MTG Salvation

NOTE: This deck is retired.

Hello!

This was my fifth EDH deck, and my first attempt at a combo build. Eventually, I retired it because it was too non-interactive and thus not very exciting for either side of the table.

I must give credit where credit is due: a lot of these cards were taken from this list, and from the other Kraj decks listed in the database.

Some assorted notes:

• I primarily play 1v1, but ideally I'd like my decks to perform decently in multiplayer as well.
• My group plays with 40 starting life, no general damage, and no French ban list.
• I'm a budget player who plays with other budget players, so I'm not interested in buying expensive cards for this deck. It better be integral for the deck if it's over a dollar, and I'm not interested if it's over two (there may be some expensive cards already in the deck, but those are ones I've traded for or pulled myself).
• I'm only interested in black-bordered, modern frame cards.
• Numbers in the decklist denote mana cost.

Granted you'll have to do some playtesting first, but I think you have too many untapper elements to the buils at the moment. You only need just enough so that Kraj always has one or two ways to untap, but you don't become swamped with untap effects.

Also, what are you're finishers? Seems like you'll need some creatures with tap effects that deal damage in one way or another. Why no Triskelion?? This would instantly work with Kraj. Stuff like that...

Anyways, something to think about.

Hah, and here I was wondering if I had enough. After some more thought, perhaps stuff like Copperhorn Scout and Scryb Ranger could go, but I wouldn't want to take out stuff like Horseshoe Crab or Simic Ragworm (and am strongly considering putting in other ones like Soliton as well). I agree, having more than one out is useless. But having none at all is also bad. I think the untappers are worth the slot; even if I can't go infinite, they still allow Kraj to pile counters onto my creatures and win the usual way.

Finishers: Yeah, I need more. Viridian Longbow could probably go it, and possibly Thornbite Staff as well (though probably just the longbow). Trisky is already in the deck.

With all that proliferate, should I be putting in wither creatures, such as Twinblade Slasher? Other than that one, there's not that many good ones in blue/green. I could go the poison route as well, but I already have one poison deck. ;-)

Viridian Joiner goes infinite with the mantle

First off, an update. Some of these changes were made before I playtested, some after. Also, my original build accidentally had an extra card.

I played three three-player games with this deck a while back. The first game I won pretty quickly with a Knacksaw Clique + Bloom Tender combo. The second game we were locked out by a merfolk deck playing a Lullmage Mentor + Intruder Alarm combo. But I didn't have much in my hand anyway that game. The third game dragged on for a long while. I missed a Pili-Pala + Greenweaver Druid infinite mana combo partway through, but eventually won with Flourishing Defences + Devoted Druid.

A few observations:

• I had a hard time getting enough blue mana sources, so I've added a couple Islands. Might also need to cut some colourless lands as well.
• I've cut the proliferate and -1/-1 section from the deck. For the most part it didn't seem to work out. I know, I know, I won one game due to Flourishing Defences, but for the majority of the game it just sat around doing nothing.
• I was initially underwhelmed by Spike Feeder, but it saved my bacon in the third game. Nice.
• Thanks to a lot of drops, I'm able to add some much needed draw and ramp to the deck. The other thing I really need is removal.

EDIT (2012-05-22): Evolution Vat -> Pongify

Thrive?
Sturdy Hatchling?
Might be good.