DJYavimaya says... #2
Voidia yeah that's fair. Quarantine has gotten me to finally download Trice and I've been able to play again and have started to find a lot my draws to be somewhat clunky. It's tough because I do love the Muldrotha combo and Ballista fits so well as the finisher for 3 different combos, but I think if I can't smooth out the consistency issues I might opt for what you've done with Oracle. Muldrotha also is nice for the rare times when you can also just Finale of Devastation for very large X. I've also been trying to separate SBT from Ukkima
I also used to run HD a long time ago but haven't included it in quite some time. Do you find you can get it online and win with it fairly reliably?
June 25, 2020 1:45 p.m.
SynergyBuild says... #4
I'm going to be honest, I love the deck, but think it deserves tier 2 pretty heavily, but I don't think anecdotally citing an individual's win streak shows much of the deck's abilities.
I believe you are a much better player than I and many other cEDH players, if you are capable of the feats you listed, especially as good pilots running preban flash hulk often wouldn't reach those records, and unless you are willing to argue this deck is better than that, I'd say those wins are because of your gameplay which was just using the deck as a conduit rather than the other way around. I'd love to chat on both your gameplay and deckbuilding experience, and am fully welcome to my potential incorrect assumption.
July 6, 2020 10:59 a.m.
DankMagicianD: Witch's Vengeance is a conceptual addition at the moment as a way to deal with Drannith Magistrate. The idea being that it can also hit either Thrasios, or Tymna at the same time.
SynergyBuild: Yes, Sidisi has been edged out of the upper tiers as the printing of Thassa's Oracle and the slimming of partner decks. Keep in mind this deck was conceived when the only other Hermit Druid deck was Scion of the Ur-Dragon. Sidisi is still relevant but notably does gain advantage by not being one of the headliner Tier-1 decks.
I appreciate the compliment on my skill as a cEDH player, and in addition to citing my own record in the cockatrice tournament, I went on to win the 2018 GP Richmond Commander Championship. I did play Thrasios + Tymna for that tournament and would attribute a reasonable amount of my success to being the most knowledgeable player at the table. Sidisi isn't a deck like Fish Hulk where you can just pick it up with no experience and let the deck do most of the heavy lifting.
My current goal for SBT is not to muscle in towards tier 1, but rather offer a niche meta pick that still puts up good results and can be customized to a particular play style. I will gladly answer more questions you have and can offer insight in how to customize the deck.
Voidia says... #1
DJYavimaya I did originally have Muldrotha and Ballista in the updated list, but I found that there were so many cards that were required to combo it was hard to effectively use Food Chain and the forbidden tutors. I went for the more compact Oracle line and fleshed out a more robust reanimator package instead. I haven't gotten the chance to test it much, but part of this decision was to push into a different design space than Cazur/Ukkima FC+HD. The Protean Hulk pile I would go with when I can get the room is Oracle + Spellseeker for Consult.
June 25, 2020 10:26 a.m.