Orzhov Spirits
Modern forum
Posted on June 23, 2020, 8:38 a.m. by dichia
I'm building a BW spirits deck based on tokens, and I want to keep it BW.
I've got two problems though:
1) I can't find a good drop-1 that synergize well with tokens and spirits other than Doomed Traveler, which didn't do a good job by far. The deck should be pretty fast and aggressive, so I guess a drop-1 is required, correct me if I'm wrong. 2) I decided to replace card:Teys Karlov with Ghost Council of Orzhova because her first effect is never used with the other cards and because council's effect is good to sacrifice card:Doom Traveler and trigger Promise of Bunrei. Moreover, council's a spirit so I can sacrifice him too for Devouring Greed which is a secondary finisher in case the game stalls. Problem is: ghost council didn't do a good job too. I actually like Teysa more, but the fact that I'm not going to use her first effect bothers me. So, in the end, the best thing would something to replace card:Doom traveler that could also trigger Teysa Karlov.
Here's something I brew a couple of years ago, but holds it's own today. Sacrificial Spirits (Modern Budget Weenies)
June 23, 2020 9:25 a.m.
Naksu, your deck is very similar, if not the same, to what I was trying to do and I got a lot of hints out of it. I'm probably going to run one Westvale Abbey Flip and Ghost Quarter which are also good for the theme (really important to me). I upvoted it btw. Since you have surely more experience with this kind of deck, I've got a couple of questions:
do you think Doomed Traveler is worth it? I find that it's very easy to play around him. Probably it's better to change it for a 1-cost removal like Path to Exile or Inquisition of Kozilek/Thoughtseize rather than another 1-cost spirit creature. The only one I like is Kami of False Hope cause it can proc Promise of Bunrei at any time.
What do you think of Midnight Haunting and Kaya's Guile? The first could be good to build an heavy Devouring Greed and the second is really versatile.
Last question: I see you use Bontu's Last Reckoning with Selfless Spirit, but since it keeps your lands tapped, couldn't it stop you from playing a maybe topdeck Devouring Greed? Isn't it better to play a 4-cost boardwipe spell?
Anyway, thanks for the interest and for the help.
June 23, 2020 10:22 a.m.
Funkydiscogod, mmh.. so in the end I wasn't wrong switching Teysa Karlov for Ghost Council of Orzhova. I knew about Promise of Bunrei, that's actually what made me change her.
Her giving lifelink and vigilance to all the tokens was pretty good though. It's a shame that her first effect it's hard to synergize with using spirit tokens.
At this point, if I use Spirit Bonds and keep Ghost Council of Orzhova, I could keep the Doomed Traveler since I can sacrifice him with the council, spawning another token, and possibly trigger Promise of Bunrei.
Thanks for the suggestions.
dichia says... #2
I misclicked on "post" instead of "preview". Sorry for the bad formatting.
June 23, 2020 8:41 a.m.