I missed the Mazes End!
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So, Here's a thought. Guildgates are good for being dual mana, but there are so many better ones.Command Tower (But i think someone mentioned that), Thran Quarry, Rupture Spire, Shimmering Grotto, Transquild Promenade and Unknown Shores all provide all types of Mana.Arcane Sanctum, Crumbling Necropolis, Jungle Shrine, Savage Lands, Seaside Citadel are all 3 types of land. Treva's Ruins, Rith's Grove, Crosis's Catacombs, Dromar's Cavern, and Darigaaz's Caldera are all 3 types of lands, that bounce lands back to your hand.The Urza's Power Plant/Mine/Tower are great for bulk mana.Nykthos, Shrine of Nyx is also good for mana fixing...Of course, if this is just theory crafting, then we could include the original dual lands, or the pain lands....Just some thoughts on Land.
paradise mantle on gilder bairn with training grounds is insane! unlimited counters!
I looked through it quickly - totally missed Mazes.... my bad... as far as the commander... if you want 5 colors... Horde of Notions, maybe. Maybe Child of Alara. Maybe Progenitus, though he's highly expensive CMC wise...
Well... if you want a multi color deck... you need to change your commander... and ... if you're going to run all the guildgates, I'd suggest running maze's end.. otherwise there's lots of better lands....
We recently ran a similiar tourney in my playgroup - it was a lot of fun. We used 60 card, singleton decks with vintage banned card rules - as several of us are longtime players with significant card pools. We didn't limit planeswalkers or anything - just 4 rares/mythics. We realized fairly quickly that this still has issues - we had 1 deck with a tolarian academy and another with Jace in it.... still with in the rules we set - but definitely not a balanced field. We've decided to try a hard cap on the cost of the deck for the next time we try...On another note - really like the deck idea.Well Done.
We recently ran a "limited budget" tourney in my playgroup - it was a lot of fun. We used vintage rules - as several of us are longtime players with significant card pools. We didn't limit planeswalkers or anything - just 4 rares/mythics. We realized fairly quickly that this still has issues - we had 1 deck with a tolarian academy and another with Jace in it.... still with in the rules we set - but definitely not a balanced field. We've decided to try a hard cap on the cost of the deck for the next time we try...On another note - really like the deck idea.Well Done.
This looks fun... and entertaining. Nicely done, North!
Very Not Budget. If you're not worried about keeping it budget, then that's a good option. Another, non budget card that I'd add, would be Dragon Broodmother!
Wow. That's all kind of nasty! I Like It!
This deck is kinda scary.... I like it! Well done again!
Well Done! I like this deck very much! And so cheap! Nice!
Gothy, I hate to say this but in my opinion, MTG has become somewhat of a "my wallet is bigger - therefor I win!" game. I've been playing - admittedly mainly casual - since somewhere around Limited or Revised - more than 20 years - and I've seen it time and again - the more money you have to spend on getting that specific card - or buying more cards period, will net you a better deck.While I can appreciate that you feel that casual, budget, pauper and so on formats drag down the play skill - I'll respond with my opinion that crafting decks that are competitive against high money decks with less costly and decks full of rare or mythic cards is HARD and takes significant skill and insight. I've actually had a friend put together a couple of Northy's budget decks - and he's been able to compete with a couple of our other friends with low level tournament decks. I think at the end of the day this debate is simply two different opinions. Two different beliefs on what MTG should be, and how it should be played. Tourneys vs Casual. It's that simple. Each should, and does require, different deck construction mentalities, different approaches, and realistically, will use different cards. There is a considerable list of cards that I don't think you'd ever use in a Tourney, but would be considered staples in some casual formats. That's one of the big reasons that I play almost any format I'm asked to play in.I now play in tourneys on a semi regular basis - nothing pro, PTQs or such, just my local game stores hosting prereleases and the like - but I do see the meta change and am up on the Tourneys. But, I get just as much, if not more, fun out of our casual nights - where we'll play anything from EDH, Two Headed Giant, Emporer, to Free For All multiplayer games as well as some 1v1 games. This deck, while it would probably not win many tourneys - would be great fun in 1v1 or any kind of casual play. Northy, well done again, and PLEASE, keep the decks rolling. I'm a huge fan!
Once again, North, you've done it again! Well written and glad to see something like this out there. I've only been playing EDH/Commander for a bit now, but Absolutely love this format... my casual group has a huge following for EDH! Thanks again!
Heck Yeah. I was thinking the same thing.... I'd suggest in place of the hellraiser or the diplomat, personally, as I hate the "must attack each turn" thing... but... still an awesome deck as is!
Have Fun, stay safe, make lots of money (hopefully), and we'll see some cool new stuff in the future!
Once again, Northern has risen to the challenge! Love this! I'm working towards a Sliver EDH, but... seems I'm just a little to "greedy" for my own good - Good Job! This deck looks completely viable and playable! Thanks again North!
this is good!
I would be tempted to sideboard a mistcutter and/or a kalonian for 1 or 2 broodmothers...
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