Junkwalkers
Standard forum
Posted on May 17, 2014, 9:05 a.m. by tyforthevenom
could junkwalkers in standard be a thing?
i am assuming post rotation standard as well as current rotation
tyforthevenom says... #3
aah i midunderstood what junkwalkers was, i meant "rainbow walkers" (though i prefer chromatic walkers)
May 17, 2014 10:39 a.m.
I think Sagi007 has a point, unless you meant "thing" as possible but not successful. There needs to be a shard walker like Bolas that just demands play along with other walkers on the opposite colors that are good win cons.
I think if you want to play five color friends next rotation, nail down the mana fixers like Mana Confluence (which will probably jump when the shocks rotate) now and pay attention to spoilers.
If you want to play it now... I wouldn't suggest it. Bant Walkers is more consistent.
May 17, 2014 11:10 a.m.
well lets see by adding blue and red we get...
You would get Kiora, the Crashing Wave as a wincon by adding blue and Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver as a 2nd option but i wouldnt recommend him atm as a mb one since hes rather slow and more suited against control in this matter.
Xenagos, The Reveler by adding red. i dont consider Chandra, Pyromaster any good for this deck, and Domi Rade is pointless since you dont need many creatures if any at all. I wouldnt say no to AEtherling though.
With 5color sideboarding is very interresting since you can get the best of each color and should be very interresting.
but atm when i look at rainbow walkers option it just seems like a weak version of what i build last year with bolas. walkers dont die they call obzedat
damm i miss bolas alot so powerful.
May 17, 2014 11:49 a.m.
think i said that wrong though... its just to many option and i cant run them all...
May 17, 2014 11:56 a.m.
tyforthevenom says... #7
i'm just thinking sorin will possibly in m15, sorin is usually good, vampires op
May 17, 2014 12:07 p.m.
ChrisHansonBiomancin says... #10
Green and White are great colors for a Walkers shard, but Black brings nothing good to the table Walker-wise. Liliana of the Dark Realms is garbage, even more so in a 3 color deck, and Vraska the Unseen is basically a 5-mana removal spell.
My personal preference would be Naya, as Xenagos, The Reveler , Domri Rade , and Chandra, Pyromaster are all solid options. Bant is good as well, mostly thanks to Jace, Architect of Thought and the control staples that are accessible.
May 17, 2014 9:23 p.m.
tyforthevenom says... #11
ChrisHansonBiomancin i made a mistake, meant 5 colour walker decks
May 18, 2014 12:05 a.m.
ChrisHansonBiomancin says... #12
Oh gotcha, well in that case I honestly don't think any 5 color deck would be viable right now. The land base simply doesn't support it. It really wasn't even viable in the Innistrad-RTR days, which was much more friendly to multicolored decks due to the Buddy and Shock lands.
May 18, 2014 1:43 a.m.
tyforthevenom says... #13
So having a playset of 5 colour pain lands and some multicolour ramp would not help?
May 18, 2014 2:03 a.m.
ChrisHansonBiomancin says... #14
Aggro decks can get away with running 4 Mana Confluence , but a Superfriends deck can't afford to pay that much life. You'd probably want to play Chromatic Lantern , but that's pretty slow. I'm never one to begrudge someone for trying a janky homebrew at tournaments- that's pretty much what I do on a weekly basis- but in this case, I wouldn't expect to make Top 8.
Sagi007 says... #2
hmm well it could be build atleast.
Ajani, Mentor of Heroes to fetch walkers.
Elspeth, Sun's Champion as a wincon with Vraska the Unseen as backup.
Gideon, Champion of Justice and Liliana of the Dark Realms are a bit iffy but could be used. Gideon would generally be some kind of beatstick but a 6/6 at most generally speaking. and lili could be a way to kill things and fetch lands. though i doubt these 2 would be any good if ment for competative play.
atm i thnk your better of with bant walkers though.
but if they bring bolas back(i know he jsut left us) ill build a rainbow walkers deck again.
PS: junk can use Obzedat's Aid to bring back killed planeswalkers.
May 17, 2014 9:30 a.m.