Puck out! (Flicker deck)

Modern* xaerusblade

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xaerusblade says... #1

xyr0s rothgar13

Well the thing is I hardly cast any red mana in this deck. The dual reds are just there just in case i would need to summon Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker.

And the plan is usually to fetch some dual with reds on it. Usually Stomping Ground to cast my mana dorks.

That is also 1 reason I opted for 4 Birds of Paradise rather than 4 Noble Hierarch to lessen the mana stress if i need to cast my Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

However,most of the time, I would just tutor it with chord of calling through tapping some creature + mana.

Also to activate Eldrazi Displacer's abilty i only need 1 Eldrazi Temple to activate it twice if i have 4 other random mana source.

And another thing with a single Eldrazi Temple, I could also cast a turn 2 Thought-Knot Seer if i have my mana dorks out at turn 1.

So the only time i will have a dead hand is that i get my Thought-Knot Seer without any to cast it. I have 4 Thought-Knot Seer and 8 sources.

However, If i opt for Flickerwisp, I would rather go for the saheeli combo.

May 24, 2017 12:37 p.m.

xaerusblade says... #2

Saheeli + felidar guardian combo.

May 24, 2017 12:42 p.m.

xyr0s says... #3

But the thing is, that with just 8 colorless sources, you are easy to push of eldrazi at all. Ghost quarter or other land destruction on a colorless source, and it will most likely be several turns before you find one again. Especially since you can't fetch for colorless. Less pronounced in with red, but still - since you need 3 red (if you need any at all), keeping you off the whole color isn't particularly hard.

If you are (almost) never going to play kiki-jiki, why do you have more than 1 copy in your deck? Just for the situation where you draw one copy, and would like to chord for it instead?

I think your GW-blink deck can add either colorless eldrazi as a deck element, or kiki-jiki combo along with perhaps a couple of red cards. But adding all of it seems to be a stretch.

May 24, 2017 1:54 p.m.

rothgar13 says... #4

xyr0s is right - you're very soft to land hate as currently constituted. I can understand what you're going for, but it's not reliable enough, and an opponent looking to disrupt your manabase is going to have a field day doing it.

May 24, 2017 2:17 p.m.

xaerusblade says... #5

xyr0s rothgar13

I see what you mean. However, should i replace the whole eldrazi or should i just remove 1 or 2 Thought-Knot Seer? Or do i just add additional sources of colourless?

Yes, you are right. The 2nd Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker is just an insurance for eventual discard/removal/draw from hand etc. 9 out of 10 times i would just use chord on it.

May 24, 2017 3:36 p.m.

xaerusblade says... #6

So basically this is just a plain deck with i hint of .

May 24, 2017 3:38 p.m.

xaerusblade says... #7

xyr0s rothgar13

what if i put in some Nest Invader? It has multiple purpose. To add or to be a tap creature for Chord of Calling or some body to block with. And i can flicker it out for more bodies.

May 24, 2017 4:01 p.m.

rothgar13 says... #8

I think Nest Invader is decent tech. But overall I'd prefer a strategy with more interchangeable parts.

May 24, 2017 5:19 p.m.

xaerusblade says... #9

rothgar13 xyr0s I have made a draft on removing the eldrazi part. Please check it out. Kiki resto combo.

May 24, 2017 5:35 p.m.

xaerusblade says... #10

rothgar13 xyr0s

revised deck. I decided to keep the morph game for alternate win con. However i need another creature like the Eldrazi Displacer to have a constant intant flicker on board

May 26, 2017 6:02 a.m.

xyr0s says... #11

I don't think you need "constant flicker". Every time you blink something, you gain approximately 1 card in advantage (depending on circumstances). Blinking something to avoid a lightning bolt? You just made your opponent lose a piece of removal. If it was targetting a creature with an ETB, you just got a very real advantage. You gain about 8 cards advantage over the course of a game, of all your blinks come up, with possible additional cardadvantage when you blink a Blade Splicer in time to have extra blockers, and thereby kill more attackers, or other trickes like that.

But your opponent would be unwilling to take any chances, if he can see the blink right there on the table.

I think I've said it before, but the upgrade your deck really could use, is 4 Aether Vial.

May 26, 2017 8:56 a.m.

xaerusblade says... #12

xyr0s i do not think i would ever need an Aether Vial. I could ramp u my lands and all my creatures have different cmc each.

May 26, 2017 9:20 a.m.

Firebones675 says... #13

I like it, looks good. I might consider a 1-of Eternal Witness to tutor for or add a 4th Chord of Calling but that's about it.

May 26, 2017 1:12 p.m.

xaerusblade says... #14

Firebones675 yes i would like a 4th Chord of Calling if can get my hands on 1. =)

May 26, 2017 1:29 p.m.

xaerusblade says... #15

I have retweeked my deck.i have added a new element to it. Taking full advantage of Cloudshift and Restoration Angel by permanently stealing opponent's creatures.

May 28, 2017 8:26 a.m.

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