Immaculate Skelly

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The centerpiece of this deck is, of course, the Triskelion, and his partner in crime: Immaculate Magistrate. Together these two cards can swing the balance of the universe!

...ehem.

With a field of Elves on the board, let us say six, you want to tap the Magistrate and put all of those +1/+1 counters on the Triskelion. In turn, your Triskelion can throw those counters at your opponent’s head in the form of one damage per counter. Or you can ping your opponent’s multiple creatures. Six damage can take down one of your opponent’s annoying fat fliers or a pair of Watchwolves.

Now enter Thousand-Year Elixir. While the first ability is nice, especially if you want to hold the Immaculate Magistrate in hand until you are ready to annihilate your opponent, the key to the Elixir is its second ability. You can use it to untap the Magistrate and thus double the number of +1/+1 counters you put on the ‘Skelion each turn. Take that six I mentioned earlier and double that to twelve; that is potentially twelve damage you can throw at your opponent in one turn. Just pray they do not have Ivory Mask out….

So that is the heart of the deck. However, what happens if your opponent Splinters the Triskelion? Fear not, my fellow deck builder. That is why you see Hurricane, Devoted Druid and Oracle of Nectars in the deck. And you say, “Huh?”

Let me explain. Take that six counters I was referring to earlier and put them on the Devoted Druid. You can keep untapping the druid by putting -1/-1 counters on it and tapping it to add a Green mana to your mana pool. The -1/-1 counters will join with the +1/+1 counters and result in no counters on the Druid. So what this means is that for each +1/+1 counter on the Devoted Druid, you can potentially add a Green mana to your mana pool. With the Elixir and/or many Elves, put lots of +1/+1 counters on the Druid and power out a huge Hurricane.

Remember that Hurricane is symmetrical. This is why I’ve included Oracle of Nectars. He can gain you life every turn to keep you ahead of the life point race between you and your opponent.

The rest of the deck is straightforward. You have Harmonize for a mono-Green deck, which is always good. You have Chord of Calling to yank out one of your creature combo pieces should you lose one or need one to finish the combo masterpiece. Llanowar Elves and Imperious Perfect are almost givens considering this is also a Tribal Elf deck and Rhys, the Shadowmoor version, just seemed to fit the deck well.

Yavimaya Hollow is a nice little land trick that you want to keep in mind in combination with your Devoted Druid. You can be all tapped out, with exception to the Hollow (which only produces colorless mana) and your opponent could try to destroy one of your creatures with a Lightning Bolt or your Triskelion with a Shatter. Put a -1/-1 counter on the Devoted Druid and tap him for the Green needed to tap the Hollow and regenerate your creature.

John Streetz
www.magicdeckvortex.com

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