MTG Combo: Grand Architect + Pili-Pala

Balaam__ on Werewolf Tribal

1 year ago

I usually see Grand Architect + Pili-Pala , but this is interesting. Dropping blue for green lends everything a different feel. Nice job here

Peoni on Augustin STAX EDH

4 years ago

Your lack of proper wincon might net you a lot of hate at the table. You can Armageddon and Winter Orb all day, but if you don't have some method of breaking parity and killing the table, ultimately all you're doing is dragging out the game and not making much progress. Maybe that's your goal though.. to just make everyone suffer and regret playing the game, and if that's the case more power to you! Perhaps your friends deserve such a fate. :^) But I would recommend adding in some general wincons to actually end everyone's misery and let them know you came to win instead of just making them dread a 2 hour game where nobody wins lol.

Infinite mana combos like Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter and Grand Architect + Pili-Pala plus X cost targeted draw spells like Blue Sun's Zenith and Stroke of Genius make for either humorous yet fair ways of milling an opponent to death in one turn, or milling yourself with pieces like Jace, Wielder of Mysteries, Laboratory Maniac, and Thassa's Oracle to just straight up win the game. If you wanted to push your budget there's also the dirty Grindstone + Painter's Servant combo to, again, mill people to death. Then, after all that, you'd want to add in artifact tutors to fetch your filthy combo pieces and close the game out before people begin to complain about your gloriously oppressive board state. Cards like Fabricate, Tezzeret the Seeker, and Whir of Invention would do nicely. You could also run Muddle the Mixture as a flex card that could either be used to keep your opponents from getting to use their toys, or to again fetch your combo pieces i.e. Isochron, Pili-Pala, Thassa's Oracle, Painter's Servant if you wanted, etc. I'd be more than happy to help optimize this deck in budget if you wanted. :^) Just let me know.

Suave321 on Arixmethes, Combo Isle

4 years ago

Literally just built a similar deck with Arixmethes! Check it out Simic ∞ Infinitude. I use the same Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle + Freed from the Real combo, and have two other infinite mana combos: Grand Architect + Pili-Pala and Incubation Druid + Vigean Graftmage . Both of those produce both blue and green mana. I threw in Prismite and Signpost Scarecrow to alter the infinite green mana to blue. I'm definitely going to borrow some of your ideas for search/tutor cards to find the combo pieces faster, as I rely only on card draw at the moment. My win cards include Thassa's Oracle, Stream of Thought, and two others I want to replace are Fascination and Folio of Fancies because they require a little more caution to draw a specific number of cards and not deck yourself. Mine is still new, so I can't give specific recommendations right now as I'm not sure what is flawed in my own build. Going to folder yours and maybe we can build off each other...hope you don't mind!

Poly_raptor on Mono-blue Twiddle - WIP

4 years ago

Hey, nice deck! I love abusing planar bridge :)

I don’t know what to suggest to cut, a process I do when cutting is outline a few categories within the deck and then start filling them with the cards in the deck. If there are cards that fit into more than one category then they’re an obvious keep, with cards that only fit in one category getting the cut.

You may like the look of these though.

Etherium Sculptor

Master Transmuter

Grand Architect + Pili-Pala for infinite

If you did run twiddle you could run Isochron Scepter, also Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter seems to suit your game plan.

I hope this comment was helpful :)

Happy brewing

Art-n-Lutherie on Kruphix the Master of the Helix

4 years ago

Oh and I almost forgot 2 others

1. Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter

2. Grand Architect + Pili-Pala

SaigoNoShinwa on Urza

5 years ago

Infinite Mana Combos

Grim Monolith + Power Artifact = infinite mana

Basalt Monolith + Power Artifact = infinite mana

Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth = infinite mana

Aphetto Alchemist + Rings of Brighthearth + artifact that make 3+ mana = infinite mana

Aphetto Alchemist + Illusionist's Bracers + artifact that make 1+ mana = infinite mana

Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter + artifact that make 3+ mana = infinite mana

Grand Architect + Pili-Pala = infinite mana

thom-le on Lazav, the Multifarious (poucos amigos)

5 years ago

Laboratory Maniac + Paradigm Shift does work like this: Paradigm Shift does exchange your library with your graveyard. If you have not many cards in the graveyard, then you may win pretty easy with Laboratory Maniac and any draw card.

• IF Laboratory Maniac is in your library while you are playing Paradigm Shift , then this card would be put into your graveyard and your commander Lazav, the Multifarious can turn into the Maniac.
• IF you have your combo pieces in your library, Paradigm Shift puts everything into the graveyard. That means, you may instant combo off with Necrotic Ooze and any other card. I strongly recommend to put in Grand Architect + Pili-Pala for infinite mana.
• This combo works well with your Mirror-Mad Phantasm , also with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries , both cards help you to win with the alternative of having no cards in your library. Therefore please consider Leveler , because it's a 10/10 and helps the idea of winning with Laboratory Maniac .

With Doomsday you are able to put your cards in your library you need to win the game. Fantastic with Laboratory Maniac . A little bit of a risk to play this card. But wow, what an impact does this card make. Guess every opponent can't believe the awesomeness of playing this card.

On the other hand, if you are not going into this idea please take a look at "The Many-Faced God" - [[Primer]], because this deck works nearly the same as your deck wants to work.

If you are going to buy any of this card, please don't haste. This deck needs many test games to see what cards will word and what cards won't. There are many expensive cards you don't need at all. Like Wasteland . Play Strip Mine , this card is cheaper to buy and is better. The only reason that Wasteland is expensive is that Wasteland is unbanned in the popular MTG Play Format "Legacy" and Strip Mine is banned.

You may reduce costs in you lands, if you like to get a more budget reasonable deck. Bloodstained Mire , Marsh Flats , Polluted Delta are way too expensive for their effect. They are 1) better in other formats like Legacy or Modern and 2) you are playing 2 colors, so normally you have both colors available. Sunken Ruins , Minamo, School at Water's Edge , Shizo, Death's Storehouse are good if you have them already, otherwise they won't make that big impact (They are indeed good cards, just saying) if you need to buy them.