This is my first online deck posting here, and the first deck I've actually seriously built using cards I don't have and most likely never will, so please give as much advice as possible.
The premise is to be a stupid STAX deck with lots of dumb combo built into it (Guile/Dovescape combo and Tunnel Vision combo) that delays for long amounts of time using mana denial and a few counters to hold the opponent while I wait for a kill condition.
I have plenty of other EDH decks designed for multiplayer games, but this one is specifically designed with 1v1 in mind, so keep that in mind if you suggest something. Other than that please give whatever advice you think is appropriate.
Apart from those, I would want to fit in more card draw, and probably a few more tutors. Currently the build seems quite luck-reliant.
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Thanks for the suggestions, I'll definitely work with them.
I don't like the Rishadan cards, though. They're very situational, and seem like bad LD that the opponent can pay mana to avoid. Plus, there's enough lock in here that blowing up a single land doesn't do much.
EDIT: Also, about the Null Rod, I only have four artifacts in here that have activated abilities: Icy, Top, and the two lands. So is that REALLY worth dropping?
EDIT2:
- Swords to Plowshares (single creatures NEVER are a problem for this deck)
- Rite of Replication
You should definitely drop Null Rod because of how much more artifact mana you should be running. Remember, you want the Armageddon/Ravages of War effects to be asymmetrical.
Crucible of Worlds is better in this deck than pretty much any other EDH deck and there is literally no valid argument against it. Memory Jar should be in most EDH decks and this is no exception. Clock of Omens is plenty fine with artifact mana to help you ramp something out and it has good synergy with Winter Orb and Static Orb
Turn 2 or 3 Blood Moon is bad news. If they drop it any time on this mana base with lack of fixers you are done. I know this because I have had it happen to me, and I had no response, but to take a beating and like it. I think your mana base needs a lil help and some mana fixers like stated above. Scroll Rack and Mind's eye are nice draw cards. I like the idea, even though I am not much for locking the tables and broken combos.
The premise is to be a stupid STAX deck with lots of dumb combo built into it (Guile/Dovescape combo and Tunnel Vision combo) that delays for long amounts of time using mana denial and a few counters to hold the opponent while I wait for a kill condition.
I have plenty of other EDH decks designed for multiplayer games, but this one is specifically designed with 1v1 in mind, so keep that in mind if you suggest something. Other than that please give whatever advice you think is appropriate.
01 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
CREATURES
02 Silent Arbiter
03 Ethersworn Canonist
04 Aven Mindcensor
05 Guile
06 World Queller
07 Academy Rector
08 Magus of the Moat
09 Fatespinner
10 Magus of the Tabernacle
11 Ethereal Usher
12 Windborne Muse
13 Azorius Guildmage
14 Vendilion Clique
15 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
16 Hanna, Ship's Navigator
17 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
18 Hokori, Dust Drinker
ARTIFACTS
19 Proteus Staff
20 Static Orb
21 Winter Orb
22 Null Rod
23 Tangle Wire
24 Orb of Dreams
25 Sensei's Divining Top
26 Trinisphere
27 Icy Manipulator
28 Sphere of Resistance
29 Mindlock Orb
30 Thorn of Amethyst
31 Smokestack
32 Ensnaring Bridge
ENCHANTMENTS
33 Dovescape
34 War Tax
35 Propaganda
36 Rhystic Study
37 Oblivion Ring
38 Imperial Mask
39 Ivory Mask
40 Story Circle
41 Rule of Law
42 Aura of Silence
43 Suppression Field
44 Ghostly Prison
45 Luminarch Ascension
46 Pendrell Mists
47 Hinder
48 Rewind
49 Capsize
50 Spin into Myth
51 Enlightened Tutor
52 Mystical Tutor
53 Mana Drain
54 Intuition
55 Condemn
56 Mindbreak Trap
57 Cryptic Command
SORCERIES
58 Tunnel Vision
59 Hallowed Burial
60 Fabricate
61 Catastrophe
LAND
62 Seat of the Synod
63 Ancient Den
64 Snow-Covered Island
65 Snow-Covered Island
66 Snow-Covered Island
67 Snow-Covered Plains
68 Snow-Covered Plains
69 Snow-Covered Plains
70 Glacial Fortress
71 Vesuva
72 Calciform Pools
73 Prahv, Spires of Order
74 Azorius Chancery
75 Strip Mine
76 Wasteland
77 Winding Canyons
78 Reliquary Tower
79 Ghost Quarter
80 Magosi, the Waterveil
81 Nimbus Maze
82 Lonely Sandbar
83 Secluded Steppe
84 Flooded Strand
85 Polluted Delta
86 Windswept Heath
87 Mystic Gate
88 Tolaria West
89 Maze of Ith
90 Mistveil Plains
91 Hallowed Fountain
92 Tundra
93 Kor Haven
94 Eiganjo Castle
95 The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
96 Flagstones of Trokair
97 Tolarian Academy
98 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
99 Academy Ruins
100 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
- Rite of Replication
- Swords to Plowshares
+ World Queller
+ Smokestack
- Spelltithe Enforcer
+ Proteus Staff
OUT:
Apart from those, I would want to fit in more card draw, and probably a few more tutors. Currently the build seems quite luck-reliant.
and acts without effort.
Teaching without verbosity,
producing without possessing,
creating without regard to result,
claiming nothing,
the Sage has nothing to lose.
I don't like the Rishadan cards, though. They're very situational, and seem like bad LD that the opponent can pay mana to avoid. Plus, there's enough lock in here that blowing up a single land doesn't do much.
EDIT: Also, about the Null Rod, I only have four artifacts in here that have activated abilities: Icy, Top, and the two lands. So is that REALLY worth dropping?
EDIT2:
- Swords to Plowshares (single creatures NEVER are a problem for this deck)
- Rite of Replication
+ Smokestack
+ World Queller
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Curse PremiumSol Ring, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Mind Stone, Coalition Relic, Worn Powerstone, Gilded Lotus, Grim Monolith and many others make good additions to many EDH decks and specifically this General, which you want out turns 2 and 3. The more artifact mana, the better.
Jace Beleren, Elspeth, Knight-Errant, and Tezzeret the Seeker are fantastic in this deck, especially before an Armageddon.
Crucible of Worlds is better in this deck than pretty much any other EDH deck and there is literally no valid argument against it. Memory Jar should be in most EDH decks and this is no exception. Clock of Omens is plenty fine with artifact mana to help you ramp something out and it has good synergy with Winter Orb and Static Orb
As far as lands go you probably need these: Dust Bowl, Ancient Tomb, Rishadan Port, Tolarian Academy(especially after you add all the needed artifact mana).
This is all I have time to suggest for now, but hopefully it helps.
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