Skipping Turns For Value. Totally Makes Sense
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on Jan. 9, 2016, 11:35 p.m. by amazingdan
We all know the Pact cycle. Dangerous, but valuable. I want to make a deck specifically designed to avoid losing the game on my upkeep. This is either by skipping my upkeep, or skipping my turn entirely. So far, the cards I have found that do this are Eon Hub, Gibbering Descent, Magosi, the Waterveil, Chronatog Totem, Eater of Days, and possibly Chronosavant. However, most of these are fairly high-costing cards with no built in win-cons, with the exception of Gibbering Descent. This would be a total casual deck, but I'd like to keep it Modern if possible, just as a principle thing. Right now, I need ways to cheat in my cards on my opponents turns, and ways to win on my opponents turns, if there are any. It's totally janky and would probably be disrupted super easily, but it sounds really fun.
PhotogenicParasympathetic says... #3
Since the pact cycle says you have to pay on your next upkeep, skipping turns won't help- you'd have to skip every one of your turns, which means even if you're playing on an opponents turn, you never untap. Skipping upkeeps puts you in a similar (but not quite as bad) position, because you have to skip every upkeep to keep the delayed trigger from going off.
January 9, 2016 11:51 p.m.
Matt_The_OGRE says... #4
Angel's Grace and Platinum Angel both keep you from losing the game.
January 10, 2016 12:20 a.m.
Stasis + Orb of Dreams + Chronatog if thats your thing. Skip all your turns and your opponent will deck themselves. Not Modern tho..
January 10, 2016 6:27 a.m.
Ariecserpent says... #8
Chronomantic Escape is a fun thing to do. They cant attack you until your next turn, but if you never ever take that turn then they can never attack you. And since you arent taking any turns, you arent drawing cards, and the opponent will eventually deck themselves.
January 10, 2016 7:59 a.m.
Ral Zerek, I mean, you already got to use blue for Magosi.
MagicalHacker says... #2
There is a way to win with random pacts: Hive Mind :D
January 9, 2016 11:39 p.m.