DedWards

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Mana wasn't the problem. The whole deck had such a low mana cost that 80% of the time my hand was largely empty whenever I drew the Battalion, making me have to wait to draw another non land just to play it. At least with The Run Vanquisher I could pay the extra 3 mana to play it on the turn I drew it.

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Posted 01 February 2015 at 15:18 in reply to #533186 on Elves

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I'm Guessing the win is to have the opponent draw himself to death while you fog the creature attacks. Personally, I'd work in Luminarch Ascension as an alternate win condition

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Posted 01 February 2015 at 09:49 in reply to #498665 on Modern Turbo Fog

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Glad to see someone likes my deck :P

I've modified my deck since I posted it, Should get around to posting the update.

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Posted 01 February 2015 at 09:45 as a comment on Infinite Token Combo (Pauper)

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Paradox Haze targeting yourself will help put more counters on Azor's Elocutors :P

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Posted 01 February 2015 at 09:40 as a comment on The Prison (Modern Legal)

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Something I've found about Talara's Battalion, it's more often than not a dead card in hand (in my experience) as more often than not, by the time I can afford to pay for both it and another green card, I've not had the second card to play because I had emptied my hand of all my other cards. I actually prefer to use Wren's Run Vanquisher instead.

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Posted 01 February 2015 at 08:57 as a comment on Elves

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Ethereal Armor would be nice to take advantage of the Pacifism and Defang :p

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Posted 30 January 2015 at 11:15 in reply to #532685 on White Shadow (pauper)

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Favorable Winds would do nicely in here. Also, Jötun Owl Keeper would be interesting in here.

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Posted 30 January 2015 at 08:07 as a comment on Birds!

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Sadly, this deck isn't Pauper legal. I just checked up on the Soltari in Gatherer and found this:
Soltari Champion is a rare
Soltari Crusader is an uncommon
Soltari Monk is an uncommon
Soltari Priest is an uncommon

I know that they have black expansion symbols, but in early Magic they only printed with black symbols. Even earlier Magic didn't have expansion symbols at all. Colour to show rarity showed up later.

White creatures with Shadow that are Pauper legal:
Augur il-Vec
Soltari Emissary
Soltari Foot Soldier {you're already using this one}
Soltari Lancer
Soltari Trooper
Soltari Visionary
Zealot il-Vec

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Posted 30 January 2015 at 06:02 as a comment on White Shadow (pauper)

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Everyone always thinks of Fling, but never think of Soul's Fire. Depending on the 'combo', I think Soul's Fire could be a better option, but that's a debate for another deck.

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Posted 28 January 2015 at 23:29 in reply to #532239 on Izzet deck open for suggestion

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Normally they would be blocked, but that's why they're normally played with Artful Dodge and Apostle's Blessing so they cannot be blocked. Makes for a scary turn 4 kill.

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Posted 28 January 2015 at 20:02 in reply to #532239 on Izzet deck open for suggestion

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Holy crap balls, Eternal Witness as the main target for a Closet would be awesome

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Posted 28 January 2015 at 15:56 in reply to #532217 on Blinking Annoyance

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You know, Ponder and Preordain are the only reason this isn't Modern legal. Sadly, those two draw cards are banned in Modern.

Looking at your list reminds me of the Kiln Fiend decks I've seen in Modern and Pauper, so Kiln Fiend mite be a good card to add. Sadly, as much as I too like Wee Dragonauts, they're outclassed by Kiln Fiend and Nivix Cyclops, especially in decks running cards like Artful Dodge and Apostle's Blessing to get the damage through. It's been a while since I've looked at Modern Kiln Fiend decks, but I'm sure they now use Monastery Swiftspear too.

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Posted 28 January 2015 at 15:54 as a comment on Izzet deck open for suggestion

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Conjurer's Closet could be nice for some 'free' blinks.
Solemn Simulacrum is another interesting blink target.

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Posted 28 January 2015 at 09:44 as a comment on Blinking Annoyance

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4 of either Terramorphic Expanse or Evolving Wilds should help get the correct colour land.

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Posted 27 January 2015 at 14:02 as a comment on splinter

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Another way to combo with the leaches is to donate it then use spells like Mind Bend to change the leech's wording.

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Posted 27 January 2015 at 09:43 as a comment on leeched lockdown

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I mostly agree with what you're saying, the deck isn't focused enough on the main goal. But I disagree with the comment about the Drowned Catacombs. Catacombs may not have a fancy ability like scry, but it does enter the battlefield untapped, and that in its own is very important.

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Posted 26 January 2015 at 15:55 in reply to #522336 on bang, and the deck is gone.

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I'm not too clued up on Vintage / Legacy, but I have an idea: Painter's Servant + only one of the Circles could clear up a lot of space for other spells.It's just an idea, no idea if it'd be viable in the format.

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Posted 23 January 2015 at 05:17 as a comment on Circle of Protection

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That's what Orochi Leafcaller is for. The Leafcaller can change green mana into any other colour, including the blue required for Freed.

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Posted 22 January 2015 at 19:35 in reply to #530907 on Freeing Zhur-Taa Druid

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Congregation at Dawn to set up specific creatures.

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Posted 22 January 2015 at 16:05 as a comment on call of the wild

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Nice find on imprinting Worst Fears onto Panoptic Mirror. First card that comes to mind whenever I see the mirror is Paradox Haze, but with Worst Fears it'd be silly.

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Posted 22 January 2015 at 14:52 as a comment on Panoptic Fears [Modern]

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