All your creatures have Deathtouch and First Strike
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Posted on Jan. 21, 2014, 7:37 p.m. by DarkHero
Bow of Nylea + Archetype of Courage does just that. So let me get this straight...the best colors for token production now has a method of making all of those legions of creature tokens deal first strike damage deathtouch??? Well that escalated quickly. Luckily for the meta Bow of Nylea only grants deathtouch to attacking creatures, otherwise we would enter the era of the unstoppable chump blocking 1/1s
Now that we have the GW Temple, it shouldn't be hard to hit those GG/WWs either.
January 21, 2014 7:42 p.m.
It will still be a bit tricky to reach that GG / WW. Not too hard. The biggest problem is the fact that they both conflict for that 3 cmc slot. Also, I usually treat deathtouch as a defensive ability so I'd rather try and find a way to obtain it without Bow of Nylea
January 21, 2014 8:03 p.m.
I was thinking about the shared slot, but with maybe 3 Archetypes and 2 Bows it would curve well.
January 21, 2014 8:05 p.m.
Yeh. I quite like the bow. I know it's not played a vast amount (probably due to the lack of green in the meta generally) but it still seems like it can do good things.
January 21, 2014 8:06 p.m.
When it was spoiled people called it the "new Umezawa's Jitte ..." I couldn't help but laugh. Not every card with utility is ban-able haha.
January 21, 2014 8:09 p.m.
Ha! The Jitte is just broken. The bow - not so much.
January 21, 2014 8:10 p.m.
The only comparison between Bow of Nylea and Umezawa's Jitte is that both can do several things. But the bow is nowhere NEAR as busted as the jitte.
You aren't seeing any bows in legacy decklists.
January 21, 2014 8:16 p.m.
Nigrescence says... #10
The bow is awesome simply because of its versatility. It's no Umezawa's Jitte , but it's the closest we'll get for Standard.Also, yes, giving G/W first strike and deathtouch globally is going to be interesting.
Whatever, though, I play control. Neither of those things matter to me.
January 21, 2014 8:16 p.m.
Heh, it's my new goal to assemble this in Born of the Gods limited at least once.
January 21, 2014 8:27 p.m.
lookoutimscary says... #12
Yeah except flying is a thing and that's not a very viable strategy..
January 21, 2014 9:23 p.m.
Bow can take down fliers anyway haha
But yea this isn't gonna like dominate Standard or anything, it's just a neat synergy
January 21, 2014 9:24 p.m.
Don't forget to throw in Nylea, God of the Hunt to give all those First Striking Deathtouching attackers Trample as well.
January 21, 2014 9:46 p.m.
attack with 4 1/1 deathtouch tokens with first strike from this combo, opponent elects to allow the 4 dmg to avoid losing key creatures, well it would be a shame if I Giant Growth ed the shit out of them now wouldn't it! Or overloaded a Dynacharge . I was suprised no one mentioned the combo yet.
January 21, 2014 10:47 p.m.
Ultimaodin says... #16
Given Gruul already has Legion Loyalist and Bow of Nylea and also gets trample from the Loyalist - this doesn't seem quite as good. Plus as people stated, they sort of conflict a bit with their dual mana costs and same CMC. Not saying they won't be run together, just that it's a little inferior.
January 22, 2014 12:48 a.m.
Ultimaodin says... #18
Yes, I just mean Gruul already has a superior version. Plus, Battalion isn't exactly difficult to achieve in Gruul.
January 22, 2014 12:52 a.m.
White master race. Kill the red devils.
And in magic, too.
GlimmerKing says... #2
January 21, 2014 7:40 p.m.