So, the other day, I threw together a just for fun deck with Jhoira. The main idea was that using Jehoira I could get one or two of the very expensive extra turn cards to activate earlier than I could play them, which in turn would get time counters off of suspended huge critters (and giving me extra turns to attack). The deck is still a bit slow, and games can be a bit longer than normal (but that's to be expected, eh?). However if anyone has any suggestions I'd be glad to hear them.
And something interesting I found out, Extra turns act like super awesome mana-ramping. Anywho, if you have any question I'd also be glad to answer them.
It looks like a lot of fun, but not very competitive. You have no protection from interference. So if your opponents let you play Jhoira and then chain together suspends of extra turn cards, you will probably win. But if you play Jhoira and she gets Hindered, you have a lot of dead cards. If that hasn't proven to be a problem yet, then no worries
I couldn't NEVER pull off this decklist at my LGS.
Heh, I can very well see your point, It hasn't been very much of a problem yet (hence the no amount of work attempted to fix it), and even though the deck can still pull it's own w/o Jhoira it would be nice to know what cards could help the deck out. Know of any decent cards I could just drop in (without breaking my wallet?). That's actually why I posted this deck here in the first place. However, Jhoira is only really needed to suspend 2 or 3 things, and then my deck really gets chugging. The deck usually works despite enemy interference due to the fact that not to many people (I have played) have turn 3-4 interference, and on top of that Jhoira is cheap enough to play that recasting once or twice is no biggie. Thanks!
Heh, I can very well see your point, It hasn't been very much of a problem yet (hence the no amount of work attempted to fix it), and even though the deck can still pull it's own w/o Jhoira it would be nice to know what cards could help the deck out. Know of any decent cards I could just drop in (without breaking my wallet?). That's actually why I posted this deck here in the first place. However, Jhoira is only really needed to suspend 2 or 3 things, and then my deck really gets chugging. The deck usually works despite enemy interference due to the fact that not to many people (I have played) have turn 3-4 interference, and on top of that Jhoira is cheap enough to play that recasting once or twice is no biggie. Thanks!
If you're playing Jhoira and you are recasting her once or twice, by the second time she is 7 mana. Its not really worth it, you can almost hard cast your stuff. In my opinion, if this is happening and you are not running any protection, just play RGU, with something like Riku. You can ramp with G just as fast, and your extra turns can be just as effective with copy effects.
Because looking at your decklist, you are not dependant on the suspend mechanic. You have no MLD, like Decree of Annihilation, and no cards like Aeon Chronicler. You could drop all your Jhoira's Timebug and Timecrafting cards, and replace them with ramp effects and get your bombs out around the same time anyway.
I was starting to notice that time counter modifiers were less effective than I initially thought, and I already replaced a few of the more expensive ones. I really don't want to have to dabble in green. I have mirror mastery and I for one have never been able to pull off a proper Riku play. I think that 5 is just a little too much for a commander. His ability is fine and dandy, but twincasting a suspended time stretch does it just as well. Instead I think I'll take out a few of the timecrafters and work on speeding the deck up a tad via colorless ramping and maybe a bit more draw instead of scry.
1x Jhoira of the Ghitu
Creatures (28)
1x Timebender,
1x Rift Elemental,
1x Jhoira's Timebug
1x Augury Owl
1x Sage Owl
1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
1x Lighthouse Chronologist
1x Echo Mage
1x Wall of Frost
1x Guard Gomazoa
1x Æther Membrane
1x Cryptic Annelid
1x Clone
1x Shivan Sand-Mage
1x Kumano, Master Yamabushi
1x Platinum Angel
1x Sphinx Ambassador
1x Quicksilver Gargantuan
1x Goliath Sphinx
1x Platinum Emperion
1x Avatar of Fury
1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
1x Inkwell Leviathan
1x Artisan of Kozilek
1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
1x Darksteel Colosus
1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
1x It That Betrays
1x Sol Ring
1x Izzet Signet
1x Howling Mine
1x Whispersilk Cloak
1x Font of Mythos
Enchantments (4)
1x Dual Casting
1x Paradox Haze
1x Mirror Sheen
1x Thought Reflection
Sorceries (15)
1x Ponder
1x Preordain
1x Serum Visions
1x Earthquake
1x Divination
1x Call to Mind
1x Savor the Moment
1x Stitch in Time
1x Forsee
1x Time Warp
1x Time Reversal
1x Walk the Aeons
1x Temporal Mastery
1x Beacon of Tomorrows
1x Time Strech
1x Clockspinning
1x Timecrafting
1x Twincast
1x Reverberate
1x Increasing Vengeance
1x Fury Charm
1x Comet Storm
Planeswalkers (1)
1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Lands (39)
19x Island
17x Mountain
1x Saprazzan Skerry
1x Sandstone Needle
1x Command Tower
And something interesting I found out, Extra turns act like super awesome mana-ramping. Anywho, if you have any question I'd also be glad to answer them.
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I couldn't NEVER pull off this decklist at my LGS.
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If you're playing Jhoira and you are recasting her once or twice, by the second time she is 7 mana. Its not really worth it, you can almost hard cast your stuff. In my opinion, if this is happening and you are not running any protection, just play RGU, with something like Riku. You can ramp with G just as fast, and your extra turns can be just as effective with copy effects.
Because looking at your decklist, you are not dependant on the suspend mechanic. You have no MLD, like Decree of Annihilation, and no cards like Aeon Chronicler. You could drop all your Jhoira's Timebug and Timecrafting cards, and replace them with ramp effects and get your bombs out around the same time anyway.
If you don't want to do any of that, then the only card recommendations I can make are just general upgrades. Clone should be Phyrexian Metamorph. Darksteel Colossus should be Blightsteel Colossus. Time Reversal should be Time Spiral etc.
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