#Pell's Decks and Deck Accessories (formerly Chuck's)

1 messages · Page 2 of 1

chilly void
#

same with Stormscape Familiar.

#

I think those are it, though.

#

[[Stormscape Familiar]] might actually be a valuable inclusion.

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

idk, maybe the raptor is right

#

@reef estuary what do you think about Marauding Raptor here?

reef estuary
#

But you are in colors to have mana dorks

chilly void
#

no i am not

reef estuary
#

And that’s like 9 dorks right there

chilly void
#

i am in jeskai the mana dorks suck ass

reef estuary
#

So? They’re better in satya than a rock is

#

The familiars are great too

#

Marauding raptor probably wouldn’t be good because copying it means you basically can’t cast any of your creatures

chilly void
#

fair, but also copying it means the OG raptor swings in for 4 on curve

#

and then one of them dies lmao

reef estuary
#

Yeah… raptor ain’t good here

#

The familiars I’m mid on because you’ll definitely get into positions where you have stormscape and no white spells

#

I do like it for sure

chilly void
#

idk the options suck

#

i fuckin hate ornithopter of paradise i think that card suck

reef estuary
#

You take that back

#

Ornithopter is sexy as hell

#

2 generic mana for a bop in every color combo?

#

Not to mention copying it with satya means it’ll DEFINITELY get through to survive to your next turn

chilly void
#

I'll give it a shot but I really don't like it here

#

ooh, wait, maybe a creature that when it ETBs or dies or hits generates a treasure?

#

?

#

also quite likely to stick around AND has evasion?

#

similarly, could just put Ragavan in the deck

reef estuary
#

Ooh, yeah

#

Ragavan is legend rule

chilly void
#

yeah

#

he's still a 1 mana mana dork!

reef estuary
#

I do like generous a lot though

reef estuary
chilly void
#

yeah i think plunderer is better for this purpose

#

it's unlikely to get shot, it has evasion

#

and copying it does not necessarily compound the downside

#

also, the original never has to attack, which is important

#

alternatively, both

#

there's plenty of stuff in my deck that's legendary, although typically they get value from being copied

chilly void
#

OKAY so here's where the creatures are at

#

I'm lookin at goin up another dude if i can find something I want

#

maybe Sakashima's Student or Clever Impostor if I can find a copy.

reef estuary
#

Clones could be pretty powerful

#

Is there a clone that gives evasion as it enters?

#

There’s the three mana one that can’t be blocked, but that doesn’t clone until a turn later

chilly void
quiet furnaceBOT
reef estuary
#

Yeah. What was that other one? [[cephalid|SNC]] I think

quiet furnaceBOT
#

No card found named “cephalid” in Streets of New Capenna

reef estuary
#

Uhhhhh

#

[[cephalid facetaker]]

quiet furnaceBOT
reef estuary
#

One of my favorites tbh

chilly void
#

hi im pell this is pain and suffering v4

#

We're 99/100 and I will probably begin just adding things to "considering" as i find them tomorrow

#

Also, Memory Lapse or something might be getting swapped for a removal spell or something tomorrow, who knows?

quaint sorrel
quiet furnaceBOT
quaint sorrel
#

This could generate 3 treasures in one turn with Satya

uneven orchid
#

[[Charming Scoundrel]]

quiet furnaceBOT
uneven orchid
#

This one is one colorless cheaper and has haste and can also do other things for additional utility.

quaint sorrel
chilly void
#

(which Sol Ring itself can also already do)

#

Scoundrel is also an option.

quaint sorrel
chilly void
#

depends on the rest of my hand @quaint sorrel ; if there's a clone in my hand then yes, if not then it depends on board state

quaint sorrel
#

To clone what? Satya?

chilly void
#

ye

#

most of my clones clone as nonlegendary or ignore legend rule

chilly void
#

this is not enough fucking removal AAAAAAAAAAAAa

#

IM GONNA SCREAM

torpid hinge
#

?

#

It looks like a similar removal suite as my Elsha list

chilly void
chilly void
#

Hmm, is Sakashima the Impostor worth it in here?

chilly void
#

@marble pasture am I a fucking weirdo if I want Chain of Vapor or Void Snare or Alchemist's Retrieval in over Snap? I kinda fucking hate Snap.

#

if I am gonna hold up mana for a bounce, I'd rather it be easier to hold up that mana and have the flexibility of also being able to bounce my own One Ring if I need to

marble pasture
#

WHO PINGETH ME 💢

also no, chain is based

chilly void
#

sorry

marble pasture
#

i also hate snap

chilly void
#

im lookin at my current removal suite since V4 is up

#

and we're running Generous Plunderer and Ragavan now

marble pasture
#

i'm not actually mad, I just do that to everyone who pingeth

#

tis tradition

#

but chain is super based

#

11/10

chilly void
#

I am so glad someone else fucking hates Snap

#

I gave it the old college try

#

because, you know, try everything once

#

holy fuck does it just feel terrible

marble pasture
#

yeah you could get the "free" bounce

#

or you could pay 1 to bounce potentially anything

chilly void
#

not only am i holding up TWO MANA but I can't bounce noncreatures with it? what the fuck

#

at that point why am i not playing Snapback

#

"oh but you get your mana back!" but that only matters when i'm casting my removal on my own turn, which ideally I shouldn't be doing???

marble pasture
#

so here's the thing

reverse free

#

is so much worse than optional free

chilly void
#

it's not free, it has a massive opportunity cost

marble pasture
#

^

chilly void
#

and that opportunity is the huge tempo loss

#

snapback you will generally lose about as much tempo, or you can trade card advantage for it

marble pasture
#

now if snap could target anything you could maybe make a case for it

#

but it doesn't

chilly void
#

yeah if it was any nonland, i'd run it no problem

#

I'm also thinking about taking out Generous Gift for Council's Judgment

#

or for Bovine Intervention

marble pasture
#

Ahh, the anti nadu tech option

chilly void
#

it's not just that, it's a lot of things, but also i'm worried about being able to convince 2-3 people to agree with me on something

marble pasture
#

Probably bovine then

chilly void
#

which is why it might become Bovine

marble pasture
#

A 2/2 isn’t nothing but it’s much better than whatever you’re wasting

chilly void
#

yeah, the concern with Bovine is inability to hit Rhystic

#

[[Bovine Intervention]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

if there was this but it said creature or enchantment i'd run it 1000%

#

well, i guess there is, but i'm literally already running it

marble pasture
#

How much blue do you play against on average?

