Will Born of Gods turn out to be good for combo?
Spoilers, Rumors, and Speculation forum
Posted on Jan. 26, 2014, 7:22 p.m. by forestlore44
With cool Johnny cards like Kiora's Follower and lightning volley do you think BnG will turn out to be a good meta for crazy combo decks?
forestlore44 says... #3
It figures. With Thoughtseize in standard might be a bit challenging.
January 26, 2014 7:40 p.m.
InconspicuousPotato says... #4
Kiora's Follower + Illusionist's Bracers + land = infinite mana, and that's essentially a 2 card combo. It lacks a way to win though...
January 26, 2014 7:46 p.m.
Thoughtseize , Slaughter Games (sort of - bit of a bad card really), Drown in Sorrow etc. Then aggro archetypes with Madcap Skills that win in like 3 turns.
It's a tough place at the moment for a slow, delicate deck.
January 26, 2014 7:47 p.m.
InconspicuousPotato - How is it infinite mana? Kiora's Follower says you untap ANOTHER permanent. You can't choose to untap her. I'm a bit lost..... I don't see how this works.
January 26, 2014 7:49 p.m.
ChrisHansonBiomancin says... #7
You would have to have 2 Kiora's Follower to make it work. You could put in some X burn spells like Clan Defiance or even something like Lobber Crew for win cons, and perhaps some Clone to make it more consistent.
January 26, 2014 7:57 p.m.
InconspicuousPotato says... #8
Oh oops you're right ChiefBell. I need to start actually reading cards...
January 26, 2014 7:57 p.m.
greyfox92404 says... #9
Although there is a lot of removal out in standard right now, I actually think that this might be a great opportunity for combo to get back into standard. There is simply too many combos hold them all back.
Right now i'm taking advantage of Izzet Staticaster + Gorgon's Head ,
ChiefBell says... #2
It's a hard question because aggro decks are really trying to break into the meta and black decks have been given more removal than ever before. This presents you with two problems - 1. combo decks are too slow and, 2. combo decks are too delicate.
I'm sure there's something out there that can be exploited but I think it would have to be either - a 2 card combo OR a 3 card combo with a total cmc for all the cards of like 3 or 4. If you're combo isn't extremely fast and efficient, it will certainly suffer.
January 26, 2014 7:34 p.m.