which equipment is best of the 3 for my Atraxa deck?
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Posted on April 21, 2019, 7:46 a.m. by cascadien
greetings! my plainswalker-free, Atraxa deck has ultimately evolved into a pseudo-voltron deck of sorts and i am wondering which of the 3 following equipment would be best suited to add as im running out of slots and cant run all 3. my contestants are Umezawa's Jitte , Banshee's Blade or Opaline Bracers .
phase IV
Commander / EDH*
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all constructive advice is always appreciated, thank you in advance to all who contribute!
DrukenReaps says... #3
Umezawa's Jitte is going to overperform in most games.
April 21, 2019 8:12 a.m.
i thought the same thing initially but i dont feel ill need the life-gain aspect due to Atraxa's life-link, and i also worry because even though i can proliferate a charge counter each turn i still have to remove them in order to activate the buff on the Jitte whereas the other two only get bigger....and bigger and bigger!
April 21, 2019 8:18 a.m.
VampiricTooter says... #5
One can not deny the raw power of Opaline Bracers.
April 21, 2019 9:09 a.m.
Chandra585 says... #6
Well, if you have any way of getting double strike, play Jitte. Also the -1/-1 is nothing to sneeze at. A well timed removal spell can close out games.
April 21, 2019 11:13 a.m.
I agree you are worried about life link Whip of Erebos is better that way all you creatures get lifelink.
Now I am torn
Opaline Bracers cost 4 to get down and 2 equip but starts with counters
Banshee's Blade cheaper but have to do combat damage for that first counter
Think that going to be your preference
April 21, 2019 12:57 p.m.
VampiricTooter says... #9
I really do feel there is room to contest the Jitte. It is a better card than the other two. In this situation where he can grow the bracers as the game progresses and have it come in offering his lifelink voltron commander a massive +4 right away for 6 mana can be a coup. The functionality of Jitte is nice but simply won’t add up to the power of the bracers. I feel that it is a case of staple syndrome that is actually detrimental to a lot of builds. The Jitte could be used nicely in here as well but if it is one or the other I would like to hear the reason why one should choose Jitte?
April 21, 2019 1:35 p.m.
Jitte triggers whenever Atraxa deals combat damage... that happens on defense as well. It doesn't have to be to a player. So yeah, her vigilance and lifelink make her really good at attacking and if you have jitte, blocking becomes amazingly powerful since you can manipulate combat.
In magical xmass land for Jitte, you'd get 2 counters +1 proliferate on your turn, then 6 more from your 3 opponents attacking you... that's 9 in a turn cycle :p
none of the other cards can do that, and jitte has added versatility. It is the better card. But it's also much more expensive.
Joe_Ken_ says... #2
I’d say Umezawa's Jitte since it has a little more versatility with the other abilities it can spend charge counters on.
April 21, 2019 8:06 a.m.