Standard Combo
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Posted on Jan. 12, 2014, 9:29 p.m. by Three-Left-Feet
Now, I believe this combo is too slow for my taste, but I'm happy somebody at my FNM was in fact playing a deck based around this;
Imagine; Elite Arcanist + Silence
It's a T-5 combo if not using ramp. The ONLY way I could see this is in a control deck, or some weird Naya-Burn/Creature strange thing... I don't even know...
I wouldn't play it myself, but I fell in love with the idea. I'm not sure if this is an already published thing, but I've never seen It before, haha.
GoldGhost012 says... #3
It's a cool idea, but still fragile and vulnerable. Hero's Downfall , Doom Blade , and even Spark jolt can put a stop to it very fast.
January 12, 2014 9:35 p.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #4
Not to mention that all of those cards can be cast even through the lock
January 12, 2014 9:38 p.m.
The best combo with Elite Arcanist that I know of is the instant win one: Elite Arcanist + Triton Tactics + Zhur-Taa Druid
January 12, 2014 9:39 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #6
Any combo with Elite Arcanist is terrabad in standard, simply due to the vast amount of removal that there is. To get around Elite arcanist and Silence , just play instant speed removal, and cast it in response to silence. To get around the Triton Tactics combo, doom blade at any time before / during the combo.
January 12, 2014 9:47 p.m.
right. the combo isn't perfect. however, with the right protection (its awesome to respond to the Doom Blade with a Triton Tactics from hand and combo the win in response to Doom Blade . ) it can work in a FNM type tournament. It will probably never make a tier 1 deck but it is fun to play around with on a smaller scale.
January 12, 2014 9:54 p.m.
reddead405 says... #8
not a good strategy you people say... challenge accepted
January 12, 2014 10:08 p.m.
Three-Left-Feet says... #9
Again guys, I would never try to seriously run that combo myself, haha. I just like the idea of it, on paper, where nobody casts kill-spells. It's definitely not perfect, just funny.
January 12, 2014 10:11 p.m.
Have Gods Willing or a similar protection spell to save the arcanist
January 12, 2014 10:33 p.m.
reddead405 says... #11
TIS FINISHED! very rough draft that could use a lot of tweaking, but playable i would think. SILENCE! i kills u
January 12, 2014 10:47 p.m.
Dalektable says... #12
Silence in the Library Playtest
Standard
SCORE: 6 | 16 COMMENTS | 947 VIEWShi there how are you, i made this many months back
January 12, 2014 10:55 p.m.
Three-Left-Feet says... #14
Sorry Dalektable, I didn't see your deck before. Love the idea though!
January 13, 2014 4:36 a.m.
Dalektable says... #15
cestdesconneries Oh no problem, i just built that a while back because i too thought it a cool combo. I don't own it, i instead opted to buy my mono white weenie build i'm running for this standard season. I would have ran that, but as pointed out the combo, as ridiculous and fun it is to pull off, is too fragile.
Epochalyptik says... #2
People have been bouncing around some ideas regarding Elite Arcanist for a while now, but I don't think there are any top-tier decks that capitalize on them. Elite Arcanist is simply too slow and vulnerable for serious play.
January 12, 2014 9:34 p.m.