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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Trinity's Triad of Fates ~ CMDR 2017

The way to use Triad of Fates is to pay 1 to add a fate counter to a lowly token (such as a Servo).  Then, pay 1 using something to untap Triad of Fates either Magewright's Stone or something like it.  Then, pay another black mana to tap Triad of Fates again.  Exile the token.  Then, draw 2 card. 




CMDR - Triad of Fates15+39=5412+54=6620+66=8613+86+cmdr=100
Land 39Artifact TokensBlack EnchantmentInstant BlackCreatures
Bojuka BogThopter AssemblyDictate of ErebosUltimate PriceCloudgoat Ranger
Command TowerMyr BattlesphereGrave PactHero's DownfallDeathless Angel
Caves of KoilosNecrotic PlagueGo for the ThroatDoomed Traveler
Concealed CourtyardOther ArtifactsPainful QuandryDoom BladeLeonin Arbitor
Esper PanoramaJandor SaddlebagsPhyrexian ArenaDespiseLinvala, Keeper of Silence
Evolving WildsMagewright's StoneSoul Stair ExpeditionMirran Crusader
Forsaken SanctuaryNihil SpellbombInstant WhiteMirror Entity
Holdout SettlementPuppet StringsWhite EnchantmentLeave No TraceSkirsdag High Priest
Isolated ChapelSkullclampGhostly PossessionTo Arms!Sunblast Angel
Orzhov GuildgateSol RingJourney to NowhereRighteousnessTranscendent Master
10 PlainsSylvok LifestaffMurder InvestigationSwords to PlowsharesThraben Doomsayer
Rogue's PassageUmbra MantleOblivion RingVengeful Archon
Sejiri SteppeThousand-Year ElixirPacifismSorceryVengeful Pharaoh
Scoured BarrensPromise of BunreiCastigate
9 SwampsPlaneswalkerConqueror's Pledge
Tainted FieldBlackDay of Judgment
Temple of SilenceSorin MarkovDistress
Temple of the False GodGather the Townsfolk
Terramorphic ExpanseWhiteIncreasing Devotion
Vault of the ArchangelElspeth, Knight-ErrantLingering Souls
Vivid MarshElspeth TirelMind Twist
Vivid MeadowGideon JuraNomads' Assembly
Planar Outburst
Servo Exhibition

Saturday, October 14, 2017

Vicious Resurrections ~ Peasant Green White

Here are the rules I use:


This deck tries to create tons of tokens with cards like Eyeless Watcher that makes two tokens in addition to itself, and Kozilek's Predator which also makes two tokens in addition to itself.  These are then meant to be pumped by Overrun and Triumph of the Hordes.  And, if they die, so what?  Evolution Charm or Wildwood Rebirth put them back into play with even more tokens.

This is the mechanic. 
Play something like Eyeless Watcher.  It creates 2 tokens.
Then, attack with Eyeless Watcher.  The best thing that can happen to you are forced to put it in the graveyard because then you can bring it out with Evolution Charm, and recast it so you with have a total of 4 tokens.  Combine an attack with an uncommon and slam! ~ It's game over.




Saturday, September 2, 2017

Wall of Denial - Pauper CMDR

This deck is better for a 30 damage scenario.


Strategy for Pauper CMDR Wall of Denial:
1.  Rid yourself from your opponents offense with auras and spells.
2.  Win at the long slow hard fought battle with small creatures.



Land - 36Aura - White Blue - 1Spells - Blue 15Creature - Blue - 12
Azorius GuildgateCurse of ChainsDivinationAugury Owl
Bant PanoramaDecision ParalysisAzure Drake
Esper PanoramaAura Blue - 5DepriveCloud Elemental
16 IslandCartouche of KnowledgeDispelDream Stalker
16 PlainsIllusory WrappingsDownsizeHeadless Skaab
Tranquil CoveNarcolepsyEssence ScatterIllusionary Servant
Paralyzing GraspGhostly FlickerPhantom Beast
Artifact - 2Wind ZendikonMana LeakSea Gate Oracle
Adventuring GearNegateShimmering Glasskite
Explorer's ScopeAura - White - 10Select for InspectionStormbound Geist
Angelic GiftStoic RebuttalMerfolk Looter
ArrestTaigam's SchemingSpiketail Drakeling
Compulsory RestTurn AsideCreature - White
Ethereal ArmorUnsummonBlinding Mage
Hyena UmbraSee BeyondConcordia Pegasis

Journey to NowhereSpells - White - 9Goldenglow Moth
PacifismAcrobatic ManeuverKemba's Skyguard
Recumbent BlissCancelKor Skyfisher
Temporal IsolationDemystifyLone Missionary
Bound in SilenceEland UmbraSunspire Griffen
54Graceful ReprieveTemple Acolyte
Momentary BlinkWild Griffen
Repel the Darkness99
Revoke ExistenceWall of Denial
Whitesun's Passage
78

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

MTG's Use of Kor




I had long wondered where MTG got the word kor from. Examples of this type of card are attached. These kor cards primarily dealing with the color white (plains); it's a long shot, but think farming plains.


