A single improvement to Krenko, Mob Boss
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Posted on June 11, 2013, 9:24 p.m. by bdrichar
I'm got a Krenko EDH deck for which I want to throw in a single non-land card in place of a mountain, but I frankly have no idea how to make the deck better. Please take a look and let me know what you think I should add.
I can get behind Mana Echoes , but I feel like that's more like a replacement for Extraplanar Lens . Any other suggestions?
June 11, 2013 10:01 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #5
Well, Extraplanar Lens doesn't provide the ability to go infinite lol.
June 11, 2013 10:11 p.m.
One of the stipulations of the deck is as few infinite combos as possible. There are currently two that I know of, both involving Skirk Prospector , but I try my best to not let it happen.
June 11, 2013 10:26 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #7
You don't have to USE the infinite combo, most times for me I use the mana and pump it into a Comet Storm without going infinite. (Tapping Krenko with 5 goblins in play nets you 50 colorless mana -> 5 goblins ETB each seeing 10 goblins in play = 5 * 10.) I also use the mana to drop out things like Akroma's Memorial and Eldrazi Monument .
June 11, 2013 10:32 p.m.
You know, it's funny, I ran Akroma's Memorial for a long time and I came to the decision that the only effect that I really wanted from it was the haste. What is your experience with it?
I'll probably drop in Mana Echoes for Extraplanar Lens , but the question remains of what else to add. Of these, which would you consider the most effective insertion; Goblin Piledriver , Goblin Sharpshooter , Tuktuk Scrapper , Shrieking Mogg (super interesting, if not obviously powerful. I'd like to figure out if there's a way to properly utilize him), Akki Lavarunner , Five-Alarm Fire , or Goblin Rally ?
June 11, 2013 11:14 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #9
Akroma's Memorial also gives pro red/black which means it's that much harder to remove Krenko and/or block his tokens.
I'd keep the lens AND the Mana Echoes . The lens is just great and the echoes is just broken.
June 11, 2013 11:19 p.m.
After some playtesting I'm not seeing Mana Echoes being all that great in my version of Krenko. I have only two colorless mana sinks; Staff of Domination and Umbral Mantle , and the rest of what I'm wanting to cast requires too much colored mana to make any real use out of Mana Echoes . It's possible, however, that I'm just playing it wrong. Can you please take a look at the state of the deck right now and let me know if I'm wrong or not?
June 11, 2013 11:40 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #11
Personally I like the Xcost spells like Fireball and, specifically, Comet Storm . I still think that adding Mana Echoes would help accelerate your artifact drops and to power out your higher drops.
Jay says... #2
Obviously Scrambleverse .
June 11, 2013 9:29 p.m.