Kozilek, the Great Distorted Juicepresser
Commander / EDH
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DancingPigeon says... #2
I'm not advocating a beatdown only approach. I honestly think that the Combo, Stax, Beatdown (in that order) method is probably the strongest. Kozi doesn't need support to force an opponent to answer, and he still draws you cards even if he is answered.
I agree with you all on Static Orb. It is an incredibly powerful effect, but I'm also not a huge fan of cards being dead in my hand, or cards backfiring because my opponent removed my method of making them asymmetrical.
When I said I didn't think Stax was a good way to go for the primary gameplan, I meant only that I think other generals provide a lot more support for it. Kozi's strength are obviously: being a giant beater, being Opportunity in the command zone, and Annhilator 4. Those 3 key abilities, to a certain extent, highlight the 3 elements to the deck- beatdown, combo, and stax.
Maybe I'm wrong about him not supporting Stax as a primary game plan- he's certainly not the worst but, IMO, he's far from the best.
December 20, 2016 11:59 p.m.
runninonwater says... #3
I hear what you're saying DancingPigeon and i agree with you. And don't forget DancingPigeon, im running the menacing one atm, not the butcher ;)
And TronIsloveTronislife i felt the same, thank you for saying its on fire haha, it helps and thank you for the feedback.But yesh, Im cutting Skullclamp for sure.
Leave an upvote if you'd like guys/gals and the ones in between ;)
December 21, 2016 7:49 a.m.
TronIsloveTronislife says... #4
Please send me some more feedback i recently changed my list.
Upvote if you like it bro :)
And like i say on my page, Kozilek The Great Distortion is very strong as The Commander, but not as good as 1 of the 99
i took him out yesterday but im already thinking about putting it back in.
December 21, 2016 7:24 p.m.
runninonwater says... #5
TronIsloveTronislife Yeah i will take a look.Changed your mind quickly there.
So i cut Skullclamp for my Chinese Scroll Rack and i switched Tomb of the Spirit Dragon for a Ash Barrens.Scroll Rack helps with card availability and i got the Land to shuffle my deck if i'd like to, COMBO!
December 21, 2016 9:06 p.m.
TronIsloveTronislife says... #6
Hhat do you think of Planar Bridge and Paradox Engine? :)
January 12, 2017 8:15 p.m.
runninonwater says... #7
TronIsloveTronislifePlanar Bridge seems good, Paradox Engine is broken, but still, it costs 5 and does nothing the turn you play it and you need another spell but damn, its strong. I might play Lotus Petal because of the Engine... maybe.
January 13, 2017 4:11 a.m.
Heya - obviously you are still keeping this up, very cool. I like the direction you are going and my experience with the deck is that you were right all along to be evolving toward more stax elements.
Adding Ward of Bones and God-Pharaoh's Statue would be right along with your existing direction.
Also Static Orb, Sphere of Resistance, Winter Orb maybe even Thorn of Amethyst would help. Yes, they cause you some issues, but your deck is mana on top of mana on top of mana - you can deal with it. Other decks not so much. Add in Unwinding Clock, Clock of Omens, Blinkmoth Urn, Metalworker and it all becomes very one-sided.
My version - (check here on Tapped out: The OG Kozilek says No) has been a beast, and I’ve turned the page into a Primer. Would love to hear your experiences and trade notes.
December 20, 2020 12:58 a.m.
runninonwater says... #9
Hi Greenpeas,nice of you to drop by!
Little background info: I've played colourless in EDH since... 2013 I think?
Yeah, I used to run atleast Winter Orb in the main deck because of how it can slow down the pace of the game with all these green landrampers. But it got quite the disapproval by the group so I took it out for some time. Also I wanted to try some other cards. Don't really read the description for this deck since I'm quite bad at updating it. Aaaand its been a while since I updated this deck.
I do add more staxpieces at times, but its been a while since I got to play this deck against people. Also, maybe its time to reacquire a Mana Crypt.
Oh and I do got a foil Ward of Bones here somewhere... But yeah, I've been collecting colourless cards for quite some time now. Anyway, enough with the rambling, I'll check out your deck when I can.
TronIsloveTronislife says... #1
Man ive been play testing your deck for half an hour, the deck is fire and very similar to my list although to be perfectly honest i dont like skull clamp in this deck your only target's for it are the goats from springjack pasture and trading post, myr retriever, and the myr tokens from myr turbine and myr battlesphere. i playtested 10 games to turn 10 and skull clamp was dead every time?
December 20, 2016 11:41 p.m.