Thragtusk/Cloudshift Deck Needs Competative Testing
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Posted on Sept. 10, 2012, 12:33 a.m. by extion
I've been working on this deck for about a month. I'm really happy at where it's at now, but I've never taken it to an FNM.
It's been beasting my friends pretty well against their Vintage decks. Although I think it's good that it can beat their decks, using a MUCH bigger card pool, their decks are more "fun" and not competitive.
The ONLY rule I have with this deck is that I'm only using cards from Innistrad, Dark Ascension, Avacyn Restored, and M13. I don't want to be spending money to buy new cards for this deck only to toss them away when the older sets cycle out for Return to Ravnica.
The main theme of this deck is to flicker cards like Thragtusk , Fiend Hunter , Borderland Ranger , Acidic Slime , and Wolfir Silverheart . I'm flickering these cards with Cloudshift and Restoration Angel , with Undying Evil to protect my creatures against control, while still utilizing their LTB and ETB abilities.
Some good "combos" are:
Playing Fiend Hunter , and then flickering him with Cloudshift to exile two of the opponent's creatures.
Blocking with a Thragtusk to kill one of their attacking creatures, and throwing an Undying Evil on my Thragtusk before it dies. When it returns, Cloudshift it, giving me a total of 10 life and two 3/3 Beast tokens, all ready to attack on my turn.
Casting a Garruk, Primal Hunter , and then immediately using his -3 ability to draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures I control if I've got a Wolfir Silverheart on the field. This usually allows me to draw 8-9 cards mid-game.
I'd love to hear your comments and suggestions, or even some insight on how you think this deck would fare against current archetypes at FNM's, since I haven't been to one in a long time, and I have no idea what kind of cards people are playing.
Remember, when I take this card to its first FNM, it's going to be after the older sets cycle out. So, a lot of the cards these competitive decks use will no long be in Standard.
Thank you for your time!
brownkidd says... #2
I'm running a G/W deck similar to this. I've found flickering big creatures with Trostani, Selesnya's Voice on the board is pretty awesome for the extra lifegain. The ultimate lifegain combo is dropping a Restoration Angel for 4 life, activating its ability to flicker Thragtusk which gives you 3 life for the token it leaves behind, then when Thragtusk flickers back you get another 3, then if you have the extra white mana to spend, cast Cloudshift on Restoration Angel to do it all over again! That's 20 life in one turn!
A less complicated way to get a quick 20 life is to have Trostani, Selesnya's Voice out, cast an Armada Wurm and flickering it.
The deck's been doing good with casual play with friends. Taking it to FNM tomorrow to see how it holds up. Thinking of a way to incorporate Gyre Sage into it to flicker big creatures in and out for extra mana.
April 4, 2013 6:32 p.m.