After lots and lots of playtesting, I've found this to be the best setup right now. I'm still not happy with the 4 mana slot and may look to work with that in the future. I also may be looking to add Skaab Ruinator eventually, just haven't picked one up yet.So here is the breakdown
1CMC: Birds of Paradise. I'd be a fool not to play it in this deck
2CMC:
Skinshifter
. Great Utility Card in general to keep my birthing pod going or to simply provide whatever I need at any given time.
2CMC: Viridian Emissary: Early land fetch to help manage the mana fixing.
2CMC: Phantasmal Image: Simply amazing. I can use it to mimic any creature on the field, then sac it to the pod or I can copy my sun titan. If I saced it I can return it to the field when Sun titan shows up.
3CMC: Blade Splicer: I get a golem that sticks around after she dies and I can put her on the mimic vat which will give me a legion of golems.
3CMC: Deceiver Exarch: Untap Birthing Pod and go straight up to my 4CMC.
4CMC: Phyrexian Metamorph: Great versatility in general.
4CMC: Solemn Simulacrum: Need mana sure, need Card draw I can do that too!
5CMC: Archon of Justice: Amazing Control.
5CMC: Acidic Slime: Land, artifact, enchantment destruction. Helps when facing tempered steel or another pod deck.
6CMC: Wurmcoil Engine: Does absolute wonders in general.
6CMC: Sun Titan: I bring out Sun titan which brings back my phantasmal image which brings out my image which brings out a blade splicer. I'll then metamorph my sun titan... (It sounds situational, it's happened about 4 of the last 10 games)
7CMC: Sheoldred, Whispering One: Because she doesn't like you. (I like her better than Elesh since the rest of my deck takes out most of my opponent's creatures and so they are normally left with either nothing or only a couple creatures, plus her recursion with Sun titan is amazing. She's been the thing that brings back my sun titan and starts the above reanimation.)
Everything else was chosen to help the deck along and find a pod.
Tournament Info:
FNM 10/4/11
Match 1 Went against Puresteel Lost 1-2
Match 2 Went against Illusions Won 2-1
Match 3 Went against Heartless Won 2-1
Match 4 Went against Solar Flare Lost 0-2