chilly void
#

it's called Get Lost KEKW

#

not that much honestly, Pyroblast should probably be something else

#

I play against a lot of white though, and Smothering Tithe is kind of a problem

marble pasture
#

Ah, looking at red removal is always fun

Can’t remove enchantments but you can run liquidmetal and remove enchantments that way lol

chilly void
#

WAIT ACTUALLY I MIGHT HAVE THE TECH AM I COOKING

#

[[Rip Apart]]

quiet furnaceBOT
marble pasture
#

Ugh, sorcery tho

chilly void
#

it is sorcery 😦

#

there's [[Destroy Evil]], but that's REALLY fucking narrow

quiet furnaceBOT
marble pasture
#

Wild magic surge is very broad, but comes at the possibility of getting something worse

chilly void
#

yeah, i'm a little worried about WMSing Smothering Tithe into like

#

Omniscience or something

#

not a valid concern

#

but there's a lot of enchants that would literally just end the game and people don't typically run that many

marble pasture
#

Hmm

chilly void
#

[[Thraben Charm]] is kinda interesting, but my boards aren't actually very wide, usually.

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

although i guess you really only ever need 2 creatures to kill most things

#

I might try it out honestly, I think I pulled half a billion of them.

#

Another thing I might swap is Pyroblast for [[Tibalt's Trickery]] or something?

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

very terrifying but red is a better color than blue for me in a lot of situations

marble pasture
#

Eh, trickery usually ends up fine

chilly void
#

I think with Thraben Charm, I'll try it out, if I wish it was Generous Gift I'll try out Bovine instead, and if I still think Gift would be better I'll swap back to Gift?

marble pasture
#

Just don’t hit a dork with it

#

Sure that works

#

👍

chilly void
#

and we'll wait til that's done to figure out a replacement for Pyroblast

#

because it's still not a bad card rn

mighty root
#

Is the deck mainly red over blue or something

#

Also, depending on power level, could just get away with good old countespell and mana drain

chilly void
#

yes

#

it is primarily RW/u

#

Counterspell and mana drain are a bit rough, but maybe doable.

mighty root
#

Ability to cast uu depends on what power level of pods you want the deck to be at

chilly void
#

I play mostly at higher power level tables

mighty root
#

The more untapped duals you run the easier it is to.

#

At higher power, but not cedh, uu counterspells could still be fine to run

chilly void
#

Aight, so the card shop has everything I need to get to current build EXCEPT Machine God's Effigy, and I don't have the time to go get it elsewhere.

#

I need something else to go in that slot.

#

[[$Solitude]]

quiet furnaceBOT
#
Modern Horizons 2 Timeshifts

$17.35

Special Guests

$18.80

Special Guests

$30.09

Magic Online Promos

4.89 TIX

Modern Horizons 2

$23.02 • €26.26 • 4.77 TIX

Modern Horizons 2

$27.00 • €38.34

Modern Horizons 2 Promos

$40.50 • €58.73

chilly void
chilly void
#

I cannot think of what to replace MGE with

#

it was kinda weird in that slot anyway

#

maybe Imposter Mech?

torpid hinge
#

[[Sculpting steel]]?

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

Imposter mech only does opponents' creatures

#

[[Dance of the many]]?

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

...

#

[[Dance of many]]

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

The nice thing about that one is you can bounce it while the trigger is on the stack and keep the token

#

[[Clever impersonator]] is also an option

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

maybe Clever Impersonator, hard to say

torpid hinge
#

I'm assuming you want it mainly for dockside

chilly void
#

i dont own one so if i can get one i'll try it, if not i have no idea

#

it's mostly for dockside but also for copying satya tokens

#

because satya can't make token clones of tokens

#

but he can make token clones of clones that are copying tokens

#

gives me some resiliency against the major weakness of this deck: removing the things i target with Satya.

torpid hinge
#

[[glasspool mimic]] could also work

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue
You may have Glasspool Mimic enter the battlefield as a copy of a creature you control, except it's a Shapeshifter Rogue in addition to its other types.
"When I touched the Glasspool, I tasted infinite possibility." —Ashen Wal, Akoum Expeditionary House
0/0

Glasspool Shore
Land
Glasspool Shore enters the battlefield tapped.
manat: Add manau.
"Past and possibility come together in the vastness of infinite reflection." —Ashen Wal, Akoum Expeditionary House

torpid hinge
#

Has the benefit of also possibly being a land but you lose the ability to copy a One Ring

chilly void
#

Glasspool is in the deck 🙂

torpid hinge
#

Missed that!

chilly void
#

it is always an early inclusion in blue for me

#

just too powerful of a card not to run

#

[[$Clever Impersonator]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

lemme see if the shop's got one

chilly void
#

aight, yeah, im picking up a Clever Impersonator friday as well, so Satya is done for now!

#

(until I can order in a copy of MGE)

#

So, it is time for the next project

#

or should I say, Froject

torpid hinge
#

Which of the frogs?

chilly void
torpid hinge
#

I'm still working on Flubs

chilly void
#

Flubs seems fun for a combo-y storm deck but I don't like being hellbent, Song of Creation is really good though

#

[[Song of Creation]]

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

I've got 3 different lists I'm working on for him

#

Because my brain is like that...

chilly void
#

I don't think he works outside of a storm/spellslingery combo deck personally but I could be wrong.

torpid hinge
#

But yes, most of them are spellslinger/stormy lists

#

If I like a commander it's PROBABLY a combo deck.

chilly void
#

I was much more interested in Glarb -- I am addicted to value

#

and this guy lets me set up Miracles

torpid hinge
#

It's going in my Zimone and Dina

chilly void
#

i dont know what miracles are in sultai

#

Devastation Tide?

