Would this change be worth it?

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Posted on Feb. 16, 2012, 10:10 a.m. by cryptichorror

Take a look at this deck. deck:tezzerets-destiny

It's been playing really well in casual, usually winning around turn 7. The idea is to control the board with Doom Blade/Go for the Throat, Spellskite, Tumble Magnet, and Mana Leak until I can get Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas out and activate his ultimate FTW. Semblance Anvil, Memnite, and Precursor Golem act as my main artifacts for getting to that threshold. Ponder and Twisted image 2 help to dig and get to the cards I need.

Here is the question.

I'm considering whether adding 4x Sorin Markov would be worthwhile. The Good: He adds more board control, and his mid ability would cut an opponent's life to 10, meaning I only need 5 artifacts on the board to win with Tezzeret. The Bad: He is expensive (6 CMC) and I don't want to cut any other cards out of this deck. I can combat the high CMC by using Semblance Anvil on a Planeswalker, reducing Tezz to 2 CMC and Sorin to 4 CMC, making it much more affordable. I would still have to sacrifice 4 other cards from the deck though.

So...should I add the Sorin Markov and if so, what should I replace?

Thanks

StagingtheUniverse says... #2

too expensive, you would have the draw advantage to get him out, but you'd lack the mana to play him if you did. Maybe add some myr's for more mana gain instead of Sorin entirely to get tezzeret out faster, and bulk up the damage you can deal.

February 16, 2012 9:58 p.m.