Harvest for Bolas

by Jestrix on 14 December 2012

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (11 cards)

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Deck Description

Gett fattys out, attack, essence shatter and/or sacrifice them to Bolas for more fattys.

Pros:
Good sustain with a lot of lifegain.
Nice Synergy between Galvanic Juggernaut and Desecration Demon.
"Possible" to win without ever actually attacking with the creatures.

Cons:
Lack of board manipulation.

Siboard suggestions?
Guess it should focus on removal? But I think I can beat down most other creature decks..maybe?
Anyway for now my Sideboard goes from the sacrifice team to a more standard beatdown, but I'm sure there's a better sideboard for this deck..

Deck Tags

  • Tournament
  • Golgari
  • Standard

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Harvest for Bolas

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord's 2nd ability would fit into this starergy too.

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Posted 14 December 2012 at 09:38

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Well spotted, (as usual) :P

Hmm instead of Death's presence?

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Posted 14 December 2012 at 10:11

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Dropped 2 Farseek for 2 Jarad. Think I was over-fetching anyways.

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Posted 14 December 2012 at 10:15

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Let me know how he does, I'm thinking of adding him to my GB Exalted~ish Beatdown deck :p

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Posted 14 December 2012 at 11:58

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A perhaps expensive idea, have u thought about vraska? Maybe a good distraction so as to buff up counters while they die trying to take her out. Also corpesjack menace to speed up desecration demon?

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Posted 14 December 2012 at 14:05

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Also I'd get Golgari charm in there instead of abrupt decay, but that's me.... I like the regenerate all creatures for 2 mana drop

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Posted 14 December 2012 at 14:10

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Yes, I was choosing between Vraska and Garruk for SB, but I think Garruk has more impact.
Corpsejack doesn't really fill a role in this deck as I will quite often just sac the demon early on for the Disciple. If he gets to grow, +1+1 is enough for my purpouses.

Golgari charm is something I missed, deffo good for sideboard to have against big wipes.
Thanks for your input, much appritiated :D

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Posted 14 December 2012 at 14:40

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Yeah I actually didn't see garruk till after I sent that...

If your happy with the token gain not having corpsejack makes perfect sense,.

My other thought was instead of arbor elf, perhaps somberwald sage? Freeing up more of your mana?

And deathrite shaman for sideboard maybe? In case you come across a heavy flashback user or snapcaster...

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Posted 14 December 2012 at 15:16

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The reason for Arbor instead of sage is so that I can sacrifice the Elk the same turn I cast them, so it's faster ramp (and safer).

Deathrite sounds legit as a SB card, I'll look into if I can get a hold of some :)

Thanks again!

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Posted 15 December 2012 at 02:15

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Oh yeah I see it now... nice cheap idea actually...

Yeah deathrite can be hard to get a hold of, sitting around the $9 mark at the moment...

If you're interested this is my white/blue control deck idea. Wouldn't mind seeing what you think and any improvements..

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=414466

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Posted 17 December 2012 at 00:13

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i'm not sure if deathrite is worth adding if you're just gonna use it for SB :D it's pretty expensive it does work on your deck though, maybe main deck it?

comment on my bant aggro please :D
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=413723

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Posted 17 December 2012 at 03:20

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Commented on both of your decks, although I couldn't ad much to the Bant deck, it looked very nice :)

Thanks again for the input from you guys :)

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Posted 17 December 2012 at 10:00

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i have a question though, can you trigger multiple sacrifice on the stack then the final sacrifice for dawntreader for the mana?

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Posted 17 December 2012 at 03:23

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If you mean for example Cast Diciple of Bolas and target an Elk and get both life,cards and a land, then no. Because when the first sacrifice resolves the second one will no longer have a target :)

But Bolas is ment to target any of the bigger creatures ;)

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Posted 17 December 2012 at 09:37

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Tried this deck at a local tourney yesterday and went 3-1 without a SB. Will put Sheltering word in SB is what I learned from it :)

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Posted 18 December 2012 at 09:30

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I think Wolfir Silverheart would fit better than juggernaut. The only bonus I see from Juggernaut is that it could untap when an opponent attacks for a surprise block, except you're not going to suprise any one and if they are attacking then they have a better creature anyways. But Wolfir adds a lot of attacking power just by himself. He also beefs up another creature you plan on saccing, and late game if you draw a slitherhead you now have a 5/5 possible blocker or sac target.

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Posted 18 December 2012 at 16:22

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You might be right actually. Its only one mana in difference after all and as you say has much bigger impact. I'll try it :)

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Posted 20 December 2012 at 09:49

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Hmm thinking of switching the slitherheads for Strangleroot Geist.. Any opinions on that?

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Posted 20 December 2012 at 09:53

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