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BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound
Tekn0x wrote...
BlinkXPoke wrote...
Tekn0x wrote...
Literally first time on this site in like a year just to get advice on a deck.

Its a standard combo deck i came up with that's based around cheating out enter the infinite, and borborygmos enraged to throw your decks lands at them. It just needs some more consistency but I've run out of ideas

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Feel free to post here or on tapped out ill be checking both


Lol, OmniBor is back, cept without Omniscience. This combo was SO easy to pull off when all you needed to do was resolve an Omniscience. Then, the game should end on the spot.
This seems like you need to get a little luckier, since you gotta cheat the Infinite.

I liked the idea of Commune with the Gods to be able to dig for Possibility Storm. To remedy the fact that you may accidentally mill your Enter the Infinites, you could play Serene Rememberance or Elixir of Immortality. Serene Remembrance is a little bit awkward with the other sorceries when Possibility Storm triggers, but Elixir should be fine, I think. If it works the way I think it does, you'd cast Elixir, reveal your deck, then shuffle (assuming you only have one Elixir).

I'd add blue simply because I feel like this deck could want card draw, but that could be wrong, considering it makes the Storm even clunkier. Also, it lets you MAYBE hardcast Enter the Infinite. Opponents only have 20 life, so Borborygmos only needs you to ditch 7 lands, 6 if they played a shockland untapped.
It even makes Borborygmos more of just a massive threat, since, if you ramp that far, you could just use your card draw to fuel him.


Honestly ive playtested this deck like a million times now and im thinking it might just be a better idea to ditch the combo and literally just go straight up hard cast everything. Though one benefit i found of possibility storm is that it protects your creatures in the way that your opponent might cast a kill spell then have it exiled into some other less relevant spell. Also if your opponent is sitting there with a polukranos in hand they can often cast that polukranos and have it exiled into something like an elvish mystic lol


But its not nearly as hard as youd think to hard cast everything. With nykthos and xenagos you can often generate enough mana to hard cast enter the infinite on turn 4. Then if you enter the infinite you can actually just drop all of your burning trees then a 2 drop then drop a nykthos for like 10 and then cast borborygmos to win. It might even be better due to its consistancy. Though you generally dont have the follow up mana to drop borborygmos until the next turn

Oh also another note about the deck if you enter the infinte. you can generate retarded amounts of mana if you have 4 mana up after youve infinited. What you do is dro all yoru burning trees then as long as you have another creature in play drop your xenagos for 4 then +1 him then use that mana to do it again and again and you can generate like upwards of 8 mana by just continuously dropping all 4 xenagoses one after the other and taking advantage of the legend rule. The same will be true of kiora and nykthos as a combo when kiora comes out.


I noticed. The core of the deck looks almost exactly like the ramp engine that the Mostly-Green-splash-Red devotion deck uses, which aims to hardcast Polukranos, Arbor Collosus, Garruks, and other huge fatties, and land a Nylea and kill everyone with trample and pump (since with so much mana, you can pump several times with Nylea). Yours seems more gimmicky, since your wincon requires less flexible pieces. The other one just requires any large creature and Nylea. Nylea may not even be neccessary if the threat was Polukranos, since you may make enough mana to just wipe your opponent's board.
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sakabato24 World Warrior
Who else here thinks that the new Multi-Colored gods look really good? I like the UB one as of right now. I will flicker AEtherling for days. :D
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BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound
sakabato24 wrote...
Who else here thinks that the new Multi-Colored gods look really good? I like the UB one as of right now. I will flicker AEtherling for days. :D


You must mean the White-Blue one. I like that, too, but I'm a little confused about that wording. Will I only draw one card even if I create multiple creatures, or will I draw for each creature? Because that'd make Elspeth pretty darn OP.

I'm liking the black-red god. Pretty punishing on these creatureless control decks. It'd probably be a good sideboard card, for sure, and maybe good enough main in some kind of aggresive strategy.
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sakabato24 World Warrior
BlinkXPoke wrote...

You must mean the White-Blue one. I like that, too, but I'm a little confused about that wording. Will I only draw one card even if I create multiple creatures, or will I draw for each creature? Because that'd make Elspeth pretty darn OP.

I'm liking the black-red god. Pretty punishing on these creatureless control decks. It'd probably be a good sideboard card, for sure, and maybe good enough main in some kind of aggresive strategy.


Yea. Whoops, I meant UW. I'm pretty sure you'll only draw one card, no matter how many creatures come on board. I think it's okay, especially for the control player that plays Elspeth/AEtherling. I think she can work in UWR. Chain to the Rocks and Detention Sphere really help out in making devotion for her, and then when UWR hits their win-con (AEtherling/Elspeth), that'll make enough devotion for a threat, as well as either one of those win-cons adding to you hand via draw advantage.

As for the BR god, geez, making an opponent sac a creature, or lose 2 life, makes a ticking clock on Aggro or Control. The decks I can see it not being useful though are those Mid-Range Mono-Blue or Mono-Black, because they have enough cannon-fodder to feed him, as well as having that draw ability to keep them fueling.
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BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound
sakabato24 wrote...
BlinkXPoke wrote...

