Looking for a tribal deck that has some serious power in MP? Look no further. This deck is a blast to play, it has quickly become one of my favorite decks.
Tuktuk Scrapper - Artifact hate. No more, No less.
Sea Gate Loremaster - Card draw. No more, No less.
Harabaz Druid - Mana fixing/acceleration. No more, No less.
Kazuul Warlord - A mac daddy lord for the Allies.
Ondu Cleric - Its surprising how much life this little guy can gain.
Murasa Pyromancer - Creature spot removal.
Kabira Evangel - Don't let this guy deceive, he can give your team alpha strike power.
Talus Paladin - A growing beater that gives your team lifelink.
Kazandu Blademaster - An early beater that grows and hangs back to block.
Garruk Wildspeaker - Mana Accel, and his ultimate wins games.
Venser, the Sojourner - I see everybody always trying to shoehorn Venser into bad decks that don't need him. Well here is the deck he was made for. Almost all the creatures are good with his Blink ability, his 2nd ability is actually relevant here and extremely powerful, and his ultimate is just icing on the cake.
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker - I had this guy in my binder collecting dust so I figured I throw him in here. I've been happy ever since.
Shard Convergence - Pulling 4 lands out of my deck is nice.
Patriarchs's Bidding - This card is insanely powerful here. Imagine having a 'yard full of Allies and casting this badboy. Do you know how many Ally triggers that is? Answer . . . a lot!
City of Brass - Great with Reflecting Pool (GwRP!)
Lotus Vale - Great with Garruk and GwRP!
Exotic Orchard - Great in MP and GwRP!
Reflecting Pool - This card makes 5 color decks manabase a joke.
Vivid Creek - GwRP!
Vivid Grove - GwRP!
Vivid Meadow - GwRP!
Vivid Crag - GwRP!
Vivid Marsh - GwRP!
Allies in general are great multiplayer deck, I use to run a 4 color one, mainly red and white with green splash for Harabaz Druid and blue for Seagate Loremaster. One thing i'd probably recommend though is Ancient Ziggurat
Coat of Arms!!!!! I also had a 5C Ally deck but was not a fan of the REd Ally cards so I cut them. I like the deck much better this way (just a suggestion though :D)
Not needed with the Vivid/Pools combo, but thanks.
Quote from tich »
Cut Garruk and Bolas for something like Riptide Replicator, Door of Destinies, Aphetto Dredging or Urza's Incubator.
Definitely think Riptide Replicator will be making it into this deck, thanks.
Quote from Aereas »
Indeed. Aphetto Dredging is especially spicy. There are also planeswalkers who actually do something for creatures (notably white ones and Sarkhan) if you just want some busty cards in your list. Something I consider an auto-include in any tribal deck nowadays is Phyrexian Metamorph (even if not blue).
Aphetto Dredging is leagues behind Patriach's Bidding for this deck. Garruk does pretty good in the deck by ramping and then Overrunning my opponents.
Quote from akratch »
- 1 shards convergence
+ 1 kabira evangel (probably the second best ally)
shards convergence is dead if you've drawn the lands already =/
While I agree evangel is good, shards convergence does pull up to 4 lands out my deck and I've yet to cast it when I didn't have any basics to go fetch.
I'm not going to try and argue that Aphetto Dredging is better than Patriarch's Bidding in a tribal deck, but I will offer one word of caution. Bidding's greatest strength is also it's greatest weakness. When you recur your ENTIRE army, you become the biggest threat by far. This gives players massive incentive to play some sort of mass removal spell. I know, you've probably gained a ton of life or whatever, but that doesn't win the game. When I use Bidding in my zombie deck, I have Vengeful Dead to prevent any mass removal blowouts. I win even if people play mass removal afterwards. This deck doesn't have that luxury.
All I'm saying is that sometimes the "worse" card can actually be the "better" card. If your meta is very heavy on mass removal, it might be wise to include a bit of recursion that doesn't force you to overextend. Again, I don't disagree that that Bidding is better 99.99% of the time, but just keep your meta in mind. People WILL react to reviving your entire army. How is that reaction going to affect you?
EDIT: By the way, Door of Destinies essentially fills the same role. The goal isn't to play a billion creatures. The point is that, over time, every creature you play becomes a massive threat. It's another tool that allows you to hold back and not overextend.
Generally speaking I am in full agreement with tich, but I can definitely see how your specific metagame will skew this discussion.
If your group runs lots of mass destruction, bomb pieces like the Bidding draw all sorts of ugly attention. But team games, and spot-removal based metas something like Bidding is a game-winner.
All that said, you could have a ton of fun with Mimic Vat in here.
Also, besides Venser, I'm not sure I see a particular reason for all of the planewalkers. Garruk and Nicol Bolas are great no doubt, but its not like they are doing anything extra in this build. I tend to think you'd have more fun with spells that make allies themselves a stronger theme.
