MTG Combo: Astral Cornucopia + Filigree Sages

Reverie42 on Atraxa Goodstuff

7 years ago

Thanks for the comments/suggestions Mint0055 :)

In general, this deck isn't really trying to go wide, but instead get at least one counter on Atraxa and hold down the board while she beats down and grows (with the option to put them on things like Master Biomancer, Fathom Mage or Fertilid for extra value). In general, I aimed to focus on using creatures or incidental effects to get that counter so that if Atraxa gets hit with a single-target removal, it's not card disadvantage. Mikaeus pumping the whole board is fairly relevant, and has a sort of jank fringe case of being Reveillark fetchable if Zameck Guildmage is around to give him a counter as he comes in.

Give / Take is an interesting option. I think it'd compete for the same spot as Shapers of Nature. It has the advantage of having more immediate upside at the cost of not providing a recurring mana sink (the thing I like about Shapers is that it can both sink extra mana and also just win the game if I go infinite with Astral Cornucopia + Filigree Sages . I'll definitely test them both. Great suggestion.

I've gone back and forth on trying Sage of Hours. I keep not running it because I have so few heroic enablers, but maybe I should try it just to see if I can make it work. It synergizes well with Ezuri, Ghave and Shapers of Nature. That might be enough when combined with proliferate and counter amp effects to be an effective second Magistrate's Scepter. Thank you for pointing this one out.

The graveyard options you mentioned are all neat, but I think it'd be hard to make room for them. On the plus side, when I want to go deep on graveyard interaction, I can always bring out Meren or Gisa :)

Thanks again for the recommendations. Much appreciated.