Equip the lifelink artifacts, blast the table with Hidetsugu, gain EIGHTY life. Burn them to death simultaneously.
Heartless Hidetsugu is a complete ass. I take his natural affinity to being an ass and double it, Gratuitous Violence, Furnace of Rath, and Overblaze. Gotta be careful though, he cuts my life total in half too. Enter lifesavers: Loxodon Warhammer and Basilisk Collar. So long as I can gain a little life, chances are I'm able to cut down every opponent at once with cards like Molten Disaster. But beyond that, Heartless deals DAMAGE equal to half of all life-totals. So equip him with the Hammer or Collar and you're lifelinking all the damage dealt and losing nothing. Gross right?
There are so many things to do here, this is a nasty-ass deck.
It's always a good decision to kill the table, before they kill me. If I don't win, I'm the first to lose. Not the end of the world though, I took them from 40 life to less than 10 by turn six. Feels good to deal all the damage! Haste is essential. With it, Heartless is an immediate threat that can go off at anytime. Lifelink sitting there, double damage prepped, they're scared. Playing Hidetsugu without haste usually (always) results in one dead ogre. Lightning Greaves, Fervor, Lightning Mauler, Battle Rampart, Urabrask the Hidden, Thousand-Year Elixir, Swiftfoot Boots, and Hall of the Bandit Lord are here to help.
I have been building this deck for +2yrs, played against some of the best decks present in the EDH-meta, and you are seeing the fruits of my labor. The deck is geared to overwhelm the top-tier decks present in the EDH-world. It has enough paths to victory, enough interference to disrupt opponents, it frequently outpaces other ramp decks, continuously annihilates entire tables, and works equally well in 1v1 and multiplayer. You know what EDH is like, sometimes those 6-man games take FOREVER. Heartless Hidetsugu cuts down on the bullcrap and puts things in perspective. You're here to kill everyone at the table, so hop to it!
What is the instant death combo with Heartless Hidetsugu and Mages' Contest?
That's actually one of the best/most fun ways to kill someone. Mages' Contest and Illicit Auction are two VERY sneaky ways to pull off a kill against 1 person in the group or 1v1. Both cards require a bidding war with life total as currency. Process is as follows:
1. Heartless Hidetsugu on the field with haste
2. Cast Mages' Contest/Illicit Auction
3. Incite/politic a bidding war
4. Jump life total bids in increments of ~5 until opponent-bidder is edgy
5. Let them out bid one last time
6. Blast HH in response
They lose 1/2 their life, THEN the life bid. If you did your job right, they bid more than half their life and your HH blast will eat the other half. You'd be surprised how easy it is to pull this off, even against experienced HH opponents. Try and counter their Tooth and Nail, Reiterate or whatever mechanism they have for "going off". Usually they'll pay AT LEAST 10 life to let something be theirs.
Three other "furnace" effects: Desperate Gambit
Yes, of course it could whiff and result in Hidetsugu having a change of heart... but at least it won't hurt you either! On the plus side, this is a very cheap option. You could cast Hidetsugu, liberally apply some free haste, then cast this and potentially end the game. Quest for the Pure Flame
Needs to power up, but it is easy to power up at least. Curse of Bloodletting
Interesting in that it will kill only one opponent. I'm not sure if this is something you want though, as you probably want to kill allthe opponents at once.
Also, re: Haste
No Anger? Battle Rampart > Anger? Strider Harness > Anger? The new Duel Decks Anger looks nice, too.
That's actually one of the best/most fun ways to kill someone. Mages' Contest and Illicit Auction are two VERY sneaky ways to pull off a kill against 1 person in the group or 1v1. Both cards require a bidding war with life total as currency. Process is as follows:
1. Heartless Hidetsugu on the field with haste
2. Cast Mages' Contest/Illicit Auction
3. Incite/politic a bidding war
4. Jump life total bids in increments of ~5 until opponent-bidder is edgy
5. Let them out bid one last time
6. Blast HH in response
They lose 1/2 their life, THEN the life bid. If you did your job right, they bid more than half their life and your HH blast will eat the other half. You'd be surprised how easy it is to pull this off, even against experienced HH opponents. Try and counter their Tooth and Nail, Reiterate or whatever mechanism they have for "going off". Usually they'll pay AT LEAST 10 life to let something be theirs.
