B/W Constellation
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Posted on May 9, 2014, 9:40 a.m. by vonbittner
How do u guys feel about it? I faced something like that during Pre-release and tried to build it in draft and it's very fun. Grim Guardian , Underworld Coinsmith and bestow creatures such as Herald of Torment and Eidolon of Countless Battles make it sound quite good. What's your take?
Servo_Token says... #3
I'm currently running the control version, using green for Eidolon of Blossoms , and it is so good... The aggro version that you're thinking about has already been experimented with and proven to be at least tier 2, so yeah, it's a good strategy. Very similarly to the Devotion mechanic, if your early drops can make your late drops better, and the late drops make the early drops better, then you've got one heck of a deck. With constellation, all of your drops make all of the rest of your drops better.
Basically, what i'm getting at is that it is a solid strategy, and may even be competitive enough to win some events.
May 9, 2014 10:10 a.m.
BorosPlayer says... #4
I am going aggro W/B constellation (Relentless Armies of Nyxborn)), and it seems to be pretty fast and with Underworld Coinsmith , it can finish people later game. The deck is quite a bit better than my other standard decks, which do okay at FNM, so I think W/B is pretty viable.
May 9, 2014 10:24 a.m.
SwiftDeath says... #5
B/G Constellation is good for draft and pre release because it is slow and so it has time. it can take to start using its value but in constructed the big difference that you need to worry about is removal and slow cards like Eidolon of Blossoms don't do as well at turn 4 when it dies to just about everything. All your getting is a utility creature that you don't want to attack or block with which is really bad if your facing down something Polukranos, World Eater on the other side in the same turn. B/W can go off really early and but your opponent on an interesting clock. I would say if your going to splash any extra colors I would say splash blue. It may sound weird but you get cards like Aqueous Form /Flitterstep Eidolon that you can put on creatures like Spiteful Returned or for the second option vise-versa given the bestow cost. You can also get utility cards like Font of Fortunes which also help with constelation and can get you card draw. There are a lot of ways to go about this and none of them are wrong or right it just depends on how you want to set it up. Good luck on whatever build you decide on.
May 9, 2014 1:24 p.m.
SwiftDeath says... #6
I finished my build of what my take will be on constellation B/W Enchantments. It is mostly a budget build for a friend who just got into magic but I think that with some tweaks it could be viable. Not for competitive events though.
May 10, 2014 4:01 a.m.
I took a junk take on this, using both Pharika, God of Affliction and Athreos, God of Passage . SpaceJunk: ENCHANTMENTS MATTER is the name. It is a very midrangey build. What i have noticed is that all these decks are very weak to Stormbreath Dragon and Blood Baron of Vizkopa , along with the obvious Deicide and Revoke Existence .
May 10, 2014 8:19 a.m.
I took a shot at this build but also used the enchantment Sphere of Safety this helps slow down you opponents. Take a look Enchanted night of safety.
May 13, 2014 6:28 p.m.
sertsew123 says... #9
Sideboard Eye Gouge . It kills Mutavault and otherwise you die to Polis Crusher
May 13, 2014 9:31 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #10
Doom blade kills both of those things and more. No need to limit yourself with situational sideboard cards.
May 13, 2014 9:49 p.m.
do you guys think constellation decks will make Blightcaster actually usable
May 15, 2014 11:47 a.m.
@ swkelly89 no with the constellation set up you want to keep dropping enchantments that will continue to benefit. Plus JOU gives us Doomwake Giant
actiontech says... #2
I think you'd be wise to look at green for Pharika. Those deathtouch snakes she makes are enchantment creatures. At my prerelease I went 3-1 with BG constellation. It's pretty fun. Green gives you Eidolon of Blossoms as well which seems like a really good tool in this deck.
May 9, 2014 10:05 a.m.