Army of One - Vintage

by joshlh on 29 November 2009

Main Deck (61 cards)

Creatures (4)



Instants (8)

Artifacts (5)


Enchantments (10)


Land (24)

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Deck Description

See Modern legal version at http://www.mtgvault.com/joshlh/decks/army-of-one-modern-2/

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Update 2013-12-28
Overhauled this and made legal for Vintage. Main combo is still Mirror-Sigil Sergeant + Paradox Haze + Enduring Ideal. The rest of the deck is focused around control, mana acceleration, and library management. Although combo-based, there are a lot of synergies, and multiple paths to the win condition. E.g., Lotus Blooms help get out Enduring Ideal faster, but also fuel Condescend, which both controls in early game and by scrying helps keep expensive enchantments on bottom deck for use by Enduring Ideal. Intuition can be used to tutor for Enduring Ideal, or to indirectly tutor for Mirror-Sigil Sergeant by moving it from deck to graveyard for resurrection with Debtor's Knell. Propaganda is early and late game control, and synergizes with Dovescape, which is insurance for your combo.
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Original
Multiply upkeeps with Paradox Haze and Copy Enchantment to create a swarm of Chronozoa or Mirror-Sigil Sergeants. If Chronozoa, use Mass Hysteria to let them attack. Use Enduring Ideal to drop all the enchantments quickly. Control with Propaganda/Ghostly Prison, Condescend, nd Cryptic Annelid in the early game. Scry to get the cards you need for the combo and help keep Mass Hysteria out of your hand until you can play it with Enduring Ideal. Debtors' Knell will let you recover fast with all those upkeeps from Wrath of God or similar.
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Deck Tags

  • Combo
  • Control
  • Blue
  • White

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Army of One - Vintage

Chronozoa Can't attack with Paradox Have in play, comes into play without haste,

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Posted 29 November 2009 at 12:51

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They might not attack immediately, but they still multiply quickly. In the ideal case, you've got a Chronozoa out and manage to play Enduring Ideal and next upkeep you can pump out 4 Paradox Haze and 4 Copy Enchantments. Meanwhile, a single Chronozoa turns into 8 Chronozoa. Next round you have 16, 8 of which can attack. So it take a turn or two to ramp up, but still pretty neat. Even better with Mirror-Sigil Sergeant, since they double every upkeep rather than every three upkeeps.

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Posted 29 November 2009 at 13:28

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Oops, my bad, you're right. Darn. Hmm, so only the Sergeants would work with this. Maybe replace the Chronozoa with Vesuvan Shapeshifters?

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Posted 29 November 2009 at 13:40

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So, I'm thinking either

1. add Mass Hysteria and some red mana multilands (any suggestions?)
2. forget Chronozoa and Sergeant, use Master of Etherium and more artifacts instead
3. add Vesuvan Shapeshifter. It'll pair with the Sergeant, or after multiplying, shapeshifted Chronozoa can be turned face down so they can attack as 2/2 next turn (or copy something more powerful next turn and attack as that).

I think 2 is probably most reliable, and 3 most fun. Any thoughts or ideas from anyone?

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Posted 29 November 2009 at 14:09

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Ack, so a Shapeshifter imprinted on a Chronozoa, then copied through its vanishing act retains the "turn face down" ability, but not the morph. Too bad. It's a lot of work to get an army of grounded 2/2s, though it still might be effective. Decided to try including Mass Hysteria instead. Curious to build up a Master of Etherium based version of this too.

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Posted 29 November 2009 at 15:12

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hehe! this is pretty cool. i wouldn't go artifact. it doesn't seem as fun and endlessly terrific

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Posted 29 November 2009 at 15:14

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+1

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Posted 29 November 2009 at 15:15

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Of course, I don't need the red mana for Mass Hysteria, because I have the Enduring Ideal. It took days for that realization to hit me. So now I have more scrying to help keep it in the library where it belongs, and to speed up getting the other cards I need. Might be worth adding a couple more enchantments from other colors to protect me and my creatures. Or more early game defense/control.

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Posted 30 November 2009 at 14:57

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Chronozoa works well with leech bonder/paradise mantle.

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Posted 27 February 2012 at 03:44

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