MTG Salvation

Gosta Dirk isn't as nice as he looks. He has a deep, deep grudge for things not his color or land type...and he takes it out on your opponents!

This whole deck is based on hacking your cards to the right color or the cards of your opponents to the one that fits them the least

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I love it! It punishes everyone at some point or another and its neat to see you using a general that is just as flavorful to doing so.

Cool, that is exactly the reaction I hope for with this kind of decks Thanks!

Didn't you make a deck with Gosta Dirk before, only it was WU Warriors or something? I remember because you had mentioned WU Warriors is pretty boring.

I like this one more myself.

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Didn't you make a deck with Gosta Dirk before, only it was WU Warriors or something? I remember because you had mentioned WU Warriors is pretty boring.

I like this one more myself.

Nope, this is the only one. Was probably my Kasimir deck?

^Ahh, that's probably it, I remember now.

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^Ahh, that's probably it, I remember now.

Yeah, that one might be cooler. But sometimes it's just hard to find an original theme. Oh well, they can't ALL be winners

So... I've decided to make this exact deck and play it. It looks ridiculously fun and silly, and I just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to write this up. I'll post after I've had a few games and let you know how it goes!

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So... I've decided to make this exact deck and play it. It looks ridiculously fun and silly, and I just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to write this up. I'll post after I've had a few games and let you know how it goes!

Cooool! Please do let me know how the deck performs

Well, it's been a couple months since I made and started playing Gosta Dirk, and this has been my experience.

This deck craves removal. Since you're likely running weaker cards than your opponent, removal will almost always help you until you're ready to drop a combo or a color-specific hoser.

I highly recommend adding in stuff like Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Oblivion Ring, Nevinyrral's Disk, Wrath of God, Day of Judgment, Final Judgment, Akroma's Vengeance, Fade Away... anything to deal with my opponent's board while you work toward your Mind Bend + Circle of Protection: Red ultra combo. =)

Swirl the Mists is a double-edged sword. While it can quickly make your stuff awesome, if you're forced to name white or blue, it means you can get into a targeting problem with your own stuff. It's one of the most powerful bombs in the deck.

Over half of my kills came with Karma and/or Akroma, Angel of Wrath.

MVPs
Scuttlemutt
Karma
Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Chill
Whim of Volrath
Exorcist
Austere Command
Hibernation


LVPs
Cleanse
Drought
Mystic Decree (I know it combos with Island Sanctuary, but it's a dead draw 99% of the time)
War Barge + Merfolk Assassin for the same reasons... They're just not good enough on their own.

I've made the above changes, and the deck performs much better. I'm thinking of dismantling it to create a Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer EDH, because as cool as Gosta Dirk is... he's an absolutely terrible card. Awesome, but terrible.

Thanks again for posting this deck. I recommend other people give it a go. It's not terribly expensive to put together, and it will be a welcome distraction, even if it morphs into something else entirely.

...It's also awesome to think of Swirl the Mists as a bomb. =)

Thanks for the update! Really cool that you took this idea and actually created the deck Thanks for all the cool ideas. I might even build it myself one day