Card Reduction Help
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Posted on Feb. 10, 2012, 11:53 a.m. by UmbrotheUmbreon
I decided to make a graveyard deck. It works off of getting creatures into the graveyard for either pumping up Mortivore or Lord of Extinction, or can also help to win the game with Mortal Combat. I really need help here so please, some advice?
UmbrotheUmbreon says... #3
Shoot I knew I was forgetting something in my post! Well, by having creatures that sac themselves to give me benefits also benefits me later on, with things like Lord of Extinction and Mortivore. Also, want this to be a 65-70 card deck (might need to add a couple more lands in though)
Deadly Allure helps keep my opponent's creatures from clogging up the field to overrun the field. Marrow Chomper not only gives me life and puts creatures in the graveyard, but also beefs him up.
February 10, 2012 12:27 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
The problem I see in your logic is that you want to run a card for every situation. That's not necessarily the most realistic approach - you have to decide which cards do what you're trying to do, then which of those cards do it the best. Cut everything else.
February 10, 2012 12:56 p.m.
UmbrotheUmbreon says... #5
True. The deck wants to force my opponent to discard and sacrifice their creatures, while also bombing my own creatures to benefit my bigger cards.
So what should be bombed? I know pump up spells and cards should go, since it won't really matter.
February 10, 2012 1:10 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #6
Consider the individual merit of each card.
For example, why run Algae Gharial? It's a 1/1 that takes too long to be worth the investment. With the triple green cost and very low toughness, Groundbreaker is kind of a dead draw in many situations. Umbra Stalker is extremely expensive and conditionally good.
Also, dual lands are your friends. Tainted Wood, Llanowar Wastes, and Woodland Cemetery are just some examples of lands that would help you meet color demands.
Definitely look at dredge if you want Mortal Combat to be a viable win-condition. I honestly think it's a lost cause since you need to devote so much of your board to creatures, but dredge would be a way to work toward an MC win while also giving you some fuel for Kessig Cagebreakers, Lord of Extinction, Boneyard Wurm, etc.
February 10, 2012 1:16 p.m.
UmbrotheUmbreon says... #7
Truth be told I'm probably gonna remove Mortal Combat. Think the only reason I added it was so that if I did win with it I could yell "Mortal Kombat!" out loud XD
Okay so will bomb Mortal Combat, Algae Gharial, and Umbra Stalker. Of course dual lands are my friends. I just wanna reduce the 80 card deck I have before changing the lands around =3
Okay if someone wants to waste a kill spell or burn spell on a creature that's gonna die anyway then let them. Just makes less of a worry for when the real thing comes out. Why do people run Ball Lightning in a burn deck? cause for a 6 damage hitter for only three mana, it is powerful, and if it really isn't that big a deal, you'll take the damage or bomb a bunch of tokens for it =/
Epochalyptik says... #2
I don't know about making Mortal Combat
work in a 60-card deck...
You seem to be focusing too much on iffy creatures. Use cards that have merit both on and off the battlefield, or consider going further with dredge.
Drop mediocre creatures like Algae Gharial
and Marrow Chomper
. Deadly Allure
seems like it could be cut if you need to reduce the card count some more.
I think this is the link to your deck... deck:extinction-is-imminent
February 10, 2012 12:08 p.m.