Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
Economics forum
Posted on March 19, 2015, 1:25 p.m. by OutspokenFerret
Is she good enough to see play?
Will being a more aggressive 2-drop than Melira for the Kitchen Finks + Melira, Sylvok Outcast combo effect it's relevance and price?
Personally I think we could see her in an Abzan Aggro list utilizing her as a cheese win with the assembled combo while also helping push creatures up in size. If that happens, we could see Dark Confidant out of that list and a few other cards. The list might run the Congregation at Dawn + Collected Company combo to go infinite.
OutspokenFerret says... #3
You run Anafenza so that you can provide better aggression and the combo. The question is whether the aggression is good enough to justify running it.
March 19, 2015 1:39 p.m.
OutspokenFerret says... #5
This thread is about Anafenza so I assumed that you meant by "more than one Anafenza" you were referring to Anafenza as a pseudo-Melira, my bad on that. But yes, I think one Melira would still go into that list. Coincidentally it gives you some protection against Slaughter Games B/R/x ever comes back and does end up running that.
March 19, 2015 1:51 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #6
Also gives you a tutorable hedge against the infect decks, which is cool. Would this deck run black? or just try to be all about dat life gain in the GW side of things?
March 19, 2015 2 p.m.
OutspokenFerret says... #7
I have a list up now MeliraCrat but its completely untested. I think black would need to be there for the combo though in general.
March 19, 2015 2:06 p.m.
slovakattack says... #8
That's a pretty interesting list. Imo, It's a bit unfocused for my tastes. Here's something I whipped up that seems remarkably consistent:
March 19, 2015 2:08 p.m.
OutspokenFerret says... #9
ya, that was a rough list, but I like your list a lot too, the only issue I see is that Bloodthrone Vampire is easier to remove than Cartel Aristocrat. It also seems like 2 Melira isn't necessary.
March 19, 2015 2:11 p.m.
I like...
T2: Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
T3: Midnight Guard
T4: Retraction Helix (targeting Guard), Ornithopter...
Bounce the Thopter in response to the Bolster trigger...
resolve the Bolster...
untap the Guard...
recast Thopter...
rinse/repeat
Anafenza and Guard are now as large as you want them to be...
Swing!
March 19, 2015 2:13 p.m.
slovakattack says... #11
OutspokenFerret: That's true, forgot about the aristocrat. I'd change that up. I'm fine with the 2 Melira, as this is a 3-piece combo. I've done some playtesting just now, and it's consistant in getting a T3 win out if you have one of the pieces already in hand. I guess I could go 1 more Anafenza and -1 melira, but anafenza's double white bothers me.
March 19, 2015 2:16 p.m.
OutspokenFerret says... #12
Any opponent or just solitaire? If you can (Im at work) try out some match-ups :P. The double white shouldn't be an issue since we r likely tutoring Anafenza to get Collected Company'd. Although if your wins are consistently turn 3 then I see no reason to because Anafenza is better when you cant get the combo off.
March 19, 2015 2:35 p.m.
slovakattack says... #13
Just solitaire, but if needed you can always Cavern/Boseiju to fix it that way.
March 19, 2015 2:38 p.m.
actiontech says... #14
Why no mention of Hardened Scales in this list? Seems like good tech.
March 19, 2015 5:08 p.m.
I think Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit is going to be a boss in the Mastery of the Unseen deck. Bolstering 1 every time you manifest from the mastery or Whisperwood Elemental seems really good. The deck already showed it can have some inevitability pumping out 2/2's so getting 3/3's only makes it better. Combine that with removal via Hidden Dragonslayer and Silumgar Assassin and then the deck can actually push damage through while answering things their opponent plays. Den Protector gives you value from things in your graveyard making abzan mastery look like a good deck now that it has cheap removal from flipping creatures along with Ultimate Price and Radiant Purge to back it up.
slovakattack says... #2
I do like that both Congregation at Dawn and Collected Company are instants.
Since you can tutor throughout your entire deck with Congregation, I doubt you'd need more than one Melira in the deck.
March 19, 2015 1:33 p.m.