- Odric's Holy War -
Commander / EDH*
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Fine-tuning —Aug. 4, 2017
I've replaced Restoration Angel with Oketra the True after aekrusty recommended I put her in.
If I replace a card within my deck I always take a moment to evaluate some cards again. I found during my playtime with the deck that it sometimes had troubles with the early game. You really want to have an protective equipment or creature on board after turn four and this isn't always accomplished. I felt that the deck needed another tutor for equipments. Stoneforge Mystic is the only "good" tutor left to pick and even though she isn't a soldier, she's a damn good tutor. I decided to take out Angel of Serenity for Stoneforge Mystic. The angel is to slow and the deck doesn't really need removal if I have a strong board.
I hope this tuning will work, gonna test it tonight at my local game-store!
Thank you for the suggestion KALE434! As soon as I had put Avacyn in the deck I saw some other flaws to, I updated the deck and your suggestion set me to it. Thank you for that.
July 31, 2017 6:41 p.m.
Nice deck +1. I'd consider running Aerial Responder, Angel of Jubilation, Oketra the True, Chariot of Victory, Haunted Cloak, Loxodon Warhammer and Herald of the Host.
August 2, 2017 10:46 a.m.
Thx for the +1 aekrusty, much appreciated!
I had in the past Chariot of Victory and Loxodon Warhammer in the deck and I've replaced them both for Sword of Fire and Ice and Sword of Light and Shadow. The reason for this is because of the fact that my board gets "scary" really fast when I start equipping my creatures and thus they get removed. The key to success with this deck is when my creatures stick around, so the swords are more valuable from that aspect. Also, I only need to have one keyword of every kind to get my creatures buffed. So running more artifacts with the same keywords is unnecessary and the deck loses it's flexibility because of it.
I have to admit that I didn't consider Oketra the True and she has to be included, indestructible is king. I'm gonna play-test with her and replace Restoration Angel or Indomitable Archangel with her.
I've found that the trample keyword isn't really needed for this deck since flying mostly does the trick. I'm already going to take out Sword of Vengeance to get an equipment with haste in the deck. So Haunted Cloak (witch is in my opinion a worse Sword of Vengeance) isn't going to make the cut.
I also thought about Angel of Jubilation but in the end I favored Archangel of Tithes over her.
Aerial Responder seems like a good card in this deck but there is one flaw, he has nog protection for anything on it's own and is just a big threat combined with Odric. People will recognize this and he will simply get removed. Since I already have a lot of flying and vigilance keywords he is not needed. Fiendslayer Paladin is my pick over him because of the Paladins protection for red and blue spells.
Herald of the Host is to expensive for what she does. There is no way I can tutor her and every 5-drop slot is already taken for the deck. Myriad really shines trough when you can get it to trigger on creatures who reward you for attacking like Sun Titan therefor I only use the Blade of Selves.
Thank you for the comment and your input, I'll put it to good use!
KALE434 says... #1
Only suggestion from me is Avacyn, Angel of Hope.
June 13, 2017 6:48 p.m.