#

Temporal Mastery?

torpid hinge
chilly void
#

Entreat the Dead seems like an easy fit for Glarb

#

with 2 surveils a turn, you are PROBABLY going to have a reanimation target

torpid hinge
#

There will probably be more after Duskmourn for U and B because of the Aminatou deck

chilly void
#

oh, you're right

#

was that deck confirmed to be Miracles?

torpid hinge
#

It's called Miracle Worker

chilly void
#

oh.

#

Yeah, I should pay close attention to that, then.

torpid hinge
#

The subtitle is "see the future, cast miracles"

chilly void
#

Glarb and Miracles seem like a match made in heaven

#

surveil 2 every turn is one thing but also just "you can cast spells with MV 4 or greater from the top of your library" ensures that even if I can't Miracle them, I have the option to just hardcast them

torpid hinge
#

[[mirko|mkc]]?

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Legendary Creature — Vampire Detective
Flying, vigilance
Whenever you surveil, put a +1/+1 counter on Mirko, Obsessive Theorist.
At the beginning of your end step, you may return target creature card with power less than Mirko's from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. (If it would die, exile it instead.)
1/3

chilly void
#

perhaps, I'm a little worried it might be too slow but honestly it could just be worth it anyway

#

the deck's gonna be slow regardless

chilly void
#

hmm, is this a deck where I should care about Delirium/Threshold/grave count?

torpid hinge
#

Eh

#

Maybe I'm connecting it too much with delve

chilly void
#

I mean one of the first cards I put in was [[Ethereal Forager]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

so i mean

#

also, Escape is kind of Delve, and I've already put Uro in.

torpid hinge
#

I think there are some enchantments you want in there

#

[[case of the shifting visage]]

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

[[enhanced surveillance]]

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

[[sultai ascendancy]]

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

[[titan's nest]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

15 is a lot if I'm Escaping and Delving, but fair

torpid hinge
#

Yeah, if you're dropping it a lot then that can probably be out

#

But, enhanced surveillance letting you see 4 is so many

chilly void
#

I probably don't want most of these although Titan's Nest is tempting

#

one card I do want though

#

[[Search for Azcanta]]

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Legendary Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1. Then if you have seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may transform Search for Azcanta. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
The Sunken Ruin houses all the learning of a long-forgotten age.

Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
Legendary Land
(Transforms from Search for Azcanta.)
manat: Add manau.
mana2manau, manat: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

torpid hinge
#

Along a similar line, what about [[everflowing well]] as an artifact

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Legendary Artifact
When The Everflowing Well enters the battlefield, mill two cards, then draw two cards.
Descend 8 — At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, transform The Everflowing Well.

The Myriad Pools
Legendary Artifact Land
(Transforms from The Everflowing Well.)
manat: Add manau.
Whenever you cast a permanent spell using mana produced by The Myriad Pools, up to one other target permanent you control becomes a copy of that spell until end of turn.

chilly void
#

That one seems good as well

#

oh, and I need [[Sunken Palace]] in my landbase FOR SURE.

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Land — Cave
Sunken Palace enters the battlefield tapped.
manat: Add manau.
mana1manau, manat, Exile seven cards from your graveyard: Add manau. When you spend this mana to cast a spell or activate an ability, copy that spell or ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be copied.)

torpid hinge
#

[[lazotep|m3c]]?

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Land — Desert
manat: Add manac.
manat, Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any color.
manaxmana2, manat, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. Activate only as a sorcery.

chilly void
#

unsure on quarry, but maybe, depends on what kinds of creatures i am actually running

#

i have a feeling i'm gonna be pretty creature-light

torpid hinge
#

At least you can sacrifice itself

#

But fair

chilly void
#

i should at least add [[Dryad of the Ilysian Grove]] since I'm able to play lands off the top

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

ooh, maybe this is finally the deck where [[Palantir of Orthanc]] is good?

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

I probably ALWAYS get a free Preordain every turn

torpid hinge
#

I made a Karador deck last night and couldn't find my Palantir, I was sad abotu that.

chilly void
#

yeah, another deck where indeed nobody is ever giving you the dredge

torpid hinge
#

Oh they probably will though. There are a lot of LARGE cards in the deck

#

I don't have it up or I'd link it.

chilly void
#

doesnt karador extra care about the grave tho

torpid hinge
#

Yep

chilly void
#

i am grappling with this decision

#

okay so hear me out, i think for Glarb, if they know Miracles are in the deck, they should pretty much always mill me, right?

#

but Miracles have such a huge CMC that they're going to take a ton of burn damage if they hit one

#

so it may be better to just give the draw, but then they're letting me miracle

#

this is difficult

#

And I think for something like Karador that's also difficult but less difficult because there's less innate threat in just letting you have the top 2 cards of your deck

reef estuary
chilly void
reef estuary
#

Right, I’m saying that palantir is insanely good

torpid hinge
#

Strictly better phyrexian arena doesn't actually say how good palantir is

reef estuary
#

Every Graveyard deck needs it, and every other deck wants it

reef estuary
#

Cards that “3 mana draw a card each turn” i call phyrexian arenas, like 3 mana draw 2s are divinations

chilly void
#

this card is 3 mana for a preordain every turn

#

or better if you're a grave deck

reef estuary
#

Which is really good

chilly void
#

my thing is "I like having things on top of my deck as a Miracles deck"

reef estuary
#

Nobody is gonna let you mill, even if you don’t care about the grave

chilly void
#

and so if they ever DO mill me, knowing that I am running Miracles, I will get punished

reef estuary
#

I think I’ve only ever seen palantir mill one time and it only had one counter

torpid hinge
reef estuary
#

I also have no idea what to expect from your lgs lol

chilly void
#

I guess right now I'm only running 3 miracles

#

people at my LGS have good decks and play badly, for the most part

torpid hinge
reef estuary
#

My lgs is higher power on avg, but basically always plays budgetless battlecruiser

chilly void
#

that's a mean way to say it but they will frequently just go "i'm not paying my taxes" and then play 6 cards into a Rhystic after 2 people before them pay taxes

torpid hinge
chilly void
#

I think budgetless battlecruiser is a great way to describe a lot of the people locally, which is why I don't play with most people at the LGS if I can avoid it

