Elemental Mastery

by cspence1010 on 12 May 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (3)


Sorceries (1)


Enchantments (2)

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Deck Description

I always try to make a fun deck for casual play on budget, roughly around $30 if possible. This is an elemental deck I designed that should run rather smoothly, without being too strong or underpowered (not trying to dominate my opponent's here or finish them off in 3 turns). I personally prefer decks that fuel themselves in a sense, a tribal theme rather than a single combo that wins you the game. This deck in particular does have a rather strong combo however that should be rather terrifying to face and was a concept I couldn't pass up. Read the 'How to Play Section' if you don't see it yourself. At the end of the day, it's all about having fun and I hope you enjoy!

How to Play

The star of this deck is Hostility. A strong 6-drop creature that comes in at 6/6 with haste and a rather interesting effect where he negates your instant and sorcery damage, and in place of the damage, you receive a permanent 3/1 Elemental Shaman creature token for each point negated. This deck runs several instants that deal damage for a low mana cost just to go along with Hostility. Fire Servant doubles the damage those instants do meaning you receive double the number of tokens! In addition, being an Elemental himself, Fire Servant benefits from most of the other decks that fuel the Elementals such as Smokebraider, Brighthearth Banneret, and Incadescent Soulstoke. Still not satisfied? Through Incadescent Soulstoke's activated ability, you can summon Hostility for only two mana, or better yet, with Smokebraider on the field, you can play him for free! I should also mention the true power behind this deck. Incadescent Soulstoke makes all of those tokens you summon 4/2's as they are all elementals, but it goes further. Before you declare your attack, Rage Forger will give all of your tokens a +1/+1 counter as they are all shamans, and when they attack, they will all deal 1 damage to your opponent (Hostility only negates damage from your spells, not your creatures that are already on the field). Your opponent is now facing an army of 5/3 creatures with haste, that all deal 1 damage when they attack. If they survive, Roar of the Crowd should be enough to finish them off, or double your army if you play another Hostility before casting it. Now that is evil.

Deck Tags

  • Budget
  • Casual
  • Fun
  • Elemental
  • Shaman

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Elemental Mastery

Good, I personally love elemental decks because you can take mana out and have elementals give you it instead. I also like the turn one (I am very picky about turn one).

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Posted 20 November 2013 at 23:42

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Why thank you good sir. Yeah the elementals have a lot of ways to play efficiently without relying on mana heavily, and Flamekin Harbinger is a fantastic one drop. With Icadescent Soulstoke and Rage Forger, she can be a threat later on in the game which only makes it better.

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Posted 21 November 2013 at 23:25

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Ya, gotta love cheap. Makes me fell like a Cheap Ass (http://www.mtgvault.com/card/cheap-ass/UNH/).

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Posted 21 November 2013 at 23:31

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