Deck building: Esper EDH
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Posted on Feb. 3, 2014, 10:55 p.m. by Bellock86
So I'm posting in deck help cuz that's basically what I'm doing but I have no list as of now. I'm going for a casual EDH Oloro deck but I'm actually putting some artifact undertones in it. So Sydri, Galvanic Genius will be in it. I've stumbled across Mycosynth Lattice + Triad of Fates + Galvanic Key + Blinkmoth Urn but I need a way to use all the mana to repeatedly untap triad and the key to abuse the heck out of Triad of Fates . With all the tutors and card draw available in blu and black, I feel I would be able to use this combo fairly consistently but I need the afformentioned "last piece" to complete my combo. Please help
Didgeridooda says... #3
Sorry did not mean to hit post yet. There are many combos for those colors. Make sure your land base is solid, with a low amount of comes in to play tapped lands. Also make sure you have a good amount of ramp. Those tutors I posted will be able to get multiple pieces of that puzzle. Hope what I have said helps some.
February 3, 2014 11:35 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #4
Take Voltaic Key and Blinkmoth Urn out of the combo and add Voltaic Construct and Gilded Lotus /Grim Monolith /any of the artifacts that tap for 3 mana. Then, with Sydri you get infinite mana and untaps.
February 4, 2014 12:26 a.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #5
Sorry, take out Galvanic Key . Which should never be played when Voltaic Key exists.
February 4, 2014 12:29 a.m.
Perfect. Thanks you for the help Didgeridooda and Unforgivn_II. I'm trying to balance this out but I'm finding way more useful artifact cards for utility then I am lifegain stuff. I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't just go artifacts. Or am I just missing some good cards? Thoughts?
February 4, 2014 11:11 a.m.
nobu_the_bard says... #7
If you're leaning more and more towards artifacts instead of lifegain, consider just making Sydri, Galvanic Genius your commander. It sounds to me like that is more where your interests lie.
It's hard for me to say "you are missing some good cards" without seeing the decklist though...
February 4, 2014 11:21 a.m.
Lol. Good point @ nobu_the_bard. I link a deck at some point today
February 4, 2014 12:32 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #9
I misread the original post. I thought Sydri was the Commander. She isn't very useful outside being a commander. Without being able to have her at hand all the time, she can't be relied on. If you are sticking with Oloro, just play stuff with good triggers like Archangel of Thune and Drogskol Reaver . Then some pay life effects, since you have a ton of life to use. Phyrexian Arena , Bloodgift Demon , etc. Oloro doesn't really give a direction to go, other than what I mentioned and general goodstuff. If you want a defined direction, there are plenty of different Esper commanders, and Sydri or Sharuum the Hegemon probably fit your idea better.
February 4, 2014 1:25 p.m.
Staff of Domination > Galvanic Key , it's what you want with Triad of Fates . Mycosynth Lattice is something to keep, to use with sydri's first ability to kill land. Oblivion Stone also synergizes in this deck and build. Pili-Pala and Grand Architect are another source to get unlimited mana to pump into staff and sydri. Don't forget both tezzeret planeswalkers.
February 4, 2014 1:35 p.m.
I don't know that Staff of Domination would really work. The only ability i'd really be using regularly is to untap an artifact in which case Voltaic Key would be better for what I'm trying to achieve. But I do appreciate the feedback gufymike
February 4, 2014 1:46 p.m.
Bellock86 look at sydri closer, it would work, so would Voltaic Key , I run it in my deck. But you named Galvanic Key which is more expensive and staff's life gain and draw is no joke. it also untaps itself, also you don't need Mycosynth Lattice to untap Triad of Fates . Cutting out a card in the combo. But personally, after trying this, I found Triad of Fates to be lackluster overall.
February 4, 2014 1:54 p.m.
oh, sorry, tired, thought it was turn target artifact, not non-creature artifact. But I like unlimited mana and staff more than anything else because it just works. people try to stop it, but can't because it's easy to respond to in return.
February 4, 2014 2:02 p.m.
Here's the starting decklist. I know there are beter land choices but if show up with deck full of shocks and duals my friends will kill me. Lol
A Babe in Toy Land Playtest
Casual*
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@gufymike and Unforgivn_II deck is posted if you wanna weigh in on an actual deck rather than just theory. Thanks everyone
Didgeridooda says... #2
Increasing Ambition , Diabolic Revelation , Demonic Collusion
February 3, 2014 11:31 p.m.