G/W Cryptobomb
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on May 7, 2016, 2:53 p.m. by TheoSaint
I really need some help to fine tune this and work out what will be most helpful in the sideboard for it.
Land
4x Brushland
1x Forest
1x Plains
Creature
4x Arbor Elf
4x Blisterpod
1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Sorcery
2x Seasons Past
Instant
4x Tenacity
Enchantment
Planeswalker
Sideboard
Idea is to play Arbor Elf or Blisterpod on turn 1, then Cryptolith Rite and another one mana dork on turn 2, then ramp up the tokens.With enough of them it can cast Tenacity>>Dark Petition>>Seasons Past for infinite mana/token pump. Or it can flip Westvale Abby as early as turn 4 or pull out Ulamog and start swinging.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #3
Seems like too much of a Standard deck. By that, I mean its likely pretty easy to disrupt, and is dependent of the synergy. For example, if someone Lightning Bolts your turn 1 Dryad Arbor then uses Abrupt Decay on Cryptolith Rite, how are you ever going to cast Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger? Also, I don't think you can cast enough cards to make Monastery Mentor worth it.
Dark Petition isn't very good in modern because to cast it, you have to get to 5 mana first. By that time, it's likely too late for the card you're tutoring for to matter.
May 7, 2016 4:02 p.m.
Cryptolith Rite lets me tap my tokens for any colour mana and Tenacity untaps them to keep the combo going. Downside is I need ten dorks to be able to trip the combo. So tap them all then cast Tenacity then cast Dark Petition with the untapped tokens and grab Seasons Past from the library. Cast that grab Dark Petition and Tenacity back from the graveyard. Rinse and repeat.Voice of Resurgence really does fit in here, thanks.
May 7, 2016 4:11 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #5
Sounds almost like a Jeskai Ascendancy combo deck. Wouldn't it just be easier to get 2 dorks, a Jeskai Ascendancy, and a View from Above? That allows you to make an infinitely large dork to swing with.
May 7, 2016 4:24 p.m.
That sounds like a much better idea. Lagonna-Band Trailblazer seems like a good addition then, tough enough to survive a bolt and a white permanent for View from Above.
May 7, 2016 5:10 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #7
Jeskai Ascendency is already a white permanent for View from Above. Additionally, Jeskai Ascendancy also gives your creatures +1/+1 every time you cast View from Above, so you don't even need to play a creature that can pump itself.
Fatestitcher is traditionally the best mana dork to play in Ascendancy, but I think you'll need a few more than 4 dorks to make the deck work.
ninjaclevs13 says... #2
Just a few things...how are you going to cast Dark Petition without black mana, you have no black sources. Also, play Intangible Virtue over Tenacity, or maybe Gideon, Ally of Zendikar. Or, if you are running black, I would recommend Zealous Persecution. I would go abzan, for other utility cards in black. Finally, Voice of Resurgence is your best friend here.
Calling xzzane for tokens help.
May 7, 2016 3:53 p.m.