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DreadKhan on Maga, Draining the Swamp

2 months ago

I think the general 'rule' around here is to never bring up politics in an existing discussion (or use it to harass people in their own spaces) because it's super off topic and poisons the well so to speak. I've got political decks (generally lefty stuff) and haven't had too much trouble, and I've seen people with some pretty right wing stuff that is acceptable on here.

In light of the present election I took another look at Maga, Traitor to Mortals and I was a bit surprised to realize (as you did) that it's a fairly playable card to build around. The card's name is objectively hilarious now, so I do wonder if it'll be a fun card to build, seeing this list illustrates the potential, but I have a few ideas that might be worth a look!

This might sound weird, but are you sure you want stuff like Exsanguinate and Torment of Hailfire? Ditto for Sanguine Bond stuff, I think you should leave in Exquisite Blood (it's amazing with your Commander), but I feel like making this a combo deck will make it much less fun to play (obviously ymmv, just my thoughts!). Anyways, your Commander already gives you an outlet for big mana, and with all your ramp it should be fairly easy to eliminate an opponent; have you thought about some Flash sources, maybe Emergence Zone and/or Vedalken Orrery? If Maga has Flash you can potentially hold up enough mana to eliminate an opponent that is about to win (or simply eliminate you!). I'd rather play against that than Torment of Hailfire!

I rarely regret including stuff like Night's Whisper and Sign in Blood, these can do a lot of work. I don't think I'd bother with the Fallen Empires one, but Subterranean Hangar is a fairly good card if you want to store mana, I look at it as a ramp card instead of a land. I'm not sure if it's too much of a hassle, but Diabolic Revelation is a pretty crazy tutor if you dig out more than 2 cards. Maybe War Room? Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief is a great sponge for extra mana, she can remove creatures (including blockers) and then hit the opponent like a truck. Morbid Opportunist can draw a decent number of cards. Once Maga is out either Scavenged Brawler or Mask of Griselbrand can offer a lot of value for mana, maybe Shadowspear? I don't know if you have enough Demons to make Liliana's Contract a viable win con (though TBH I think it's a reasonable one because it's so telegraphed, and more decks can interact with it) but it's also a good card draw effect. I can't decide if Mandate of Abaddon is worth it, if Maga is big he just wipes out EVERYTHING except himself, so he can probably kill a player the turn you play Mandate and swing.

Hope these ideas help!

Eilel on Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

2 months ago

RAMP:

Llanowar Elves

Elvish Mystic

Fyndhorn Elves

Incubation Druid

Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea

Quirion Ranger (commander untap)

Scryb Ranger (commander untap + flying en prod blue)

Entish Restoration

Patriar's Seal

Gaea's Touch

Fanatic of Rhonas

Awaken the Woods (mana sink)

Archdruid's Charm (ook removal)

Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma (ook trample enabler)

Nyx Lotus (late game super ramp wss)

Lands:

Boseiju, Who Endures

Emergence Zone

Homeward Path

Oran-Rief, the Vastwood (ik vind niet super maar ik ken genoeg mensen die m dat wel vinden)

Temple of the False God

Myriad Landscape (niet te veel tap lands spelen maar denk dat deze wel kan)

Blighted Woodland

Card draw / advantage

Vivien, Monsters' Advocate (buiten de ability ook tutor op de -2)

Last March of the Ents

Lurking Predators

Monstrous Vortex

Tribute to the World Tree

Garruk's Uprising (ook trample enabler)

Battle Mammoth (creature en soort ward voor alle creatures)

Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip (kan je als een landslot spelen, dus eigenlijk gratis include. als je niet nodig hebt als land heb je carddraw en lifegain)

Regal Force (creature)

Tutor

Finale of Devastation (ook haste enabler)

Tooth and Nail

Weird Harvest

Natural Order

Green Sun's Twilight

Recursion / Graveyard

Bala Ged Recovery  ^Flip (ook een land)

Long Rest (kan elk type kaart terug pakken, mass recursion)