#

I've kinda got a core group now that I play with because they consistently produce interesting games

reef estuary
reef estuary
chilly void
#

yes

reef estuary
#

Outside that, it’s free game

chilly void
#

similar here, except to an extreme, these people don't run interaction

reef estuary
#

Ah, see that’s where we differ

torpid hinge
#

We use win the game combos but so few people play blue that it's not thoracle. Crackle with power mana combos? Yes

reef estuary
#

We got lots of interaction

chilly void
#

These are mf with literal Gaea's Cradles and not a single Deadly Rollick or anything

torpid hinge
#

Deadly rollick yes, cradle? No

reef estuary
#

Yes to both for me lol

#

What strange difference between our LGSs lol

chilly void
#

It's so fucking wild to me how frequently I have to be like "hey if you're going to try to win this game it might help to have some interaction, you cannot rely on the blue player to handle every problem"

#

and as you know i run a lot of interaction, not just for this reason but because I don't wanna be that guy

reef estuary
#

If your whole lgs is like that then that’s a rough sell

#

Idk, for me id either do extremely controlling or extremely stompy and fuck then over until they start running interaction

chilly void
#

It's not everyone, it's just a lot of the people

#

Also, yeah, I pretty much do that. They also mostly don't care what you play as long as you're not stomping the precon people.

reef estuary
#

Time for an 85% win rate

chilly void
#

It's gotten much worse recently with the influx of highschoolers getting into the game because they are young and do not have card game fundementals

#

I try to teach them as best I can but I'm also trying to play the game, you know?

reef estuary
#

That’s just an experience thing, yeah

chilly void
#

God knows I spend more than enough time helping people in this discord, sometimes I want some time to chill SCGbigsad

reef estuary
#

New players see so little value in removal

reef estuary
chilly void
#

I do it because I love the game and it's a way for me to interact with the game and be social when I can't play.

reef estuary
#

I mean, bonus points for doing so, but I stopped doing it a while ago since I’m pretty burnt out on brewing my own decks let alone others lol

chilly void
#

I haven't been able to properly deckbuild for myself recently with Satya being my primary focus. I'm struggling with this fucking Glarb thing now

#

because i just don't know what kind of direction I wanna take it

reef estuary
#

Yeah that dude is such a ridiculous card

#

Too much going on, I just wanna do Bria prowess shenanigans

chilly void
#

Satya had a very clear focus

#

he does really just 1 thing well

#

but this... I don't know what the fuck to do with it? control? reanimator?

reef estuary
#

[[glarb]]

quiet furnaceBOT
reef estuary
#

Oh, this is NOT what I thiught we were talking about

chilly void
#

no, you were thinking about Flubs

reef estuary
#

I mean this just screams stompy to me

chilly void
#

a lot of people are thinkin about Flubs

reef estuary
#

Lands and big fuckin’ dudes

chilly void
#

i was thinkin miracles because miracles have mv 4+ so even if i put one on top with surveil, if i have to i can cast it before my next turn's draw

#

but the number of miracles I have access to that are even kind of okay are low

#

it's just Entreat the Dead, Devastation Tide, and Temporal Mastery

reef estuary
#

The problem with them is that if they’re on top they’re locking you out of casting cards

#

Because you want to draw them and them being on top isn’t great

chilly void
#

i only want to draw them as my first card for turn

reef estuary
#

Right

chilly void
#

which is why i was trying to find ways to draw on opps turns

torpid hinge
reef estuary
#

Ah

reef estuary
torpid hinge
#

[[Psychic posession]]?

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

maybe miracles is a bad direction though

reef estuary
#

Divinations, temple bell, etc

#

[[baleful force]]

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

Miracles may be a mechanic in the set

chilly void
#

do i hold off building frog man SCGbigsad

torpid hinge
#

Maybe

torpid hinge
#

You could make glarb an ultimatum deck

#

[[emergent ultimatum]]

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Sorcery
Search your library for up to three monocolored cards with different names and exile them. An opponent chooses one of those cards. Shuffle that card into your library. You may cast the other cards without paying their mana costs. Exile Emergent Ultimatum.

torpid hinge
#

Or really strict no combos just value?

chilly void
#

I'm not sure. SCGbigsad

#

i like value but i also do need a way to actually win

torpid hinge
#

I did also see another suggestion of Glarb with Keruga as a companion

chilly void
#

I don't wanna do Keruga, I don't find Keruga's benefit powerful enough to do that to my deck.

#

I considered Gyruda, though.

#

then I realized I can't

#

because Glarb costs 3

torpid hinge
reef estuary
#

Keruga is a really fun restriction

chilly void
#

Restriction is one thing but I do not value the reward for that restriction

chilly void
#

I am forgetting something

#

FUCK I FORGOT TO LOOK THROUGH THE LIST MXKALE SENT

#

I will do this in the morning, trust

#

Emry probably gets cut here btw I forgot she's 3 not 4

#

4og building is hard

chilly void
#

oh my god @torpid hinge you're so fucking right, this can be my chain of smog combo deck

#

ive been wanting to play chain of smog for fucking FOREVER

#

i need to figure out an easy indestructible permanent i can get to use [[Chain of Acid]] as well

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

can't be a creature so unfortunately i have to figure out another option, maybe [[Darksteel Citadel]]?

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

Chain of Acid is specifically important for this because you can cast it off the top with Glarb

chilly void
#

Anyway, last night I played as much Anikthea as Satya, but I still did get a few games in with Satya!
When the deck gets rolling (and it usually does), it is really hard to deal with -- I kept a kinda bad opening hand in the last game of the night, but drawing into Fury and being able to just make a bunch of Fury clones meant I was extremely oppressive on board state.

#

Generous Plunderer worked wonders, as well, that card's CRAZY good for this deck. Huge inclusion, really. It was a must-remove, however, after they saw how much damage I was able to deal with it, so that might be a sticking point for the future. For now, three cheers for Team Wahoo!!

#

I am going to consider this particular project finished! Moving onto the next one, Glarb catjam

torpid hinge
#

The one ring

#

[[Cascading Cataracts]]

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

Those are the two others

#

[[Tamiyo's safekeeping]] works for any permanent

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

And [[heroic intervention]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

Okay, no, this is a bad idea. I really like Omnitell but this is not it.

torpid hinge
#

Oh?

chilly void
#

i started building omnitell frog

#

it was lookin real fuckin bad

torpid hinge
#

I'm sorry that it wasn't working out

chilly void
#

oh it's fine im just

#

i wanted to put omniscience into play at a discount

#

but its ok

chilly void
#

Okay so we're trying this again.

