$$$ Wort, The Paidmother (ft. Plies) $$$
Commander / EDH
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TheCouchman says... #2
Are you running Xenagos for his token creation ability? Because his ultimate doesn't really seem to fit into the theme of the deck.
July 21, 2015 2:29 a.m.
wjohnson936 says... #3
@TheCouchman: That and his +1. His ultimate is more of a last resort. Like, to reestablish a board after a board wipe.
July 21, 2015 2:34 a.m.
wjohnson936 says... #4
@TheCouchman: As for the tribal vs tokens, I'm just going to leave it as it is. It seems like a good balance for now.
July 21, 2015 2:36 a.m.
Was gonna upvote just based on the title, then saw the gif. Kek as heck. Would upvote twice if I could, man.
Actual suggestions, from one brother from another Raidmother to another;
-Collective Unconscious; I run it alongside Shamanic Revelation and run significantly less token generation than you do. Nigh-uncounterable mass card draw (or 2-for-1ing control players while building your critical mass Fireball of choice) is incredibly important, even at the expense of flexibility that other spells and effects provide.
-Mizzix's Mastery; I cannot overstate enough how much work this card does. The fact that you cast, and therefore have the opportunity to conspire the copies of what's cast off this is just unreal levels of value. Trust me, test this at the very least and see for yourself how utterly obscene this card is.
-More Regrowth variants--Nostalgic Dreams, Recollect, Restock, Revive, etc.; Looping any two Regrowths is perhaps the most resilient, consistent advantage this deck can eke out, and if you can get an engine going with this it's pretty much game over.
-Sylvan Offering; probably the best token generation this deck can make. It's so simple to make a political power play with this card and give the next player in turn order a massive board state to screw with everyone who's not you.
-Volcanic Vision; much better than Vengeful Rebirth, which does the same thing, imo.
-Tormenting Voice; ezpz card draw. discard one draw 4 for 2. Value Village, population: you.
-Crop Rotation; very useful in matches where Boseiju is absolutely useless, and can generate you mana when conspired. Also, unlike Tempt, can get you Valakut and Vesuva off the same spell.
-Krosan Grip; I hate to be that guy, but this is a deck that should by all means be running the card.
-Wild Ricochet; See above. You can't conspire the copies you make with this, but you can copy an opponent's spell twice, which is twice as nice.
-Kessig Wolf Run; I have killed more people than anyone would believe off Wort dealing lethal commander damage. Card's at home here imo. Can also make blocking a nightmare for opponents in general.
-Khalni Garden and Kher Keep, lands that make tokens.
-Thespian's Stage and Vesuva, because Valakut is an extremely powerful card in this deck, arguably your most powerful win condition.
I know that's a lot of investment, but I hope I've given you some ideas! I have a list of my own on my profile, but mine foregoes the Burn at the Stake / Purphoros line and focuses much more on controlling the board. Maybe you'll even see some stuff I didn't mention that you might be interested in~
March 30, 2016 2:41 a.m.
wjohnson936 says... #7
First off, thanks for the support.
Now into your suggestions:
I was running Collective Unconscious until recently. I found out the hard way that it's pretty easy to deck myself if I don't keep tabs on the number of cards in my library. |:
I might bring it back.
I haven't ever actually seen Mizzix's Mastery. I'll definitely be trying it out.
For the Regrowth variants, maybe Nostalgic Dreams. Looks like it would be fun to conspire.
I've seen Sylvan Offering in the past and quickly dismissed it. Maybe I'll give it a second look.
I actually have a Volcanic Vision laying around. I couldn't quite remember why I took it out. I'll probably do a straight swap.
Tormenting Voice is solid maybe.
I thought I had Krosan Grip in here. Whoops.
I've actually been looking for a copy of Wild Ricochet. I'll probably be adding it.
Crop Rotation is probably going in.
Now for the lands. I'm actually trying to run as few non-basics as possible. Most of my ramp doesn't hit them, which can make it awkward when I fail-to-find on a conspired Boundless Realms. Maybe though.
Also, a side-note on Valakut; I've actually NEVER won off of it. In the countless games I've played with this deck, I think I've got maybe 7-8 triggers off of it total. I'm sure that's just based on chance though.
March 30, 2016 3:04 a.m.
MegaMatt13 says... #8
Very nice deck! Wort is one of my favourite commanders and I think you do an awesome job of taking advantage of her copying.
In your previous comment, you mentioned it's possible to "fail-to-find" with Boundless Realms. Actually, that's not the case. The text says "up to X basic lands. If you don't have enough basic lands for a conspired boundless realms, it's ok. You simply bring out every basic land you can in the deck. I still agree with you wanting to have tons of basic lands though.
I'd also suggest increasing your land count with the new mulligan rules. Looking at where you could cut, maybe 3 of the planeswalkers. Xenagos, the Reveler is great but I'm not sure if the others belong in there.
I love how you included Ashnod's Altar. I'll have to add that to mine.
Feel free to check out my Wort deck at Wort: Mother of Landfall
TheCouchman says... #1
I'm against goblin tribal mostly because red goblins can't conspire green spells. If you wanted to do goblin tribal, you'd have to move a lot more toward red and I feel like the you'd lose a lot of value in your green side of the board.
July 21, 2015 2:25 a.m.