Eternal Witness

Enablers

Concordant Crossroads (haste)

Surrak and Goreclaw (trample + haste)

Temur Sabertooth (combo kaart, alles met etb kan je opnieuw spelen, ook voor meer carddraw etc)

Ulvenwald Oddity  ^Flip (Trample + haste en +1/+1 enabler als die geflipt is)

Thousand-Year Elixir (geeft je commander soort van haste en kan untappen)

Removal

Scavenging Ooze (graveyard)

Rampaging Yao Guai (ook mana sink)

Beast Within (raakt practish alles)

Terastodon (super goed)

Collective Resistance

Khalni Ambush  ^Flip (fight spell die je als land kan spelen)

Bridgeworks Battle  ^Flip (fight spell die je ook als land kan spelen)

Kogla, the Titan Ape

Protection

Tyvar's Stand (of een mana sink)

Lightning Greaves (haste voor je commander met 0 equip)

Swiftfoot Boots

wincons

Goldvein Hydra (mana sink en eventueel super late game extra ramp)

Ochre Jelly (mana sink + trample + moeilijk vanaf te komen)

Silverback Elder (removal / card draw / lifegain)

Alternative wincons

Helix Pinnacle

Triumph of the Hordes (als je een teringlijer wilt zijn)

Jund_Machinist on Breya, Doomsday Dominatrix

4 months ago

Looking to try to fit in Underworld Breach, as well as options to off during the end step with necropotence, such as Emergence Zone.

ASalesman on Unesh, Ultimate Guide (Tribal)

4 months ago

Bloomburrow Revision

• Added Three Tree City, removed Emergence Zone. I didn't want to take out a blue source here. I haven't been able to make emergence zone very useful yet, so its getting the cut.
• Added Three Tree Mascot, removed Consecrated Sphinx. Getting the deck even lower to the ground. Consecrated sphinx is a bit expensive, and it paints a target.
• Added Barkform Harvester, removed Sakashima of a Thousand Faces. Sakashima always felt awkward at 4 cmc. Putting another cheap sphinx here I think is better.

Local_Hethen on Naya Goadam Business

5 months ago

Last_Laugh -

• Urabrask is a good suggestion. I will figure out how to fit this one in.
• The Broodmoth leaves me having to try and kill my creatures to have them return with flying. The broodmoth's effect also applies to other players' creatures. I can't argue; most opponents will want to kill or block my attacking creatures to prevent the goad mechanic. The enchantment, however, flatly says no creatures with flying can attack you, but it does have an enormous mana cost. I will have to toss this one around.
• I did get inspiration from your deck after making a rough initial build. Thank you, your deck is tailored more aggressively than I usually play.

capwner -

• If I were to cast Finale of Devastation for the Craterhoof and then used Eldritch Evolution to fetch out the Gisela...that is too much wishful thinking but entirely awesome to think about.
• You were right about the land. I knew it was too lean, but I had just created it. I still want more lands in the deck. I don't know where to start, though more playtesting should help.
• I might need that Emergence Zone in more than one of my decks actually.

capwner on Naya Goadam Business

5 months ago

This is a cool deck! I think it's pretty well built with a bunch solid cards and synergies, and you seem to have a balance of removal and protection with your gameplan cards. Doesn't seem too broken or anything, but just like a fun mid strength deck. 24 lands seems a little bit low to me, especially looking at your curve and without the nicer mana rocks, I'd maybe try and cut your 5 worst cards for some more land at least. But hey, you play it and maybe that amount works for you somehow. Some cards I might recommend Emergence Zone to enable some shenanigans during combat where you can play around counterspells. Seize the Day is another great card for big boardy combat decks, and you could even flash it with the zone to make opponents take extra goaded combats lol. I'd also add Slicer he seems like pretty good. And maybe something like Eldritch Evolution/Finale of Devastation to dump out your Gisela and Craterhoof that could be pretty sweet. Anyways those are my thoughts, cool deck man!

