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Ixidor's Hobbies, and why you may like them too! Included, but not limited to:
Being Tricksy.
Playing :symu:, but not being a jerk about it.
Being versatile and adaptive.
So, I decided to make an EDH deck that focused on the Morph mechanic. Unfortunately, Wizards hasn't made a multicolor set featuring Morph (Come on, a :symu::symg: Morph set would be pretty sweet! Just give it a General!), so the obvious, and only choice, is Ixidor. The story behind this guy is insane, as he was as well. If only poor Nivea had a card we could use (Ixidor crafted Akroma in her image, but she isn't exactly on-color :-/).
But back to Ixidor: He's playable in a few different ways, including Control (Pickles combo, permission), Aggro (Face-down to shroud their identities, in addition to all the "If power < 2: unblockable" cards), or some mix in between both.
Featuring a round-up of worthwhile morph creatures, and a smattering of some Wizards to have a second theme going on (and an excuse to run Ixidor's Will, Foiled!). Tried to be flavorful with the headings and card choices, and so anything not complete jank that is on-theme, suggest it. Bonus points if it is cool, effective, and can be foiled. Haven't done a real search through the newer sets, but preference on pre-Modern backgrounds if you can think of any cards that fit the bill.
Pretty straightforward abilities, overall. A few things to bounce my creatures in addition to theirs.
Super Secret Tech: Face-down cards don't have a color. Inundate, I'm looking at you.
A few cards help flip over my cretures either way, and cheating the Djinn and Dragon into play is fun, especially early-on, or as a defensive measure.
Chain of Vapor: Added. Features Nivea, Ixidor's deceased lover, and is usable by the deck to remove a threat temporarily, or return a couple morphers back home.
More to be added as people tell me why I am bad at this game.
Edit: Thanks viperesque for moving the thread. Updated list and small OP changes.
Why Minamo? Your only Legendary creatures do not have tap effects, and neither of them are particularly effective as beaters. Similarly, Riptide Laboratory has less of an effect for you (although it does allow you to reuse certain Morphs, not many of them are Wizards). If you are running the Laboratory to bounce Ixidor or Teferi, might I sugest putting in Erratic Portal over one of the less efficient Morphs? Also, Desert is hideously bad in EDH.
Props if you understand why Desert is in there. Though it is gonna be taken out, cause...yeah...
I understand Desert is horrible.
As for Minamo, yeah, it can be replaced as well. If I decide this deck can take the heat, so to speak, I will put in my Strip Mine/Ghost Quarter/Tec Edge, but currently I don't want to be making enemies right away (as tends to happen to ANY form of land destruction in my meta) since I have not tested this deck out enough.
More realistically, I'll toss in either the animators or token generators.
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Quicksilver Dragon would definitely add some beats to the list, and I could "cheat" it into play with Dermoplasm. Also funny stuff if they happen to target it.
I am aware of the card, but also aware of its price tag. While I haven't claimed this to be a budget list, there are limits. If I ever decide to toss one in, it'll be after I have determined the list is tuned enough to handle it. Cards such as Force are pretty much a giant X on your head.
Basically, if I discover/evolve the deck to have really good 1v1 potential, I'll put it in, same with Wasteland, Tectonic Edge, and Ghost Quarter.
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Picking up a couple foils for the list, which is awesome. Whenever I get around to it, pics will be uploaded.
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@ Riptide Laboratory: I currently have 12 Wizards in the list, and since there is no real drawback (I have plenty of sources) I'll keep it in. Erratic Portal seems like a definite sub-in for one of the weaker choices, however.
Did you throw desert in there because Ixidor went into the desert to build his forces? :p. as for adds, maybe venser(shaper savant) or just a plain old counterspell? Are greaves really that important for you as well? Sorry for the brief advice/commentary and lack of tags, but im posting from a phone heh. Hope I could help!
This deck I have not played much with, yet. With finals next week and such, I'll only have a few games here and there for testing. Once I weed out certain morphers as not good, or underwhelming, I will certainly look to replace them, most likely with Wizards such as Venser.
