Help with Minotaur/ anti platinum angel/anti eldrazi
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Posted on Dec. 3, 2013, 1:16 p.m. by theharvester666
my friends have built their winning decks as follows: sliver/ Emrakul, the Aeons Torn deck and a myr/ Platinum Angel deck. My plan ,because i know the name of the trouble cards was to throw a deck together with Slaughter Games and minotaurs like Rageblood Shaman because i have alot of red and black minotaurs lying around i was wondering if i could still make a good deck while using Pithing Needle and [Phyrexian revoker]]
Swords to Plowshares / Path to Exile could ruin their day
December 3, 2013 1:23 p.m.
Neither Emrakul, the Aeons Torn or Platinum Angel have activated abilties, they both have triggered abilitys. Actually I'm not sure Platinum Angel is a triggered ability but either way Pithing Needle won't work. Best bet is to exile at instant speed or destroy at instant speed.
December 3, 2013 1:26 p.m.
GreatSword says... #5
Platinum Angel is a static ability.
Triggered abilities always begin with the words "When", "Whenever", or "At".
Activated abilities always have a cost, like all the abilities in Deathrite Shaman .
December 3, 2013 1:33 p.m.
theharvester666 says... #6
how does the whole annihilator thing work then? i thought it was when he attacked each turn you sacrifice 6 permanents and any ideas for the deck its self are the minotaurs just plain dumb? or is there any thing that can go head to head with the mana generation/+1 counters the myrs and slivers give them
December 3, 2013 1:34 p.m.
Annihilator is a triggered ability. The trigger is attacking and the result is you having to sacrifice 6 things. It doesn't matter what your creature base is you just need something that removes at instant speed - like the cards I suggested.
December 3, 2013 1:40 p.m.
GreatSword says... #9
Black's best way of dealing with threats like artifacts and Emrakul are to get rid of them before they happen. Cards like Appetite for Brains , Thoughtseize , or Cranial Extraction .
December 3, 2013 1:40 p.m.
theharvester666 says... #11
i love the idea of having Cranial Extraction in there it could work with the red and black theme and the cards I'm trying to weed out dont have to just be in his hand
December 3, 2013 1:43 p.m.
theharvester666 says... #12
thanks for the Sadistic Sacrament idea too..they won't know what hit them
December 3, 2013 1:45 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #13
I'd make esper to get Cranial Extraction , Curse of the Swine , Swords to Plowshares , Path to Exile , Sadistic Sacrament , Bitter Ordeal , and Surgical Extraction (there are tons more cards like these...). Then play Talrand, Sky Summoner and cards like it to get tokens from playing these cards.
theharvester666 says... #2
Phyrexian Revoker
December 3, 2013 1:17 p.m.