Eldritch Moon sealed pool

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Posted on July 30, 2016, 10:29 a.m. by BS-T

So I bought a few boosters to open and see what I could do as far as making a half coherent deck with the cards.... Here's the list.

Eldritch Moon sealed pool

Post what you'd do if you got these 6 boosters as a sealed pool. Thoughts, ideas or decklists welcome!

I'll do another round in a couple of weeks and face the best off against each other.

Other than emmy and tammy that is a terrible draft pool

July 30, 2016 11:33 a.m.

BS-T says... #3

So far I'm trying to do Bant and use both those two, it ain't very pretty!I'm a fan of Unsubstantiate even though counters are a bit meh in sealed.

Red is probably the strongest colour here (comparatively) perhaps paired with the White is the most rounded way to go. Of course, Emmy can still join in that party.

July 30, 2016 12:38 p.m.

DruneGrey says... #4

If UR Spells

Docent of Perfection  Flip x1
Convolute x1
Drag Under x2
Enlightened Maniac x1
Unsubstantiate x2
Vexing Scuttler x1
Wretched Gryff x1
Fogwalker x2

Brazen Wolves x2
Deranged Whelp x1
Falkenrath Reaver x2
Galvanic Bombardment x2
Impetuous Devils x1

Mercurial Geists x1

Emrakul, the Promised End x1
Cryptolith Fragment  Flip x1
Terrarion x1

Thoughts: This is a really fun archtype in this format. This particular pool is actually missing a lot of the cards that make this viable, namely Thermo-Alchemist and the "to the face" burn cards. You'd also typically want more bounce. I think played correctly this has the chance for some big turns, but UR Spells does seem to lend it self to chip damage. Other than the below, this was the only viable strategy that I saw, but I believe UB is the better direction.

If UB Control

Convolute x1
Docent of Perfection  Flip x1
Drag Under x2
Enlightened Maniac x1
Fogwalker x2
Unsubstantiate x2
Vexing Scuttler x1
Wretched Gryff x1

Boon of Emrakul x2
Certain Death x1
Graf Rats x2
Midnight Scavengers x1
Murder x1
Thraben Foulbloods x1

Cryptolith Fragment  Flip x1
Emrakul, the Promised End x1
Terrarion x2

Thoughts: This has pretty much everything you want in a UB control deck for limited purposes. You have a few different 'win-cons' in Emrakul, the Promised End, Chittering Host and the emerge cards. You have quite a bit of removal and enough instants and sorceries to make Docent interesting in this build, as well as enough types that will find themselves in the yard to get a discount on Emmy. You get Enchantment/Artifact/Creature/Instant/Sorcery pretty easily. It's also possible that discard outlet would help get land, however the difference between a 7 and an 8 costed titan are not significant enough to matter.

July 30, 2016 12:41 p.m.

The_Raven says... #5

I've would have made almost the exactly same UB control list. The deck seems quite decent. Even though you got a lot of shit rares in limited, the deck got some synergy. Docent of Perfection  Flip is a bomb. Same is botht the Emerge creatures.

I would be quite hesitant to include Emrakul. It is risky, but I guess you just got to include her, when you get her.

July 30, 2016 3:48 p.m.

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