery speed so it can only be used offensively and the effect is too small. 3. Defy Death- This effect is alright but is really situational. It is a victim of having only 100 cards.4. Staff of the Sun Magus- Too small of an effect.5. Scroll of Avacyn- Too small of an effect.6. Marble Diamond- Mediocre card that is just "alright".7. Coldsteel Heart- same as Marble Diamond.8. Reverse Damage- 100% reactive cards are often dead draws.9. Chastise- Same as Reverse Damage.10. Moonlit Wake- To small of an effect.11. Sun Droplet- +1 life a turn is awful. Use this card as a coaster.---The above cards are all bad and are easy cuts.-The last two cuts are hard, but id suggest one card for sure:12. Sensei's Divining Top- with only 1 card draw engine Well of Lost Dreams and no other shuffle effects, the top is not very good at all. Great card in a bad situation. I would cut it.---As for the 13th cut; you will have to playtest and see what feels underwhelming, too often.
April 22, 2018 10:43 p.m.
My recommendations:
April 23, 2018 9:42 a.m.
RazortoothMtg says... #6
What PieGuy said, but I disagree with cutting Shattered Angel. It can easily gain a looot of life, and that's not even counting any crazy ramp decks with things like Collective Voyage or Boundless Realms, or even smaller ramp cards like Rampant Growth or Explosive Vegetation
RazortoothMtg says... #2
I would cut 13 Plains.
Nah Jk
As for actual cuts, Belbe's Portal just never impressed me as opposed to actual ramp cards. However, it does allow for flash and a small mana reduction, so I might be wrong.
Staff of the Sun Magus just doesn't do enough. You'll be gaining excessive amounts of life anyway, so a 3-mana artifact that lets you gain 1-2 life a turn is pretty much pointless.
Chastise and Reverse Damage seem to expensive mana wise for what they do, unless your meta is heavy on people who attack with a single massive creature that doesn't have hexproof for some reason.
Moonlit Wake also seems like too little effect. If you really want that effect, Ashes of the Abhorrent is strictly better in Angels outside of Reya Dawnbringer, which you aren't even playing
Soldier of the Pantheon seems low effect. Even if your opponents are playing heavy multicolor cards, I doubt it gains more life than just a Soul Warden effect (which I also don't suggest playing)
Oketra's Monument, Scroll of Avacyn, and Sun Droplet also seem too low effect to be worth a card slot. Sun Droplet is only good if you want a lot of whenever you gain life triggers, like in Karlov of the Ghost Council. Oketra's Monument is a bad Pearl Medallion, and I don't think the warrior tokens are too important in your deck. And Scroll of Avacyn is just pretty bad.
That's what I saw to cut. I, too, am building Lyra Dawnbringer (I pulled a foil at prerelease!), do you think you could help me with cuts?
Lyra Angel Tribal Prototype
Commander / EDH* RazortoothMtg
1 VIEW | IN 1 FOLDER
April 22, 2018 9:02 p.m.