#

I have no idea what direction I wanna take this.

#

There's a few things I could do as wincons:
**Omnitell **— This seemed bad when I looked at it before and probably is bad, but Omniscience is a pretty good card, so putting it into play should be able to win me games.
Chain Magecraft — This was the combo mxkale had in the list posted before, and it's cool and all but I'm not 100% sure it's the direction I wanna take things. The combo's pretty telegraphed and unless you're using specifically Witherbloom Apprentice or Professor Onyx, it doesn't win the game outright. Does get the benefit of getting to use Archmage Emeritus, though, if I can find a way to just cast stuff from my grave?
Stompy — Umaru and a few others keep wanting me to build a stompy deck, and I'm not too great at doing that, but it truly could not be simpler with the commander that wants to cast CMC4+ things from the top of my deck. Could even abuse Delve/Convoke/other self-cost-reducers.
Dredge — I don't even know how Dredge wins in commander, to be completely fair. I'd need a lot of help with this, but it might actually be the best option.

#

I'm not considering Thoracle Consult in here, as I find that locally people don't really care for playing against it and I want to remain able to play the deck. Brainfreeze or Tendril storm would be cool if I could find a way to generate a bunch of storm count? Opinions much needed.

mighty root
#

Idk what your power level target is, but delve spells seem pretty good

#

Per these kind of decks, senseis top and scroll Rack work decently well

chilly void
#

Current goal for power is high power casual, I'm not looking to cEDH with this but I'm definitely looking on the stronger end.

#

Delve spells are something I'd been considering, especially Temporal Trespass, Treasure Cruise, and maybe Ethereal Forager?

#

Scroll Rack and Sensei's Top should probably be in, though, good looks.

mighty root
#

You don't want too many delve cards, they compete amongst themselves

#

Probably the best ones

#

Also are a bit Fetch land reliant.

#

Top deck strategies like this want to have fetches anyway tho

chilly void
#

yeah i've got 5 fetches lined up rn, plus prismatic and fabled passage if i feel i need it

mighty root
#

Pitching commandeer or fow off the top deck is pretty funny

chilly void
#

yeah

#

that was really the big thing for me

mighty root
#

Evoke cards are pretty good here too

chilly void
#

oh, right, grief and subtlety

#

they were in the last build

#

i forgot to add them in

mighty root
#

Even like mull drifter or something

#

Commanders like these usually wanna spam cast off the top as much as possible

chilly void
#

i hate mulldrifter but very fair, i can just evoke it off the top and i basically drew 3 cards

mighty root
#

Sort of weird the froggy wants higher cmc cards

chilly void
#

yeah

#

im fine not making everything topdeck castable

#

he does still play lands off the top

#

I'd rather the deck still be playable when he's not out, lots of drannith locally

mighty root
#

Yea for sure, but with top deck commanders like this, you do want a critical mass of valid targets

#

My wife used to run nalia, it'd feel awful whenever you goose egged the top card

reef estuary
#

Stompy is where I’d go, since it just feels so good to play

#

It’s a great kinda deck where it takes little relative brainpower, so if you want to monke brain and smash face for a game stompy is always recommended

#

(Disclaimer: you do still use your brain for some sequencing stuff but past that, meh)

torpid hinge
torpid hinge
#

If you put snake in frog it feels like you make everything about the snake and similar effects

chilly void
mighty root
#

Torments really an infinite mana win con

torpid hinge
#

How far off was the list I posted from what you were looking for with omnitell?

chilly void
#

A little far, I think you might be on the money though that it's better to just run Emergent Ultimatum than try to run Show and Tell and such

torpid hinge
#

OK

#

When I looked up omnitell lists just now they were 4+c so figured I'd ask

chilly void
#

yeah, usually they also include red

#

because Sneak Attack good card

torpid hinge
#

I guess you could do dredge with [[go shintai of life]] if you consider 5c

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

like, the shrine part is great but the activated ability brings any enchantment back.

torpid hinge
#

Found a spare!

chilly void
#

😮

#

that's in really good condition too

torpid hinge
#

It's not yellowed I just took it without a flash

chilly void
#

ooh, what do you want for it, if you're interested in coming off it

torpid hinge
#

Shipping? I'm pretty sure I got them in the nickel box

chilly void
#

i will definitely pay shipping that's not even a question

torpid hinge
#

The nickel bin is great at my store. Best recent finds are [[volrath's curse]] and [[!twiddle|4ed]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

twiddle is a great pickup

torpid hinge
#

I'm going to sleep can work things out with text messages?

chilly void
#

totally fine by me, i dm'd you but im taking a nap myself here for a sec

torpid hinge
#

It's 2am where I am

chilly void
#

as is it here

#

but my schedule is Bad

reef estuary
#

Have you considered our lord and savior [[ms bumbleflower]] :3 she can be built as an Approach/Thoracle deck

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

I haven't, I did consider [[Foxglove]] though

quiet furnaceBOT
reef estuary
#

The bnuuy is v fun

chilly void
#

i just dont like the bnuuy effect

reef estuary
#

That’s fair

chilly void
#

i think once we're done with Minsc & Boo (or Korvold, if it ends up becoming Korvold), the next deck is Jon Irenicus

reef estuary
#

There’s a surprising amount of cards that turn the card draw you’re giving away into huge benefit to you

torpid hinge
#

FWIW [[alania]]'s gifted draw seems to perform well too. People like drawing cards...

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Multiple cards match “alania”, can you be more specific?

torpid hinge
#

[[Alania, divergent]]

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Legendary Creature — Otter Wizard
Whenever you cast a spell, if it's the first instant spell, the first sorcery spell, or the first Otter spell other than Alania you've cast this turn, you may have target opponent draw a card. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
"Why would I chase the storm? Does a cloud chase the rain? Does the sun chase the light?"
3/5

reef estuary
#

Like I think bumbleflower has been hit by targeted removal maybe once

chilly void
#

This is the current build.

chilly void
#

gonna try to go through this again in a step-by-step approach

torpid hinge
#

I want to apologize, I still have the chirugeon... I haven't had a chance to send it.

chilly void
#

nonono its fine!