Can you respond with HH in the middle of one of those cards? I thought it would be considered in the middle of resolving the card so you couldn't really respond in the middle of it. Ex. If I cast brainstorm and while resolving it's effect I can not cast any of the cards I drew from it cause it's still "in the middle" of resolving the spell.
Can you respond with HH in the middle of one of those cards? I thought it would be considered in the middle of resolving the card so you couldn't really respond in the middle of it. Ex. If I cast brainstorm and while resolving it's effect I can not cast any of the cards I drew from it cause it's still "in the middle" of resolving the spell.
You are correct, you cannot blast in the middle of resolving either spell.
No Anger? Battle Rampart > Anger? Strider Harness > Anger? The new Duel Decks Anger looks nice, too.
Anger is overrated. Bojuka Bog and other graveyard hate cards are too available and prevalent in the format, silly to rely on it. Couple that with the fact that it's difficult to get it into the graveyard, I'd rather just have something that directly gave me haste. Battle Rampart is GREAT because people don't care about it, SUPER low threat. Strider Harness is acceptable, but not optimal. I like that it has a super-low equip cost and the CMC is right. I will probably replace him with the new soulbound creature that gives haste.
When I see Healing Salve, I'm often like "Oh girl, I wish I could turn every card into this." Thanks they removed the gain life part, otherwise this would have been broken.
I like the IDEA of Mark of Fury, but not in real play. Lightning Mauler is my new favorite haste mechanism from the new set! You want HH to have haste on opponent's turn, that way you control the life total game - not them. You always want to own the variables with HH, otherwise you'll end up being manipulated. Pentavus and the other token generators are alright. They function brilliantly in the combo situation (rare though that is), but more importantly... they create passive blockers, Skullclamp targets, and rattlesnake effectively. Couple that with their low'ish-threat and I find them invaluable.
I like having godo, bandit warlord in my deck he usually grabs any of the lifelink equipment, even Batterskull. My favorite to grab is Pariah's Shield, especially if I have a Stuffy Doll out!
Couple cheap red instants worth mentioning too: Crimson Wisps or Expedite can really catch your opponents off guard, not to mention the cantrip.
And then my favorite card in the deck - Final Fortune - I cannot even count the number of crazy wins I've pulled off with that card, not to mention the fun of having a suicide button that nobody can argue with lol
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Heartless Hidetsugu is a complete ass. I take his natural affinity to being an ass and double it, Gratuitous Violence, Furnace of Rath, and Overblaze. Gotta be careful though, he cuts my life total in half too. Enter lifesavers: Loxodon Warhammer and Basilisk Collar. So long as I can gain a little life, chances are I'm able to cut down every opponent at once with cards like Molten Disaster. But beyond that, Heartless deals DAMAGE equal to half of all life-totals. So equip him with the Hammer or Collar and you're lifelinking all the damage dealt and losing nothing. Gross right?
There are so many things to do here, this is a nasty-ass deck.
It's always a good decision to kill the table, before they kill me. If I don't win, I'm the first to lose. Not the end of the world though, I took them from 40 life to less than 10 by turn six. Feels good to deal all the damage! Haste is essential. With it, Heartless is an immediate threat that can go off at anytime. Lifelink sitting there, double damage prepped, they're scared. Playing Hidetsugu without haste usually (always) results in one dead ogre. Lightning Greaves, Fervor, Lightning Mauler, Battle Rampart, Urabrask the Hidden, Thousand-Year Elixir, Swiftfoot Boots, and Hall of the Bandit Lord are here to help.
