there can be only 1 (CMC that..

by Kazzong on 19 September 2012

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (21 cards)

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Deck Description

Experimental deck with everything only 1 mana to put out. Suggestions would be amazing. Particularly from legacy and vintage players. :). However, this is strictly a casual build, but a competitive one hopefully. Nothing super expensive in here, so no imp. Seal, or vamp tutor. :)

Ok so I know that this most likely wont be able to do anything, but I think it could be fun. :) again, this is still in the design stage, so comments and suggestions would be GREAT! :)

Need suggestions for sideboard!!!

Deck Tags

  • Experimental
  • Aggro

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for there can be only 1 (CMC that is.)

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Posted 20 September 2012 at 07:16

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Wow, I really love what you're trying to do here. Mother of Runes could create protection on your creatures, that should really be a good add-in. Kirtar's Desire would be a lot better than Guard Duty.
Rebuff the wicked could help too. Doomed Traveler would be good too. If you have at least 14 Humans (e.g. 4 Mother of Runes, 4 Doomed Traveler, 4 Student of Warfare, 2 Grim Lavamancer) then you could consider Champion of the Parish too. I think Goblin Guide would be better than Raging Goblin. It lets you spy on your opponents cards, but I kinda' think you can drop it off the deck list too >.<.
Proclamation of Rebirth could be good but sticking to all 1 CMC would make it more fun.

You can go with equips like Bone Splitter and Flayer Husk then put in creatures like Kor Duelist and Kitesail Apprentice.

If you consider changing colors, you could consider Black too. Putting in cards like Diegraf Ghoul, Gravecrawler, Carnophage, Sarcomancy, Unholy Strength, Inquisition of Kozilek, Thoughtseize, Typhoid Rats, etc.

Sorry for the Late reply. I really love your deck designs. Keep it up Kazzong!

Hope you could check out my other decks too:
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=387640 - ( 1 CMC deck too)
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=385631 - Hesitation
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=387373 - Primal Carnage
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=378193 - The Time Has Come

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Posted 23 September 2012 at 14:20

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Btw, I think you could run good with 19 lands. Thanks again Kazzong (o^-')b

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Posted 23 September 2012 at 14:22

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oo!!! I didn't even know that kirtar's desire existed. thanks. and THAT is why I like legacy players to give me suggestions. :) you guys know cards that I don't. :) will definately swap that out.
I thought about black, but I noticed that there were not a whole lot of cards that I liked for the 1 mana requirement. Not saying black is bad... (favorite color) but it didn't seem to fit where I wanted to go with this. :)
I could swap raging goblin for goblin guide, or perhaps the lavamancer of mother of runes would suit me better. Rebuff the wicked will get sideboarded, and I think mother of runes will replace raging goblin, and swap 2 lands for the lavamancers.

again, thanks a ton for looking at this. I have wanted to build a deck like this for a while, and I just now am gonna be able to actually start gathering the cards for it. How do you think a deck like this would actually fare? obviously it wouldn't stand much of a chance against most good legacy decks, but I think it could be good casual. :)

oh, and I will take a look at the decks you posted, and see if I can give some suggestions. :)

and yeah, I could probably run on 19. or maybe even 18. probably will do that.

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Posted 24 September 2012 at 01:17

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Yeah, I kinda think Raging Goblin and Goblin Guide could only benefit you for a short time. Also loved that you had Genju of the Spires there, Mother of runes could protect it when attacking or blocking. I would even:
-2 Dragon Master ( I think 4 is too much I think, because it wouldn't be that helpful in your first 6 turns)
-2 Tahngarth's Glare ( fun card but I feel it wouldn't help the deck so much because your opponent might abuse it by not letting you have lands to draw when you need it, or by giving you lands to draw when you have enough in play)
+4 Doomed Traveler or Reckless Waif (Doomed Traveler could be a good blocker, and a good attacker once it dies. Reckless Waif could help you on those times when you already cast your whole hand. That would be around turn 4. Because Low CMC decks would not always have cards in their hand because they tend to cast it all on the early turns + no drawing spells.) And They're both humans and you can add both if ever 4 Vexing Devil is too much for you budget.

