FISH VS FAE
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Feb. 10, 2015, 10:37 a.m. by Gator_Is+Beast
okay so i want to build a new EDH deck and most of my play groups want me to make a tribal deck as i normally Play control type builds. But i enjoy playing magic that way. we have a very competitive playgroup. and i want to make a blue/black tribal deck but idk if i should go with merfolk or faeries I have played both in other formats and enjoy both. but whats more viable in edh m general will ether be Sygg, River Cutthroat or Oona, Queen of the Fae
Sygg, River Guide is the best for sure. Oona is more viable than all of those three, but she is annoying to play against.
February 10, 2015 10:42 a.m.
Sygg, River Guide if you go fish. He can combo out very effectively and go for infinite fish tokens/infinite mill which is always hysterical. Oona, Queen of the Fae CAN be faerie tribal. Buuuuuuutttttt she lends herself far more easily to "All of the Infinite Mana Combos I can Jam into a 99 Card Deck.dec" shell and if your play group is tired of you playing a control shell you may want to stray from there because its too easy to slip into that version of the deck.
February 10, 2015 10:51 a.m.
Gator_Is+Beast says... #5
faerie tail guild this is my "rough" fae build
February 10, 2015 11:04 a.m.
Sygg, River Cutthroat can do awesomely with small unblockable Merfolk, always providing the card advantage that a control deck needs.
I have a really fun competitive build for him here: Sygg's Suicide Solution.
February 10, 2015 11:07 a.m.
Rouges come in both fea and fish so run tribal rouges
February 10, 2015 11:50 a.m.
With rouges you can utilize "prowle" cards with cards like Inkfathom Infiltrator and then use Oona's Blackguard to pump them up evan grab some goblins (Earwig Squad, Auntie's Snitch.....) so rather than going creature type (fea vs fish) you work with the creatures "job" instead and Cloak and Dagger is a must in cutthroat build (not as much in an oona build)
February 10, 2015 12:13 p.m.
Hjaltrohir says... #9
I think Faeries is more powerful as a tribe, but Oona, Queen of the Fae just draws so much hate.
If you choose to go with fish, I would choose Sygg, River Guide as your general.
February 10, 2015 12:21 p.m.
HeroInMyOwnMind says... #10
If you are building tribal, use Oona, Queen of the Fae. She is a lot more fun to play with and against if she is not built to play the normal infinite combo type.
February 10, 2015 12:33 p.m.
Gator_Is+Beast says... #11
i might just make both as proxies and see which i like better then ill build it
erabel says... #2
As far as Tribal synergy goes, Faeries I think would be much more powerful in EDH. Merfolk synergies tend to be a whole bunch of tiny +1/+1 boosts, which, in a multiplayer format at 40 life, doesn't do terribly much. Oona's also a powerful wincon in and of herself, given a large amount of mana (which isn't hard).
February 10, 2015 10:42 a.m.