I just finished listening to Mechirah - Chapter Twenty Eight of the Mishneh Torah http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/rambam.asp… --
and found that in Hebrew this word is often used in agriculture - hence the possible combination of kor with agriculture and plains.

Kor - definition of kor by The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com/kor
kor - an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs.


Sunday, June 21, 2015

Milk of Dread ~ Pauper

Milk of Dread’ strategy is moderate paced.  The deck has a few ways to gain life, in particular Goldenglow Moth, Lone Missionary, and Sylvok Lifestaff, each buying time so that the others can fly over, or bust through an opponent’s defense.  In addition, there are more traditional white enchantments that help lock up an opponent’s defense, slowing the progression of the game for a steady offense.

To review a specific card in this deck; Doomed Traveler is a great pauper creature.  I often judge pauper creatures with respect to how powerful they are in comparison to infect cards, such that in this case Doomed Traveler.  I compare it to Glistener Elf.  Glistener Elf is a 1/1 but because it essentially deals double damage because 10 poison counters are lethal, so it is really like a 2/2.  Similarly, Doomed Traveler is as 2 1/1 creatures, which add up to 2/2, effectively as powerful as a Glistener Elf.


Creatures: 21
3 Doomed Traveler                                         4 Goldenglow Moth
3 Guardian of the Guildpact                             3 Kor Skyfisher
3 Razor Golem  (Razor Golem is also an artifact)

Artifacts and Enchantments: 16
4 Adventuring Gear                                        1 Arrest
2 Ghostly Possession                                      4 Journey to Nowhere
1 Recumbent Bliss                                           1 Sylvok Lifestaff
2 Temporal Isolation                                       1 Vulshok Morningstar

Sorceries:

Land:
1 Kabira Crossroads                                         20 Plains

Personal Info: Milk of Dread is a moderately paced white deck.  Like many decks of mine it tells a story.  In this case, it is with regard to my milk intolerance and allergy struggles.  For example, the card “Doomed Traveler” makes me think of difficulties I had traveling, such as the several car accidents I was in due to the brain fog milk induced to me.


Thursday, June 4, 2015

Deck Name: Michael Jackson, Deck Colors: Black and White, Format: Modern. Version: 2.6.

The strategy is simple.  Crush your opponent's offense first.  Make your opponent discard cards.  Destroy, and enchant your opponent's offense.  Once your opponent is at your mercy begin the attack!
Please note the change of format, legacy to modern, for version 2.6 of this deck named - Michael Jackson.


Artifact Creature

Creature: 6+1
Drainpipe Vermin                                      Indomitable Archangel
Linvala, Keeper of Silence                        Mirran Crusader

Artifact Equipment 
 Gorgon Flail                                           Infiltration Lens

Enchantment: 8
2 Journey to Nowhere                               4 Pacifism
Painful Quandary                                       Spirit Mantle

Instant: 8
Doom Blade                                               Double Cleave
3 Go for the Throat                                   Ultimate Price

Planeswalker:
Elspeth, Knight-Errant                                  Elspeth Tirel

Sorcery: 10
Day of Judgment                                        3 Mind Rot
3 Raven’s Crime                                        3 Revoke Existence

LAND: 23
3 Evolving Wilds                                       8 Plains
9 Swamp                                                   3 Terramorphic Expanse

Monday, May 11, 2015

Deck Name: Long Slow Demise. Deck colors: Green and White. Format: Pauper. Version: 1

The object of this deck is to bring about a “Long Slow Demise” to your opponent or else a long slow demise will be brought to you.  There are 23 enchantments.  Each enchantment is designed to work especially with the focal creature; AuraGnarlid (shown here):

  However, these creatures may work well with other aspects, for instance, with Nest Invader, you could combine either Nest Invader (probably a better choice) or its Eldrazi token with Forced Adaptation, and within a few turns it becomes a factor.  Thus, this deck is not just banking on 4 Aura Gnarlids, but that is where the graveyard saver sideboard cards may come in, Salvage, Reclaim, Evolutionary Charm, and/or Wildwood Rebirth, but keep in mind that in some ways these slow the deck because they are not creatures or auras.

Creatures: 17
4 Aura Gnarlid                                    1 Centaur Courser
1 Copperhorn Scout                            2 Doomed Traveler
2 Garruk’s Companion                        1 Guardian of the Guildpact
3 Nest Invader                                      3 Wickerbough Elder

Enchantments: 23
2 Abundant Growth                           4 Ethereal Armor
3 Forced Adaptation                           4 Ghostly Possession
2 Hyena Umbra                                   4 Journey to Nowhere
3 Temporal Isolation                           1 Utopia Vow

Land: 20
8 Forest                                               8 Plains

Sideboard:
1 Evolution Charm                               4 Lull
1 Reclaim                                             3 Salvage
1 Ulamog’s Crusher                             2 Wildwood Rebirth