You must mean the White-Blue one. I like that, too, but I'm a little confused about that wording. Will I only draw one card even if I create multiple creatures, or will I draw for each creature? Because that'd make Elspeth pretty darn OP.

I'm liking the black-red god. Pretty punishing on these creatureless control decks. It'd probably be a good sideboard card, for sure, and maybe good enough main in some kind of aggresive strategy.


Yea. Whoops, I meant UW. I'm pretty sure you'll only draw one card, no matter how many creatures come on board. I think it's okay, especially for the control player that plays Elspeth/AEtherling. I think she can work in UWR. Chain to the Rocks and Detention Sphere really help out in making devotion for her, and then when UWR hits their win-con (AEtherling/Elspeth), that'll make enough devotion for a threat, as well as either one of those win-cons adding to you hand via draw advantage.

As for the BR god, geez, making an opponent sac a creature, or lose 2 life, makes a ticking clock on Aggro or Control. The decks I can see it not being useful though are those Mid-Range Mono-Blue or Mono-Black, because they have enough cannon-fodder to feed him, as well as having that draw ability to keep them fueling.


Yeah, I thought so. It's still looks like a good card, I'm not denying it. Drawing extra cards is always good. Also, a bunch of control cards are permanents, espeically in Esper and RWU, since those colors play a bunch of Planeswalkers and D-spheres (add Chained to the Rocks in RWU, which is super awesome), so that god could even be active as a threat.

Yeah, it's why I'm assuming for now that it'd probably be more sideboard. When it's good, it's great, when it's not, it's kinda meh. I think I still wanna run it, so I can have an excuse to play Erebos in the maindeck of a midrange/controlling RB deck. Build your own Sulfuric Vortex, wreck control.

EDIT: I just realized now that the White-Blue god says "each upkeep". That just jumped it up for me. That seems really good.

I'm also really happy I saw this card:
Forum Image: http://227rsi2stdr53e3wto2skssd7xe.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/drowninsorrow.jpg

Weeeeeee~ New, better Infest! That'a a nice thing I'll probably need for the Grixis deck I've been wanting to make.
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sakabato24 World Warrior
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of blue player's voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. My feelings when I see this card :

Forum Image: http://mythicspoiler.com/bng/cards/spiritofthelabyrinth.jpg
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BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound
sakabato24 wrote...
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of blue player's voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. My feelings when I see this card :

Forum Image: http://mythicspoiler.com/bng/cards/spiritofthelabyrinth.jpg


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Brb, suicide. jk

So, this is the most effective Revelation hoser I've seen. And there's a bunch of those. @__@
Seems Modern playable, too. Not sure how much Legacy needs a wacky 3/1, but it seems relevant enough, there, too.

Regardless, White Weenie is getting stronger by the moment. It already seemed pretty strong now. Thankfully, it still has one toughness, so Golgari Charm still gets it
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sakabato24 World Warrior
BlinkXPoke wrote...
sakabato24 wrote...
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of blue player's voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. My feelings when I see this card :

Forum Image: http://mythicspoiler.com/bng/cards/spiritofthelabyrinth.jpg


TT_TT
Brb, suicide. jk

So, this is the most effective Revelation hoser I've seen. And there's a bunch of those. @__@
Seems Modern playable, too. Not sure how much Legacy needs a wacky 3/1, but it seems relevant enough, there, too.

Regardless, White Weenie is getting stronger by the moment. It already seemed pretty strong now. Thankfully, it still has one toughness, so Golgari Charm still gets it


Death and Taxes in Legacy + this card = No more cards in hand for you.

Completely stops Brainstorm/Ponder/Probe

In modern, it can stop a lot of cantrips that a lot of Twin users like to use, as well as other factoring decks in modern.

Easy, $20 for her.
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BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound
sakabato24 wrote...
BlinkXPoke wrote...
sakabato24 wrote...
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of blue player's voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened. My feelings when I see this card :

Forum Image: http://mythicspoiler.com/bng/cards/spiritofthelabyrinth.jpg


TT_TT
Brb, suicide. jk

So, this is the most effective Revelation hoser I've seen. And there's a bunch of those. @__@
Seems Modern playable, too. Not sure how much Legacy needs a wacky 3/1, but it seems relevant enough, there, too.

Regardless, White Weenie is getting stronger by the moment. It already seemed pretty strong now. Thankfully, it still has one toughness, so Golgari Charm still gets it


Death and Taxes in Legacy + this card = No more cards in hand for you.

Completely stops Brainstorm/Ponder/Probe

In modern, it can stop a lot of cantrips that a lot of Twin users like to use, as well as other factoring decks in modern.

Easy, $20 for her.


Trying to figure out what exactly they'd cut for it, though. Probably one of the more beatdown-y cards. This does have 3 power, so it still can get in some good damage.

And Accumalated Knowledge. Haven't seen much of it lately, but that's a strong one that gets stopped.

