How is getting a griselbrand out a turn 1 win?

This deck has pretty complex interactions, please read the description before asking how it works.

@lonker you draw your whole deck and take extra combat phases

I had to play-test to believe, that was awesome!

https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/grishoalbrand-torn/ my list is better tho :P

I disagree tazleon7, your list doesn't include Fury of the Horde or Pact of Negation. When I tested your deck I got a T2 Gris but couldn't draw into a win.

pact is in sb and my deck has 8 creatures u can animate with either of the 8 animate spells so the odds are better and i still have the reliability of drawing the whole deck because im running the shoals and worldspines....

I think a mix of the 2 lists would be best imho.

yeah im defs still considering things like fury of the horde and pact, maybe taking out emrakul all together from my list and putting in some fury and pact instead to make it more consistant, thoughts?

main issue i have with fury is that it doesn't do anything in matches vs ensnaring bridge or other u can't attack things

I think a mix of the 2 lists would be best imho.

Hey,

Love the deck list! I read up above and still cant figure out how you get Greiselbrand out turn one, or turn 1 win. Can someone explain it to me?

@Mitch14

You just neet to cast Faithless Looting discarding Griselbrand and then Goryo's Vengeance him into play. You get the mana required with the Chancellor of the Tangle or Simian Spirit Guide .

Then you do the combo by drawing your whole deck and casting Fury of the Horde for multiple attacks and Soul Spike for extra damage/life and Nourishing Shoal for extra health.

How Do I draw my full deck without loosing the game? Dont I loose life for drawung cards with griselbrand?

@Mitch14

Griselbrand has lifelink, and it gets haste with Goryo's Vengeance . So every time you attack with Griselbrand you get 7 more life which turns into 7 more cards. Also you have Soul Spike that gives you more life, you got Nourishing Shoal that gives you more life. Let me give you a quick example even you can understand:

Turn 1 faithless looting using Simian Spirit Guide and then land and another simian for goryos vengeance on griselbrand. Griselbrand hits for 7 and you're at 27 life. Now you can draw 21 cards and youre at 6 life. Lets say in those 21 cards you got a fury of the horde, you can attack for another 7, opponent is now at 6 life. Then guess what? Since griselbrand has lifelink you can draw another 7. Oh damn maybe you didnt hit fury of the horde but you hit nourishing shoal. Exile chancellor to gain another 7 life so you can draw 7 more cards. Then you still brick. But you have a soul spike! Soul spike them down to 2, you go to 10, and guess what? 7 more cards. In this example, Griselbrand has drawn you 42 cards, and if you include your opening hand youve drawn 29 cards (51 with faithless looting). And dont forget you get to cast faithless looting by exiling simian spirit guides as well.

TLDR: You can draw your whole deck because Griselbrand... has lifelink! (Works well with our extra combat steps)

49 cards not 29 btw*

Faithless looting is banned btw

I_Want_To_PlayAllTheDecks It wasn't 2 years ago.

Your example in the description doesn't work. You add to your pool then try to play Goryo's Vengeance , which costs , which you can't pay.

Never mind, it would make more sense if you put it in the correct order, I thought you were trying to use the Gemstone Mine to pay for Faithless Looting .