G/W/B birthing pod

by burkek on 17 May 2011

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Instants (6)


Enchantments (3)

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Deck Description

this deck has a very strong card base and can easily be adapted because of birthing pod

this version is particularly special though because of the phyrexian unlife + Melira, Sylvok Outcast combo that I read about here: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=178141

This is a very strong method of staying alive as not too many decks run anti-enchants in the current metagame

full logic behind this deck:

Green is birthing pod, and it is also packed with efficient and powerful creatures, making it the goto for starting the birthing pod deck

Black contains very cheap and efficient cards in NPH, such as phyrexian obliterator, and also contains one of are 2 key recurring cards discussed later

White is also full of very powerful creatures in the standard metagame, between squadron hawk, kor firewalker, and bane slayer angel it is indeed a threat to be reckoned with

Now into the wheels that make this deck turn

First and most obvious is birthing pod, it is the basis of the whole deck, we must include things to protect or resurrect this card when they are using artifact removal

Next is are recurring sacs, these cards come back from the graveyard to give us another chance to sac them, making them key to this deck and are strong determinants in the manacurve for this deck, these two cards are Vengvine and Bloodghast

Next is the special combo in this deck, Melira and phyrexian unlife, this makes you that much harder to kill as the opponent is forced to waste a valuable bomb on a card that provides no offensive threat or to not be able to kill you, and melira can even be tutored so countering her is impossible

Now we move on to the deciding of how to pack the actual offensive powerhouses this deck is so good at abusing

By looking at the costs of Bloodghast and Vengevine we realize that these should be mostly 3 and 5 drops, because that will make both bloodghast and vengevine work to their full capabillities

here is a small list of options, at the point I am writing this I am honestly unsure whether I will use all of them or not

Glissa, the traitor - she protects birthing pod AND is a 3/3 first striker with death touch

leatherback baloth - 3 mana to withstand the lightning bolt test? I am in, 4/5 for 3 mana isn't bad at all

mirrodin/phyrexian crusader - mirrodin works better in this deck but might keep a couple phyrexian on sideboard for the protection (melira removes infect)

vampire night hawk- flying, lifelink, cost effective, etc etc, this is just a great card

acidic slime - 2 of, in this deck, no questions asked, it removes mimic vat and a whole slew of other annoying devices

baneslayer angel - another very cost effective creature with lifelink and some protections to boot, not to mention a very powerful card against red that should be main decked as much as side here

Next, after these power houses, there are the ramps that make this deck possible. What happens if you don't draw a birthing pod in your opening hand? ramp up and lay one of your many powerful 3 drops on turn 2 and wreck havock, hey come on, this is a classic as far as I am concerned

That being said, the ramps do need to optimize the 3 drop
Lannowar elves- 3 drop optimization

birds of paradise - one of the best 3 drop optimizers in the game

Lotus cobra - most consistant mana producer in the game as far as I am concerned, he also requires an immediate removal from your opponents or he will wreck havok, meaning you have one less thing to worry about for your power houses

Now we add the finishing touches, spells

Creature removal: these spells help us deal with the big creatures are opponents play, so I will go for a mostly black list for now

lets try something like 2 go for the throat, 2 disember

that sounds about right, also on sideboard should be something like a journey to nowhere in case of protection from black

Next we think about adding noxius revival, which is one of my favourite cards from NPH, it can work in any green deck you ever play as a preboard utillity that can do all kinds of thing, from keeping an opponent manascrewed off the card they just discarded, to resurrecting a lotus cobra, to saving your precious vengevine or bloodghast from being exiled by graveyard hate, this card is just flat out amazing

now the only thing left is to build the deck, so here we go

any comments are much appreciated

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for G/W/B birthing pod

Very nice!!! Advice: Birthing Pod on a one-drop like Birds of Paradise or Llanowar Elves, and then cheat in a Myr Superion! I strongly recommend it.
ps: I think that you deck description length may be some sort of record.

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Posted 17 May 2011 at 00:58

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On that same idea of cheating into powerful artifacts, the new combo of a Melira on the board when you play an Etched Monstrosity gives you a 10/10 for 5 colorless mana. It works, and it's frightening.

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Posted 17 May 2011 at 01:03

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wow ok, I knew about superion, he is in most of my decks, but the etched monstrosity is actually a great idea, I will work on a way to add that in soon

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Posted 17 May 2011 at 03:44

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Also, Melira doesn't get rid of your infect. She gets rid of your opponent's infect. Your Phyrexian Crusader will work just fine in MB. Jus sayin.

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Posted 02 September 2011 at 00:33

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