Dual Decks
Dual decks are my attempt to create a series of interesting casual decks, designed to be played against each other. The twist is that each dech is built using two separate creature tribes, and tied together with Maskwood Nexus which gives all creature types to all of your creatures. Each deck aims to show off both the strengths of its tribes, as well as a few famous MtG combo mechanics used in unusual ways. Each Dual deck is 61 cards, with the last card being an Un-card or playtest series card which is added for silliness, and can be removed if you prefer.
You can find my full set of Dual Decks here!
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Summary
Insect Wizards brings a huge number of triggered abilities and unexpected synergies, that lead to fun with creature tokens and counters. If you have ever cast Blasphemous Act on a Hornet Nest to get 13 Deathtouch flyers, you have a general idea of the kind of combos to expect. A solid card-draw engine keeps the deck moving the way a Temur deck should.
Opening hands
Very few opening hands are bad for this deck, since either Sage of Fables or Hornet Nest ensure a decent start. A few combos are desirable though, such as Biophagus + Sage of Fables
and Fire Ants + Hornet Nest
. Having 3 lands in decent colors is the only truly important requirement.
Combo Mechanic: Damaging Hornet Nests
There is a strong focus on damaging your own creatures, either by fighting or other abilities, and the target for this is pretty much just Hornet Nest. Swarmyard can keep it alive, while Fire Ants, Blizzard Brawl, Khalni Ambush
, The Bears of Littjara, and Blasphemous Act all get you those sweet hornets. The threat of hornets can keep you relatively safe while your engine revs up.
Combo Mechanic: Triggered abilities
Once Maskwood Nexus is in play, a huge number of combos open up. Flash-back a Glimpse the Cosmos to easily flip Docent of Perfection
, or get a Halimar Excavator and then create a ton of tokens.
Docent is already quite strong with Maskwood Nexus, but multiple Docents/Final Iterations can get wild very quickly.
When the bearhornet nest fights, it makes bearhornets. When it makes bearhornets, it fights. Repeat until only bearhornets remain.
A very cool, silly combo piece in this deck, playing Maskwood Nexus + Sliv-Mizzet, Hivemind
will probably end the game immediately. You can swap it for Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind if you want to have the effect at a lower power level.