-4 Righteousness ( Because you already have enough board control. If ever you need blockers, you can trick it out with Mother of Runes instead).

+4 Champion of Parish ( If ever you go with what I suggested, you could have around 20 Humans in the whole deck. Champion of Parish would easily get beefy in no time. And that would really make an impact especially with Totem armor and Mother of Runes to protect it in Mid to Late game. Sorry, I was really pushy towards Champion Of Parish going into the deck and adding in Humans, I just want this deck to be more competitive.)

Yeah, I think you should go on and make this deck. This would be highly competitive in Casual and at least gives your opponents tons on problems in Legacy because this still falls on the Aggro category.
But what really matters is how fun it would be to play this deck. I feel like I wanna' grab it now and play it personally XD. Keep it up Kazzong! Really love your decks!

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Posted 24 September 2012 at 14:14

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Ok, so I made a few changes, and hopefully you like them. I sideboarded the champion, instead of goblin guide, to see how it plays, and I took out 2 dragonmaster outcasts, and all 4 righteousnesses. Added in 2 slumbering dragons, and 4 faith's shields. Mostly for its dateful hour ability.

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Posted 24 September 2012 at 22:18

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Also, since you seem to like my interesting deck concepts, here is another favorite of mine. :)
it is a red and black discard deck. Again, it is still in design stage but I have a few of the cards I need.
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=326608

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Posted 25 September 2012 at 00:23

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I like order of the stars for cheap defense. spurnmage advocate can help get rid of big threats. And an artifact like basalisk collar goes good with creatures like goblin grappler, or lacolith whelp. but valor made real with abu jafar, or loyal sentry is fun too.

I'm glad to see other people experimenting with 1 CMC decks. I've got an almost EDH, 1 CMC I'd love your opinion on. I've definitely gotten some good ideas for it from your deck, hopefully you can get something out of mine.

oh, and I'm surprised nobody mentioned path to exile as an alternative to swords to plowshares, sometimes it's better to give land than life. all in all, pretty cool deck man, keep building.

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Posted 31 December 2012 at 15:39

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Thanks for the comment. :) I will look at your EDH deck.
I thought about Path, and I think I actually had it in here to begin with. But I realized that this deck would fare better against someone with as few lands out as possible. Life points can be dealt with, but giving them land to play bigger and more powerful spells could potentially ruin me. Personally I like Path better than Swords, but it doesn't fit as well here.

As for some of the other cards you suggested, I don't know what a few of them are so I am gonna go look them up. :)

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Posted 31 December 2012 at 19:34

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Glad to have helped. Thanks for looking at mine! if you want to restrict their lands Limited Resources can be a double-edged sword, but has been amazing in my 1CMC deck.

Happy Gathering.

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Posted 08 January 2013 at 06:09

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I'm not sure how he'd be in here, but i've had good luck with Stormkirk noble. Great concept. :)

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Posted 02 January 2013 at 05:13

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if you own, or can get your hands on some fetches, steppe lynx could be wicked here. cool deck though, for everything being one mana it actually looks decent ^_^

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Posted 03 January 2013 at 01:16

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Animist's Awakening or Collective Voyage work great with Steppe Lynx, and both are still 1 CMC.

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Posted 12 August 2017 at 03:22

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that's true but... they can't be played for a single mana. :( and I am not running green here. that being said I do like the idea of have those in a WG landfall deck.

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Posted 12 August 2017 at 05:05

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wasn't really thinking about the color, but 1 and X is still CMC 1.

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Posted 13 August 2017 at 14:19

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Yes, it is still 1 cmc, but it doesn't do anything for only a single mana.

There was a set of rules that we went by when building 1 cmc decks, which was a thing here on the vault for a short period of time. I THINK... We decided that X spells that did nothing when played for just 1 mana were not allowed in our format. That being said they do technically fit the requirements and could certainly be used if somebody wanted to build a deck like that.

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Posted 13 August 2017 at 16:45

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@Gaspartacus. I thought about the noble. Good sideboard card for human decks. Thanks. :)

@AlleywayJack. Didn't even think about landfall, and although I dont like it very much it could be pretty decent. I will look into other cheap landfall cards as well.

