Suggestions are welcome but please also suggest what to take out.
Plz do not suggest Crovax and Kamahl. Other than unsatisfactory wins, I do not think they would not contribute anything significant to the deck. At least I can justify Yosei for being a good attack deterrent.
Two areas where you seem light are creature removal and mana ramping.
The mana ramping thing seems like a conscious decision on your part, so I won't comment much on it except to say that you at least keep your mana curve fairly low to compensate. In fact, the way you have your deck set up I would be surprised if Exploration would not be a bad card to include.
In the creature removal department, I personally run a lot of Wrath effects. If that doesn't suit your style, then I suggest at least looking at Polukranos, World Eater. As for what to remove, I would probably look at what is probably your worst tutor in Fierce Empath.
Ok, i LOVE captain Sisay. like it is my favorite deck i have ever built. and i will always promote players to play this general because it is straight BUSTED!! I, like you went for the toolbox/comboless Sisay build so that being said there are several things i have learned while playing sisay that i will pass on as gems of playtesting knowledge.
first of all cut the following cards
-spikeweaver (this card is sub par at best and will often be a card you pitch to survival of the fittest for something better.)
-craterhoof (if you are going to play a card like this, play Kamahl both are equally unsatisfying in the exact same way except kamahl is tutorable)
-grand abolisher ( as a legendary alternative play Dosan the falling leaf, between him and linvala you have basically the same card. also tutorable)
-bane of progress (you run a ton of artifacts and enchantments in the deck and often this is going to be a card you just dont want. instead try adding hua tuo, honored physician for recursion or Karamatra for value.)
-avenger of zendikar. this card will never ever be as good as you want it to be in this deck. sure its great with norn or hoof but again there are better things your can be doing. i would suggest avacyn in this slot.
-life from the loam (you only have so much recursion. you are not as of yet playing loyal retainers or hua tuo so anything you mill is basically gone. i would replace this with Rune-tail kitsune ascendent. this card is amaging. tutorable and lets your guys swing freely into blockers.
-knight of the reliquary (also not very good here. the only relevent lands it gets and land destruction and maze of ith. i dont feel like this contributes much and if there is on thing Sisay needs it card advantage i would replace with Reki, history of kamigawa)
-crucible of worlds(yes, i know its amazing with azusa and knight and loam and land destruction, but lets do a quick count. which of these cards in your synergies are legendary, just azusa. ok what that would be fine if you could reliably get knight of the reliquary and crucible/ loam. but here is the thing. while light is possible with tutors fauna shaman and survival. you have literally no way of tutoring for loam and exactly one way of tutoring for crucible. it is a slow clunky combo and if you want to get lands back into play there are better, sisay tutorable, ways.
this brings me to my next advice.
gaddock teeg. this single card is a silver bullet for most edh decks. build you deck to run smoothly with this little kithken in play. because nobody else will. unfortunatly this means cutting cards like green suns zenith and chord of calling. you want teeg out as often as possible, because when he is there are exactly 2 board wipes that can be cast under him. cyclonic rift overload and toxic deluge. it keeps your board safe while you build a indestructible board presence. it does hut sometimes not having the two tutors but honestly green sun's doesnt get much relevant stuff in the late game. tooth an nail can stay if you like it but i have always fount it to be a win more card. if i cast it over a legend or something else, i am probably already winning. this holds true for gen wave also. it leads to unsatisfactory wins
some other legends to look at:
bow of nylea- this card lets you tuck any legends that die for retutoring with sisay. deathtouch is not bad either AND it kills Kaalia forever. it is also not bad if you are intent on keeping spike weaver but that synergy is cute at best heliod, god of the sun- in a format where attacking is important vigilence is insane. it is also good with sterling grove, gaea's cradle and rune tail. Nykthos shrine to nyx- this is gaeas cradle #2 you have a lot of mana symbols and i have found that in the late game it sometimes taps for more mana than cradle would. its always good expecially for generating white mana. Loyal retainers recursion for legendary creatures AND combos well with survival of the fittest for early game fat legends.
