5-Color Devotion (EDH)
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Posted on Feb. 25, 2014, 6:09 p.m. by earleymw
Yeah, I know. What!?!
I'm playing my themed Pantheon of the Gods deck Pantheon of the Gods v2. What I'm not willing to change is the 25-card cycle block the deck is built around:+ 5 Theros Gods+ 5 Born Gods+ 5 Theros God Weapons+ 5 Fated Cycle+ 5 Archetype Cycle
My Commander is Cromat . The goal of the deck is to get some combination of 2-3 Archetypes and/or Gods into play, and then defeat the opponent through that--ideally, through Commander damage, although it's not a requirement. For example, one day the win came through Archetype of Aggression , Xenagos, God of Revels , and Cromat . Another day, while I didn't win, I soundly defeated one opponent with Archetype of Imagination and Archetype of Endurance . Xenagos was doubling damage with Cromat, making him kill in 3 attacks (10 damage each time). Archetype of Imagination gave everyone flying and took it all away, allowing me unblocked attacks.
If you look at the deck linked above, I like it, but I feel like it could have more in it to help get devotion up. The best example of this, honestly, are the 'split mana' cost cards. These are the mana types, like Dimir Guildmage , where you can pay any combination of 2 blue and/or black mana to purchase the card. The benefit in devotion here is that the cards contribute 2 black devotion AND 2 blue devotion (per rulings on Devotion). So these cards are stronger than, say, a 1 colorless, 2-black mana cost card.
So I can use suggestions on great cards and/or alternatives that are permanents (staying in play for devotion) to go with the 25 cards above.
the3rdH0kage says... #2
The rulings on Devotion is that something like Nightveil Specter (since you mentioned U/B). is that it counts towards 3 Blue and 3 Black but you can;t count one hybrid mana symbol for both at the same time. Otherwise, a Rubblebelt Raiders would turn on a Xenagos, God of Revels with just those 2 on the field. You may have said that and I misunderstood it, but that is the ruling on devotion.
February 25, 2014 6:25 p.m.