To filter or not to filter?
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Posted on Dec. 19, 2013, 9:30 p.m. by MollyMab
Innistrad's Bane is my Grixis EDH deck.
The deck so far has proven to be fairly powerful and consistant but I'm improving the land base a bit, with fetches and the like.
Right now, I am considering adding Forbidden Orchard , Cascade Bluffs , Graven Cairns and Sunken Ruins in place of some of the other lands. Can I get some opinions?
I saw go for the Filters for sure! I just grabbed a set of the Bant filters and they at the worst are another set of duals, at the best, they save your ass! You need double and triple blue in this deck. Having the Filters out early allows this to happen much more consistently.
December 19, 2013 9:46 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #4
Get the Lorwyn filters, right meow.
I have them and you can get any color you want really fast.
Only have a swamp and a Sunken Ruins ? you can still cast Counterspell .
December 19, 2013 9:49 p.m.
TurboFagoot says... #5
The filter lands are great, no reason not to run them.
Forbidden Orchard sucks. Unless you're Oath combo'ing.
December 19, 2013 9:52 p.m.
Out of curiosity, was someone just banned after commenting here? I noticed a more recent comment on this thread from the main page, but when I clicked the thread there was no comment from that user. Am I going crazy? :P
December 19, 2013 10:04 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #8
The best feeling is when you go T1 Blood Crypt then T2 Sunken Ruins or Cascade Bluffs . All 3 colors available on T2 with double of two different colors? Yes please.
December 19, 2013 10:06 p.m.
Thank you Ohthenoises, I did not know about those cards, now they will be mine. I really enjoy that block, like those one drop cards that give you a draw and a color specific effect, and the faeries... Man, I dig the idea of faeries that eat your thoughts, and don't the elemental hatchlings also come from there, too?
I got a bit off topic, new (to me) discoveries in magic tend to have that effect on me. Have you considered the refuges and the shock lands that send another land back to your hand such as Akoum Refuge and Dimir Aqueduct ?
December 20, 2013 8:19 a.m.
They are too slow for this deck. I don't want any come in tapped or slow mana producing lands, unless they have some kind of amazing effect (Tolaria West fetches Ancestral Vision or any specific land and that is on its way out and Faerie conclave is going too)
December 20, 2013 8:50 a.m.
Cabal Coffers is the only one that immediately jumps to mind, not exactly what you're looking for, especially when it would be a complete waste if you have no swamps, Crypt Ghast too, have you considered Hidden Strings ?
December 20, 2013 8:59 a.m.
Cabal was cut a while back. It was nice but only if I got it online. Normally it would remain a mana sink unless I specifically tutored for it.
The aim of the deck is to cast Jeleva and win off that using card quality, big spells, removal and commander damage. Crypt Ghast doesn't help me and Hidden Strings is bad.
Blakkhand says... #2
Not the best lands for 3 color, but still very good.
December 19, 2013 9:45 p.m.