other than that i think the deck is on the right track. like i said i love sisay and have been hoping to see people build her more. good luck and hope this helped. also my list is linked, it needs some updating after the sylvan ban but it is more or less the same
- Toolbox
- Recursion
- No combo
- Competitive
- Huge plays
- Mana Crypt
1 Captain Sisay
# Legendary Creatures
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Saffi Eriksdotter
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
1 Mangara of Corondor
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Yosei, the Morning Star
1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
# Recursion Package
1 Eternal Witness
1 Genesis
1 Reveillark
1 Karmic Guide
# Land Package
1 Land Tax
1 Life from the Loam
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
# Equipment Package
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Batterskull
# Enchantment Package
1 Academy Rector
1 Sterling Grove
1 Sylvan Library
1 Greater Good
1 Mirari's Wake
1 Mana Reflection
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Survival of the Fittest
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Eladamri's Call
1 Fierce Empath
1 Tooth and Nail
1 Green Sun's Zenith
# Other Creatures
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Grand Abolisher
1 Spike Weaver
1 Acidic Slime
1 Duplicant
1 Sun Titan
1 Bane of Progress
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Angel of Serenity
1 Terastodon
1 Craterhoof Behemoth
# Removal
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Path to Exile
1 Beast Within
# Other
1 Sol Ring
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Scroll Rack
1 Thousand-Year Elixir
1 Akroma's Memorial
1 Genesis Wave
1 Maze of Ith
1 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Dust Bowl
1 High Market
1 Temple of the False God
1 Krosan Verge
1 Mistveil Plains
# Legendary Lands
1 Miren, the Moaning Well
1 Kor Haven
1 Yavimaya Hollow
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Eiganjo Castle
1 Flagstones of Trokair
# GW Lands
1 Command Tower
1 Temple Garden
1 Savannah
1 Wooded Bastion
# Fetch Lands
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
# Cycling Lands
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Secluded Steppe
# Basics
3 Plains
10 Forest
Suggestions are welcome but please also suggest what to take out.
Plz do not suggest Crovax and Kamahl. Other than unsatisfactory wins, I do not think they would not contribute anything significant to the deck. At least I can justify Yosei for being a good attack deterrent.
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The mana ramping thing seems like a conscious decision on your part, so I won't comment much on it except to say that you at least keep your mana curve fairly low to compensate. In fact, the way you have your deck set up I would be surprised if Exploration would not be a bad card to include.
In the creature removal department, I personally run a lot of Wrath effects. If that doesn't suit your style, then I suggest at least looking at Polukranos, World Eater. As for what to remove, I would probably look at what is probably your worst tutor in Fierce Empath.
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first of all cut the following cards
-spikeweaver (this card is sub par at best and will often be a card you pitch to survival of the fittest for something better.)
-craterhoof (if you are going to play a card like this, play Kamahl both are equally unsatisfying in the exact same way except kamahl is tutorable)
-grand abolisher ( as a legendary alternative play Dosan the falling leaf, between him and linvala you have basically the same card. also tutorable)
-bane of progress (you run a ton of artifacts and enchantments in the deck and often this is going to be a card you just dont want. instead try adding hua tuo, honored physician for recursion or Karamatra for value.)
-avenger of zendikar. this card will never ever be as good as you want it to be in this deck. sure its great with norn or hoof but again there are better things your can be doing. i would suggest avacyn in this slot.
-life from the loam (you only have so much recursion. you are not as of yet playing loyal retainers or hua tuo so anything you mill is basically gone. i would replace this with Rune-tail kitsune ascendent. this card is amaging. tutorable and lets your guys swing freely into blockers.
-knight of the reliquary (also not very good here. the only relevent lands it gets and land destruction and maze of ith. i dont feel like this contributes much and if there is on thing Sisay needs it card advantage i would replace with Reki, history of kamigawa)
-crucible of worlds(yes, i know its amazing with azusa and knight and loam and land destruction, but lets do a quick count. which of these cards in your synergies are legendary, just azusa. ok what that would be fine if you could reliably get knight of the reliquary and crucible/ loam. but here is the thing. while light is possible with tutors fauna shaman and survival. you have literally no way of tutoring for loam and exactly one way of tutoring for crucible. it is a slow clunky combo and if you want to get lands back into play there are better, sisay tutorable, ways.
this brings me to my next advice.
gaddock teeg. this single card is a silver bullet for most edh decks. build you deck to run smoothly with this little kithken in play. because nobody else will. unfortunatly this means cutting cards like green suns zenith and chord of calling. you want teeg out as often as possible, because when he is there are exactly 2 board wipes that can be cast under him. cyclonic rift overload and toxic deluge. it keeps your board safe while you build a indestructible board presence. it does hut sometimes not having the two tutors but honestly green sun's doesnt get much relevant stuff in the late game. tooth an nail can stay if you like it but i have always fount it to be a win more card. if i cast it over a legend or something else, i am probably already winning. this holds true for gen wave also. it leads to unsatisfactory wins
some other legends to look at:
bow of nylea- this card lets you tuck any legends that die for retutoring with sisay. deathtouch is not bad either AND it kills Kaalia forever. it is also not bad if you are intent on keeping spike weaver but that synergy is cute at best
heliod, god of the sun- in a format where attacking is important vigilence is insane. it is also good with sterling grove, gaea's cradle and rune tail.
Nykthos shrine to nyx- this is gaeas cradle #2 you have a lot of mana symbols and i have found that in the late game it sometimes taps for more mana than cradle would. its always good expecially for generating white mana.
Loyal retainers recursion for legendary creatures AND combos well with survival of the fittest for early game fat legends.
other than that i think the deck is on the right track. like i said i love sisay and have been hoping to see people build her more. good luck and hope this helped. also my list is linked, it needs some updating after the sylvan ban but it is more or less the same