TheBear

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If you can reliably get Metalwork, then I agree that Etched Champion seems like a must, I don't know if you'll have a critical mass of artifacts to make Cranial Plating as efficient as it would be in Affinity though, or the options to stick it on a flier or infect creature. (Although we could easily play something like Vault Skirge in this deck)

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Posted 18 May 2017 at 13:13 in reply to #600633 on New White Weenies Idea

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I like the concept, but I feel like there might be better options for creatures and supporting artifacts. Something along the lines of Porcelain Legionnaire seems right at home in this kind of a deck, and being mono white I feel like Brave the Elements is a must to protect from cheap sweepers and to give you alpha strikes for lethal.

I would possibly look into something like Mox Opal and maybe the use of Darksteel Citadel, just to guarantee you have metalcraft and maybe more explosive starts, and being a fair white deck. Thalia and Ethersworn Canonist in the main might actually be a worth while option to consider.

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Posted 18 May 2017 at 13:10 as a comment on New White Weenies Idea

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I suppose that's fair, I just feel like every fair deck in legacy needs Wastelands to punish the faster decks and their low land counts. If you want I have my own Pox list posted on here, might help with other ideas. It isn't a Rack version, a bit more traditional with pieces I've put in for my own play style.

http://www.mtgvault.com/thebear/decks/pox-legacy-22/

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Posted 17 May 2017 at 20:05 in reply to #600546 on Rackpox [Legacy]

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Looks solid, I would recommend having Wastelands+Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, they help alot with some match ups with Smallpox by mana screwing people. Instead of Powder Keg I would say Ratchet Bomb is better.

Other then that it looks pretty stock, not usually the style of Pox I would play but it does what it does well.

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Posted 16 May 2017 at 17:22 as a comment on Rackpox [Legacy]

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Looks solid, but a few things to note.

You should play as many Liliana of the Veils as you can, I would never dip below 3, and do my best to play 4. You don't really need a second Chandra or Brutality either, they are good as one ofs.

I also don't think you really need the full 4 Terminates, if you add more Lilis to shore up the removal package, you can swap these for more utility in the form of Maelstrom Pulse, Kolaghan's Command or Liliana, the Last Hope.

With your sideboard it really is meta dependent, but these are other cards that I have used that have been amazing in the past.
Golgari Charm
Rakdos Charm
Jund Charm
Fulminator Mage
Ob Nixilis, Reignited
Ancient Grudge
Pithing Needle
Flaying Tendrils
Liliana, The Last Hope
Liliana, Death's Majesty
Osbstinate Baloth
Thundermaw Hellkite.

The list can go on and on, the best hint to figure out what works best is to see how many match ups they can go into. Something like Golgari Charm is great against Affinity, Elves, Goblins, Lingering Souls. But it also is good against stuff like Ad Nauseum to hit Phyrexian Unlife. Etc.

The other helpful tip is to think what you will be taking out. Against other G/B Midrange decks you'll be taking out all your 1cmc hand disruption. So you want to make sure you have atleast that many cards in your sideboard that will be a good replacement. Like the Planeswalkers, maybe Golgari charm if it's Abzan, Fulminator for Manlands, etc. Versatility is beyond important with a fair deck in Modern when it comes to Sideboards because of the large choice of decks.

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Posted 16 May 2017 at 16:29 as a comment on Modern JUND

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Mayor of Avabruck and Thalia seem like the best creatures to get playsets of to me.

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Posted 16 May 2017 at 15:26 in reply to #600473 on Naya Humans

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Cut Mother of Runes, she isn't legal in Modern. Unless this is intended for Legacy.

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Posted 15 May 2017 at 18:00 as a comment on Naya Humans

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It looks like you are trying to do too many things at once, I would cut all the non-zombie related cards to fill up on playsets of the cards that actually synergize together.

Cut stuff like:
Archangel Avacyn
Gisa and Geralf, (Just feels a bit too slow and unrequired)
Vizier of Many Faces
Startled Awake
Disallow (Feels a bit too slow for what you are trying to do)

I feel like it's wrong to not go 4x for your important zombies, Prized Amalgam, Relentless Dead, Cryptbreaker, Dread Wanderer and Lord of the Accursed. They are the guts of your deck and you need them to run optimally. I would also recommend running 4x Fatal Push, it's too powerful to not be, probably over Collective Brutality.

