Elemental Shaman [Budget: $10]

by Anonymister on 30 March 2012

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Deck Description

Another under $10 deck. This attempt is for a pure elemental tribal.

Had to dance around quite a bit to keep it under $10 and is very one dimensional as a result.

Strategy is straightforward enough. There is a lot of +1/+1 play involved. It is inexpensive and has no heavy hitters but its ramp is very fast with the right cards on hand.

Note: It really doesn't feel right. I would appreciate recommendations. Remember that it is a budget deck.

Deck Tags

  • Tribal

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Elemental Shaman [Budget: $10]

Budget is what makes this hard. I'd recommend at least Thornbite Staff (at least two of them) to take the place of a couple Lightning Bolts. That's what seems a little off with this deck to me just because shaman have the potential pump out some serious direct damage to creatures or players so this should be taken advantage of.

The Thornbite Staff paired with say Stigma Lasher (which I don't see that you have) would prevent life gain from an enemy as the text doesn't explicitly read "combat damage," so that's another card you may want to look into.

I'd almost recommend removing the Incandescent Soulstoke to make room for other cards because you don't have a whole lot of Shaman that have immediate effects upon entering the battlefield, so all you're doing is throwing up another line of defense until the end of the turn with that card. Considering the other shaman in this deck, the last thing I'd want to do is be forced to sacrifice a card (without haste) before being able to take advantage of it. Throw an Anger (fits your elemental theme, just not the shaman) in this deck and that may mitigate some of those concerns if you can get it into the graveyard. This could be achieved a little easier with Faithless Looting which is moderately inexpensive which I recommend anyhow to keep everything moving quickly and cycle the cards you don't need.

If you don't mind increasing your budget to $15, I'd also recommend Flamekin Harbingers as this is a good card for taking away some of the unpredictability of drawing cards.

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Posted 13 August 2012 at 06:10

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Apologies, Anger is an Incarnation so it wouldn't quite fit the theme.

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Posted 13 August 2012 at 08:59

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