#
  1. Core Cards
  2. Ramp
  3. Redundancy
  4. Interaction
  5. Lands
#

So, core cards for Rusko:
Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal — This is a kill combo with the commander.
Displacer Kitten — A primary way to flicker Rusko to generate clocks.
Hullbreaker Horror — Combos with Sol Ring + any fast mana rock or free artifact to create a kill combo with Rusko.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse — This turns Midnight clock into a powerful source of lifegain as well as pressuring life totals to make killing with Rusko when not going infinite easier.
Talion, the Kindly Lord — Again, life pressure and a draw engine. Our primary means of actually killing are lifedrain effects, so having life pressure is very powerful.
Torment of Hailfire + Exsanguinate — The primary kill pressure in the deck. Searchable, works very well with large numbers of mana rocks. Just works.
Midnight Clock — Yeah, my commander makes these, but having an extra one is functionally a better flicker effect in a lot of circumstances as it doesn't reset summoning sickness.
Staff of Compleation — It's a cheap way to proliferate, utilizing my increased lifegain to generate card draw more easily and stagger the Midnight Clock pops.

#

Is there anything here I'm missing @reef estuary ?

reef estuary
#

It seems pretty comprehensive

torpid hinge
#

What about cards like [[fain the broker]]

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

Just other ways to manipulate the counters on the clocks

chilly void
#

That doesn't do that at all

#

Fain only removes counters from creatures

torpid hinge
#

[[chisei]] then

quiet furnaceBOT
torpid hinge
#

or [[soul diviner]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

Yeah, I think Soul Diviner is an option.

torpid hinge
#

I picked the wrong one from memory.

chilly void
#

Its ok aakariteruNODDERS

#

so ramp-wise, all my ramp is gonna be flicker spells and artifacts, i think?

torpid hinge
#

Yeah, that would be about right. Unless you have a good way to make treasure to supplement it.

chilly void
#

Yeah, I don't think I do.

#

Ramp for Rusko:
Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Talisman of Dominance, Dimir Signet — The absolute baseline.
Lotus Petal — An early Rusko is going to win games for me outright, sometimes, plus it's a free spell for Hullbreaker/Displacer.
Mana Vault — I'm trying to keep the budget a bit lower on this, so no Crypt, but I do just own a Vault and since I can flicker it, that seems really solid here.
Blur — Flickers Rusko and draws a card. Hard to beat this one.
Planar Incision + Teferi's Time Twist — Being able to flicker Clocks is MASSIVELY IMPORTANT because otherwise I lose my ramp as the game goes on.
Ghostly Flicker — Flickers two artifacts or creatures, giving me the ability to reset a clock and make a new one when needed!

#

Oh, and probably Dark Ritual, right?

#

1) Core Cards
2) Ramp

3) Redundancy
4) Interaction
5) Lands

#

Okay so looking at redundancy pieces, I've got a few of these already, but would like a way to win the game through Drannith lock.

#

And probably also through Narset lock.

torpid hinge
#

[[emry]]?

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

Emry does Lotus Petal loop, right?

torpid hinge
#

Yeah

chilly void
#

yeah, that'll do it

torpid hinge
#

As long as you can untap her

#

So like [[mirran spy]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

Displacer Kitten

torpid hinge
#

she doesn't have haste

chilly void
#

oh wait, she'd have to have haste, fuck

#

that seems unideal then

torpid hinge
#

I just love me a mirran spy

chilly void
#

maybe worth running anyway since she does say draw 4 cards

#

well, kinda, depends on how close she drops to a midnight clock

#

is there a decent way to drain my opponents when i cast spells that isn't Rusko?

#

maybe Sedgemoor Witch?

#

alternatively, i could try to play a fair gameplan instead of getting more ways to drain, with stuff like Psychic Frog

#

and [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]]

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
Whenever you cast a historic spell, draw a card. Basim Ibn Ishaq can't be blocked this turn. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Whenever Basim Ibn Ishaq deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Haunted by memories he never had, of a family that was never his.
2/2

chilly void
#

unsure which is better/less salt inducing

reef estuary
#

I love basim

chilly void
#

yeah, basim and psychic frog are a really nice pair of free beaters attached to card draw engines

#

and it's not hard to play good historic spells

#

maybe a gyruda, a sakashima, and baleful strix?

#

it would actually be pretty easy to just make Gyruda the companion for this

#

but does mean no dark rit, no hullbreaker, and no sol ring/staff of compleation/midnight clock

#

no sol ring means i probably have to play mana crypt SCGbigsad

#

oh, and no mana vault, yeah i think gyruda's just fine in the 99

#

what's another efficient lower-cost beater i can pump in this deck

reef estuary
#

My love, my heart [[ledger shredder]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

oh right

#

forgot ledger shredder and pollywog

torpid hinge
#

[[metalwork colossus]] becomes low cost fairly quickly

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

oh, yeah, that's -3 every time Rusko ETBs

#

and i can sac midnight clock if this is in my graveyard in response to the midnight clock trigger

#

to shuffle it into my deck

torpid hinge
#

Yep

chilly void
#

little concerned that it's just a 10/10, but a 10/10 is fine

torpid hinge
#

It is at least expensive for any card that cares about the MV of an artifact

chilly void
#

the real issue is it is not even for Gyruda

#

that's very minimally an issue, that's 1 card in the deck

reef estuary
#

Wait pell why pollywog?

#

Do you have a way to pump it?

