Sphinx's Counsel- help needed

by rogib on 12 May 2013

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Deck Description

eperimental, wants an army of vigilant flyers, buffed by signal pest and jelenn sphinx cos i love the cards art

any advice would be greatly welcomed :)

Deck Tags

  • White
  • Blue
  • Sphinx
  • Budget

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

Deck discussion for Sphinx's Counsel- help needed

Hello friend, have you tried Tokens? When I read the words "army," "vigilant," "fliers," all I could think about was Intangible Virtue! Try building your deck around Intangible Virtue and any card that will give you flying spirit tokens and you might like what you find! It would be much easier than having just vigilance from Serra's Blessing, because you wouldn't be wasting it on your Sphinx who already has Vigilance! Of course, this would mean a great deal of your deck would be overhauled... but it's up to you!

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 02:11

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thanks for replying, but ive already got a token deck, might give that intangible virtue though, vigilant 3/3 centaurs, yes please lol...
with this , i wanted to move away from tokens, and try some on attacking bonuses, like jelenn and signal pest provide...

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 08:12

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Oh all right, I completely understand wanting to vary your decks a little bit. :)

Have you considered Pianna, Nomad Captain? It gives a similar effect, though it isn't flying nor vigilant... But with your enchantment all creatures are vigilant, so there's that. A little more pricey but a little better is Soltari Champion, who is Pianna but not Legendary and also has Shadow. Bruna, Light of Alabaster is in your colors, and if you had more Auras she might be worth throwing in there. Serra Angel is a classic, cheap, 5 costing 4/4 with flying vigilance, and Serra Sphinx is the same creature but blue instead. An interesting card with options would be Windreaver, who you could potentially pump and deal a large amount of damage if he went through!

Also, if you were looking to focus on attacking bonuses, why have Plumeveil? Other than it being a stout blocker, can't your vigilant creatures do the same job?

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 08:57

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plumeveil is more of a throwback to the fact some of the people i play wiht arent particularly observant, they will forget about defender haha, but your probably right, there are better picks. id would want all my attackers to be flying, the liege is in there for the buff haha.
serra sphinx is a solid addition though, will probably change the plumeveil for them haha.
about bruna, what other auras do you think i could add? was thinking of removing an augury owl and the o-rings for them... or maybe just increasing deck to 80 cards, but not keen on that.

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 10:08

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No I wouldn't increase to 80, it would ruin your draws pretty badly. I can think of a few Auras that will help out, for mana sake I'm going to limit them to 3 or less CMC, because the things you are taking out are that much. Well, here are some top notch Auras you can equip to Bruna, or anyone you deem worthy!

Battle Mastery is a favorite of mine. Double Strike is just a really nasty thing to give a creature.
Cloak of Mists gives someone unblockable.
Curiosity is cheap and effective. Give it to a flier when they can't block for a repeatable card draw.
Eel Umbra is cool because even if you don't want to use it to give someone the +1/+1, you can flash it in to prevent a killspell from taking your guy!
Ethereal Armor would be good, but ONLY if you decide to put a few more enchantments in the deck. If you have it and 2 other enchantments on the field, it gets nasty.
Of course there's Vigilance, for when you can't find your Serra's Blessing...

I think the best option is Spirit Mantle. Spirit Mantle is great, gives your creature (basically) unblockable, and if he has vigilance he can block anyone and not take damage!

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 21:20

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four spirit mantles are going in now lol
thanks for the advice man :)

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 22:01

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No problem! And if you have the time, take a look at my decks too maybe? Happy Gathering :)

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 22:10

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hello again!
a minor change to your land balance again. 11 islands and 13 plains.

my method for a good land balance is to look at how many mana symbols there are for each colour. then divide it down to the lowest they can go. sometimes you might have to guess.
this deck follows that method nicely.

otherwise, this looks like a fun deck to play. its nice to see another tribal deckbuilding enthusiast

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Posted 14 May 2013 at 18:56

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i love random tribals, and tribals in general realy lol

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Posted 14 May 2013 at 19:32

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Birds are surprisingly powerful. I challenge you to make a Squirrel tribal deck

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Posted 15 May 2013 at 03:17

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two new tribal ideas coming up haha. check out my pirate tribal:
http://www.mtgvault.com/rogib/decks/pirates-aplenty/
would be terrible in practice but the theory is awesome lol

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Posted 15 May 2013 at 09:51

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