Star of Extinction VS Solar Blaze
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Posted on May 31, 2019, 6:06 p.m. by OwnedbyCow
Deck: (Updated) Indestructible Breeding Jurassic Bunnies
Star of Extinction vs Solar Blaze
I currently use Star of Extinction as a board wipe that activates my dinos Enrage ability. I feel like Solar Blaze may actually be a better choice as it wouldn't kill all of my creatures, but it should still help clear out the board. Being able to board wipe earlier in game would be a huge plus as well. What do you think?
If you have other advice with this deck, I am all ears.
OwnedbyCow says... #3
Thanks for the input. I will try removing those cards to see how it plays. If a battle is medium to long, I can usually pull out the victory, but aggro decks are very much a pain to go against. There is another card that is better than Lightning Strike right now. I can't remember the name of the card, but it exiles the creature when it dies instead of just sending it to the graveyard.
With the indestructible and Justiciar's Portal , I do seem to use those less often than I would like. I think Justiciar's Portal actually has more uses since it can also trigger ETB abilities so it helps my Forerunner, but having an actual creature in hand would probably be a lot more useful than that when I think about it.
June 1, 2019 3:07 a.m.
maybe adding some fight spells to fend off early agro, while still triggering enrage instead of like justicars portal which is pretty bad
June 2, 2019 5:08 a.m.
OwnedbyCow says... #5
Like Reckless Rage , Justice Strike and Deafening Clarion ?
How about removing both Shake the Foundations and Justiciar's Portal for 4 Justice Strike ?
Then I won't have cards for specific situations, rather I could play Justice Strike for creature removal and enrage.
June 2, 2019 4:47 p.m. Edited.
Daveslab2022 says... #6
The card you were thinking of is Lava Coil but I think Lightning Strike is better right now because it can hit planeswalkers which is very important right now. Sure exiling the creature is cool, but it’s also a sorcery. There are only a couple decks that care about the graveyard right now, and they aren’t that popular.
June 3, 2019 1:07 a.m.
OwnedbyCow says... #7
Ah okay I didn't realize that. I have been away for a while. I know when I played last time, getting exiled was pretty common, but now it only seems like a low percentage.
I did update my deck to remove Justiciar's Portal and a couple others that weren't really helping me. I sideboarded all of my indestructible cards. What do you think about the current setup or would you say it would still be better to add in a few Lightning Strike s as they are instants. I am running 3 Justice Strike at the moment and I really like these cards. Same goes for Solar Blaze as more often than not, the creatures that are really dangerous have Attack >= Defense.
I have noticed more planeswalkers than usual too. So would there be a better choice than Star of Extinction for removal or should I try to find a spot for them. At least in my sideboard.
Daveslab2022 says... #2
I agree that your deck would play better with Solar Blaze just because it can be cast sooner. I do recommend replacing all 6 copies of the instants in your deck. The 1 damage to all without flying is not great, even though it triggers enrage and draws a card. The indestructible card is just okay, better in draft and sealed. Constructed just doesn’t use cards like that often, unless the deck can kill the opponent very quickly, like the Infect deck in modern. Justiciars Portal seems borderline useless. Sure you can blink something and negate a removal spell, but that’s basically all it does. If you don’t have any creatures and you draw that you’re going to be very very sad. I would probably just add 2x Solar Blaze but keep Star of Extinction as a 2 of also! Besides that just replace the other 4 with removal like Lightning Strike to kill crestures, planeswalkers and finish the game in a pinch.
May 31, 2019 10:05 p.m.