#

[[rusko]]

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Multiple cards match “rusko”, can you be more specific?

reef estuary
#

Pfff

#

[[rusko clock]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

im flickering a 3/3

reef estuary
#

Yeah, only drawing off of <=2mv seems mid

chilly void
#

pollywog is a 1/3

#

evolve is power or toughness

reef estuary
#

Correct

#

[[pollywog prodigy

#

Dammit

#

[[pollywog prodigy]]

chilly void
#

[[Pollywog Prodigy]]

quiet furnaceBOT
reef estuary
#

It only draws off of spells LESS than its power

chilly void
#

yes

#

but also, im flickering rusko

reef estuary
#

So you’re only drawing off of mv <=2

#

After it gets to 3 power, pollywog stops getting bigger

chilly void
#

yeah, i mean that's totally fair

#

also, i've got a lot of big guys in the deck

#

Shelly, Gyruda, Hullbreaker, Talion

#

it's fine to only draw off less than 3, because then it's a 3/5 that's drawing me cards

#

would prefer it was evasive but hey, what can i really do about that

reef estuary
#

Is a 3/5 with no evasion mattering in your meta?

chilly void
#

not really unfortunately, outside of being a good blocker

reef estuary
#

Tbh i think pollywog is highly overrated

#

In decks where you can buff it reliably sure it’s fantastic

#

But outside that is just feels like a cope because it could potentially maybe possibly eventually be unconditional draw for 2 mana

chilly void
#

i would prefer something that's more consistently a large evasive beater if im gonna play fair cards

#

that's a very reasonable take

#

i should look at legends and artifact creatures since Basim's in my deck

#

and evens since Gyruda's in the deck

#

maybe Alandra?

#

[[Alandra, Sky Dreamer]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

she turns my clocks into a +7/+7 pump for the board

torpid hinge
#

What about clones of rusko?

chilly void
#

maybe Canoptek Scarab Swarm? Seems like a good control option

#

yeah, running a few clones is probably a good idea

#

Glasspool's probably already going in anyway

#

[[Canoptek Scarab Swarm]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

this seems good, here, right?

#

OH ACTUALLY

#

[[Cephalid Facetaker]] ???

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

fuck you cost 3

#

also don't really do what i want SCGbigsad

#

oh, maybe this is my Cyberdrive deck?

torpid hinge
#

Where is gyruda in the list?

chilly void
#

I've started another one on moxfield so im not looking at the old stuff

#

Not in the companion zone, just in the 99.

reef estuary
#

Kill people with your massive… clocks

chilly void
#

i have a pretty extended art japanese cyberdrive, too

#

oh, phyrexian metamorph is historic

torpid hinge
#

[[sculpting steel]] doesn't do creatures but it does clocks

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

it does indeed do clocks

#

and since it's not a creature i dont care if it's even or not

torpid hinge
#

[[auton soldier]] and [[flesh duplicate]] are hits with Gyruda.

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Artifact Creature — Alien Soldier
You may have Auton Soldier enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it isn't legendary, is an artifact in addition to its other types, and has myriad. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
0/0

torpid hinge
#

Auton soldier copying rusko

chilly void
#

oh, here's a thing

#

is [[The Capitoline Triad]] worth anything here?

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

oh wait nevermind, my graveyard isn't sticking around

#

this card is ass

torpid hinge
#

Yeah, no, the folding things back in with the clock negates it

chilly void
#

there was a creature i was looking at before that gets a counter when you draw a card, and then i thought about the OG

#

[[Toothy, Imaginary Friend]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

who is both historic and cmc4

#

i think this might be a good amount of creatures, 17 is a lot for a deck like this

#

oh, i forgot orcish

#

aight, so that's a pretty reasonable amount of redundancy, a 3rd kill alongside Torment or Exsanguinate would be nice though

#

potentially Starscream as a consideration, as well

torpid hinge
#

[[starscream]]

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot
More Than Meets the Eye mana2manab (You may cast this card converted for mana2manab.)
Flying
Whenever you draw a card, if you're the monarch, target opponent loses 2 life.
Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, convert Starscream.
2/3

Starscream, Seeker Leader
Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Living metal (During your turn, this Vehicle is also a creature.)
Flying, menace, haste
Whenever Starscream deals combat damage to a player, if there is no monarch, that player becomes the monarch.
Whenever you become the monarch, convert Starscream.
2/3

chilly void
#

i kinda dont want the monarchy in play i think

chilly void
#

I think I'd kinda like 2 more artifacts in the deck but I gotta be heavy on instants, so

marble pasture
#

Isorev blehhhh

But tbf you’re trying to get people to play against it so I can’t recommend thoracle instead

Though I like the 31 land count

chilly void
#

isorev does just kill with rusko on board

#

notably

reef estuary
#

31 lands, blehhhh

chilly void
#

i dont need any other card, since isorev casts

marble pasture
#

31 lands good

Embrace low land gaming

chilly void
#

i'd consider going lower if i could

marble pasture
#

Let’s see

chilly void
#

maybe drop a swamp for another 0 mana artifact

marble pasture
#

No crypt gaming eh

reef estuary
chilly void
#

no, im trying to avoid running hyperexpensive stuff

reef estuary
#

34 lands at minimum

chilly void
#

if i was going to play the expensive stuff there'd be a jeweled lotus in here first

marble pasture
#

No ancient tomb either

#

Hmm

chilly void
#

how much is tomb now

#

[[$ancient tomb]]

quiet furnaceBOT
#
The List

$91.77 • €73.71

Zendikar Rising Expeditions

$92.40 • €76.58 • 16.15 TIX

Ultimate Box Topper

$189.28 • €104.68 • 12.33 TIX

Ultimate Masters

$87.37 • €69.50 • 14.62 TIX

Zendikar Expeditions

$331.93 • €187.91 • 17.32 TIX

Vintage Masters

11.92 TIX

From the Vault: Realms

$98.13 • €71.99

World Championship Decks 1999

$30.32 • €24.34

World Championship Decks 1999

$38.95 • €21.04

chilly void
#

yeah

#

vault's only in there because i own a vault and it's legitimately pretty good in this

marble pasture
#

Yeah with the stronker cards I’d knock that land count down even lower

26-28 land gaming, but that’s hard without moneh or proxies allowed

chilly void
#

yeah

#

only card that's getting falsified is Rusko himself

#

because imagine actually getting a copy of that

marble pasture
#

Guessing you don’t really feel like grabbing a one ring then

chilly void
#

oh fuck i forgot

#

i own one, i can put it in

#

goin down to 4 swamps

marble pasture
#

Based

#

Land problems only happen to the cowardly

chilly void
#

i should probably, at this point, consider dropping an island for urborg

#

but i'd have to buy one

reef estuary
#

And people who want to play something that’s more than, say, 5 mana

#

Or be able to play the game after our ramp gets bonked

chilly void
#

i have so much ramp though

marble pasture
chilly void
#

my commander is ramp

reef estuary
#

Yeah those are all cringe

chilly void
#

that's like part of the deckbuilding i chose to do here, i looked at what the land count in Golos was like

#

since Midnight Clock taps for blue

reef estuary
#

My meta don’t run no dockside, tutors or fast mana and I’m having a great time

chilly void
#

i got no dockside SCGbigsad but we got clones!