DreadKhan on bungo

7 months ago

I'm not super familiar with Zombie decks (and have zero experience with Crime decks), but I think I can spot a few cards that you could probably cut for something better. Brain Pry seems like it'd be embarrassing to cast, I'd cut this unless you want actively bad cards (I keep them in some decks so I know when I'm drawing truly awful, but it's very suboptimal). Crippling Fear seems pretty small when there is Kindred Dominance and even Necromantic Selection, either of these is a much bigger, beefier effect. Diabolic Tutor is not a very good card IMHO, if you have access to large amounts of mana potentially (and you do from multiple sources) Diabolic Revelation is a much bigger, better effect, I like to run it with Emergence Zone. Gravestorm is a pretty uneven card if your Commander isn't out, I'd cut this for Phyrexian Arena, your Commander comes out late and resolving Arena on turn 3 feels amazing, if you miss 2 or 3 free cards you might not even be able to cast Gisa. I feel like I'd run Sadistic Hypnotist over Cabal Therapist, even at 5 mana the effect is so much stronger. I might be missing something with Hunted Bonebrute, it's not a Zombie, and Hunted Horror exists, offering a much stronger political play. I usually like Keen Duelist, but your MV might not be high enough to support this kind of effect, in general you should be regularly walloping your opponent with huge MV stuff to justify this. I guess if you throw in Kindred Dominance and/or Necromantic Selection Duelist gets a bit better, but your MV probably needs to be closer to 4 or this will just give free cards to opponents unless your Commander is out (and people are going to be wiping you a lot I suspect). Unless you throw an Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth in I don't know if Oblivion Sower is good enough, ymmv. If you already have it by all means keep it in, but I feel like Urza's Incubator is not a very good card in here? You have a lot of mana requirements, and your zombies aren't especially big overall, I'd switch this for Sceptre of Eternal Glory if possible.

This is a bit out in left field, but can you imagine if you have Zombie Trailblazer out with your Commander and an Amulet of Vigor? That's infinite, right? Not sure if you want infinites or not, just wanted to mention it (because it'd be a sweet combo because you'd still need Haste or your Altar of Dementia, so it'd still be a 'look out next turn!' thing at 3 cards).

Generally I'd say discard effects are a lot less powerful the less of them you use, but I get that you want to commit crimes in here, perhaps you could look into repeatable removal sources? Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief is a budget card that can commit a crime for BB, and if you have extra mana you can also pump Drana while killing off Blockers. You might also try out Transmogrifying Wand, this can commit 3 very useful crimes, 2/4 vanillas are about as useful as floppy carrots in Commander, especially compared to 3 of the best creatures on the board (which you can reanimate I guess, since it's a Destroy effect). There is always good old Royal Assassin, this is SO MUCH better than Urza's Glasses in practice, and it's only BB more to make a gigantic impact on the board.

Here's some stuff you might consider adding, Night's Whisper is a very good low-to-the-ground card draw effect, as is Sign in Blood, both can help you get your Commander out on time more consistently. Sign can even be used to finish off a vulnerable opponent in a pinch. You also might be curious about War Room and Bonders' Enclave, both are lands that can draw, very useful with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth.

Sorry if I missed some synergies, I like the idea of this deck but am a bit agog at how much this Commander can do if properly supported, Ward seems like major overkill! Have fun out there!

DatShepTho on Gitrog landfall in construction

7 months ago

Some land suggestions: Combos with Kodama + Scute: Arid Archway, Golgari Rot Farm, Guildless Commons

Two mana sac: Ebon Stronghold, Havenwood Battleground

Cycling: Barren Moor, Tranquil Thicket, Polluted Mire, Slippery Karst, Desert of the Glorified, Desert of the Indomitable

Fetch: Evolving Wilds, Terramorphic Expanse, Fabled Passage, Myriad Landscape, Blighted Woodland, Riveteers Overlook

Other: Ghost Quarter, Lotus Field, Nurturing Peatland, Bojuka Bog, Emergence Zone, Field of the Dead