SealableZero says... #2
lodgehn my friend the answer is simple. It gives you more things to play and win with. It lets me keep going, like the energizer bunny and makes me smile as i see my opponents question or not if they will get to have another turn.... on a more serious note. I personally hate creatures that have the tap symbol on them because of one reason. I have to wait a full turn cycle before i can use them. I like results the moment i play things
April 16, 2016 1:47 p.m.
FordLaBoube says... #3
your deck would be better with more lands, less spells. I play Azusa as well and i have found that the 50+ land range is just strictly better. my planeswalkers are just Karn, and Ugin. play value, man, all the best sruff. cut the rest for lands
April 17, 2016 2:04 a.m.
SealableZero says... #4
FordLaBoube im sorry but i have to disagree with that statement. Ive playtested many azusa decks and each one had the same problem. Great explosion in the beginning but if they dont have that one card to keep the momentum, or a blue player says no once, then you are stuck. More lands doesnt solve that problem. Ive added the value in utility because i know that blue players play the game and even if i get countered i need a way to sustain for the long game. Karn doesnt do much in a multiplayer format and green cant really protect planeswalkers that well. The only reason i have garruk is because i kill him to draw 12 cards as soon as i summon him.
April 17, 2016 3:45 a.m.
FordLaBoube says... #5
ugin is a no brainer. karn is simple utility, and on a fairly empty board he is one of the best planeswalkers in edh. As i said, i play Asuza, and the deck is heavily heavily playtested. it is insanely good and can more consistently put out threats than just about any deck i have ever seen. there is a balance between creatures and spells that is necessary, also you need ways the go search for your threats in addition to only running the best possible threats. The rest of the deck is mana doublers/ramp and card draw. it is a highly competitive deck.
April 18, 2016 1:21 a.m.
metalevolence says... #6
Lightning Greaves is on point here, haste and shroud are what all the fat creatures desperately need
Woodland Bellower finds tireless tracker, eternal witness, fierce empath
Wild-field scarecrow: compare to Forest, is it really worth 5 mana to get another forest? I'd probably draw the line at armillary sphere
Mind's Eye and Garruk, Caller of Beasts are pretty decent
Moldgraf monstrosity is pretty mediocre/inconsistent, especially with the eldrazi that shuffle your graveyard. World Breaker is probably better. Deceiver of forms has pretty low chances of doing anything worthwhile without top of library manipulation online, I'd cut it, but if you want to keep it consider Mirri's Guile. Also Cream of the Crop might be good.
Not sure early harvest/rude awakening are worth running. Seems good only when your deck is already working, when you threw some big dude into a life's legacy effect and drew 10 cards, or in other words, win-more
Vernal Bloom is better than extraplanar lens
You could also consider clearing out space for Birthing Pod, Skullclamp, and dorks like Elvish Visionary, Sylvan Ranger, Wood Elves etc. You could probably make Pattern of Rebirth work. Having dorks around also increases your ability to randomly kill people with Craterhoof.
Cheers
April 18, 2016 10:26 a.m. Edited.
AndWelcomeToTheJam says... #7
Winding Canyons for flash/pseudo-haste? Especially since you tap yourself out with Seedborn Muse + Tireless Tracker .
April 19, 2016 9:03 a.m.
FordLaBoube says... #8
my list http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/competitive-azusa/
April 20, 2016 4:41 p.m.
Great deck!! Always love big creatures.A few suggestions to help with getting the big guys out.
- Traverse the Ulvenwald great land search early game and creature search midgame.
- Cryptolith Rite awesome card to utilize your tokens as mana ramp. A scion can now be used for 2 mana.
- Wasteland another land destruction that also adds mana for colourless creatures.
- Pattern of Rebirth a good replacement for Natural Order just attach to a scion or a clue.
- Second Harvest very good card to double all tokens on the field including your clues.
+1 From me for a awesome idea.
April 25, 2016 9:48 p.m.
Grahamatica says... #10
Perhaps the new Lifecrafter's Bestiary allows you to scry 1 each turn and pay a green to draw when you play a creature
January 25, 2017 9:22 a.m.
The deck seems cool. I disagree with your landcount but you seem set on that based on previous discussions. That being said, perhaps I am missing something with regards to your last statement of mirrorpool.
You cast genesis wave, hold priority, activate mirrorpool to copy gen wave on the stack. Priority then passes, and your opponents can get a chance to respond. If they choose to counter the original spell, then your mirrorpool's target will be invalid and "fizzle out" so to speak.
Not a judge (although I can ask some) but that's the way I understand it.
Why do you only run 1 fetch? With crucible you should run more. Speaking of crucible, Ramunap Excavator is a solid addition. If you run multiple fetches and sac lands Myriad Landscape for example, then you might want to add Life from the Loam possibly too. Gets your sac lands back, dredge, put lands in grave, get it back, get back your lands. Ensures steady stream of lands (and fuels GY synergies, similar to survival of the fittest t-don into artisan of kozilek)
August 12, 2018 5 p.m.
SealableZero says... #12
Profet93 thank you for your input. It has been quite a while since I have updated this deck on here, there have been numerous changes. Ill update it in the next few days.
I still hold on strong to the idea that while yes, it is important to have enough lands to be placed, but more often enough most azusa decks get stuck because they lack card draw, and with enough card draw, I hit the land drops i need.
Yes you are correct about mirrorpool and gen wave interaction.
Ramunap is in there already as well as the other four fetches, need to update here. Ill probably end up putting life from the loam in as i want to destroy my opponents lands faster to lock the game. Mryiad landscape seems a bit slow for affinity, cough, i mean azusa.
Thanks a bunch
August 12, 2018 5:19 p.m.
Let me know when you update the deck, I am looking forward to it!
August 12, 2018 5:40 p.m.
Crop rotation to accompany expedition map and sylvan scrying to find gaea's cradle would be good!
August 25, 2019 10:45 p.m. Edited.
Rude Awakening - Ritual, wincon, synergy with cradle all in one!
Collector Ouphe > Null Rod - Tutorable, more easily recurred. I get its more fragile as a creature but I feel its worth considering
I got other ideas, budget per card, meta?
lodgehn says... #1
Pardon my Ignorance but why do you need all the card draw ?
Also if you looking for more eldrazi for the deck Endbringer does a lot
April 16, 2016 1:33 p.m.