MTG Combo: Alhammarret's Archive + Consecrated Sphinx

Matrixxx999 on Oloro's philosophy: just sit back and relax.

8 years ago

Always glad to help!

I think you should look closely at Laboratory Maniac. In your deck he is a dead draw. In most situations it does nothing. If you're plan is using it before you decked yourelf with Phyrexian Arena, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, Necropotence or ad nauseum, then I should ask you about how often it happened when You played with this deck? I would understand the use of Laboratory Maniac, if you would use combinations with infinite mana and infinite draw spells (Blue Sun's Zenith/Enter the Infinite + Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron ), but you decided to avoid them... But if it plays well in your meta then it is ok, it is just what I see when I look at your list. Actualy I have Oloro deck where I use all the good combinations to empty the deck in one turn Somebody stop me!, and I considered Maniac, but in many games it was dead draw, cuz outside of combinations it does nothing to win the game. Additionaly it is pretty dangerous strategy, when Maniac hits the table, all your opponents will be ready for your combination, and when you'll try to deck yourself, anyone can just play something like Swords to Plowshares in respons, and it is game over. If you'll dicide to keep this guy in your deck, then I would suggest to use even more card advantage spells, for example - Consecrated Sphinx. Alhammarret's Archive + Consecrated Sphinx - insane draw engine.