Jaya's always been a favorite of mine via flavor text...and to be honest, it feels like she'd be a fairly solid general - so here's what I've got.
Any comments would be helpful!!
The basic idea is to have fun with Jaya.
Give Jaya deathtouch, sword of kaldra is even more fun
Make Creatures or Permanents blue for a vindicate.
Untap Jaya for double the fun
Pitch lands and replay them through crucible
Use decent madness cards for extra fun
etc.
Punishing Fire seems pretty weak. Rekindled Flame seems like a better, recursive burn spell for EDH. Since the format isn't fast, you'll want the 4 damage more than just 2. Plus it's more reliable for players to have no cards than for an opponent to gain life. Otherwise, if you feel like you'll have the mana, Hammer of Bogardan is always nice.
Definitely a good call on the Shard and Magma Phoenix. Definitely need to get them in here somehow.
Umbral mantle might also need to go in just in case as well.
Not sure if I like rekindled flame because about no one runs out of cards in hand in my playgroup - though with the pair of phoenixes I may just drop this one.
So....
- 1 sword of the paruns
- 1 flametongue kavu
- 1 burnout
+1 umbral mantle
+1 shard phoenix
+1 magma phoenix
....? Maybe something like that. I'll have to work on getting some of the cards I'm missing and give this a whirl.
Honestly, I'd keep in Flametongue Kavu since he's good removal, and maybe drop Sword of the Paruns. You don't really have enough creatures to warrant all your creatures getting a bonus, plus the Mantle just fits better.
Overall, the deck looks great. Jaya seems like she could be a definite powerhouse.
I made the couple changes and should have this one together sometime soon - if there are additional suggestions, please let me know and I'll give a report on how things work out.
As a fellow Jaya player, I, too, am bummed out. But I still use Scuttlemutt, Painter's little brother. If you're really desperate, you can use Distorting Lens.
We actually have very similar builds. Maybe this might give some food for brainstorming
Nice, definitely have to add both scuttlemutt and distorting lens - doesn't allow the double vindicate with the untap-effects, but it will be useful nonetheless.
Never hurts to hear Gotcha!. Speaking of which, Burnout is out.
Any comments would be helpful!!
The basic idea is to have fun with Jaya.
Give Jaya deathtouch, sword of kaldra is even more fun
Make Creatures or Permanents blue for a vindicate.
Untap Jaya for double the fun
Pitch lands and replay them through crucible
Use decent madness cards for extra fun
etc.
1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Artifacts
2 mana crypt
3 sol ring
4 gauntlet of power
5 extraplanar lens
6 fire diamond
7 gauntlet of might
8 mind's eye
9 sensei's divining top
10 scroll rack
11 journeyer's kite
12 sword of kaldra
13 lightning greaves
14 thousand-year elixir
15 gorgon flail
16 quietus spike
17 distorting lens
18 sculpting steel
19 crucible of worlds
20 mycosynth lattice
21 darksteel forge
22 platinum angel
23 stuffy doll
24 planar portal
25 duplicant
26 bosh, iron golem
27 darksteel colossus
28 umbral mantle
29 scuttlemutt
30 Reckless Wurm
31 Dragon Mage
32 Squee, Goblin Nabob
33 Akroma, Angel of Fury
34 Ryusei, the Falling Star
35 shivan hellkite
36 avatar of fury
37 Bogardan Hellkite
38 goblin razerunners
39 viashino heretic
40 flameblast dragon
41 flametongue kavu
Sorceries
42 wheel of fortune
43 Hammer of Bogardan
44 undying flames
45 banefire
46 demonfire
Instants
47 fiery temper
48 violent eruption
49 recoup
50 firebolt
51 bash to bits
52 gamble
53 shattering pulse
54 starstorm
55 beacon of destruction
56 skred
57 wild ricochet
58 reiterate
59 fork
60 shunt
61 punishing fire
62 reroute
63 vicious shadows
64 Pyrohemia
65 braid of fire
Planeswalkers
66 chandra ablaze
67 chandra nalaar
Lands
68 scrying sheets
69 mouth of ronom
70 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
71 strip mine
72 wasteland
73 dust bowl
74 kher keep
75 shivan gorge
76 - 100 snow covered mountain
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Otherwise, I'd recommend running Shard Phoenix and possibly Magma Phoenix, just for reusable discard with Jaya.
Maybe drop Vicious Shadows for Knollspine Invocation.
Umbral Mantle might be a better option than Sword of the Paruns for untapping.
Punishing Fire seems pretty weak. Rekindled Flame seems like a better, recursive burn spell for EDH. Since the format isn't fast, you'll want the 4 damage more than just 2. Plus it's more reliable for players to have no cards than for an opponent to gain life. Otherwise, if you feel like you'll have the mana, Hammer of Bogardan is always nice.
Definitely a good call on the Shard and Magma Phoenix. Definitely need to get them in here somehow.
Umbral mantle might also need to go in just in case as well.
Not sure if I like rekindled flame because about no one runs out of cards in hand in my playgroup - though with the pair of phoenixes I may just drop this one.
So....
- 1 sword of the paruns
- 1 flametongue kavu
- 1 burnout
+1 umbral mantle
+1 shard phoenix
+1 magma phoenix
....? Maybe something like that. I'll have to work on getting some of the cards I'm missing and give this a whirl.
Trade/Sell me your Demonic Attorney!
Honestly, I'd keep in Flametongue Kavu since he's good removal, and maybe drop Sword of the Paruns. You don't really have enough creatures to warrant all your creatures getting a bonus, plus the Mantle just fits better.
Overall, the deck looks great. Jaya seems like she could be a definite powerhouse.
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It's not a crushing blow, but man, it really does make the deck substantially less fun.
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We actually have very similar builds. Maybe this might give some food for brainstorming
Never hurts to hear Gotcha!. Speaking of which, Burnout is out.
Trade/Sell me your Demonic Attorney!