Swarm and Conquer V 2.0

Modern xzzane

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Clearing up Space —Nov. 24, 2013

wwhitegoldd says... #1

Midnight Haunting is an ok card but I think you would be better of with either 2x Elspeth, Knight-Errant or 1 more Hero of Bladehold and 1 moreHonor of the Pure , other than that great deck. +1.

September 8, 2013 4:21 p.m.

xzzane says... #2

Midnight Haunting is really useful due to its instant speed; I can surprise the opponent with it and catch them off guard. I used to hate it, but then I realize it can be useful like that. Plus I need to draw token producers in general haha.

September 8, 2013 4:24 p.m.

Roboid says... #3

any reason for Raise the Alarm over Gather the Townsfolk ?

September 12, 2013 11:27 p.m.

bman5604 says... #4

Instant speed vs sorcery.

September 12, 2013 11:28 p.m.

Roboid says... #5

beyond that, something you could try is Bloodthrone Vampire or Nantuko Husk (most likely as a sideboard card) if you can find the room, for a "sneaky" win condition. With a lot of tokens out, even if they kill it, they MUST focus everything on that one creature, so it's a great distraction at worst.+1 from me!

September 12, 2013 11:32 p.m.

Roboid says... #6

alright, huge difference, never noticed that. Definitely running Alarm in my decks instead, because Fateful Hour never seems to apply to me

September 12, 2013 11:34 p.m.

xzzane says... #7

Roboid, I do like the idea of Bloodthrone Vampire , but it doesn't work as well as I think you think it would unfortunately. The point of token decks is to "swarm and conquer" your opponent with cards, a Bloodthrone Vampire could just be chump blocked and I'm out of a lot of firepower. And Raise the Alarm has proved to be very good in this deck. And your +1 didn't go through, but I appreciate the thought nonetheless haha!

September 13, 2013 2:53 p.m.

Roboid says... #8

I need to stop suggesting when it's late and I'm half asleep, I don't know what I was thinking. I honestly don't remember "swarm and conquer" even being the name of the deck. -__-;

yeah, I made a deck with bloodthrone vampire, and I'm thinking she's all set staying over in that deck and not in this one. I +1'd again, and it should have gone through. Nice deck!

September 13, 2013 4:24 p.m.

xzzane says... #9

Haha that's alright. And thanks again for the +1 and the complement!

September 15, 2013 9:22 a.m.

Smileyfaceist says... #10

There's one card that might interest you: Devouring Greed . It might be nice as a one - two of finisher. Other than that, I might try Sorin, Lord of Innistrad instead of Hero of Bladehold, just so you get the permanent bonus a turn earlier. On the other hand, it might work to try both.

September 22, 2013 11 a.m.

xzzane says... #11

Devouring Greed I actually had in a casual spirit deck I made a while back. Unfortunately, for this deck it could prove to be a worthless draw, or not as good as just leaving my spirits be. It's a good thought, but the execution of the card doesn't work as well. Even in my pure spirit deck I ran into problems with it. And I really like Sorin, Lord of Innistrad . I actually thought of having him in here for the longest of times, but when it comes down to it the 4 drop space simply has to go to Hero of Bladehold . Thanks for the comment though! Please +1 if you like the deck.

September 22, 2013 1:16 p.m.

Really like it. +1 from me.

September 27, 2013 8:28 p.m.

dsagent says... #13

Got a +1 from me. The only thing is that your opponent can use the life loss from the lands to their advantage.

November 3, 2013 11:37 a.m.

Zealous Persecution = white black pseudo-overrun

November 3, 2013 11:38 a.m.

xzzane says... #15

dsagent, I am aware of this, but it is simply an inherent flaw in the deck. I need the flexibility of dual lands, so I just have to pay the price unfortunately. Thanks for the +1! And TrumpetsforKings, that's a really, really good card in a deck like this, and I toyed with it for a really long time, but I finally decided to cut it so I could afford to have more control.

November 3, 2013 8:12 p.m.

Jack-Frost says... #16

Maybe Sorin, Lord of Innistrad ? You get more tokenss out of him and his other two effects can be very helpful as well.

November 6, 2013 3:54 p.m.

xzzane says... #17

Void95, Sorin is great, and I do really like him, but for the coveted 4 mana spot position in this deck, Hero of Bladehold just takes the cake.

November 9, 2013 1:44 p.m.

Jack-Frost says... #18

Good point. I'd forgotten her effect. I retract my suggestion

November 9, 2013 8:14 p.m.

With your mana curve, I think you could safely run 20 land. Zealous persecution in a toekn deck is a game changer.

November 9, 2013 8:36 p.m.

xzzane says... #20

I don't know...I tend to try to to go the safe route when it comes to land. I'd have to playtest it a lot to see how it goes. For the moment I think I'll stick with 22 lands.

November 10, 2013 8:40 p.m.

wwhitegoldd says... #21

have you considered Path of Bravery ? with all the tokens you'd gain a hell of a lot of life.

November 10, 2013 8:59 p.m.

xzzane says... #22

I have considered it, I just don't know what I would take out. Everything works rather well at the moment. Any suggestions?

November 10, 2013 9:26 p.m.

REAPERl says... #23

Cool deck :) +1 !

November 13, 2013 12:57 a.m.

wwhitegoldd says... #24

take out honor of the pure.

November 13, 2013 7:59 a.m.

Jack-Frost says... #25

wwhitegoldd I disagree about taking out Honor of the Pure . The majority of his tokens are white so Honor of the Pure gives him a permanent +1+1 no matter his life total. I love Path of Bravery and I would suggest it but not at the expense of Honor of the Pure . Not in this deck at least.

xzzane, what about taking out some Path to Exile 's and replacing them with Path of Bravery and/or Zealous Persecution ? I can't see how they benefit your deck so much. Yes it exiles a target creature but at the expense of giving them another land. There are pros and cons to that and I think if you replace say, two of them it won't harm your deck and will give you room for other good cards.

Also, I worked on my Swarm and Multiply deck and was wondering if you could take a look at it and give some suggestions. Thanks

November 13, 2013 1:53 p.m.