Aglophobia (Kaalia Toolbox EDH)

Commander / EDH chilbi

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Athraithe says... #1

It seems like you need a little bit of card draw so why not Howling Mine, Bloodgift Demon or Indulgent Tormentor?

August 31, 2016 1:28 p.m.

chilbi says... #2

Hey Athraithe, thanks for the input and upvote! Bloodgift Demon ist already in there but more carddraw is always something I'd be up to. Still, since this is for multiplayer games, Howling Mine means that I give my opponents 3 cards before I get one so this doesn't seem too impressive to me.

September 1, 2016 7:32 a.m.

Norrak72 says... #3

+1 from me. Loving Kaalia myself, but this is a bit of a different brew then I got

October 11, 2016 6:51 a.m.

Cool take on Kaalia; +1. Here are some initial thoughts that might help improve your deck:

I would suggest that you don't have enough Swamps in the deck to reliably make Tainted Peak and Tainted Field operational. I'm also a bit dubious that you will be able to operate Windbrisk Heights with only 23 creatures. Exotic Orchard is somewhat problematic as--in my experience--blue and green are the most popular EDH colors; there's a possibility you whiff on one or more of your colors. City of Brass, Nomad Outpost, and Reflecting Pool seem like no-brainers. I would also encourage you to finish filling out your cycles of dual lands--Clifftop Retreat, Shambling Vent, Battlefield Forge, etc.

As far as business cards are concerned, I notice you have a reamimator subtheme going on. Have you considered Karmic Guide? Faithless Looting could be interesting as well as you have numerous means to recoup creatures from your graveyard. You've got a few card advantage engines already, but I'd also bring Night's Whisper and Skeletal Scrying to your attention as well. Rune-Scarred Demon is Demonic Tutor on a stick. Speaking of, you should probably includeb the Tutor if it's within your budget. Vampiric Tutor is also tremendous.

Creature wise you have most of the standards; I would suggest Archangel Avacyn  Flip,Thundermaw Hellkite, and Stormbreath Dragon as potential early plays, as you simply won't always be able to get Kaalia into play early and make her stick.

Give my version a look and see if there's not anything else you might find useful. Hope this helps.

November 5, 2016 6 p.m.

chilbi says... #5

Hey Rusty, thanks a lot for the input mate. I'm not quite sure about the tempo loss of cip:tapped lands but I feel like you're right with the overall swamp count. I also found Crackling Doom in your list, which seems like a perfect Sunforger target for me!

November 6, 2016 4:13 a.m.

McKz says... #6

might i suggest a Linvala, Keeper of Silence in the spot of utvara which isnt that good.

March 2, 2017 4:04 a.m.

aznb01777 says... #7

kudos for the reasons why you don't play certain cards in here. I'm definitely with you on keeping edh pretty casual power level.

April 23, 2021 8:25 a.m.

HobbyMan5000 says... #8

WOW!!! this deck is epic.

August 26, 2021 11:12 a.m.

Poprox says... #9

October 4, 2022 11:34 a.m.

NV_1980 says... #10

I would second Poprox's suggestion to add Bloodthirster. It's strictly better than Scourge of the Throne in this deck, so I would replace it for that. Though he's no angel/demon/dragon, I think Isshin, Two Heavens as One can also prove very useful. Drana and Linvala should be a maybe- or sideboard consideration at least, as they have exceptionally powerful, versatile potential.

July 10, 2023 3:30 a.m.

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