modest viper
Hi all,
Pulled Narset tonight (got a MAT collector pack on a whim, dumb yes I know) and figured why not build her?
Now, the issue with that is I've never played Jeskai in any format ever. Maybe once in a draft? (but that doesn't really count, does it?) So, I've got no clue what I'm doing. I put a list together https://www.moxfield.com/decks/600EvVObXUyvqdxT1O7mrA which I think is probably ok, but I'd love it if someone could look it over and suggest anything at all.
Thanks in advance!
modest viper
(manabase, if not clear, is bigtime WIP btw but I got that so dw)
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Mizzium tank is just a 3 mana 3/2 noncreature spell with prowess
Not too powerful for what you’re trying to do
God-eternal oketra is doing the opposite of what your deck wants to do, which is cast noncreature spells
Just about any cantrip or otherwise noncreature draw spells would be better than prophetic flamespeaker
Swiftblade vindicator out, [[young pyromancer]] in
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Nvm she’s already in the deck, do [[metallurgic summonings]]
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Enchantment
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create an X/X colorless Construct artifact creature token, where X is that spell's mana value.
, Exile Metallurgic Summonings: Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only if you control six or more artifacts.
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How do you win with bomberman combo? Doesn’t seem like it does much considering you’re not casting the LED from your grave to trigger prowess
When it comes to jeskai they’re very good at noncreature spells, and it’s tempting to add in pet cards/fun cards but when your deck’s theme is noncreature spells, adding stuff that doesn’t work with that or around it feels extremely clunky and low impact
Unless you care about enchantments to some degree, I’d say oblivion ring out and [[generous gift]] in
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I’m definitely biased here but Raise the alarm out and [[recruit the worthy]] in
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Instant
Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.
For peace of mind, they mustered for war.
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Having a couple ways to ad Infinitum cast a noncreature spell is always nice to have, especially when it gives you bodies to win with narset
I know it’s 4x the rate of bodies so that’s your choice on this one
modest viper
lot to break down here
agree on mizzium tank sadly, I just like the card (it's first on the chopping block); agree on oketra too but I figured I had enough creatures in the list and double strike is very strong with prowess
prophetic flamespeaker has been good in the couple test games I've gotten with the deck and I've been looking for a home for that card for 10 years; I'm unlikely to cut that fellow
haven't encountered vindicator but I'd have expected it to be good for the same reason flamespeaker has been; double strike + trample + prowess is a nice set of keywords, open to cutting that though
metallurgic summonings seems slow and low impact to me - shark typhoon is there since it's also able to be cycled for an emergency blocker, not sure summonings does anything other than a 5 mana enchantment that makes a 1/1 or two every turn
I'd probably rather slot in my spare cathars' crusade in that slot ngl
modest viper
How do you win with bomberman combo? Doesn’t seem like it does much considering ...
well salvagers + LED is infinite noncreature spell casts and infinite mana, which usually gets me there with any kind of board
conjurer's bauble is a bit of grave recursion and a cantrip itself, and if it's in the bin when I start bombermanning I draw my deck
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Unless you care about enchantments to some degree, I’d say oblivion ring out and...
not opposed to this, though giving blockers isn't great and narset can recur o-ring all the same
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I’m definitely biased here but Raise the alarm out and [[recruit the worthy]] in
recruit the worthy is interesting but not sure how much I'd want to be devoting a lot of my turn to making 4 mana 1/1s lol, I'll consider that one though
ok I think that's everything covered?
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When it comes to jeskai they’re very good at noncreature spells, and it’s tempti...
there are definitely a few pet cards in here, or things I always wanted to run but never got to more accurately (Ojutai, Oketra, Prophetic Flamespeaker) but outside of maybe Oketra I feel like they're all reasonable includes
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metallurgic summonings seems slow and low impact to me - shark typhoon is there ...
Peep it’s activated ability - it let me storm off WAY longer than I would otherwise be able to in the past, and a second copy of slightly-worse shark typhoon is great
[[auriok salvagers]]
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Creature — Human Soldier
: Return target artifact card with mana value 1 or less from your graveyard to your hand.
"Memnarch or the vedalken salvage most of the large machines, leaving us only scraps. Scraps are enough."
2/4
modest viper
hmm wasn't sure about the activated ability either but that's good to know
I'll keep that in mind then
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recruit the worthy is interesting but not sure how much I'd want to be devoting ...
That’s fair, like I said I never leave my spellslinger home without buyback spells, so I’m certainly biased
modest viper
that's fair
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I'll keep that in mind then
It’s mostly an it’s-late-in-the-game-and-my-yard-is-full bomb of an ability
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I've never played spellslinger before this but have been playing mtg for upwards of 10 years at the very least so 4 mana 1/1s just set off my "don't play this" meter lol
modest viper
I'm realizing I should probably pick up another copy of cyclonic rift and shove it in here
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So if you run a decent suite of cost reducers they become quite potent
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I'm realizing I should probably pick up another copy of cyclonic rift and shove ...
Yeye can’t go wrong with cyc rift
fresh sorrel
Since you're in a token strategy, [[Perplexing Test]] isn't bad
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If you're in full bomberman levels though then yes, do rift :p
I'm still working on my list but, [[Synthesis Pod]] has seemed really interesting in the context of this Narset. Since you control a spell you've exiled and then cast from an opponent's graveyard.
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Artifact
(
can be paid with either or 2 life.)
, 
, Exile a spell you control: Target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a card with mana value equal to 1 plus the exiled spell's mana value. Exile that card, then that player shuffles. You may cast that exiled card without paying its mana cost.
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And can get you an additional prowess trigger.
fresh sorrel
Oh grave to hand I thought it was to field
Salvagers returning the LED to field would be worse if you're trying to build a storm count.
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Right, that’s why I thought it wouldn’t work
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I'm still working on my list but, [[Synthesis Pod]] has seemed really interestin...
oh ok that's really cool wtf
fresh sorrel
It's a card that not many people were interested in because it exiled a spell you included in your deck for a reason. Exiling a card an opponent included though?
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also, like, the ability to cast a weird copy out of the bin and then get rid of it for value is enticing
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Imagine free casting a force of will and rummaging through an opponents deck for a 1{P/U} 6 drop instant/sorcery instead
That’d be neat
fresh sorrel
You can't cast a FoW without another spell on the stack
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Yea, just do it in response to someone else doing something, idk I was just dreaming up shenanigans
fresh sorrel
So, you cast the noncreature card with Narset's trigger when you select it.
So it doesn't hold in exile
One of the funniest things I've done on arena is 0'ing out the [[Wandering Emperor]] and casting it with the attack trigger
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