As a group, we have agreed that bringing cEDH decks to casual events isn't a very sporting thing to do and we even agree to designate non-FNM days for cEDH games. Help | Can I get Iona to trigger twice in the same game? And if not, Cryptic Command is rarely bad. Search for 4 [card]Hedron Crab[/card]s. Mill you for 48. Traditionally, Polymorph decks had to play cards that made tokens, Polymorph, cards to find Polymorph and cards that made tokens, and cards to interact. Seasoned Hallowblade is a great option and also gives you some defense or offense on the early turns. What would you suggest? We were working at a Meatloaf concert at Snoqualmie Casino, and my job was something like “stand there and have a menacing presence.” I began to think about Magic cards. For Leyline of the Void the best answer I currently have access to is Deputy of Detention or Brazen Borrower, but like you said that's only a temporary solution. For the savvy opponents that were reluctant to tap out, I could use cards like [card]Inquisition of Kozilek[/card] and [card]Disrupting Shoal[/card] to protect. For a 3 and 3 split. Knowing the answer to this question can be the difference between confidently winning and death by gambling. I totally forgot about Iona, Shield of Emeria. Still, 2-3 of the roughly 40-50 players that come through the store are not willing to abide by that agreement. OH MY GOD THERE IS A MAN INSIDE THAT TREE. fatalzintomyum I took the new deck I built into the Modern Queues to record this week’s video, and something special happened. I agree counterspells are the best potential solution for artifact hate. I’m not sure this card is actually worth it, as even if you cut an Emrakul for her you still only have a 50% chance of revealing her off of a Polymorph. Probably less than a hundred. Attack with everything! They cost too much mana to hard-cast and you'll be in a much better position if you don't wait to reanimate a creature until you have one of the two on the field. Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. Anyway, I apologize if I've seemed overly argumentative or combative. by toyet24, Ivory Tower And it was a land! Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. Combo decks often get a key component shut down and mono-colored decks...well, you can see how that goes. 1 [card]Abrupt Decay[/card] I built something like this one time, but I was reanimating Iona, Shield of Emeria. It isn’t even necessarily a kill next turn. Many of us have had conversations with these individuals, and in one case, this did in fact resolve the problem. As Iona, Shield of Emeria enters the battlefield, choose a color. Does the opponent have a [card]Lightning Bolt[/card] or [card]Path to Exile[/card]? Yes, Opposition Agent is better than Aven Mindcensor or Leonin Arbiter, but search hate isn't new, taking other players' spells isn't new, even searching your opponents' library for a spell to steal isn't new. It’s hard for me to evaluate how good the deck is because of how difficult it is to play. I don’t know much about Vintage or the meta, but maybe Griselbrand and/or Sire Of Insanity would be a good addition to or replacement for Jin, for the reasons I previously mentioned. I'd have loved it if the card had only said: "you control your opponents when they search their libraries", so the impact of the card would be higher as more tutors would be played at the table. It intrudes on what's the most powerful right now, and I don't really see how that's a bad thing. by Jackfrost23, Captain Sisay Legends >:D. I agree Modern is likely outside the power level for God-Pharaoh's Gift or at least in this shell. Not only does it shut down our mana, but it can shut down our ability to Polymorph. Polymorph into Emrakul is not a kill this turn. <3 Travis And it is a creature for [card]Nether Shadow[/card] and [card]Bridge from Below[/card]. Twitter.com/travisdwoo Facebook.com/TravisDWoo Your opponents can't cast spells of the chosen color. And it already was before this card. Instead, a fun thing you might want to consider is running an Eldritch Evolution package. I really like [card]Disrupting Shoal[/card]. If I were aiming to make the deck as competitive as possible, I'd probably cut Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Zetalpa, Primal Dawn, and 1 Angel of Invention. But, the deck as I originally envisioned it finally popped back into my head last week, and I put it together—to exciting results! Emrakul is the baddest guy on the planet. Iona, Shield of Emeria is fantastic, but against multi-colored decks you are still exposed. Through Travis's stream in concert with his viewers, he continues to produce exciting decks for competitive and casual players alike, and his passion for the game pervades his work. Pro Tip! It was like the Cobra was on skis and ran into a tree that was there all along. It was a creature! 1 [card]Grave Titan[/card] I started building this deck in my head while working as minimum wage, yellow-shirt event staff way back in 2010. Obviously, I am too excited to write my original article comparing and contrasting [card]Predatory Sliver[/card] and [card]Groundshaker Sliver[/card] in extreme detail. Iona, Shield of Emeria and spells with Epic. Even when we aren’t hardcasting Emrakul, the extra mana can be instrumental in setting up a Polymorph with protection or fueling late game Condescends and Disrupting Shoals. Games are won and lost by a hair’s margin, and every time I lose I feel like it’s because I’ve done something boneheaded. NO WAIT. Sideboard There isn’t anything bigger and scarier to [card]Polymorph[/card] into. Privacy statement | by SturmMana, Kaalia of the Vast test 01 Abrupt Decay is great at killing random permanents that slip through the counter web. Discord Server | Classical Emeria Control Although one day I might. This card is a must against other counterspell decks. 14 flying damage per turn. The post I responded to described it as "That is the world we live in now" which sounds like Jay pictured it to be the only one as well, so I ran with that to show where I didn't agree with that vision. I like the mix, because each may be better in different situations. I have 4 Forests! Your opponents can't … They can slow the opponent down in the first three turns of the game while we set up our combo, or if the game goes long they can help keep us alive and eventually protect a Polymorph from removal. Certain decks will fixate on killing our [card]Dryad Arbor[/card] and stopping our Polymorph. Dreadship Reef can get there over a dozen turn game of counters and stalls. This gives us another angle of attack—giant, robust creatures that are easy to cast and only particularly vulnerable to [card]Path to Exile[/card]. I like having a [card]Cryptic Command[/card] in the deck for situations like these. I could try to sit here and write a book on various situations with the deck but that’s not a good use of my time and would deprive you of learning yourself, which is the joy of playing a deck like this. Cryptic Command does so many things. As for Archetype of Endurance, I should note that I usually get Prowling Serpopard out first and I have both Trolls of Tel-Jilad and Tajuru Preserver in the deck (which is composed of only lands and creatures for gimmicks' sake BTW). Your opponents can't cast spells of the chosen colo “He has an empty hand! I think it’s best to lead with the Big G to get your draw engine going, then bring in Iona to lockdown the board. I agree the main weakness of this deck is just how easy it is to side board in both artifact and graveyard hate against it. Links Gatherer Scryfall. This deck has produced some of the most epic games I’ve ever played, and I’ve still barely played with it. It's never been done this efficient, but shooting it down before it's released to see what the actual impact is, which was the purpose of this thread, is something I don't agree with. I'd rather not hard lock them out of the game if possible. I have enough creatures to kill him! Since I was going to be playing [card]Misty Rainforest[/card] and [card]Verdant Catacombs[/card] anyways, I could bypass the whole token-making thing.