Best combos for a new deck?
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Posted on April 3, 2013, 9:15 p.m. by timckmorse
I want to make a new deck. With new and good combos. From the newest sets, what are some of your favorite/best combos?
SupremeAlliesCommander says... #3
Seance + Mirror-Mad Phantasm + Laboratory Maniac
Like this... Silly Seance
April 3, 2013 9:56 p.m.
I don't know if you would call it a combo or just synergistic. I know I will be jumping around from Standard to Modern cards, but the combos are there depending on your need.
Using Conjurer's Closet
with any creatures that have come-into-play (CIP) abilities such as Thragtusk
and Bloodhunter Bat
is quite effective. The same goes for creatures that you would want to have re-target specific creatures for copying Clone
, Phyrexian Metamorph
, and Cryptoplasm
; killing abilities like Evil Twin
, Acidic Slime
, and War Priest of Thune
; or "breeding" creatures that create other creatures when entering the battlefield like Seller of Songbirds
.
You could also pair up Conjurer's Closet
with "flicker" creatures like Restoration Angel
and throw in a Fiend Hunter
or two. Play a card like Acidic Slime
and flicker it at the end of your turn (killing 2 lands, for example). Next turn play Fiend Hunter
and exile Acidic Slime
with it's ability. From then on you can flicker Fiend Hunter
with Cloud Shift, Resto Angel, or the Closet, each time killing one of their lands. There was a deck at one point that used all of these cards (minus the Closet) plus Roaring Primadox
and Stonehorn Dignitary
that created an ultimate "Fog" condition.
Shifting counters - Using Conjurer's Closet with undying creatures removes the +1/+1 counter, essentially making it unkillable if they don't Murder it twice during the same turn. Geralf's Messenger is quite effective this way. The same effect can be quite helpful when dealing with -1/-1 counters as well. Blocking a small infect creature like Flensermite with a wall like Hover Barrier for several turns and then send it to the closet will remove all of those counters.
You can also reset Unleash by flickering a creature Thrill-Kill Assassin
that has a +1/+1 counter but cannot block, into one that doesn't have the counter and can block.
I know that most people are going to see Conjurer's Closet as a junk rare, but I think it has potential.
April 3, 2013 11:30 p.m.
In Standard, I think one of the big ones right now that is quite feasible is the Boros Reckoner + Nearheath Pilgrim (or Azorius Charm 's lifelink) + Boros Charm combo. I pulled it off not too long ago with my Boros deck and declared one billion and one life for fun.
Another one that's running around that is also doable is the Vizkopa Guildmage + Exquisite Blood + extort combo, which in my opinion may be better (if you can get it out in time), as the aforementioned Boros Reckoner seems to draw lots of hate right away.
Also, Boros Reckoner + Blasphemous Act is quite a nice surprise when two aggro decks are up against each other... assuming your oppo doesn't have a Boros Reckoner as well, which may totally be possible considering the ubiquity of the card now.
Saber993 says... #2
My current favorite combo is the one with Rapid Hybridization + Young Wolf (or any undying creature) with a Cloudfin Raptor on the field.
It's not a game breaking combo but its cool.
April 3, 2013 9:53 p.m.