I really don't know how Modern combo decks can really deal with it, being so cantrip based. It's kind of a beating.

Maybe more.
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sakabato24 World Warrior
D&T mostly likely cut out their beat stick cards like you said to make room for this card. a 3/1 for 2 isn't something to scoff about. *Looking at you, True-Name Nemesis*

And it's going to have a huge impact on modern as well. Like you said, all the can-tripping that a lot of combo decks use, are now going to have a hard time to combo off faster with her on the field. This card in Hate-Bears is going to be essential, and combined with Thalia or any other Hate-Bear, a lot of other decks will rise up against the combo-heavy meta of Modern.
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BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound
sakabato24 wrote...
D&T mostly likely cut out their beat stick cards like you said to make room for this card. a 3/1 for 2 isn't something to scoff about. *Looking at you, True-Name Nemesis*

And it's going to have a huge impact on modern as well. Like you said, all the can-tripping that a lot of combo decks use, are now going to have a hard time to combo off faster with her on the field. This card in Hate-Bears is going to be essential, and combined with Thalia or any other Hate-Bear, a lot of other decks will rise up against the combo-heavy meta of Modern.


Most likely. That deck is all about having a bunch of utility. Random beaters are less impactful.

I'm hating all this combo nerf. I enjoyed playing Storm (to be fair, I can still do it, but now it's nowhere near as good as it used to be). I had built Eggs just before it was banned, which is pretty irritating. Maybe new changes to the banlist will change things a little.

I wonder if Hate-Bears is just a port of the Legacy deck, Maverick. Anyways, yeah, it'd probably be good there, too. All their two-mana options are quite strong, and they've got a new one to add to the list.
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BlinkXPoke wrote...

Forum Image: http://227rsi2stdr53e3wto2skssd7xe.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/drowninsorrow.jpg

Weeeeeee~ New, better Infest! That'a a nice thing I'll probably need for the Grixis deck I've been wanting to make.



You see mainboard card, I see the death of master of waves >:D
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BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound
Tekn0x wrote...
BlinkXPoke wrote...

Forum Image: http://227rsi2stdr53e3wto2skssd7xe.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/drowninsorrow.jpg

Weeeeeee~ New, better Infest! That'a a nice thing I'll probably need for the Grixis deck I've been wanting to make.



You see mainboard card, I see the death of master of waves >:D


I'm always happy to have a way to kill Master of Waves. That card is pretty irritating to see any time it hits play... If I'm not the one casting it.
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sakabato24 World Warrior
Even though this new set is the small one for this block, I'm very excited to draft this one. Looks like a very fun, draftable set that I will enjoy very much.
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BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound
sakabato24 wrote...
Even though this new set is the small one for this block, I'm very excited to draft this one. Looks like a very fun, draftable set that I will enjoy very much.


How is it gonna work? Will it be like Innistrad-Dark Ascension, where we get something along the lines of 2-1 in packs during draft? Is that how drafts for smaller sets work? I'm not exactly sure. I usually hear smaller sets are drafted alongside bigger ones.

Regardless, I'm liking the set because it may change up Standard, at least, by a little bit. Opens the door to let the more fringe decks become stronger.
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I used to play religiously. Now I just play 4 or 5 times a month. It ate all my money, those Fat Packs are so expensive D:
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BlinkXPoke Cards and Hugs abound
Sukoshi wrote...
I used to play religiously. Now I just play 4 or 5 times a month. It ate all my money, those Fat Packs are so expensive D:


Do you play Standard, or other competitive formats? Or just casually?
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sakabato24 World Warrior
Sukoshi wrote...
I used to play religiously. Now I just play 4 or 5 times a month. It ate all my money, those Fat Packs are so expensive D:


Try buying 4 Booster boxes on pay-check day so people can draft and have prizes for a Standard Tournament because there's no sanctioned drafts or FNMs where I'm at right now.
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BlinkXPoke wrote...
Sukoshi wrote...
I used to play religiously. Now I just play 4 or 5 times a month. It ate all my money, those Fat Packs are so expensive D:


Do you play Standard, or other competitive formats? Or just casually?


I played casually with the occasional tournament, but that was very rare. There aren't any card shops where I live.

sakabato24 wrote...
Sukoshi wrote...
I used to play religiously. Now I just play 4 or 5 times a month. It ate all my money, those Fat Packs are so expensive D:


Try buying 4 Booster boxes on pay-check day so people can draft and have prizes for a Standard Tournament because there's no sanctioned drafts or FNMs where I'm at right now.


At one point I just started ordering specific cards. I would proxie some by printing them off before ordering them. There aren't any FNM or even a card shop where I live, I am forced to use Amazon or go to Walmart. Its nice that you host drafts, the only tournie I hosted was a all common cards one with like 6 boosters as a grand prize :3
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sakabato24 World Warrior
TBH, it's a lot cheaper to buy singles of cards you need over trying to pull them from packs/boxes. I still do to sate my Standard and Modern hunger. Legacy on the other hand, needs to start building slowly.