MTG Salvation

I used to have a Legendary Dragon deck, filled to the brim with...well...legendary dragons And a playset of Oh Captain, my Captain. It was a blast, but hardly ever won.

So I pulled out the Dragons, and made a Scion EDH deck. But now I had a Sisay and some legendary creatures left...and an addiction to make EDH decks So....

I know, I know...Gaea's Cradle. It's already in another EDH deck

I just cooked up something similar, if you don't mind me posting my variant.

Sure, no problem! More decks and more discussion = better decks

Mageta, Myojin, Genesis, Planar Cleansing, Vhitu-Gazi and Riftstone Portal are cards I will to fit in!

Also: Karakas is banned in EDH due to total overpoweredness vs Generals

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Also: Karakas is banned in EDH due to total overpoweredness vs Generals

Oops - thanks. I had the "save my stuff" mindset and didn't include it for the "free boomerang." Definitely OP in that regard.

...Hall of the Bandit Lord will have to do in it's place.

I want to fit Reya and Arashi back in, but it'll be tough to give up some defense.

Any suggestions as far as things that can make some room?

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Any suggestions as far as things that can make some room?

Yeah, Balance. For being banned as well I also think you can drop Vidirian Joiner and Yomiji, Who bars the Way

gotcha - thanks. New to the whole EDH thing.

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gotcha - thanks. New to the whole EDH thing.

Always glad to help

So, has anyone ideas for MY deck?

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Always glad to help

So, has anyone ideas for MY deck?

You might want to look at the other Captain Sisay thread that's on this page for good suggestions, substitutes, and adds for the deck.

I'll say this right now though, add Mindslaver. One of the best tutor cards in the deck and it completely ruins an opponent in the right situation.

Isamaru doesn't seem terribly useful. Even as a 1-drop, he's quickly outclassed.

A great and hilarious card to use with Sisay is Masako the Humorless.

Multani, Maro-Sorcerer is great, especially for multiplayer, and Predator, Flagship isn't bad either.

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You might want to look at the other Captain Sisay thread that's on this page for good suggestions, substitutes, and adds for the deck.

I did that This deck is made with cards I already have. Cards like Genesis, the white Myojin, etc suggested above should be in according to myself, but I don't own them yet. I'm more looking for a certain card you think isn't good enough and you have a better replacement

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I'll say this right now though, add Mindslaver. One of the best tutor cards in the deck and it completely ruins an opponent in the right situation.

Excellent choice! It's already in the deck though

i recently put together an EDH Captain sisay myself. basically, it runs almost all legendaries except mana accel and some lord type cards.

i have:
6 legendary lands
32 Legendary creatures
8 legendary other(artifact/enchantment)
46 total

letting me tutor for half my deck. it really abuses sisay.

try upping your legendary creature count. there are a lot of good ones.

yosei
roffelos
seton
sensei goden tail
teeg(he would make alot of your spells unable to be played but he totally wrecks most EDH decks)
Nemata, grove gaurdian
Rhys the redeemed

just some more legends to consider

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Isamaru doesn't seem terribly useful. Even as a 1-drop, he's quickly outclassed.

A great and hilarious card to use with Sisay is Masako the Humorless.

Multani, Maro-Sorcerer is great, especially for multiplayer, and Predator, Flagship isn't bad either.

I dropped Isamura, you are right. I'll add Masako, never noticed she had flash. Very nice combo with Sisay indeed! Multani will overtake Molimo's place once the mail arrives I never had enough mana to use the Flagship (always used up everything)...but I might give it another try.

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try upping your legendary creature count. there are a lot of good ones.

yosei
roffelos
seton
sensei goden tail
teeg(he would make alot of your spells unable to be played but he totally wrecks most EDH decks)
Nemata, grove gaurdian
Rhys the redeemed

just some more legends to consider

I already play Yosei and Rhys I took out Golden-Tail, he's just too small a fellow. Rofellos is good, but dies sooooo easily. Seton is meh. Don't play enough Druids and mana mostly isn't the biggest issue. Teeg is just too annoying for myself, and my playgroup plays just a bit too much targeted removal under 4 mana. Nemata could be nice...I'll think about that. Thanks!

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Yeah, Balance. For being banned as well I also think you can drop Vidirian Joiner and Yomiji, Who bars the Way

Yomiji is dumb. Don't drop Yomiji, it's a tutorable combo with Mindslaver and it helps fill a niche in the deck.


Also Willow Satyr.

It's a 4/4 for 7 mana that hardly ever does something is my experience

That Satyr is very nice as a General stealer But not in this deck, can't tutor it.

I agree with not playing Yomiji, he has been pretty underwhelming to me when I could have used something else. 4/4s without evasion for 7 mana is nothing to write home about.

If you want to recur Mindslaver, consider something like Mistveil Plains which costs no mana to do and fits right into the deck, and/or the Eternal Witness/Genesis/Survival of the Fittest engine (which I also believe should be an immediate shoe-in for the deck because of the card advantage and versatility it provides). Usually though, one Mindslaver activation is enough to screw over someone.

Reveillark is also incredible with Sisay and your other 2/x creatures which is good for keeping your fragile creatures like Rofellos and Teeg alive.

Yeah I forgot Satyr isn't a legend. My buddy runs it but he also runs a Survival engine.

Anyways Yomiji allows you to win the legend rule with a lot of things, like Gaea's Cradle and allows for multiple activations of Mindslaver in the same turn, something Mistveil Plains doesn't. Protects from Wrath effects as well. It's high in utility.

I think Survival is a really annoying card...and besides, I don't own one I'll pick up a Reveillark after rotation, good idea!

I understand why you want to run Yomji...but I just don't like the dude But thanks for your input!!

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Yeah I forgot Satyr isn't a legend. My buddy runs it but he also runs a Survival engine.

Anyways Yomiji allows you to win the legend rule with a lot of things, like Gaea's Cradle and allows for multiple activations of Mindslaver in the same turn, something Mistveil Plains doesn't. Protects from Wrath effects as well. It's high in utility.

Mistveil Plains allows you to win legend rule battles as well. Just ship the card to the bottom of your library, tutor it up again with Sisay, and repeat.

Multiple Mindslaver activations in a single turn seems like a win-more situation to me IMO. If you have that kind of mana production at your disposal to activate Mindslaver in multiple turns, you should be winning the game to begin with.

True, Mistveil Plains + Sisay is all the recurring you need. Besides, I like my opponents to enjoy it when I beat them to pulp

Also, if I have to play everbody's deck through multiple Mindslaver activations ...it's almost like working

Sisay can't tutor up the Plains. You're not likely to have an unused fetch that can grab it by the time you're going for the Slaver combo. But it's your call. I've lost to Yomiji enough to know how versatile and good that card is.

Hmm, ok. You know what? I'll put the Yo-man back and tutur for him all the time. Let's see what happens