MTG Combo: Palinchron + Phantasmal Image

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Aethos on The Locusts are Coming... (cEDH)

7 years ago

I just try to throw in some stuff, maybe you can use some of it.

Well known combos which might be nice here:
Grim Monolith/Basalt Monolith + Power Artifact = infinite colourless mana.
Grim Monolith/Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth = infinite colourless mana.
Tidespout Tyrant + Sol Ring/Mana Vault/Mana Crypt = infinite colourless mana.
Tidespout Tyrant + infinite colourless mana + Candelabra of Tawnos/Palinchron = infinite coloured mana.
Tidespout Tyrant + infinite colourless mana + Izzet Signet/Mox Opal/Fellwar Stone/Gilded Lotus = infinite coloured mana.
Palinchron + Phantasmal Image = infinite coloured mana.Candelabra of Tawnos + High Tide or similar = good mana rock.
Future Sight + Helm of Awakening + Sensei's Divining Top = draw.
Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter = a lot of infinite stuff possible.

I'd probably play Preordain, Gitaxian Probe, Impulse and Fact or Fiction. Maybe also Gush and certainly Frantic Search. These help you go through your pile quicker, which is quite important, since you don't have access to a lot of the good black tutors. Gamble and Intuition might be good, tutors are important for in cEDH. Turnabout seems good. I think most red cEDH decks play Pyroblast/Red Elemental Blast. Chain of Vapor probably belongs here and also Hurkyl's Recall. I think Dack Fayden belongs in every commander deck. Past in Flames. Baral, Chief of Compliance.

I'd streamline the deck towards fast combo (similar to a storm deck) and remove the stax elements. Usually if you try to be between fast combo and stax you don't do either right. I like Mind Stone, but for cEDH it's probably too slow. Library of Leng doesn't do enough in this deck I think.

Megalomania on Upon Wings of Spite (Oona Combo/Control EDH)

7 years ago

I see. But if it isn't working for you then going infinite is definitely something you should try.

Some options would be:

Palinchron or Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake ;

Palinchron + Phantasmal Image ; and

Palinchron or Archaeomancer + Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake .

I used to use Oona in my playgroup. You might want to check it out to get some more ideas on what cards might work in your deck.

Ender666666 on It Was a Dark and Stormy Night... ***Retired***

8 years ago

So we can win here a few ways:

PookandPie on Oloro the out there

8 years ago

Oloro is in your title, but you used the plural of deck in your comment. Do you want more than just Oloro combos?

Also, what kind of combos are you looking for? You say degenerate, but that varies by playgroup. Most combos the average player considers degenerate are garbage, competitively, and typically the best 'combo' at tables with powerful decks and knowledgeable players is A Good Deck + Ad Nauseam or Doomsday, or something. So, because I don't know what you're looking for and you gave practically 0 information to make suggestions simple, here's every single infinite combo I can think of or find in Esper (and some of these aren't even registered as combos on the site, so... I found that interesting. Had to go back and separate those ones card by card):

And after this, I'm out. I'm going to go back to playing Fire Emblem: Fates. Fwiw, I hope this helps, and I just zoned out in a phone call with a person I didn't want to speak to for about 20 minutes while formatting this, lol.

Megalomania on Commander epic finishes

8 years ago

My group sometimes plays in teams. Being a combo player, I am usually the primary target of the opposing team. This means, I am almost always dead or close to dying during every game.

On one of these games, I was down to 2 life and had to pull a win or die. One of the guys (from the other team), was able to draw an Arcane Denial using Sensei's Divining Top to counter what would have been a game-ending Palinchron + Phantasmal Image combo (I have Oona, Queen of the Fae as my commander). I tried to revive the Palinchron using Reanimate but even this got countered with a Negate. This left me with two untapped lands in play, and a Phantasmal Image and Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir in my hand.

Next to play was a teammate of mine who had a Grand Abolisher in play. During his upkeep, I drew two cards (Arcane Denial), one of which was Shallow Grave! I then went on to cast Shallow Grave to get Palinchron back into play. I now had 7 untapped lands, enough to play Teferi which now gave Phantasmal Image and Oona flash. With my combo pieces now in play, and my teammate's Grand Abolisher protecting them, we went on to win the game.

Megalomania on A hard fae at the mill

8 years ago

Since you're using Oona as your commander, you might want to focus on infinite mana combos instead of mill.

While Pili-Pala and Grand Architect is able to provide this, a better option would be ones that you can easily and consistently play and activate on the same turn.

Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron or Peregrine Drake;

Palinchron + Phantasmal Image ; and

Basalt Monolith or Grim Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth or Power Artifact are some of the commonly used combos.

You can cut the rest of the mill theme and focus on building a deck around the said cards.

This means getting more tutors, better counterspells and some sweepers to ensure you live long enough to combo off.

Megalomania on Felurian, Queen of the Fae

8 years ago

My Oona deck (which was initially a Lazav deck) started out a lot like this. It got a ton of hate and had to find faster and more consistent ways to win.

With Oona as your commander, infinite mana combos is the way to go. A lot of people use Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth or Power Artifact.

Other go with Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron or Peregrine Drake or Palinchron + Phantasmal Image .

You'll probably drop the graveyard shenanigans to streamline into a combo deck or make sure they at least contribute to the deck's overall resiliency.

Megalomania on Cutthroat

8 years ago

Why not go for easier 2-card combos like Peregrine Drake/Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron or Palinchron + Phantasmal Image ? Another option would be Peregrine Drake or Archaeomancer + Palinchron or Mnemonic Wall + Ghostly Flicker. Add Body Double and you'll have a pretty flexible and resilient core.

I have an Oona deck which makes use of these combos and they have been pretty effective. You might want to try them out.