Torpor Orb

by Oryen on 18 July 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Instants (8)


Artifacts (4)


Land (20)

Sideboard (4 cards)

Sorceries (4)

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Deck Description

Abuse Torpor Orb for powerful low-costing creatures.

Deck Tags

  • Modern
  • Mono Black
  • Aggro

Deck at a Glance

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Torpor Orb

Probably needs better ways to get Torpor Orb on the field.
Suggestions, please!

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 02:43

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Beseech the Queen would allow you to search your library for a card in 3 black

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 13:32

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http://www.mtgvault.com/coldbeer666/decks/torpor-orb/

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 13:35

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that's my torpor deck http://www.mtgvault.com/rangel/decks/torpor-demons/

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Posted 19 July 2013 at 00:17

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I would recommend phyrexian dreadnaught

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 03:02

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Trying to keep it Modern-legal, but it would be a great option for casual play!

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 03:05

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 14:11

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You already got Diabolic Tutor. You can get Demonic Tutor too

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Posted 24 July 2013 at 22:30

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For casual play

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Posted 24 July 2013 at 22:30

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Diabolic Tutor?

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 03:41

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I second that, perhaps two... and swap out two sleeper agents?

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 19:11

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eater of days

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 06:28

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yeah i have that one in my torpor orb

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 13:22

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Leveler would be decent.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 19:22

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but dangerous, if your oponent has a destroy artifact as an instant, he just made you lose your library

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 21:49

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people aren't carrying around artifact hate mainboard, you could always side it out too, its just a big ass beater that could carry this deck farther and works well with the orb.

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Posted 18 July 2013 at 21:56

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why is geralfs messenger there? you DONT want him do cause damage? lol

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Posted 19 July 2013 at 00:19

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Phew, internet's back up after a day of network shenanigans!
Eater of Days and Leveler, I definitely like. And as for Geralfs' Messenger, I can only say that I was building decks in a sleepless stupor so I may have skimmed over several effects. :p

-4 Geralf's Messenger
-4 Drekavac
+4 Eater of Days
+4 Diabolic Tutor

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Posted 19 July 2013 at 01:38

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Need help on my Vampire (standard deck)

Just need a draw mechanism. For faster drawing. Not nessairly searching. If you feel the need to chime on other aspects feel free! Only STANDARD CARDS I already have an awesome unbeatble vintage version. lol.

http://www.mtgvault.com/mmmjkx2/decks/blades-nightmare-standard/

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Posted 20 July 2013 at 11:13

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Sundial of the infinite works in a similar way to torpor orb here. Once your creature enters the battlefield, its tiggered ability goes on the stack, then activate sundial's ability to end the turn (removing all spells and abilities from the stack before they resolve). This is not as good as torpor orb in that it costs 1 to activate. It is better in the fact that it can counter abrupt decays by ending the turn while its on the stack. Its good in instant speed control matchups. Basically it serves as torpor orbs copy number 5-8.

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Posted 20 July 2013 at 15:05

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Take out Nixathid - it's effect is not an 'enter the battlefield' but a change in how the creature forms upon entering so doesn't trigger upon entry but after the spell resolves. Therefore you would still have to select an opponent and it would (more than likely) die due to it's ability. Instead I would run Avatar of Discord as a three drop creature that works well with Torpor Orb.

In terms of tutoring have a look at transmute effects like Shred Memory :)

Here's my build of the same idea - http://www.mtgvault.com/buzzgsc/decks/monoblack-torporeater-b/

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Posted 21 July 2013 at 01:23

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Good catch, i didn't notice the slight difference

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Posted 21 July 2013 at 02:04

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This is an awesome deck. I can't believe it's only 15 bucks!

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Posted 21 July 2013 at 18:30

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Posted 21 July 2013 at 19:03

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Really good call on the Nyxathid and a tutor for 3 mana would be perfect for pulling out a quick Torpor Orb, as well as a few other strong 2 drops.

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Posted 21 July 2013 at 20:15

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Nice Deck , Check this deck out if you have a moment, http://www.mtgvault.com/dragon77/decks/taking-your-deck-apart-slowly/

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Posted 22 July 2013 at 20:06

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Sleeper Agent seems like a bad card to have in this deck, as it just does two damage to you every turn. It is meant to be traded away so that it can damage the enemy. That said, Etched Monstrosity is a 10/10 for 5 with a torpor orb. Not as cheap, but still fits well into a Torpor Orb deck.

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Posted 23 July 2013 at 23:03

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Never mind, double checked etched monstrosity and it still has counters

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Posted 24 July 2013 at 21:45

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Buried relic, in case someone destroy your torpor orb

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Posted 31 July 2013 at 16:06

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I have one question, torpor orb makes creatures entering the battlefield don't cause abilities to trigger.
But some of the creatures in the deck have effects when they enter play, not when they enter the battlefield.
For example, eater of days makes you skip your next 2 turns when it enters play, would torpor orb null this effect?

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Posted 01 August 2013 at 17:21

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It would. Enter play and Enter the battlefield effects are the same, they've only been changed for flavor reasons.

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Posted 01 August 2013 at 17:50

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Oracle text for both changed Eater of Day's effect text to 'enter the battlefield' :)

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Posted 01 August 2013 at 18:29

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As your running mono black you may want to add cards that benefit from the number of swamps you control, perhaps a corrupt or 2

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Posted 03 August 2013 at 17:05

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