Alesha, Who Smiles At Death and (s)Taxes [Primer]

Commander / EDH Mishraharad

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XXXPPTT says... #1

Stingscourger is better than people realize.

January 7, 2017 1:14 a.m.

Mishraharad says... #2

XXXPPTT

Never sad to draw it, love it in my openers!

January 7, 2017 1:38 a.m.

Zakky234 says... #3

i see that you've made some updates! mind to share your thoughts behind them? i love the idea of rule of law type effects, especially when you can sac them in your turn and recur them if necessary. but then dont you think the deck needs more sac outlets? also how do you feel about Cathartic Reunion? is the discard first to big off a caviat? i recently replaced my miracle wheel with it since only i benefit from the reunion, but i havent seen it in action yet.

January 24, 2017 3:40 p.m.

Mishraharad says... #4

zakky234 As much as I love Assemble the Legion and Cathar's Crusade, I kinda needed lower mana curve. And Phyrexian Arena , Leonin Arbiter and Toshiro Umezawa are worth it. Plus, they all can be brought back with our good ol' chump, Sun Titan!

Dunno, I seem to be drawing into my sac outlets. Wouldn't mind to have a Phyrexian Altar but boy is that thing expensive!

ALso, Vampiric Rites could be a spicy one, dunno what to cut for it... Have any ideas?

Cathartic Reunion is so worth it, unless counterspell hits you and you NEEDED that card draw (I got Dazed once. Fun turn 2...) Some times, you'll Reunion just to fill your GY, card draw is just extra advantage. Problem with miracle wheel is that it costs so much without the Miracle, this gives you so much more!

January 24, 2017 4:07 p.m.

Zakky234 says... #5

perhaps the Blind Obedience or the Dark Deal, but then i dont run those so im not sure how they perform. vampiric rites is definetly more interesting for draw than a dark deal tho :P

maybe cutting the assemble the legion and cathars crusade is a smart plan, 2x 5 mana is a lot, and the crusade on its own is not too amazing in this deck

January 25, 2017 4:40 a.m.

Mishraharad says... #6

zakky234

Actually, the Crusade performs more often than the Legion does, just on the plain fact that Legion rarely survives to get more than one counter.

Dark Deal often screws people who tutor, or draw really good opening hands - whoops you lost'em!

Blind Obedience is here instead of Imposing Sovereign since the extort and being an enchantment means a lot, even though Sovereign is reviveable.

January 25, 2017 8:46 a.m.

Zakky234 says... #7

i've made a few edits to my own list. the only issue im running into is that i have a lot of opening hands without sufficient amounts of mana. do you think the 36 lands + solring is to few? (even tho you run 35 + chromatic). also do you mind taking a look at my list? maybe you can find some improvements i overlooked :)

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/death-and-taxes-make-me-smile/

February 7, 2017 7:09 p.m.

TheMrBigShot96 says... #8

Super sweet deck. Definitely a +1 and I'm probably gonna steal this list lol. Aread there any wishlist cards that are out of your budget that you want to add?

February 8, 2017 4 a.m.

Mishraharad says... #9

TheMrBigShot96 Lands, lands, lands!

And some cute cards like Akroma's Memorial, but all in all, I'm quite happy with my deck!

And steal the list away, and have fun, improve it!

February 8, 2017 2:26 p.m.
February 12, 2017 6:16 p.m.
February 12, 2017 6:17 p.m.

Mishraharad says... #12

EnderPlaysCompetitiveMTG

What would you change for those cards, mate?

February 13, 2017 12:25 a.m.

Not a big fan of Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Possibility Storm, or Blind Obedience Also, replacing Avalanche Riders with Fulminator Mage, if you can afford one, seems like a good idea.

February 13, 2017 9:53 a.m.

Mishraharad says... #14

Yeah, well Fulminator is $$$, that's why he ain't there.

Possibility Storm and Rule of Law often lock the game... And sometimes you cast a dude into the Storm and you get Eidolon of Rhetoric!

Blind Obedience is kinda of a meta call, but Vryn Wingmare might be a good switch.

February 13, 2017 11:24 a.m.

GregDsprz says... #15

February 16, 2017 10:58 a.m.

Mishraharad says... #16

GregDsprz I couldn't have find any in my area, so sadly, not yet

February 16, 2017 11:45 a.m.

grayson290 says... #17

Hey dude I wanted to ask what's your main go to win con? Do you usually go for a combo or straight beatdown?

February 22, 2017 2:34 a.m.

Mishraharad says... #18

grayson290 Usually beatdown does it, but that varies depending on your opponents. Sometimes, that wanker Prossh has too many tokens and you can't smash through... And than you either combo out, or kill Prossh and than you Rakdos Charm .

February 22, 2017 5:28 a.m.

grayson290 says... #19

Oh alright then. I usually don't like to win with straight infinite combo since i wanted it to be more aggro but at times I do have to go with the combo win.i actually have been using aura of silence and stranglehold as my hate cards too. Aura has put it work. I haven't had a chance to use stranglehold tho. I'm sure it's going to get a lot of hate tho _()_/ is there a reason why you don't have token producers in your build?

February 22, 2017 3:30 p.m.

grayson290 says... #20

My mistake i saw you have one token producer lol. Did you pick priest over siege commander because if makes flyers?

February 22, 2017 4:13 p.m.

Mishraharad says... #21

grayson290 Yap, Prossh is a huge part of my meta, and that 5/5 Daemon does some work.

Plus, that Daemon makes people think twice about swinging your way.

February 23, 2017 1:59 a.m.

grayson290 says... #22

I might switch out siege commander for priest. Nothing sucks more than being a punching bag cuz you don't have flyers to block with. Have you tried the kiki/village bell ringer combo?

February 23, 2017 2:04 a.m.

Mishraharad says... #23

Eh, that combo is a bit cheap, so I don't focus on it. Had it in, didn't feel rewarding enough.

Now, making combos with Blood Artist or Anafenza is fun to me.

Simle 2 card monty is eh

February 23, 2017 3:10 a.m.

grayson290 says... #24

For sure what's your opinion on putting creatures that pump your creatures like ravos, soultender, angel of invention, and drana, liberator of malakir?

February 23, 2017 4:10 p.m.

Mishraharad says... #25

I like'em, but out of all of them I've only got Ravos and he's kinda clunky for this build.

All of those cards actually rule, but I think they would serve bigger purpose if they went into a Tokens Alesha.

February 24, 2017 1:50 a.m.

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