Crazybop09 says... #2
This may seem like an odd suggestion, and i have no idea what you'd wanna take out probably nothing, but what about Avenger of Zendikar ? you are constantly dropping lands and even if they remove it you have a bunch of plants ready for action. Or at least to chump.
June 12, 2014 8:28 p.m.
He has no haste is the main reason. At that CMC it needs to attack right away or be a super life saver like elderscale or the angel. I've thought about him and Khalni Garden also because synergy, why not... but the fact that burn got around him sort of put me off. The chumps are relevant in comparison vs targeted removal, which Empyrial Archangel hoses, so basically he's up for her spot, which I think she fills a little better (even though I can't use my lands to pump her). Your choice of course if you planned to construct the deck.
June 12, 2014 9:24 p.m.
Crazybop09 says... #4
I think i might just copy your exact build haha you've said you've had success and its different from the "net decks" that everyone runs.
June 12, 2014 9:29 p.m.
Good luck with it. I'd suggest seeing if Gaddock Teeg or Engineered Explosives fit better in the sideboard if you find one of the cards being useless.
June 12, 2014 9:38 p.m.
PrimeEpoch says... #6
I love this deck! It's so fun to play, and really hard to pilot. I may have a go at making one myself, I'm having so much fun playtesting it! I'd +10 if I could haha :D
June 13, 2014 12:49 p.m.
Fascinating deck, you have lands I'd never even seen before. I would love to see this deck in action, would you be up for a duel on untap.in sometime? I would be using my deck Swarm and Conquer V 2.0.
June 13, 2014 10:39 p.m.
Yeah, I'm on untap a lot, usually hanging around in lobby until I am in the mood to play.
Black/white tokens are a pretty fair match against this deck too, should be a good game. Let me know if you see me on in there, I use the same username as here, nbarry223
June 13, 2014 11:17 p.m.
I'm free Monday towards the later half of the day. Anytime around there will be fine.
June 14, 2014 12:50 a.m.
So I've finally cut Tooth and Nail
and put in Grisly Salvage
and Plunge into Darkness
in its place as less expensive tutors that can be used at instant speed. It just felt like Tooth and Nail
was too much of a win-more, since I rarely got to cast it when I wasn't already ahead by a lot from swinging with titans earlier.
It seems like a solid change in all the testing I've done thus far.
June 16, 2014 7:50 p.m.
Reasoning behind that? Keep in mind that I can fetch Vesuva to copy any land at any point in time. I can also assemble the colors individually if it somehow gets removed before then.
What would I be replacing for it if I were to add a second one?
June 16, 2014 8:35 p.m.
I've built a deck based on your decklist and it's a lot of fun :) The only difference is that I added in a copy of Hive Mind as an alternative win con. When facing decks with huge life gain, or some decks that I can't easily win with just raw damage, Hive Mind did help me a lot in winning those matches.
June 17, 2014 7:50 a.m.
PrimeEpoch says... #20
When I was playtesting, sometimes I would be stuck with a Boros Garrison in hand and no way to activate your utility lands (after I reached my land count). I'd probably replace one of your other bounce lands for it.
June 17, 2014 8:39 a.m.
As I mentioned in the description, you should always try to play Boros Garrison as soon as possible if it is in hand.
Can you give me a specific example of when you couldn't play it? Primeval Titan is 4 colorless so you should be able to dump the mana into there in every scenario, unless I am missing something.
I'm surprised it's never happened to me and I honestly can't think of any situation that would render me unable to play it, so I'd definitely appreciate you explaining such a situation to me if so, so I can address it if necesarry.
Thanks!
June 17, 2014 1:09 p.m.
What exactly did you cut for that? I'm interested in hearing how other people view what cards can be cut for sure! That's probably the hardest thing for me since I designed it and probably am slightly emotionally attached to the cards.
A non-biased opinion is always welcome.
June 17, 2014 1:13 p.m.
PrimeEpoch says... #23
I said that the deck's hard to pilot, I should've bounced one of the other lands. Sorry...
June 17, 2014 2:23 p.m.
okay, no problem. Just making sure I wasn't missing something
June 17, 2014 2:36 p.m.
PrimeEpoch says... #25
You could have Gaddock Teeg and Qasali Pridemage in side.
Crazybop09 says... #1
Thanks, ive been play testing with it a while learning when to mulligan etc is probably gonna be a bit tricky, but you really cant sideboard to this besides Blood Moon but even then this deck has so many answers.
I think your right not to make this a Hive Mind build, seeing as it is a win more when simply this deck is fast enough to beat face turn 3 and 4 a lot of the time.
June 12, 2014 8:01 p.m.