Virtue Signaling

by ElectrickWarlok on 06 September 2022

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Deck Description

I've been playing this on Arena with some good success.

There's also four copies of Phoenix Chick (https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/140/phoenix-chick), but that's not in MTG Vault's database.

I wanted to figure out a deck based on [[Eater of Virtue]]. I've played with at least a dozen different variations using all different colors and I settled on this.

The strategy is just to build up as many abilities on the Eater of Virtue as possible and pummel your opponent with whatever creature has it equipped. All of the abilities available in the deck (Flying, Haste, Double Strike, Menace, Lifelink, Deathtouch) I have gotten onto one creature (Phoenix Chick) and it's a lot of fun. It's also amusing to defeat someone using Phoenix Chick.

How to Play

Play Eater of Virtue as early as possible. There are four copies to give the player a better chance of drawing one. There are also multiple drawing effects to help in that way: Fell Stinger, Dockside Chef, Roadside Reliquary, and Tramway Station.

It's best to only play a creature you want exiled by Eater of Virtue when you have the mana to both cast and equip it in the same turn. Waiting a round gives your opponent a better chance to kill the creature (or EoV) before you get a chance to equip it.

Eating the virtues of Phoenix and Lizard Blades early on really helps the deck get moving. Beyond that, the others may vary depending on what strategy you might need to deal with what your opponent has going on:

If it takes awhile to get EoV built up and your opponent has had time to knock you life down then Lifelink becomes necessary.

If they're only able to keep one creature on the board then Menace becomes useful.

Dockside Chef both allows you to draw cards and build up EoV. Equip EoV to a creature with an ability, sacrifice the creature to Dockside Chef, draw your card, and exile the creature. Repeat until EoV has everything you can possibly give it. Fell Stinger can be used similarly, but only once per Fell Stinger.

Attack as much as you can with an equipped creature. Early on, you want your creatures to die so their abilities get put on EoV. By the time you've built it up, killing the equipped creature in combat becomes difficult for an opponent. Even if they do, you just slap EoV on another creature and go at it again.

If they destroy EoV then you just have to play another one and start over. There are plenty of copies of each card to build it up more than once.

Deck Tags

  • Standard
  • Black
  • Red
  • Multicolor
  • Creature-Based
  • Black
  • Red
  • Multicolor
  • Creature-Based

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Deck Format


Standard

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Virtue Signaling

"Waiting a round gives your opponent a chance to kill the creature (or EoV) before you get a chance to equip it."
He still has the chance to do so with a simple instant. He needs the mana for this in the situation but he still could do it :)

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Posted 07 September 2022 at 07:44

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Absolutely. But limiting the opportunity as much as possible is the point.

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Posted 08 September 2022 at 04:33

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I discovered some cards I was originally unaware of so the deck has changed substantially. I dropped the white since I was primarily using it for Double Strike. Lizard Blades accounts for that. I'm getting Lifelink from black now. That opened up slots for removal and card advantage.

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Posted 09 September 2022 at 05:32

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