I would also recommend Liliana's Mastery, it seems like a much more powerful top end.

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Posted 13 May 2017 at 13:44 as a comment on Zombies

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Like I said, not my list. I just found it interesting so I wanted to post it here so I wouldn't lose it out of my own forgetfulness. And the wincon I don't think is actually zombies, but chaining the Wheel of Fortune effects into a Molten Psyche for lethal.

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Posted 06 May 2017 at 14:18 in reply to #599917 on Waste Not - Modern

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Yeah this deck is a bit loopy. Hell it took me a minute or so to figure out how he actually kills people with it.

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Posted 03 May 2017 at 15:28 in reply to #599781 on Waste Not - Modern

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Just found this, it got posted today so it may have other really good ideas.

http://www.starcitygames.com/article/35017_Brains-And-Drains.html

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Posted 28 April 2017 at 17:08 in reply to #599578 on Zombie Aggro/Control

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I think you are loosing out immensely if you don't include full sets of the rare zombies (Relentless Dead, Dread Wanderer and Colossus), but also stuff like Cryptbreaker and Plague Belcher. The card advantage Breaker gives and the power of Belcher seems too good to not include.

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Posted 28 April 2017 at 15:38 as a comment on Zombie Aggro/Control

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Burn and Combo in general are going to get much better, also the more fair creature decks will probably get better with Terminus gone, stuff like Maverick and Merfolk.

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Posted 26 April 2017 at 20:58 in reply to #599175 on Mardu Deathblade - Legacy

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I would also play the Horror of the Broken Lands, being able to use your other Cyclers to become a nearly 1 hit kill creature seems too good to miss out on.

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Posted 24 April 2017 at 20:47 as a comment on Living2.0

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For a beginning deck, Miracles is 50/50, since it's not super expensive but it's very difficult to play efficiently. If you want to try that you need to put in a TON of time just understanding it's lines and plays with Divining Top, otherwise you will just piss off the other players.

Other then that Burn is a good deck, cheap and it does win. Manaless Dredge is cheap and good.

With Modern cards, you would probably have the majority of Jund, excluding the manabase.
Death & Taxes is a good deck, there is budget versions that exclude Rishadan Port and Karakas, using Ghost Quarter along with Wastelands is still a viable resource denial strategy.

I can keep naming off lists but without knowing exactly what you have from Modern that can transfer over I would probably be here all day writing an essay.

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Posted 21 April 2017 at 21:09 in reply to #599175 on Mardu Deathblade - Legacy

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I'm still around, University puts a hamper on comments and deck creation but I get a word out when I can

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Posted 22 March 2017 at 15:52 in reply to #597887 on MTGVault: The Gathering

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Meh, phone sometimes autocorrect and doesn't put in the correct name, what can I do.

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Posted 16 March 2017 at 02:45 in reply to #597472 on Colored Eldrazi - Legacy

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Alright, so say your up against... Lands, reanimator, some grave deck.
Opening hand has leyline of the void or a relic, both are good.

New opening hand has neither. You draw for your turn and you get leyline. You will not cast this till maybe T3 with an Ancient tomb and urborg + a misc land. Which can very easily be too slow for reanimator or dredge.

If the same situation comes up but you draw a cage or relic, it's a lot less punishing since you can just cast it on T1 without a color requirement or waiting for a couple turns.

Kind of getting where I'm getting at?

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Posted 15 March 2017 at 15:22 in reply to #597485 on Colored Eldrazi - Legacy

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The sb is a working process, before I was using Leyline but they are a dead draw that the Deck can't support, so hopefully the heavier artifact package will be better.

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Posted 15 March 2017 at 15:11 in reply to #597485 on Colored Eldrazi - Legacy

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If I played 25 lands, then I would consider it. But then something more utility like Wasteland it Sea gate Wreckage would just be better.

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Posted 15 March 2017 at 15:04 in reply to #597485 on Colored Eldrazi - Legacy

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