Victory by Default

by 2hp10 on 15 March 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (5 cards)

Creatures (1)


Artifacts (2)

Enchantments (2)

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Deck Description

I honestly have no idea

How to Play

I pull out my Helix Pinnacle and start the elvish mana ramp.

Deck Tags

  • Original
  • Alternative Victory
  • Mana Ramp

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

060043

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Victory by Default

If you see a flaw point it out and put up a suggestion for any cards that you think would fit better.

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Posted 15 March 2013 at 23:17

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Crazy deck, yet again 2hp10. Since you are relying on the Helix to go for the win, I'd suggest the other locus, Glimmerpost, to get even more mana from the Cloud post.

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Posted 15 March 2013 at 23:33

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That isss pretty goof but I need to consistently get the green mana fo my elvish spells ya know? Ill prob put it in though haha

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Posted 15 March 2013 at 23:37

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Oh, I just noticed. Using the Glimerposts and Fast bond counter act each other, as the posts give you more life than it takes to play extra land due to the Fast bonds!

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Posted 15 March 2013 at 23:52

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Exactly why it's in there :P

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 00:33

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Take out two lys Alana, huntsmaster and add 2 vorinclex voice of hunger (since he doubles your land), take out llanowar elves and add arbor elf because llanowar can only give one mana while arbor lets you untap a forest (enchanted with elvish guidance) for more mana, then I'd also add maybe 2 boundless realms (also doubles land).

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Posted 15 March 2013 at 23:33

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I would love to add Vorinclex but he is wayy too late of a game card in my opinion. I'll put one in and see how it rolls... And boundless realmssss.... Mabe. Ill see if I have one. Thanks for the Arbor Elf advice haha!! Totally missed it!!

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Posted 15 March 2013 at 23:36

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Vorinclex may not be that late if your playing a mana ramp deck tho. Idk worthy of a try I think

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 01:04

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Yup! Gonna throw him in and see how he does tonight :p

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 01:05

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Could always throw in a Vesuva that way you could copy it as a post or a forest depending on what you need for the situation. Thespian stage is also a good choice for that.

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 00:02

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Depr! Forgot about Vesuva!! Thanks man

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 00:34

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Omnath, locus of mana lets you keep all that green mana in the mana pool...

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 00:06

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But i put it all into Helix Pinnacle...

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 00:35

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but if you don't have helix pinnacle but already have locus mana it can become really useful I think

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Posted 19 March 2013 at 23:02

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Vitalize! Costs one green mana to untap all creatures you control. There's a much easier way to get win with the helix pinnacle though. 2 myr galvanizers, and 1 palladium myr (or 2 one mana producing myr) = infinite mana. Obviously it works faster if you have more mana producing myr out, but that's the minimum you need to start the combo.

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 00:23

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I know about the infinite myr stuff but I wanted an elf deck haha. If i make a lrgacy out of this idea i'll for sure make it the myr spam. Especially since if you give myrs haste they become deadly :P

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 00:36

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And maybe acstetcism to give all creatures hex proof to help against removal

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 01:03

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I usually win by the time they pull out a removal...

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 01:06

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Turn two doom blade, victim of night, but it does only kill one creature. So might not be necessary but I'd keep it in mind incase removal does become a problem. Possible sideboard. Oh and also sideboard witchbane orb so your protected against cards like primeval light because while the pinnacle has shroud you can still be targeted UNLESS you have witchbane orb or something. Lol nothing to piss you off more than getting helix pinnacle to 90 counters then getting a primeval light played on you.

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 01:10

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Wow. Pretty damn effective. Some of the gnarliest green action going on as far as getting it done FAST!

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 01:40

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Quest for renewal can let you untap during opponents turn... so that can make it twice as fast....

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 03:38

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... :O wow. Gonna put that in!!

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 22:05

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I love this deck! This could get totally ridiculous for multiple reasons.

The first thing I thought when I saw this Was Nirkana Revenant and Crypt Ghast. They don't work with your color scheme, true, but might make a good variant. But as your deck is primarily based on creature gained mana, neither they, nor Vorinclex have a very useful effect.

What is a sure thing, is if you are using fastbond, you can use Doubling Cube in the format. Doubling cube might as well make everything that much easier. You might also look at doubling season which would do wonders for both your tokens to get mana and the part where it would only take half as much mana to get the 100 counters you need to win.

Best of Luck! This setup is phenomenal.

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 20:11

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Totally forgot some cards. Thanks for the suggestions, Cj!

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 22:06

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And now all the updates are in!! If anyone else has suggestions as to how to alter the deck, post!

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Posted 16 March 2013 at 22:09

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I don't have any suggestions, but I do want to know how this did in a match if you have an update.

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Posted 17 March 2013 at 05:57

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... I never lost. I didn't even get close to losing. It was a game almost immediately every time XD this deck is OP at my fnm area haha

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Posted 18 March 2013 at 00:56

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Amazing! Now, I'm going to proxy it! XD

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Posted 18 March 2013 at 01:10

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hahahahaha wow this is insane. i love the new take on using and abusing the elfs just crazyness here. O.o now i wonder how well this concept could work in EDH... hmmmmmm might have to experiment with that later lol. anyways great deck man just wow..

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Posted 17 March 2013 at 06:13

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Thanks man haha send me the link if you make an EDH

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Posted 18 March 2013 at 00:55

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oooooooooo see now i count that as a challenge and will have to work one up soon now lol

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Posted 18 March 2013 at 22:12

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With all those elf tokens you're going to get...
A level 5 Joraga Treespeaker can be pretty nice...

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Posted 17 March 2013 at 18:17

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It would be but... Joraga Treespeaker takes a bit of time to level up and wouldn't fit the format of the deck. Thanks for the suggestion though!

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Posted 18 March 2013 at 00:56

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Gilder Bairn + Earthcraft is always fun

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Posted 18 March 2013 at 05:36

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Dude! That is legit shit! Thanks man

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Posted 19 March 2013 at 02:43

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You're welcome. I like to use that combo with my saproling deck. Cool deck by the way.

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Posted 19 March 2013 at 20:54

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so u asked to it now here it is. hope u enjoy lol

http://www.mtgvault.com/demonking28/decks/land-of-the-elfs/


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Posted 19 March 2013 at 00:52

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May I suggest Mox Lotus because if you get that out while Pinnacle is on the field you win.

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Posted 19 March 2013 at 22:44

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dude let me explain you something: unhinged and unglued cards are NOT legal in any official format that magic has. only in some casual formats but I don't think he plays casual at FNM.

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Posted 19 March 2013 at 23:14

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I do play casual every once in a while at FNM but there is no unhinged/unglued cards allowed. Ever. Thanks for throwing it in but... I prefer to make it a usable deck haha. Thanks for back up mikacsfarago :P

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Posted 20 March 2013 at 01:25

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I suggest taking Vesuva out and putting in Glimmerpost.

Here's my deck very similar to this.
http://www.mtgvault.com/soloran32/decks/defenders-of-helix/

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Posted 27 April 2013 at 19:09

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Glimmerpost gets me life while vesuva can copy cloudpost.... and ramp like crazy

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Posted 29 April 2013 at 03:38

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Helix Pinnacle has Shroud. Try Darksteel Reactor if you want to use Gilder Bairn. And why do you have Vorel? He doesn't target enchantments. Vorel is good with Reactor too, and Magistrate's Scepter.

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Posted 14 November 2013 at 16:22

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Thank you sir!

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Posted 17 November 2013 at 07:49

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Have you tried Wild Growth and Utopia Sprawl?

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Posted 17 November 2013 at 07:53

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