Which Card Should I Remove to Make Room for SoTaJ?
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Posted on May 26, 2019, 9:07 a.m. by DemonDragonJ
WotC will be printing a card called Sword of Truth and Justice in Modern Horizons, and I definitely will put that card in my Atraxa EDH deck, but I cannot decide which card to remove to make room for it.
My first thought was to remove Recoil , since that card does not fit into the overall theme of proliferation that the deck has, but the fact that it can target any permanent unconditionally, is an instant, and has two effects in one card, makes it very powerful.
Then, I briefly considered Grim Affliction , because that card is fairly underwhelming, but it does provide instant-speed proliferation and can work as a creature removal spell.
Now, I am trying to decide between Wanderer's Strike or Voidslime . The former card costs 5 mana and is only a sorcery, but it does exile a creature unconditionally, and, while the latter card has unmatched versatility, it is redundant with Disallow , which I originally thought was a good thing.
What does everyone else say about this? Which card should I remove to make room for sword of truth and justice?
I personally think Wanderer's Strike should go out. A lot of games are won by flexibility, though the profilerate is a bonus, the instant speed for Voidslime is amazing. If you could put a link to your deck, I could help some more.
May 26, 2019 10:27 a.m.
Last_Laugh says... #4
All Will Be One is his deck. Click on his name and it brings up his profile... not that hard to find.
May 26, 2019 11:12 a.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #5
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor, it is ironic that you are suggesting that, since that is the newest card in my deck, which I added only several days ago. However, since lifemtg suggested a different card, I am not yet certain which one to remove, so I shall wait until there is a clear choice.
May 26, 2019 10:32 p.m.
Last Laugh the funny thing is that is a Skittles the Blight Dragon Deck. Idk what u are talking about, but I think that is a simple mistake. Anyways yes that is true.
May 26, 2019 10:44 p.m.
Last_Laugh says... #7
That's the sites bad... that is the exact name of his deck lol. Funny thing is the OP even upvoted the comment. I used just the deck name instead of the url.
There's the correct link.
May 26, 2019 11:32 p.m. Edited.
DemonDragonJ says... #8
lifemtg, I even included a link to my deck in my opening post, so that other users could see it.
May 27, 2019 12:24 a.m.
If it were me, I'd definitely swap Sword of Truth and Justice in and Grim Affliction out. The latter isn't good enough for a 3 mana instant, even given the proliferate wich makes it a -2/-2.
On the other hand, I would definitely keep Voidslime in the deck, avoiding Wanderer's Strike . 5 mana sorcery speed is not good enough even for EDH. You have already plenty of ways to proliferate.
Also, where is your Cauldron of Souls ? You must have it.
May 27, 2019 1:50 a.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #10
K1ngMars, yours is another vote in favor of keeping Voidslime in my deck, so I shall do that.
Now, I am deciding between Grim Affliction and Wanderer's Strike ; the strike unconditionally exiles a creature, but it costs 5 mana and is only a sorcery; grim affliction may not be very flashy, but it is an instant, and I very firmly believe that the difference between and instant and a sorcery can mean the difference between victory and defeat.
No two users here have made the same suggestion, but that is good, since it shows that everyone here has different opinions on this matter.
May 27, 2019 9:20 a.m.
Your observation is indeed true. Between the two I'd definitely keep Grim Affliction . Instant speed is the reason, while also being cheaper in mana cost.
If you are looking for creature exile effects, I'd suggest Path to Exile or Swords to Plowshares . For added versatility, I'd suggest Utter End .
I wouldn't focus too much on not versatile/good proliferate cards, but that's my opinion.
May 27, 2019 10:17 a.m.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #12
K1ngMars makes a good point about which proliferate cards to use. Since you commander is Atraxa, you will always have access to proliferate. That should give you a bit more freedom to run other, more versatile cards instead of sub-optimal proliferate cards.
May 27, 2019 12:58 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #13
K1ngMars, I have no room for Cauldron of Souls in this deck, but it is a nice card. I do have Utter End in the deck, but cannot make room for Path to Exile or Swords to Plowshares , unfortunately.
As for the sword, I have decided to keep Grim Affliction in my deck, so the card that I shall remove to make room for the sword will be either Archmage's Charm or Wanderer's Strike ; the charm has a very strict casting cost and does not contribute to the deck's overall theme, but is very versatile, whereas the strike has a higher casting cost and is only a sorcery, but unconditionally exiles a creature and has proliferate; therefore, my situation is this: I have six counterpsells and six removal spells in this deck, so which type of card can this deck afford to lose?
May 27, 2019 8:59 p.m.
I'd take out both Wanderer's Strike and Archmage's Charm for Cauldron of Souls and Sword of Truth and Justice . But it's me.
Between the two I'd take out the charm for the hard to achieve casting cost, but I'd also take out the strike for it's flat out absence of versatility versus any good instant creature exile-removal spell
May 28, 2019 2:22 a.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #15
K1ngMars, I agree with you, there, but I shall be choosing Tezzeret's Gambit over the cauldron, as that card was originally in this deck until I removed it, since it would be good to have a source of card advantage. I am not saying that the cauldron is a poor card, but the more sources of proliferation that this deck has, the better.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor says... #2
Looking at your deck, I would remove Archmage's Charm . You have 6 total counter spells so you can afford to lose one. Of them, Charm has the most restrictive mana cost for a 4 color deck so that would be my pick.
May 26, 2019 10:24 a.m.