Fabled Fates
Standard*
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Changes —June 7, 2014
Made a few changes:
Dropped Eidolon of Countless Battles down from 4 to 2. With so much removal in standard, top decking a 1/1 isn't the greatest. But he still has the opportunity to explode.
Dropped Hopeful Eidolon from 4 down to 1 main 1 side. +1/+1 is not that scary, and I would rather hit harder than have lifelink.
Dropped Gift of Orzhova from 3 down to 2. Opponents' removal tends to turn it into an easy 2-for-1. But it's still good.
Added 2 Boon of Erebos to perform a variety of tasks: Pump a creature, save a creature, or usually both where a trade in combat allows me to be on top. If I wanted to make this a really competitive deck, these would be Thoughtseize, but I absolutely refuse to play it.
Added 1 Hero's Downfall because I just traded for it and it gives me an answer to Planeswalkers. Ideally I want to have 2 mainboard and 1 or 2 sideboard.
Added 1 Baleful Eidolon for creature variety to replace Hopeful Eidolon.
Added 1 Gift of Immortality to throw my opponents off guard. I absolutely love putting this on Agent of the Fates.
Added 1 Scourgemark for a simple heroic trigger that replaces itself. I'm actually liking this card over Gift of Orzhova because I'm not afraid to just throw it out there because it does draw a card.
Added the much needed Godless Shrine
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Sideboard is still a work in progress. Could use help. So far:
Dark Betrayal and Glare of Heresy for the mirror. I usually start with about 2 each and work from there.
Duress - Absolutely need a couple against certain match-ups.
Doom Blade - Insert removal here. I'm just biased towards the blade but there are others like Bile Blight or Ultimate Price.
Hopeful Eidolon - 1 against fast decks. Hopeful Eidolon + Ethereal Armor turn 2 stops aggro pretty fast. Plus a later game top deck to bestow for lifelink tends to cripple those decks.
Odunos River Trawler - 1 against control. You had a hard time dealing with my turn 3 and 4 Herald of Torment? Well they're back and now they're bestowing!
Celestial Flare - Thinking 1 or 2. When my opponents attack, they tend to be afraid to attack with anything that isn't massive. This kills their solo creature :)
Deicide - Just a great card. Thinking 1 or 2.
Sin Collector = Maybe 1 against control and burn.
High Preist of Penance - 1 to scare my opponents. Thinking 1 might belong mainboard. Better than Deathtouch. Plus that interaction with Gift of Immortality means they never attack :)
Future Improvements:
Blood Baron of Vizkopa - Probably 2 sideboard against the mirror. Would like to know what anyone else thinks about it.
Hero's Downfall - Just need more. Would like to know how many should be mainboard and sideboard.
Thoughtseize - If I only wanted to win. I make these decks because I want to have fun. Thoughtseize = no fun.
Ultimate Price - Should probably replace Doom Blade in the mainboard. I am just biased towards Doom Blade. I kills Archangel of Thune AND Boros Reckoner.
Something else? - Always open to new ideas.