Greaves helps protect Ixidor, Ixidron, or Nameless One, and Whispersilk Cloak is to help end the game. Whether or not they are actually necessary is questionable, but as I said, I haven't tested it much yet, so I want to play safe. Ixidor pumps everyone up, and unblockable on some of these guys can hurt pretty bad, such as on Nameless One and Ixidron.
4 Counterspells and Counterbalance seemed enough to me, but again, it'll adjust as I get more testing. In fact, Dream Leash is likely to get dropped for good ol' Counterspell.
Looks fun, yeah if you run Venser, Shaper Savant in there definitly add more wizard targets for riptide Lab, I happen to play Venser so check my list
btw the my deck happens to be very Wizardy and (some people think the general really should be Memnarch but I feel that paints to big of a target on my head at the beginning, but Jace, the Mind sculptor has the same effect if someone accident sees it at any point wither its on the floor (for a secound or bottom of the deck) or at least thats how people react to My deck in My meta.
I will take some futher snooping around and see if i could find some stuff that might help you.
I also play Weiss Schwarz, Chaos, Vanguard and Wixoss.
Weiss Schwarz Sets
Accel World, Angel Beats, Familiar of Zero, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Guilty Crown, Kill La Kill, Robotics;Notes, Sword Art Online.
Chaos Partners
Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Iona, Kirishima, Kongou.
Dangan Ronpa: Asahina, Togami.
Freezing: Vibration: Chiffon, Satelizer.
Vanguard Clans Favoured
Angel Feather, Dark Irregulars, Genesis, Neonecter, Pale Moon, Shadow Paladins, Tachikaze.
Is the the new border for the miracle cards? Really? It's really good for the deck, but it is so ugly...
I'll be playing it later tonight at my LGS, and I've decided to adjust it to be more "mean" and add Force of Will, Ghost Quarter, Tectonic Edge, and Strip Mine.
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Clan RepresentativeIxidor's Hobbies, and why you may like them too! Included, but not limited to:
- Being Tricksy.
- Playing :symu:, but not being a jerk about it.
- Being versatile and adaptive.
So, I decided to make an EDH deck that focused on the Morph mechanic. Unfortunately, Wizards hasn't made a multicolor set featuring Morph (Come on, a :symu::symg: Morph set would be pretty sweet! Just give it a General!), so the obvious, and only choice, is Ixidor. The story behind this guy is insane, as he was as well. If only poor Nivea had a card we could use (Ixidor crafted Akroma in her image, but she isn't exactly on-color :-/).But back to Ixidor: He's playable in a few different ways, including Control (Pickles combo, permission), Aggro (Face-down to shroud their identities, in addition to all the "If power < 2: unblockable" cards), or some mix in between both.
So let's get to my list...
Apparatus of Dreams
1x Dream Chisel
1x Cloud Key
1x Sol Ring
1x Sky Diamond
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Thran Dynamo
1x Sensei's Diving Top
1x Crystal Shard
1x Lightning Greaves
1x Whispersilk Cloak
1x Erratic Portal
Legions of the Amorphic
1x Willbender
1x Voidmage Apprentice
1x Echo Tracer
1x Quicksilver Dragon
1x Dermoplasm
1x Weaver of Lies
1x Vesuvan Shapeshifter
1x Brine Elemental
1x Unblinking Bleb
1x Mischievous Quanar
1x Chromeshell Crab
1x Maelstrom Djinn
1x Fathom Seer
1x Raven Guild Master
1x Voidmage Prodigy
1x Master of the Veil
1x Riptide Entrancer
1x Nameless One
1x Wall of Deceit
1x Ixidron
1x Vedalken AEthermage
1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Figments of the Deluded
1x Acquire
1x Advice from the Fae
1x Relearn
1x Fabricate
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Truth or Tale
1x Inspiration
Disavowance of Reality
1x Ixidor's Will
1x Trickbind
1x Hinder
1x Force of Will
1x Cryptic Command
1x Familiar's Ruse
1x Commandeer
1x Counterbalance
1x Peel from Reality
1x Pongify
1x Ovinize
1x Equilibrium
1x Rhystic Study
1x Coastal Piracy
1x Chain of Vapor
1x Mark of Eviction
1x Inundate
1x Evacuation
Indefinite Dominions
1x Zoetic Cavern
1x Reliquary Tower
1x Academy Ruins
1x Lonely Sandbar
1x Remote Isle
1x Riptide Laboratory
1x Magosi, the Waterveil
1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1x Urza's Factory
1x Strip Mine
1x Tectonic Edge
1x Ghost Quarter
27x Island
Featuring a round-up of worthwhile morph creatures, and a smattering of some Wizards to have a second theme going on (and an excuse to run Ixidor's Will, Foiled!). Tried to be flavorful with the headings and card choices, and so anything not complete jank that is on-theme, suggest it. Bonus points if it is cool, effective, and can be foiled. Haven't done a real search through the newer sets, but preference on pre-Modern backgrounds if you can think of any cards that fit the bill.
