Fluctuator Combo

[Cruxshadow13]

K, I think we all know what goes on with this deck. I only built this deck because I'm a cheap jerk who doesn't like to spend money, but has recently accquired a playset of FoW's off a...friendly wager.

Deck
Creatures: 4x Keeneye Aven 4x Cloud of Faeries 4x Drifting Djinn 4x Sandbar Merfolk 4x Sandbar Serpent 4x Primoc Escapee 4x Shoreline Rager 4x Viscera Dragger 4x Street Wraith Spells: 3x Fluctuator 3x Force of Will 1x Haunting Misery	Lands: 4x Blasted Landscape 4x Polluted Mire 4x Remote Isle 4x Drifting Meadows 1x Swamp	Sideboard: 4x Swat 3x Gilded Light 2x Rebuild 2x Ravenous Trap 2x Pithing Needle 1x Force of Will 1x Engineered Explosives

Any help fixing this deck a smidge would be great. Thanks!

[Goryus]

Might want to look into some of these:

Ancient Tomb - allows turn 1 Fluctuator
Lotus Petal - allows turn 1 Fluctuator
Songs of the Damned - allows you to actually cast your kill spell

Also, any reason you're not running Fluctuator as a 4-of? The deck dies pretty quick without it.

[Ponponpon007]

This is my first time seeing this deck and I kind of like it.
I feel like the problem is the land base coming in tapped.

I would do this:
- 4 drifting meadows
- 4 Any creatures
- 3 Force of Will (Yes, I would) because they kind of slow you down
+ 1 Fluctuator because you need it badly
+ 4 Dark Ritual, see why below
+ 1 Haunting Misery, if you need to play 2.
+ 5 swamps

I could see this deck having a Turn 1 win with:
- Play swamp, Dark Ritual, Fluctuator
- Cycles as much as you can until you can play a second dark ritual (with the remaining mana) and haunting misery.
You may have to play 2 haunting misery if you haven't cycled enough creatures. In this case, you'll need more dark rituals and the second haunting misery, it is why you need to keep cycling.

I am not sure if this can work, but I would try to play test it and figure out what starting hands are good for me.

[weltkrieg]

cloud of faeries vs. some of the other cards in there???? it cycles and if you play it, it untaps two lands. I'd certainly remove another cycler before that one. songs of the damned might be a good inclusion at one of..it would allow a lethal corrupt or something if you preferred that route (profane command is pretty decent, too).

[Ponponpon007]

Originally Posted by weltkrieg

cloud of faeries vs. some of the other cards in there???? it cycles and if you play it, it untaps two lands. I'd certainly remove another cycler before that one. songs of the damned might be a good inclusion at one of..it would allow a lethal corrupt or something if you preferred that route (profane command is pretty decent, too).

My bad... I did realize cloud of faeries could be cycled. I'll change my message.
Plenty of other options then.

[Candle]

song of the damned + consume spirit could be used too

[Chaosworm]

Originally Posted by Candle

song of the damned + consume spirit could be used too

No, no, no and no. Nothing besides Tendrils of Agony can be used as a win-con in Fluctuator decks.

[LVkiller]

what black creatures are there for cycling?? maybe dredge wouldn't be a horrible outlet as well.

[Chaosworm]

Originally Posted by LVkiller

what black creatures are there for cycling?? maybe dredge wouldn't be a horrible outlet as well.

It would. The only way to play Fluctuator is Storm. If you play Fluctuator, but not Storm, you are a n00b.

And if you flame instead of being constructive, you're a troll. -C_c

[r3p]

Been looking at the deck a bit and I seem to find that adding 1 or 2 lotus petals and using banefire as the main kill-spell causes more wins, even tho it's harder to pull off on average. Especially since nobody seems to care if you drop fluctuator or lotus petal
But I might be wrong ...

[weltkrieg]

how do you play tendrils as a win in a fluctuator deck? you're activating abilities, not casting spells

[pw709]

A Fluctuator deck with only 3 Fluctuator?

[panda]

Shoreline Ranger + no islands ? yeah -4

[Chaosworm]

Originally Posted by weltkrieg

how do you play tendrils as a win in a fluctuator deck? you're activating abilities, not casting spells

You are casting spells like, Dark Ritual, Fluctuator, Lotus Petal, Reaping the Graves, Empty the Catacombs, Songs, etc. 10+ spells total. Lethal Tendrils.

[Ponponpon007]

Originally Posted by Ponponpon007

This is my first time seeing this deck and I kind of like it.
I feel like the problem is the land base coming in tapped.

I would do this:
- 4 drifting meadows
- 4 Any creatures
- 3 Force of Will (Yes, I would) because they kind of slow you down
+ 1 Fluctuator because you need it badly
+ 4 Dark Ritual, see why below
+ 1 Haunting Misery, if you need to play 2.
+ 5 swamps

I could see this deck having a Turn 1 win with:
- Play swamp, Dark Ritual, Fluctuator
- Cycles as much as you can until you can play a second dark ritual (with the remaining mana) and haunting misery.
You may have to play 2 haunting misery if you haven't cycled enough creatures. In this case, you'll need more dark rituals and the second haunting misery, it is why you need to keep cycling.

I am not sure if this can work, but I would try to play test it and figure out what starting hands are good for me.

As panda said, shoreline ranger is the one to remove as they are island cycling.