Thanks for the comments and compliments all. :)

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Posted 03 January 2013 at 22:17

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hmm.. again i must say that emrakul would be perfect for a deck like this.

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 03:51

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now in all honesty, which of these two decks do you think would win, if they where to play against each other? This one or the Black and White deck?

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 03:56

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i think this one would win. what do you think?

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 04:01

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Honestly... I don't know... This one is extremely fast and aggressive, but the Orzhov deck punishes people for playing fast and aggressive... hm... the sucky thing is that I haven't play-tested that one yet. so I really don't know how effective it is. I think that perhaps the control aspect MIGHT edge out the more powerful creatures that this one has. either way I think that it would be a good game. :)

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 04:11

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have you got cockatrice? that way we actually could play

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 04:12

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I do not... :( and I am using a borrowed laptop or my phone, so it wouldn't work so well.

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 04:43

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ughh thats a shame

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 04:44

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indeed it is... :( I don't have nearly enough people to actually play with, so... yeah. kinda lonely...

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 04:56

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Well when you get something you can use cockatrice on then you could find the truth behind what the best deck is.

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 07:01

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Indeed. :). Until then I guess I can print out a proxy version of both and do it that way, although that isn't all that great of a way to test it.

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 07:39

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yeah.. well, would you mind checking out a deck for me? i really need help.

http://www.mtgvault.com/magicmaster13/decks/can-you-draw-i-can/

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 12:20

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Yeah, can look at it. :)

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Posted 11 May 2014 at 16:28

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Probably my favorite one drop red card and one drop white card in Magic, all in one deck :)
Nice!

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 17:09

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Which ones?

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 17:46

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Mother of Runes, white.
Vexing Devil...red.

Mother of Runes, by far, is my fav one drop white mana card.
Tough call between Devil and Goblin Lackey with my favorite one drop red mana cards.

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 19:24

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Lackey is also pretty dang good. I would have to say that my favorite red one drop is spikeshot elder. Wouldn't do much in here though.

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Posted 16 July 2014 at 20:01

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Wall of hope could be some needed lifegain.
Mana tithe is risky but exists lol.
Judges familiar?
Oppressive rays might or might not be better than kirtars desire, though I feel they contradict slumbering dragon.
Chained to the rocks instead of both of those.
Emerge unscathed over faiths shield?
Titans strength for damage and some scry but hyena umbra is better because of totem armor
That's all I can think of at the moment and they're just suggestions. Hope they are at least some help. Looks fun +1

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Posted 12 August 2017 at 09:38

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Yeah, I probably need to update this. There are almost certainly some better options now than when I designed this deck. Thanks for the like. That being said, since you like this you should look at a "deck" that I have called wandering one drops. It is a list of nothing but one drop decks like this. Some are mine, most are not. All are pretty interesting. :)

http://www.mtgvault.com/kazzong/decks/wandering-one-drops/

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Posted 12 August 2017 at 14:22

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So you just scoop when opponent cast Chalice for 1?

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Posted 12 August 2017 at 12:56

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Well, this was supposed to be played in a format that only allowed 1 drops, which chalice isn't. But if that happened then yeah. You would have to scoop against chalice for 1.

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Posted 12 August 2017 at 14:18

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Ah I see now. In that case I will suggest some very strong cmc1 artifacts I love that you may have over looked.
Sensei's Divining Top, Skullclamp and Basilisk Collar (combos with Grim Lavamancer nicely)
As far as Side Board suggestions I'll stay on the same trend of artifacts.
Grafdigger's Cage, Relic of Progenitus and Pithing Needle.
Having never played a format designed for only including 1 cmc spells some of the side board suggestions may ot be that good. Along the same lines of unknown territory it sames The Rack may be really powerful in this format. I would assume hands will be emptied rather fast.

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Posted 12 August 2017 at 20:15

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Thanks. Those are excellent suggestions. I really need to redo this deck because it is old, and there are certainly not cards that are viable in a format like this.

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Posted 13 August 2017 at 02:05

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