Lands Tax Edge

by freaknasty on 29 March 2013

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Lands Tax Edge

Very nice, it's about time someone revived the old Tax/Edge deck and tweaked it a bit. I'm working on my own version of this and I thought of using Sol Ring, though I'd probably put Winter Orb in rather than Howling Mine in order to slow things down rather than speed them up. I like how you've got the Fallen Empires sac-lands, I didn't think of that.

In a deck like this, it's important to stall for time and fend off your opponent's aggression until you get the Tax/Edge combo up and running, which is where your sorceries will come in handy... the card Humility from Tempest will combo well with Pyroclasm.

I've got 4x Savannah Lions in mine, which could be replaced with Clergy of the Holy Nimbus (1/1 creature for W that regenerates unless your opponent pays 1 colorless mana)... this creature would also combo well with Pyroclasm when your opponent's tapped out. It also has the upside of being just irritating enough to make them want to play another land or two, which is what you need so your Land Tax will pay out.

Obviously, Land Tax must be played as soon as possible and there's a few ways to pull it out of the deck quicker. Enlightened Tutor isn't necessarily the best choice... you could splash blue for Intuition or maybe even black for Demonic Tutor.

For anyone considering adding blue for Force of Will, it isn't actually that helpful and there are better ways to guard your combo. Vigilant Martyr from Mirage is creature for W that counters a spell that targets your enchantments. Argivian Find pulls a dead enchantment or artifact out of your graveyard, again for one white mana. I'm sure there are others...

Life gain works well to a) stall your opponent until you get the combo down b) give you a higher life total so that your own L'Edge can't be used against you as effectively.

1x Zuran Orb comes in handy and of course Ivory Tower too.

Check out the following links:

http://oldschool-mtg.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/some-notes-on-tax-edge.html
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy/XWRX_cJ8ffg/R5uQbaqSLRMJ
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy/XWRX_cJ8ffg/slA3Mm6BfvgJ

Another version of the original old-school Tax/Edge (from http://www.magiclibrarities.net/404-rarities-inquest-magic-related-cards-english-cards-inquest-killer-decks-cards.html) contains these cards:

ENCHANTMENTS

4 Land Tax
4 Land's Edge
2 COP: Reds

CREATURES

4 Serra Angels

MANA

5 Mountains
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
12 Plains
4 Plateaus

DESTRUCTION

2 Armageddon
1 Balance
3 Disenchants
4 Lightning Bolts
4 Swords to Plowshares
2 Wraths of God

OTHER STUFF

1 Ivory Tower
2 Libraries of Leng
2 Reverse Damage
1 Skull of Orm
1 Wheel of Fortune

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Posted 26 September 2014 at 11:43

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