Idea for a deck, but not sure how to go about it.
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Posted on Jan. 31, 2022, 9:14 a.m. by vasarto77
I have an idea for a deck, sort of, but I need ideas and to know if certain cards exist.
The idea is that it is sort of a group hug deck, but also a thief deck. I wanna build a deck based off a few of the economical ideas of communism. For example, if the cards exist, "Whenever a player draws a card, all players draw a card". "Whenever a player gains life, everyone gains life" and then I would also fill it with cards where I can steal opponents creatures, take stuff out of their decks or steal their land if such a thing exists.
I am sort of looking at Marchesa, the Black Rose but I think I also need white in here as well if I want access to all the colors I need to make this work.
What do you guys think? How would you go about making something like that?
I'm envisioning something like Shared Fate + Knowledge Pool, and opening up everyone's cards for all to use. Unfortunately, these two cards rely on different win conditions. Shared Fate tries to avoid giving opponents anything useful, playing draw-go control until you take enough stuff to win. Knowledge Pool generally wins by preventing opponents from casting more than one spell per turn.
Of course, you could use those two cards simply to spread the wealth, and just poach other people's stuff. Just be aware that your stuff will be poached too, if you go this way.
January 31, 2022 12:53 p.m.
I ran a key word search for "each player" and got over a thousand cards. Some (probably most) won't work for your deck idea, but it's a good place to start!
https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&text=+[each]+[player]
Going off memory, Howling Mine is a classic "group hug" card because it benefits everyone. Toss in a Black Vise or Iron Maiden and you'll be off to the races!
January 31, 2022 1:23 p.m.
vasarto77 Kind of the opposite of your suggestion, but still keeping in the theme, would be Zedruu the Greathearted.
Another excellent group hug commander that might help fit this theme would be Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
January 31, 2022 2:19 p.m.
SteelSentry says... #7
One of my favorite cards for this is the new Share the Spoils! Even if you're not going full group hug, they will probably have some good gems for this: Zedruu the Greathearted decks especially will run cards that benefit you without actually needing to be the controller.
February 1, 2022 6:53 a.m.
DragonWolf420 says... #8
you can use the gatherer to find cards with certain rules text, but honestly this idea sounds kinda troll-y to drag the game out longer with no win condition. you should probably talk it over with your group before spending money on the cards.
February 1, 2022 1:46 p.m.
Cards that come to mind are Heartwood Storyteller, Hive Mind, and Eye of the Storm. Knowledge Pool, Inniaz, the Gale Force, and Xantcha, Sleeper Agent seem to fit the strategy in different ways. There's also the old temp cards like Tempt with Discovery. There's even some combat oriented cards like Combat Calligrapher, Breena, the Demagogue, and Belbe, Corrupted Observer.
February 1, 2022 5:23 p.m. Edited.
gavriel1136 says... #10
I believe a simpler way to accomplish this is with cards such as Boldwyr Heavyweights, or Show and Tell and then some sort of Control Magic spell. Green, White, Blue, and Red have some cards like this. I'd advise Red and Blue in order to get good theft/exchange cards.
griffstick says... #2
Arbiter of Knollridge
Psychic Possession
January 31, 2022 12:38 p.m. Edited.