Esperiential Learning

by planBfan on 16 February 2014

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (1 card)

Creatures (1)

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Deck Description

My 3 favorite colors in MTG.

How to Play

Use Oloro, Extort mechanics, and Sanguine/Thirst mechanics to gain life, do direct damage, and draw cards. The artifact synergy is there to put out what you want and keep it coming back. A little control/removal because this is EDH and every deck needs some.

Deck Tags

  • EDH
  • beer
  • Artifact
  • Esper

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Esperiential Learning

I'd run Hero's Downfall or at the very least Murder over Doom Blade myself. Yeah, it costs one more to cast, but it hits black creatures (and Planeswalkers in the case of Hero's Downfall). I'd be annoyed as hell holding a Doom Blade in hand I can't use to kill a Nekusar who keeps doing 7 damage a turn thanks to Teferi's Puzzle Box or a Liliana about to ult with too many blockers in between to take her down through damage, but I'm rarely going to be annoyed that I spent one more mana on a Hero's Downfall to kill something I could have used Doomblade to kill.

Similarly why not swap Erase with Revoke Existence (or Path to Exile) and let it exile artifacts, too (or two of them in the case of Path)?

Chromatic Lantern > Obelisk of Esper. Same CMC, produces the same mana, and Lantern does mana fixing.

Dissolve is a great spell, but for the same CMC Hinder lets you tuck someone's general where they can't recast it, and a vast majority of the time that's going to be more useful than a Scry 1.

The Scry 1 on Aqueus Form is useful no doubt, but how often does the creature get 2-for-1'ed? Something like Whispersilk cloak adds unblockable AND can be used to protect a general since it adds hexproof, and it won't go to the graveyard if/when the creature dies. It also fits with your artifact synergy.

Fabricate is good, but Demonic Tutor costs one less and can fetch anything not just artifacts. It is a 10 dollar card though and not one easily found, so I understand not running it.

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Posted 19 March 2014 at 13:59

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I was building this deck while also building another deck and fixing 2 more standard decks, so budget was on my mind. Chromatic Lantern is a "duh", thank you! I should go get a Hero's Downfall and swap it for Doom Blade when I get the chance. As far as Erase and Path to Exile... The friends I play with like to use Gods for generals often, having a one cmc instant response to a Thassa with devotion out is simply good business, having 2 answers?.. even better. Hinder is a good thought, I think I might track one of those down. Whispersilk Cloak is a little iffy for me. Having Shroud eliminates a lot of my synergy possibilities with playing artifacts. All of a sudden I can't pull that card to my hand and back. Thanks for the suggestions, they should really help smooth out my deck!

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Posted 19 March 2014 at 14:10

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