Pretty straightforward abilities, overall. A few things to bounce my creatures in addition to theirs.
Super Secret Tech: Face-down cards don't have a color. Inundate, I'm looking at you.
A few cards help flip over my cretures either way, and cheating the Djinn and Dragon into play is fun, especially early-on, or as a defensive measure.
Erratic Portal: Added.
Chain of Vapor: Added. Features Nivea, Ixidor's deceased lover, and is usable by the deck to remove a threat temporarily, or return a couple morphers back home.
More to be added as people tell me why I am bad at this game.
Edit: Thanks viperesque for moving the thread. Updated list and small OP changes.
Why Minamo? Your only Legendary creatures do not have tap effects, and neither of them are particularly effective as beaters. Similarly, Riptide Laboratory has less of an effect for you (although it does allow you to reuse certain Morphs, not many of them are Wizards). If you are running the Laboratory to bounce Ixidor or Teferi, might I sugest putting in Erratic Portal over one of the less efficient Morphs? Also, Desert is hideously bad in EDH.
Consider the following lands:
Any of those would be better for your deck than Desert and Minamo.
Driving Stick with Isochron Scepter.
Trinkets and Treasure: An Artificer's Toolbox.
Proc Drops: Playing with One Drops.
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Clan RepresentativeI understand Desert is horrible.
As for Minamo, yeah, it can be replaced as well. If I decide this deck can take the heat, so to speak, I will put in my Strip Mine/Ghost Quarter/Tec Edge, but currently I don't want to be making enemies right away (as tends to happen to ANY form of land destruction in my meta) since I have not tested this deck out enough.
More realistically, I'll toss in either the animators or token generators.
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Quicksilver Dragon would definitely add some beats to the list, and I could "cheat" it into play with Dermoplasm. Also funny stuff if they happen to target it.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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Clan RepresentativeI am aware of the card, but also aware of its price tag. While I haven't claimed this to be a budget list, there are limits. If I ever decide to toss one in, it'll be after I have determined the list is tuned enough to handle it. Cards such as Force are pretty much a giant X on your head.
Basically, if I discover/evolve the deck to have really good 1v1 potential, I'll put it in, same with Wasteland, Tectonic Edge, and Ghost Quarter.
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Picking up a couple foils for the list, which is awesome. Whenever I get around to it, pics will be uploaded.
EDIT:
@ Riptide Laboratory: I currently have 12 Wizards in the list, and since there is no real drawback (I have plenty of
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Ordered an Erratic Portal, a foil Quicksilver Dragon, and am getting a couple foil-versions of some of the cards here.
It may still be a rough list, but it'll shine!
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Clan RepresentativeThis deck I have not played much with, yet. With finals next week and such, I'll only have a few games here and there for testing. Once I weed out certain morphers as not good, or underwhelming, I will certainly look to replace them, most likely with Wizards such as Venser.
Greaves helps protect Ixidor, Ixidron, or Nameless One, and Whispersilk Cloak is to help end the game. Whether or not they are actually necessary is questionable, but as I said, I haven't tested it much yet, so I want to play safe. Ixidor pumps everyone up, and unblockable on some of these guys can hurt pretty bad, such as on Nameless One and Ixidron.
4 Counterspells and Counterbalance seemed enough to me, but again, it'll adjust as I get more testing. In fact, Dream Leash is likely to get dropped for good ol' Counterspell.
btw the my deck happens to be very Wizardy and (some people think the general really should be Memnarch but I feel that paints to big of a target on my head at the beginning, but Jace, the Mind sculptor has the same effect if someone accident sees it at any point wither its on the floor (for a secound or bottom of the deck) or at least thats how people react to My deck in My meta.