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2x Tuktuk Scrapper
4x Sea Gate Loremaster
4x Harabaz Druid
3x Kazuul Warlord
4x Ondu Cleric
2x Kabira Evangel
2x Talus Paladin
4x Kazandu Blademaster
PLANESWALKERS (6)
3x Garruk Wildspeaker
2x Venser, the Sojourner
1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
2x Shard Convergence
2x Patriarchs's Bidding
LANDS (24)
1x City of Brass
1x Lotus Vale
4x Exotic Orchard
4x Reflecting Pool
1x Vivid Creek
1x Vivid Grove
1x Vivid Meadow
1x Vivid Crag
1x Vivid Marsh
2x Mountain
2x Plains
2x Forest
1x Island
2x Swamp
Tuktuk Scrapper - Artifact hate. No more, No less.
Sea Gate Loremaster - Card draw. No more, No less.
Harabaz Druid - Mana fixing/acceleration. No more, No less.
Kazuul Warlord - A mac daddy lord for the Allies.
Ondu Cleric - Its surprising how much life this little guy can gain.
Murasa Pyromancer - Creature spot removal.
Kabira Evangel - Don't let this guy deceive, he can give your team alpha strike power.
Talus Paladin - A growing beater that gives your team lifelink.
Kazandu Blademaster - An early beater that grows and hangs back to block.
Garruk Wildspeaker - Mana Accel, and his ultimate wins games.
Venser, the Sojourner - I see everybody always trying to shoehorn Venser into bad decks that don't need him. Well here is the deck he was made for. Almost all the creatures are good with his Blink ability, his 2nd ability is actually relevant here and extremely powerful, and his ultimate is just icing on the cake.
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker - I had this guy in my binder collecting dust so I figured I throw him in here. I've been happy ever since.
Shard Convergence - Pulling 4 lands out of my deck is nice.
Patriarchs's Bidding - This card is insanely powerful here. Imagine having a 'yard full of Allies and casting this badboy. Do you know how many Ally triggers that is? Answer . . . a lot!
City of Brass - Great with Reflecting Pool (GwRP!)
Lotus Vale - Great with Garruk and GwRP!
Exotic Orchard - Great in MP and GwRP!
Reflecting Pool - This card makes 5 color decks manabase a joke.
Vivid Creek - GwRP!
Vivid Grove - GwRP!
Vivid Meadow - GwRP!
Vivid Crag - GwRP!
Vivid Marsh - GwRP!
My MP Decks:
BKorlashB
WGSuperfriendsGW
GRBTorrent of SoulsBRG
UWDeath CannonWU
WUBRG5 Color AllyGRBUW
WUBMaster TransmuterBUW
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Green - Blue - Red - White - Gold
+ 1 kabira evangel (probably the second best ally)
shards convergence is dead if you've drawn the lands already =/
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Not needed with the Vivid/Pools combo, but thanks.
Definitely think Riptide Replicator will be making it into this deck, thanks.
Aphetto Dredging is leagues behind Patriach's Bidding for this deck. Garruk does pretty good in the deck by ramping and then Overrunning my opponents.
While I agree evangel is good, shards convergence does pull up to 4 lands out my deck and I've yet to cast it when I didn't have any basics to go fetch.
No thanks, not needed with the Warlord.
I generally dislike infinite combos, but thanks.
My MP Decks:
BKorlashB
WGSuperfriendsGW
GRBTorrent of SoulsBRG
UWDeath CannonWU
WUBRG5 Color AllyGRBUW
WUBMaster TransmuterBUW
All I'm saying is that sometimes the "worse" card can actually be the "better" card. If your meta is very heavy on mass removal, it might be wise to include a bit of recursion that doesn't force you to overextend. Again, I don't disagree that that Bidding is better 99.99% of the time, but just keep your meta in mind. People WILL react to reviving your entire army. How is that reaction going to affect you?
EDIT: By the way, Door of Destinies essentially fills the same role. The goal isn't to play a billion creatures. The point is that, over time, every creature you play becomes a massive threat. It's another tool that allows you to hold back and not overextend.
Guilds of Ravnica - Commander 2018 - Core 2019 - Battlebond - Dominaria - Rivals of Ixalan - Ixalan - Commander 2017 - Hour of Devastation - Amonket - Aether Revolt - Commander 2016 - Kaladesh - Conspiracy 2 - Eldritch Moon - Shadows Over Innistrad - Oath of the Gatewatch - Commander 2015 - Battle for Zendikar - Magic Origins - Dragons of Tarkir
Green - Blue - Red - White - Gold
If your group runs lots of mass destruction, bomb pieces like the Bidding draw all sorts of ugly attention. But team games, and spot-removal based metas something like Bidding is a game-winner.
All that said, you could have a ton of fun with Mimic Vat in here.
Also, besides Venser, I'm not sure I see a particular reason for all of the planewalkers. Garruk and Nicol Bolas are great no doubt, but its not like they are doing anything extra in this build. I tend to think you'd have more fun with spells that make allies themselves a stronger theme.