MTG Combo: Eternal Witness + Primal Command

Eternal Witness
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clayperce on Mwonvuli Takeover (old)

6 years ago

StoryArcher,
First, the deck looks really fun. A few thoughts though, in no particular order:

  • Land Destruction is not a wincon. If it's working for you, that's awesome. But I worry that 1x Thrun, 1x Nissa, and 1x Strombreath may not be enough to actually close out the game.
  • Your mana- and dork-base would benefit a little from -3x Forest, -1x Birds of Paradise, +3x Green Fetchlands (Windswept Heath are the least expensive, but any of them are fine). Because the Fetches allow us to grab Stomping Ground as well, they give us a slightly better chance of getting the 2R we need to cast Blood Moon on Turn 2, which would allow you to drop a Bird for something better in the late game. Here's a piece on our Ponza Mana Simulator if you'd like to play with the numbers yourself.
  • I like Ancient Grudge better than Artifact sweepers, personally. But if your meta demands sweepers, Shatterstorm is strictly better than Creeping Corrosion.
  • Unless your meta is just overrun with Tron and Titanshift, 4x Crumble to Dust may be excessive. Surgical Extraction is another similar(ish) option, which is great in other match-ups as well.

Also, I TOTALLY get the desire to make a deck competitive "without necessarily carbon copying someone else's card list", but I always recommend starting with other lists and then tweaking (sometimes drastically) to fit our meta and playstyle. If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend looking at these:

Good luck (and good skill) with the deck!

clayperce on Mono-Green Land Control

6 years ago

StoryArcher,
I'm with solarPULSAR ... Mono-G LD is a great budget approach, but if you want to be more competitive you'll need to upgrade to RG or maybe Temur Ponza.

If you're a fan of the Eternal Witness + Primal Command soft lock, I strongly recommend taking a look at Therabbins' deck.

If you want to stick with Mono-G, I strongly recommend creating a deck and adding the link to your OP rather than just listing the cards as you did ... it's much easier to give deck advice when it's organized as a TappedOut deck :-)

Three big suggestions though, for smoother play:

Finally, you might want to drop by the PonzaMTG group on Reddit and ask there ... it's a large and helpful community, and always has lots to say about Land Destruction strategies :-)

clayperce on landofMordor

6 years ago

Thanks TONS for the "generally cheerful Internet person" moniker. I sure try to be :-)

If you're a Primal Command fan, I highly recommend Therabbins' deck. I've been testing it lately and could chain Eternal Witness + Primal Command all day!

I like UR Control, but not sure UW is for me. Though I've been eyeing UW Death and Taxes ...

Thanks again!