The Enchantresses act as card draw (admittedly not great card draw but in this deck they could be quite effective) but I believe that it would be prudent to get some more hexproof in here, as is even light removal could be deadly, especially with only 12 creatures in a creature based deck.
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If you're looking for more combos there is Painter's Servant and Grindstone. Against cards that automatically get shuffled back into their decks like Eldrazi (you haven't got any idea what these are? look them up, you're in for a treat, they're basically what would happen if Lovecraft was put in charge of MTG) and Elixir of Immortality you can use Tormod's Crypt for one, there are other good cards for that as well.
I just figure it's boardwipe ability is better (even with taking another turn), which is what you mention as the advantage of Elspeth, Sun's Champion and the +2 is good too in a control deck. It still has the soldier tokens but at -2 which certainly a disadvantage but it has good synergy with the rest of the card I feel and it can be quite useful still. It's also 5 cmc instead of 6, which is nice.Still as you say, it's not an easy choice, I certainly wouldn't be surprised if you stuck with your current Elspeth - it's a brilliant card! Another thought: perhaps Tree of Redemption as a powerful creature with Doran out and able to keep your life total in a cozy zone?
May I suggest Elspeth Tirel over your current Elspeth?
I took your advice with Path of Bravery over Spear of Heliod, and Goldnight Commander over Boros Reckoner (which wasn't a real strong fit for this deck), but I'm not sure how to fit in Hellrider, if you have any suggestions I'd be happy to hear them.
I believe you may overestimate the amount of people playing sac based removal and boardwipes but I guess I don't know your meta, if you says so.
I doubt you're going to be blocking much, so aqueous form is basically 'scry each combat phase'. But the cheaper unblockable seems to outweigh indestructible, at least in my eyes. It also gets out faster, relevant especially in a deck with all those temples and guildgates.
Aqueous Form makes one of your creatures permanently unblockable and you scry every time you attack with that creature, and it has a mana cost of U so I'd recommend that over Thassa. You're never going to get the devotion for Thassa unless you add a bunch of blue to this deck (as it is you have only the minimum required, you'd probably have to play most of your deck for Thassa to become a creature) so I think you're better off with Aqueous Form.While Thassa has some advantages (you can make any creature(s) unblockable instead of just an enchanted one), I'd certainly pick Aqueous Form first.
I've never actually played EDH I just thought I might try my hand at making a deck in case I do, I play fast in non-EDH.
Thanks for the advice, I guess I'm used to playing games that are faster than EDH so I'm used to preferring speed.
Good idea! Thanks for the suggestion, it's included.
I think there is a reason that most turbo-fog decks rely on fog-like effects, they're cheap (mana-wise), there is a lot of cards with those effects, and they can keep you safe for several turns. I am not sure that Riot control is what you want for example, I'd take Defend the Hearth over Riot Control any day.
I'd recommend Wight of Precinct Six for the sideboard, it's a powerful creature on it's own against creature heavy decks and with phenax it can win games. Only against creature-heavy decks though, hence sideboard. And at 2cmc it is a decent creature.
I want to see this up against Not-so-budget deck (http://www.mtgvault.com/adamantian/decks/not-so-budget-deck/), see who wins. :D
Anyone want to get me this? …my birthday is coming up and I'd appreciate it. :DWin Con: Opponents sees you play black lotus and says he'll concede the game if you give him a thousand bucks, since you're obviously drowning in enough money to spend 100k on a MTG deck, you agree.
Fair point.
Sorry, missed your comment, how about Dark Prophecy, to help out your merchant?
I thought it was useful. :)
Sigil of Sleep is vintage, so not my first choice. And I do love aqueous form - probably one of my personal favourite cards from Theros.
Puschkin, I really appreciate the advice, thanks a lot, I've tried to make some changes so tell me what you think!
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