Super friends help?
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Posted on Sept. 13, 2011, 9:26 p.m. by nsecord
So I've been running an W/U Super friends deck for a while now and when we cycle I'm really hoping that Innistrad can pick up where Zendikar drops off. I'm going to be losing some major meat to the deck, Celestial Colonnade , Wall of Omens , Jace Beleren , Sea Gate Oracle , and the fetchlands to be exact. So what I think would be really fun to do is add in another color to pick up the slack, and I can't decide between a Bant deck (add green) or an Esper deck (add black). So I've made a list of pros and cons for each color splash and I would really appreciate some feedback on which is more doable. Thank you very much for your time!
The friends in the deck that I get to take with me to Innistrad are: Venser, the Sojourner as a means of resetting his friends when they're on a minus streak, making creatures unblockable, and simply winning the game, Gideon Jura as control, removal, and aggro (he freakin does it all), Karn Liberated as a badass who controls the opponents hand, targeted removal, and his -14 is an savior in "Oh shit" moments.
Bant (green splash)
Pros: Has mana ramp, two very powerful Garruk incarnations, already proven decktype, artifact/ enchantment hate
Cons: Typically a creature heavy color, not a lot of removal/ not very controlling
Esper (black splash)
Pros: easily fits into the control theme of the deck, targeted discard/ removal spells (Despise / Doom Blade ) help balance mass removal spells (Day of Judgment )
Cons: lots of double black costing spells can be tough to cast in a pinch, not that good of planeswalkers
Thanks again for whatever help you can provide me!
Red man, you have kith for some ramp and beat down, and that's just his +1 ability. And the new Chandra for some pinging and copying your control spells. Also has good spot removal and burn as an alternate "help me" win condition. And it brings some good artifact removal.
September 14, 2011 8:02 p.m.
rckclimber777 says... #4
I've actually been running a superfriends like deck Planeswalker Contagion that is in fact bant colors. The Pros of rampant growth Garruk and primeval is amazing. If you want removal spells then throw in some dismembers but you already have o-ring from white and mana leak/negate/psychic barrier from blue. If you needed more control there is always tumble magnet.
I've found that running a 3 color super friends deck the more mana-fixing you have the better. In this case Green IS my mana fixing and couldn't be better. With one or two rampant growth in hand, I can typically get the mana to cast Garruk, Gideon or Jace all on turn 4 or 5.
Also may I suggest considering a 1 of for Jace memory adept. He has been a one of in my deck for a while now, he doesn't always come out, but with Gideon out, he is pretty much a game ender in himself.
ShadeSlayer17 says... #2
Green walkers are so much better and there are a couple good green control cards(Beast Within ,Acidic Slime ,Reclaim Etc.also the mana ramping would help a lot Black has terrible walkers and the new lily is good but does not fit the theme of the deck so i would splash green if i was you Check out my decks on my profile Thx
September 13, 2011 9:44 p.m.