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Birthing Pod and a couple other decks

I'm looking for suggestions on my Birthing Pod deck.
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=201844

I have a better formatted list on my blog showing a breakdown by CMC
http://ggxgames.blogspot.com/2011/06/post-ban-deck-lists.html

I'm pretty new to pod decks, but I've been playing against them for a long time. If you read my above blog, you'll see that I think very highly of them in the upcoming meta. The card advantage that they can provide as they cycle through creatures is staggering.

However, I feel like being so late to the party, that I'm missing some really solid creatures that should be in there.

Any suggestions? TIA
Posted 27 June 2011 at 05:19

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My friend had actually built a birthing pod deck right after NPH released, and when it played out it was annoying to deal with for sure. However he ran all 5 colors in the deck, which gave him some insane choices for creatures.

I'll try and get a decklist from him sometime and post it. It was a pretty insane lineup and when it hit, it hit hard...
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Posted 27 June 2011 at 13:56

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Interesting. I don't think I've seen a 5 color variation before, see if you can get ahold of the list or at least a rough outline of it.
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Posted 28 June 2011 at 04:49

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I talked with him, and he's going to compile me a decklist so I can post it. This way if we make any improvements he can implement them himself lol...
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Posted 28 June 2011 at 14:11

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I've been drawn more to more of a straight aggro build as opposed to utility in Pod decks. I find it runs more consistently and is drastically easier to play. Here's mine, it's made for post-rotation so it would be much different for standard right now. I guess you could call it a ramp build:

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=205410

I haven't had a chance to really test it, but it seems good on paper
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Posted 07 July 2011 at 02:34

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I talked about it in the forum too, but I really wish more people would run white with birthing pod decks.
Wurmcoil -> Elsh Norn. Ughhhhh
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Posted 11 July 2011 at 09:07

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[QUOTE=celebratorkevin]I talked about it in the forum too, but I really wish more people would run white with birthing pod decks.
Wurmcoil -> Elsh Norn. Ughhhhh[/QUOTE]

Imo. Sheouldred > elesh norn

Eleshs -2/-2 ability is the best part of the card and massacre wurm does it better
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Posted 11 July 2011 at 09:28

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I meant moreso that you get the 2 tokens from massacre and they in turn get the +2/+2. So you're trading a 6/6 life link death touch
for a 5/5 life link 5/5 death touch and elsh
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Posted 11 July 2011 at 09:38

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[QUOTE=celebratorkevin]I meant moreso that you get the 2 tokens from massacre and they in turn get the +2/+2. So you're trading a 6/6 life link death touch
for a 5/5 life link 5/5 death touch and elsh[/QUOTE]

Massacre Wurm doesn't give you any tokens. You're thinking of the Wurmcoil Engine
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Posted 11 July 2011 at 13:57

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I had a go with a mono-black variant on birthing pod. here's what i've got:
Deck link: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=206151
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Posted 11 July 2011 at 16:11

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[QUOTE=Safearus]Massacre Wurm doesn't give you any tokens. You're thinking of the Wurmcoil Engine[/QUOTE]

Erm yeah that's what I meant, sorry.
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Posted 11 July 2011 at 19:12

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