I'm not big on Valakut, but Crawler is in the mail already. Thanks!
March 12, 2016 2:33 p.m.
Goblin Warchief, Adaptive Automaton, Coat of Arms, Hall of Triumph etc might help you pump each into a bigger threat. Atm your deck is SUPER reliant on your commander which is often impossible and a bad idea. Try to add a few high end fatties too like some solid dragons or whatnot. You have no plan B and you really need a plan B. Utvara Hellkite or Hellkite Charger perhaps? Cool deck but very limited in it'scurrent form imo.
March 30, 2016 7:10 p.m.
Yeah, thanks! I kind of just built this deck as a $50 pile because I liked her ability and added a few nicer cards after some lucky trades on Pucatrade. I'm not too concerned with this deck being a bit of a glass cannon, since my other decks are well built enough to finish the job. This one is just for me to make Commy puns and fool around. I probably will add Warchief, a Door of Destinies and Purphoros eventually, though.
March 30, 2016 8:17 p.m.
Nice deck i say run Akroma's Memorial , Eldrazi Monument , and a Goblin Bombardment for direct damage.
March 30, 2016 8:34 p.m.
I'll probably add Goblin Bombardment in place of Piledriver, then I want to take out a Mountain for Descent of the Dragons, because morphing my whole field into dragons seems hilarious.
March 31, 2016 7:49 p.m.
I'm running Zada too and another win-con (aka finisher) I use is discard damage through Seismic Assault and Land's Edge (Firestorm could be utilized too).
April 19, 2016 8:27 p.m.
freakingShane says... #8
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April 20, 2016 10:47 p.m.
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April 21, 2016 8:55 a.m.
Thanks, Pal00ka,
Seismic Assault seems awesome! But.. I'm not sure about giving opponents ammo with Land's Edge. If they discard to kill a creature, like Zada, then my whole game gets out of whack.
April 21, 2016 8:58 a.m.
He was in, but i don't like being forced to pop my own goblins, and Ib negates my Dolmen Gate and Trample effects.
April 21, 2016 9:50 a.m.
True. I run him an assassin deck where all I want to do sacrice all my resources to kill 1 or 2 people. He's pretty funny when you don't have enough damage to kill somebody and your mountains were eaten by Ib and creatures were eayen by voracious. Ib is pretty troll
April 21, 2016 9:56 a.m.
I like Repercussion with blasphemous act but I wouldn't recommend adding it.
April 21, 2016 10:49 a.m.
canterlotguardian says... #16
Hellion Eruption is fun as a secondary Descent of the Dragons (doesn't target, but you get a bunch of big-ish creatures). Also with all the creatures ETB'ing, you should probably run some sort of Warstorm Surge effect. Pandemonium for ETB and Stalking Vengeance for LTB comes to mind. (Easy to trigger Vengeance when you Heat Shimmer Zada, just as a start.)
April 21, 2016 10:45 p.m.
Thanks for the comment! Hellion Eruption seems cool, I could try that. The best thing about Descent is that my tokens gain evasion and I can knock out a couple opponent's biggies. I don't want to dilute my strategy too much with bombs in the 5-7 CMC range, like Vengeance or Surge. The ideological core of the deck is to win with an overcharged assault, so i may not want to add all of the etb/ltb damage cards, least of which enable my opponents. I may try one. Since this deck wants to win early enough to be considered an aggro-ish deck, i wanna keep the curve sorta low. But one more big card is good for Shoal, so...
April 21, 2016 11:26 p.m.
TheCrimsonKing101 says... #18
A couple cards worth considering: Overblaze for double damage, Soul's Fire and Burn at the Stake for out of combat damage, and Guttersnipe
April 24, 2016 6:21 p.m.
Thanks for the comment!
I cut Guttersnipe for more impactful cards (I think Purphoros).
Overblaze Is also nice. Might consider it over Temur Battle Rage, but that might be a long way away.
I've been thinking about Soul's Fire. I think I like that card, but it's tricky to get to work when it only hits one opponent per copy. BatS, I'm less crazy about, personally because I like to play Multiplayer.
April 24, 2016 6:54 p.m.
Also, thinking of adding Seize the Day (since I found a sweet misprint foil from Odyssey).
April 24, 2016 6:56 p.m.
IronPlantsUnderpants says... #21
Saw a guy using this deck once. He had Mana Flare to capitalize on the insane CA Zada can give.
May 1, 2016 11:19 p.m.
Titan's Strength offers great filtering. Blood Lust is very explosive. Brute Strength and Crowd's Favor are great combat tricks.
May 8, 2016 3:16 p.m.
I've known about Titan's Strength, and I kinda like it. I might replace Brute Force with it for the scry. I've been reticent to do so because I love the art on Brute Force. Maybe I'll give it a fair shot for flavor. I like how it reminds me of Camus' Myth of Sisyphus.
I'm not crazy about Blood Lust since my creatures aren't often at 5/5. Most of my buff effects are +X/+0 with a few */+1s.
I'm not a fan of Brute Strength costing 2, and Crowd's favor shoots itself in the foot. If I tap a creature to pay Convoke then I have less to attack with. First strike is nice, but it's only +1/*.
Thanks!
May 9, 2016 1:55 p.m. Edited.
CaptSillva says... #25
I got bad news about Soul's Fire. It has to target another creature or player. That means it has at least two targets and won't work with this commander.
You could try Firecat Blitz, Precursor Golem, Increasing Vengeance, Mogg Alarm, Empty the Warrens, Goblin Rally, and Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician.
GoldenDemon says... #1
You probably only need 35 lands, since your curve is so low. I'd also recommend Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, just for incremental value.
Since you can potentially draw a lot of cards with Zada out, Psychosis Crawler might be worth investigating also.
March 12, 2016 1:38 p.m.