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I'm going to have to look at this thoroughly soon...In the meantime I suggest you check out Wumps' version. It's really, really good. I HIGHLY doubt you'll get a response from him though. He still lurks on the site from time to time, but the guy has a 2-month-old so.....

Right, but the enchantment is what makes the land into a creature. So it's ultimately the enchantment (Genju of the Realm) that produces a legendary creature. I kinda see what you're saying, because it's one non-creature turning another non-creature INTO a creature...so it's a little bit odd.

Oh yeah, and that mana curve? Smexy.

WOW, hey sorry it has taken me so long to respond.

I like what you've done with the deck, but I personally wouldn't have gone so human-heavy. I like spirits for my white token spam =P It's mostly preference with that though.

I do think you could have used a few of the Eidolons here and there though, and/or some of the other enchantment creatures available. Some of them are great, and would work wonders for this deck. I'm especially surprised to not see at least Eidolon of Countless Battles...Seems like a no-brainer.

Finally, I think a handful of the swords of protection (body and mind, feast and famine, etc.) would be really nice in here to give some evasion and keep Isamaru alive longer.

Hope that helps and again, sorry for the late response man.

It is, and yes...I need to update it.

Never been a fan of rainbow as far as it goes with Slivers...I also don't care too much for Slivers haha. This looks fun though. Happy New Year everyone!

Sorry man, been busy with all the holiday fun times, etc. I'll take a look at this when everything stops being so crazy =P

Merry Christmas and all that =]

Normally yeah. Our group allows it and we just have the other colors either not count for anything, or count as colorless.

So since we're on the subject, I want to talk a little more in depth about the importance of individual cards in any given deck. This example is based off a conversation I was having with my buddy Wumps' wife, Allie, about extraction. It also might just be one of the best descriptions of my thinking process when playing these decks that I've been able to come up with, so for those interested in that part of it too, read on =]

Allie was watching me play a game against one of the other players in our group, who was playing a Reanimator deck. When I extirpated his Entombs she asked me why I chose, over any of the other cards available, to hit the Entombs. I said that at the point we were in the match, he needed options, and my best way to limit his options was to take away Entomb. Since her response was "okay...", I went on further and said "Alright, let me ask you this, what does Entomb do?" She began to read out loud Entomb's description. I stopped her and said, "No no, that's what Entomb SAYS. What does it DO? In Joe's deck it expands his options to his library, and then to his graveyard. He likely has a card or cards in his hand that, with Entomb's help, lower the 'cost' of multiple other cards significantly. Right now, it does a ton."

I cannot stress how important it is for players, new and experienced to understand this difference between what it says on a card, and what a card actually does. Lightning Bolt says 'Deal 3 damage to target creature or player', but if you have an opponent at 3 or less life, or that opponent's only blocking creature is killed by the bolt to let you swing for the win, guess what? It might say 'Deal 3 damage' but what it DOES is win you the game. The most insignificant-seeming card can be, at any given moment for any given deck, worth its weight in gold. On the other hand, what might seem like the best card ever can sit in your hand all game long wasting space.

I hope that all makes sense. It was a bit of a ramble and I'm way too tired to look it over right now. Either way, enjoy =]

Welcome back =]

This looks fun. It's goblins with a very obvious touch of your own style/flair. Nice to see. Also, I can't help chuckling at the idea of Thalia uncomfortably sitting around a horde of crazy goblins.

Yeah, this thing has needed a big edit for a long time. It's only gotten partial edits here and there, but none of the real love that it needs. Like you said it's missing obvious choices like Rector and the like. It's always done well enough without them, which I think is why I've never gotten around to fixing it up. You're more inclined to update something when the changes needed are obvious.

A lot of Isamaru designs use the classic Voltron scheme (i.e., equipment) to the point that Isamaru is sometimes called "Sword Pup". I didn't want to got with conventional ways, so I designed it to be more of an Aura-Voltron. It works great though.

You got the deck's idea exactly right. Army of tokens with intermingled big smashy face dudes. It's a strategy I've always enjoyed with these voltron-like designs. Having the army of tokens alongside the big dudes relieves some of the pressure from your opponent chump blocking you all day.

I'm very particular about board wipe in EDH. It can rob the fun from an otherwise great game and it can also backfire and make you a huge target. That said, the two you mentioned might not be bad ideas...

It *IS* a dick move, and personally I wouldn't do it, but that's not to say it can't work in here. This deck runs so many low-end threats that being starved for mana doesn't effect it as much. An armageddon wouldn't hurt as much.

Lotus Petal is a pretty nice artifact for Glissa. It provides consistent mana fixing throughout the game and in some cases can net you a ton of free mana!

It's the sad truth about extraction. Any extraction deck worth its salt will cost you an arm and a leg...

I'm honestly unsure which one is better, they both have their merits. I just love this one because it's so goofy and flies so much in the face of reason.

I put off commenting on this for a long time, because honestly...I didn't know what to say. I still don't really. I'm very happy to see this on the hot page though. I hope this deck can fill with more and more insights from various experienced players about the more intangible aspects of this game. I think it is important to start a new player with the basics and just say "play lands, use mana, play cards, get the opponent to 0 before he gets you to 0", but I think it's also important to show how much deeper the game can go than that.

I think you would make an outstanding Extraction player to be perfectly honest. You understand the value of cards and how their value can change and be manipulated throughout the game...in some ways you describe mana burden. Also you said one of the most important lessons for a new player to learn -- Card draw, lands, etc. don't win the game, defeating the opponent does. It's such a simple sounding idea that has huge implications.

I need to think more on what else I want to say/add/contribute to this deck, because I want what I say or add to be just right. But damn...I'm happy to see something like this.

I *DO* keep my EDH decks updated with new cards from new sets. Unfortunately, this one has been put on the back burner for a while. I think the most recent edit I did to it was for Innistrad. There's certainly some great cards in sets like Ravnica 2.0 and Theros that would fit very nicely in here, so I'm going to have to do some big edits to this soon.

Sorry it's not already updated, but thanks for the reminder I guess =P

It might not be until the weekend, but I will definitely give it a look as soon as I can =]

I'd like to comment on this to let people know that I am still lurking on the site, and still planning to build/post some decks in the future. I recently (about the 10th of November) got promoted and to put it lightly, I came into one hell of a mess left by the person I replaced. Soooo...I've been busier than I think I have ever been in my life, and everything BUT work has been put on hold. I expect things to start settling down soon. Once that happens I hope to become active on here again, because I love this place =]

tl;dr -- Been busy y'all, but I'm still here.

Not sure if it's been suggested already, but Champion of Lambholt is like...50 cents and always amazing for green horde decks.

Pop the link below man. Maybe we can also take a look, give some ideas...