Runechanter's Secret's

Modern* olowleye

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olowleye says... #1

@rockinbobo yah, I actually began the thought of this deck after a creatureless deck using Corrupted Conscience MTG Card: Corrupted Conscience an the Runechanter's PikeMTG Card: Runechanter's Pike.Worked wonderfully, I just never had the Blighted AgentMTG Card: Blighted Agent's to make it more competitive. Its a wonderful idea the agent is the infectious stalker haha. might sideboard it though mate. Cause that is a pretty sweet sneak attack!

April 15, 2012 2:12 p.m.

doctordoder says... #2

Why is Mulch gone?

April 18, 2012 12:33 a.m.

olowleye says... #3

I replaced it with the Tracker's InstinctsMTG Card: Tracker's Instincts, it has the flashback that isn't to bad late game. I really appreciate you had noticed I took out the MulchMTG Card: Mulch. Though im thinking of switching back cause I really enjoy getting land then I do creatures.

April 18, 2012 12:48 a.m.

Cassiel says... #4

Hey dude, thanks for the comment on my deck, I really like what you got going here too. Either I'm guilty of plagiarism or great minds think alike...I was going for a Blue Green Delver build and you were going for a Delver/Runechanter's build utilizing Green.

I'm gonna go down by the list and just throw out some pro's and cons of each card choice you got currently. Let me just say I LOVE the Hunter's InsightMTG Card: Hunter's Insight and that plus Tracker's InstinctsMTG Card: Tracker's Instincts justifies running green in here. I'm not so sure about Slime, Geist, and Ambush Viper though.

The first biggest change I would make though, I don't think you need 4x Rampant GrowthMTG Card: Rampant Growth in here - at all. Your average CMC is 2.2, and pretty much the entire deck is 2 cost stuff. I would strongly recommend replacing all 4 Ramps with 4x PonderMTG Card: Ponder - this is the reason Delver decks are able to get away with a lower land count than usual. Plus, it is the one staple card that helps you flip them consistently, look at the top 3, put an instant/sorcery back as the second card.

I can see why you initially maybe don't have PonderMTG Card: Ponder as Hunter's InsightMTG Card: Hunter's Insight is a big potential card draw source, but, it is arguably much later in the game. You have to draw the Pike first, then equip it, then get a hit in, or it's just a dead draw.

Strangleroot GeistMTG Card: Strangleroot Geist seems like a good beater, if nothing else he's a potential chump blocker twice. The thing is, your Delvers and Invisible Stalkers are really the win conditions once they get a Pike on - the Stalker especially since he has Hexproof. It seems like the Geist is just a re-useable blocker to me, and the extra problem is GG casting cost.

Maybe add Vapor SnagMTG Card: Vapor Snag in place of him - it buys you time too + counts towards flipping Delver?

Other than that, my biggest suggestion is up the Invisible StalkerMTG Card: Invisible Stalker to 4 of - they're impossible to deal with besides a board wipe, and once they get a pike, it's possibly GG.

OH, and Thought ScourMTG Card: Thought Scour - Mill yourself for 2 and draw a card. Definitely consider it in here, I got beat by a mageblade build with it last week at FNM.

April 18, 2012 4:35 p.m.

olowleye says... #5

Thank you for your time an sending some thoughts my way, I've been thinking bout taking out the Rampant GrowthMTG Card: Rampant Growth's as well, I'm really just using them for getting that specific mana I need depending on situation of course, as well as buffing the Runechanter's PikeMTG Card: Runechanter's Pike. With 20 mana it helps thin the deck out slightly so I'm drawing something other then a land.

When I get my PonderMTG Card: Ponder's back there going right in the mainboard mate. As well as my Invisible StalkerMTG Card: Invisible Stalker's, though playing with 2 has shown me that its nice to save it for a mid-late game cast where I can drop it when there's a reasonable amount of creatures on our opponents side, as well as coming out when there is quite a few instances an sorcery's in the grave. Specially after the usual turn 4 board wipes.

I've also been thinking bout taking out the Strangleroot GeistMTG Card: Strangleroot Geist' though its really my best blocker. After swinging with either delver or stalker.

I can always take out the geist an rampant's for a set of Viridian EmissaryMTG Card: Viridian Emissary, which im thinking bout doing. Also adding Thought ScourMTG Card: Thought Scour wouldnt be bad at all. I haven't any Vapor SnagMTG Card: Vapor Snag's either sadly.

April 19, 2012 5:05 a.m.

why the DismemberMTG Card: Dismember??? i dont think you can play it bro...

also, u considered Phyrexian MetamorphMTG Card: Phyrexian Metamorph??? dats a sick ass card when they play some fattie and you just copy it... tink about it bro.

good luck to ya my main man,

da explora!

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April 27, 2012 2:19 a.m.

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