Combos and Synergies
Instant Death01: Heartless Hidetsugu + Gratuitous Violence/Overblaze/Furnace of Rath
Infinite Mana01: Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar + token generator
Infinite Mana02: Pentavus + Mana Echoes
Infinite Mana03: Triskelavus + Mana Echoes + Nim Deathmantle
Infinite Mana04: Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth
Infinite Mana05: Doubling Cube + Rings of Brighthearth + Voltaic Key
I have been building this deck for +2yrs, played against some of the best decks present in the EDH-meta, and you are seeing the fruits of my labor. The deck is geared to overwhelm the top-tier decks present in the EDH-world. It has enough paths to victory, enough interference to disrupt opponents, it frequently outpaces other ramp decks, continuously annihilates entire tables, and works equally well in 1v1 and multiplayer. You know what EDH is like, sometimes those 6-man games take FOREVER. Heartless Hidetsugu cuts down on the bullcrap and puts things in perspective.
You're here to kill everyone at the table, so hop to it!
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CREATURES
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WINNING CARDS
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What other card-draw mechanics do you think would help?
Font of mythos should help.
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That's actually one of the best/most fun ways to kill someone. Mages' Contest and Illicit Auction are two VERY sneaky ways to pull off a kill against 1 person in the group or 1v1. Both cards require a bidding war with life total as currency. Process is as follows:
1. Heartless Hidetsugu on the field with haste
2. Cast Mages' Contest/Illicit Auction
3. Incite/politic a bidding war
4. Jump life total bids in increments of ~5 until opponent-bidder is edgy
5. Let them out bid one last time
6. Blast HH in response
They lose 1/2 their life, THEN the life bid. If you did your job right, they bid more than half their life and your HH blast will eat the other half. You'd be surprised how easy it is to pull this off, even against experienced HH opponents. Try and counter their Tooth and Nail, Reiterate or whatever mechanism they have for "going off". Usually they'll pay AT LEAST 10 life to let something be theirs.
Desperate Gambit
Yes, of course it could whiff and result in Hidetsugu having a change of heart... but at least it won't hurt you either! On the plus side, this is a very cheap option. You could cast Hidetsugu, liberally apply some free haste, then cast this and potentially end the game.
Quest for the Pure Flame
Needs to power up, but it is easy to power up at least.
Curse of Bloodletting
Interesting in that it will kill only one opponent. I'm not sure if this is something you want though, as you probably want to kill all the opponents at once.
Also, re: Haste
No Anger? Battle Rampart > Anger? Strider Harness > Anger? The new Duel Decks Anger looks nice, too.
Kuro, Pitlord - Life Gain/Drain MBC
Malfegor - Discard and Punishment
Ghave, Guru of Spores - Fungus Tribal
building Dralnu, Lichlord - Arcane Draw-Go
Can you respond with HH in the middle of one of those cards? I thought it would be considered in the middle of resolving the card so you couldn't really respond in the middle of it. Ex. If I cast brainstorm and while resolving it's effect I can not cast any of the cards I drew from it cause it's still "in the middle" of resolving the spell.
You are correct, you cannot blast in the middle of resolving either spell.
Anger is overrated. Bojuka Bog and other graveyard hate cards are too available and prevalent in the format, silly to rely on it. Couple that with the fact that it's difficult to get it into the graveyard, I'd rather just have something that directly gave me haste. Battle Rampart is GREAT because people don't care about it, SUPER low threat. Strider Harness is acceptable, but not optimal. I like that it has a super-low equip cost and the CMC is right. I will probably replace him with the new soulbound creature that gives haste.
For the combo to work, you would be copying the untapping ability of Basalt Monolith and Voltaic Key and not the actual mana ability.
Couple cheap red instants worth mentioning too: Crimson Wisps or Expedite can really catch your opponents off guard, not to mention the cantrip.
And then my favorite card in the deck - Final Fortune - I cannot even count the number of crazy wins I've pulled off with that card, not to mention the fun of having a suicide button that nobody can argue with lol