I will take some futher snooping around and see if i could find some stuff that might help you.
1x Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Artifact (40)
1x Chromatic Lantern
1x Coalition Relic
1x Commander's Sphere
1x Crawlspace
1x Crucible of Worlds
1x Darksteel Forge
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Dimir Signet
1x Ensnaring Bridge
1x Gilded Lotus
1x Izzet Signet
1x Lightning Greaves
1x Mana Vault
1x Mind Stone
1x Mycosynth Lattice
1x Nim Deathmantle
1x Possessed Portal
1x Rakdos Signet
1x Reito Lantern
1x Sculpting Steel
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Skullclamp
1x Smokestack
1x Sol Ring
1x Sphere of Resistance
1x Static Orb
1x Sword of Body and Mind
1x Sword of Feast and Famine
1x Sword of Fire and Ice
1x Sword of Light and Shadow
1x Sword of War and Peace
1x Talisman of Dominance
1x Talisman of Indulgence
1x Tangle Wire
1x Thorn of Amethyst
1x Thran Dynamo
1x Torpor Orb
1x Trading Post
1x Trinisphere
1x Winter Orb
1x Academy Ruins
1x Ancient Tomb
1x Blasted Landscape
1x Blood Crypt
1x Cascade Bluffs
1x Command Tower
1x Crumbling Necropolis
1x Dakmor Salvage
1x Darksteel Citadel
1x Dust Bowl
1x Forgotten Cave
1x Graven Cairns
1x Great Furnace
1x Polluted Mire
1x Remote Isle
1x Rishadan Port
1x Seat of the Synod
1x Snow-Covered Island
1x Snow-Covered Mountain
1x Snow-Covered Swamp
1x Steam Vents
1x Strip Mine
1x Sunken Ruins
1x Tectonic Edge
1x Vault of Whispers
1x Vesuva
1x Wasteland
1x Watery Grave
Instant (2)
1x Blue Sun's Zenith
1x Cyclonic Rift
Sorcery (2)
1x Black Sun's Zenith
1x Scrap Mastery
Planeswalker (1)
1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
1x Arcbound Reclaimer
1x Braids, Cabal Minion
1x Goblin Welder
1x Junk Diver
1x Karn, Silver Golem
1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
1x Lodestone Golem
1x Master Transmuter
1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1x Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
1x Myr Battlesphere
1x Myr Retriever
1x Nezumi Graverobber
1x Pentavus
1x Scarecrone
1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
1x Thopter Assembly
1x Wurmcoil Engine
1x Bitterblossom
1x Blood Funnel
1x Blood Moon
1x Contamination
1x Necropotence
1x Planar Chaos
1x Possibility Storm
1x Price of Glory
Avacyn, Angel of Hope
Edrick, Spymaster of Trest
Venser, Shaper Savant
The new card Devastation Tide should certainly be included and you may want to consider Coastal Piracy.
Main Decks
Diaochan, Iroas, God of Victory, Kaalia, Marton, Ulasht, Volrath,
Kaervek, Prossh, Titania
Amusing or Themed
Progenitus
Pauper Guildmages
Azorius Boros Dimir Golgari Gruul Izzet Korozda
Orzhov Rakdos Rix Maadi Selesyna Simic Skarrg Zameck
I also play Weiss Schwarz, Chaos, Vanguard and Wixoss.
Accel World, Angel Beats, Familiar of Zero, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Guilty Crown, Kill La Kill, Robotics;Notes, Sword Art Online.
Chaos Partners
Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Iona, Kirishima, Kongou.
Dangan Ronpa: Asahina, Togami.
Freezing: Vibration: Chiffon, Satelizer.
Vanguard Clans Favoured
Angel Feather, Dark Irregulars, Genesis, Neonecter, Pale Moon, Shadow Paladins, Tachikaze.
Wixoss - Just trial decks for now!
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Clan RepresentativeI'll be playing it later tonight at my LGS, and I've decided to adjust it to be more "mean" and add Force of Will, Ghost Quarter, Tectonic Edge, and Strip Mine.
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