Hushwing Gryff + Terrible ETB = an Amazingly powerful deck
In Magic, powerful cards have a cost, some sort of draw back to off set their power. Normally its just their high mana cost or number of different colors, but what we're interested in is cards with terrible "Enters The Battlefield" triggers. We're going to make a deck entirely around them, and shut 'em down with Hushwing Gryff and Torpor Orb
Search for orb or beastly artifact creature.Enlightened Tutor
+
Torpor Orb
Enlightened Tutor
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Phyrexian Dreadnought
Eater of Days
+
Enlightened Tutor
Enlightened Tutor
+
Leveler
Either Hushwing Gryff or Torpor Orb will shut down the negative ETB triggered abilities
Hushwing Gryff
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Phyrexian Dreadnought
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Torpor Orb
Eater of Days
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Hushwing Gryff
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Torpor Orb
Hushwing Gryff
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Leveler
+
Torpor Orb
Hunted Horror
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Hushwing Gryff
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Torpor Orb
Treacherous Pit-Dweller
can be played the turn before Hushwing Gryff just be cautious of removal because he will come back as your opponent's creature so proceed with caution.
Mother of Runes Will protect bombs from removal spells and let you attack unblocked by color of choice
Against decks that are particularly good at destroying torpor orb/hushwing gryff, you can get through with manifest cards. Particularly with enlightened tutor first to get out a card like
Phyrexian Dreadnought
, then manifest with
Soul Summons
or Lightform, then unmanifest for one mana, 12/12 4 - 5 mana, no negative effects.
Any suggestions on cards like this would be greatly appreciated!
Side note: The only illegal card in modern would be Phyrexian Dreadnought so if you wanted to substitute it out, to make a modern deck, you could.