#

only even CMC ones other than glasspool tho

marble pasture
#

Clone gaming

chilly void
#

i need them to be Gyruda hits

marble pasture
#

Cyber conversion is interesting

chilly void
#

yeah, it's there mostly for notion thief

#

because holy fuck i get obliterated the literal second someone flashes in notion thief in response to my clock trigger

#

being able to upside down it instead of kill it is important so it cannot be reanimated

marble pasture
#

I’m a big fan of the mages for tutor creatures, especially in a blink deck where you have multiple targets

#

[[Trinket mage]] and the like

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

yeah, the 2 mv one is actually very good in this case

marble pasture
#

Also no oppo 😦

chilly void
#

no oppo because i want to be able to continue to play the deck

marble pasture
#

:/

#

Fair

#

How about praetor’s grasp

#

Grab an answer or wincon from your opponents

chilly void
#

that's a good call, since im rather wincon-light

#

build #1 also had Clique in it

reef estuary
#

Clique is nigh unplayable in commander

chilly void
#

it gives me a reasonable amount of disruption and is a legend, and since i can blink it, it is reusable

#

which is something i have to think about because i do get to recycle my blink spells

torpid hinge
#

I love clique because I can use it on myself.

chilly void
#

@marble pasture what the fuck is this

#

why was this in a gyruda deck in cedh

marble pasture
#

uh

#

clone?

#

that's about all i got

chilly void
#

i guess they just run literally every even clone

#

that they possibly can?

#

sorry i was lookin for hot tech for rusko

#

and was lookin through gyruda, toxrill, and talion decks

marble pasture
#

yeah I'm not sure why he's running that

chilly void
#

thought i was missing something

marble pasture
#

but he's also playing spark double and stuff which is wild

chilly void
#

he's also running Stunt Double i think?

#

lemme go back to it

marble pasture
#

oh i see why

#

he's trying to loop gyruda

chilly void
#

yeah

marble pasture
#

and those are all evens

chilly void
#

i figured that was the point

#

but like what the hell lmao

marble pasture
#

yeah he made all his creatures even

#

which fair enough

chilly void
#

yeah i was trying to do that actually

#

since i'm also running gyruda in the deck

#

but i think that made the deck worse

marble pasture
#

if i had to guess

#

he threw every clone with an even amount in

#

so that when he gyrudas he can gyruda

chilly void
#

i think that's what happened here

#

interesting

#

i dont think gyruda players typically do that i thought

#

i was pretty sure they just run the good clones and then even game enders?

#

but interesting one nonetheless

marble pasture
#

ahhhh, he's doing ruthless technomancer

#

that explains it

chilly void
#

oh

#

i didnt even see that

#

nevermind

#

yeah so then they loop one of the clones that doesn't die to legend rule over and over right?

marble pasture
#

sometimes you abuse the legend rule because it's a sac too

#

which i think is why he has deadeye navigator in

chilly void
#

yeah, i noticed that, that was a card i'd been excluding for rusko

marble pasture
#

sac, get 7 treasures, bring back for 3 with technomancer

#

good loop

chilly void
#

i think maybe this list isnt too useful for my purposes

#

but was interesting to look at

marble pasture
#

depends

#

do you feel like infinite loops

#

otherwise probably not

chilly void
#

i was intending to win with hullbreaker loops with rusko out

#

or with torment of hailfire/exsanguinate

#

so probably not too useful since this doesnt really do any of that

marble pasture
#

ye

#

interesting tho

chilly void
#

ah, i forgot about hoarding broodlord saw in half though

#

that's something to consider

marble pasture
#

is a good line

chilly void
#

especially since saw in half on my commander is also very good

marble pasture
#

tutoring pretty good :p

#

don't underestimate saw on serra ascendant either

chilly void
#

well yeah but

marble pasture
#

since i know you play that

chilly void
#

[[Rusko, Clockmaker]]

quiet furnaceBOT
marble pasture
#

oh i know

chilly void
#

it's this

marble pasture
#

just in general :p

#

well worth investing in for multiple decks

chilly void
#

yeah

#

eventually i might play something that has both

marble pasture
#

you could always join 5c gang

we have 5 color cookies

chilly void
#

i cannot do that

#

no clocks in 5c SCGbigsad

marble pasture
#

D:

#

but 5c cookies tho

chilly void
#

holy shit, i didnt think about this

#

but scroll rack is probably insane in rusko right?

marble pasture
#

i would assume so

chilly void
#

i am consistently timetwistering myself

#

hmm

#

should consider [[Unwinding clock]] as well, maybe

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

since my commander makes mana rocks

marble pasture
#

you should play paradox engine because it does the funny artifact stuff

#

but i agree

#

clock can do stuff

chilly void
#

i cannot indeed play paradox engine

#

as it is not legal

marble pasture
#

but you're playing rusko

#

who better to play the paradox than the paradoxical commander

chilly void
#

i am playing 1 paradox

#

but not that one

#

[[Paradoxical Outcome]] is in this deck

quiet furnaceBOT
marble pasture
#

awww

#

ok

chilly void
#

some mf don't know what PO does to someone

marble pasture
#

oh i do

#

i've seen it do way too much in wheeliod

chilly void
#

especially because again

#

i can wheel myself

#

and get it back

marble pasture
#

wheel gaming moment

#

certified even

chilly void
#

timetwister is a good card

#

if i put timetwister in this list though i think people will shoot me in the parking lot

#

just on principle

marble pasture
#

nahhhh

#

everybody loves a good twister

chilly void
#

im also just not sure how low on creatures i should be going for this kind of deck

#

rusko doesnt proc on creatures but i obviously don't want people to beat my ass

marble pasture
#

then just play the essentials and roll with it

#

i am the one who plays thoracle moment

chilly void
#

rn it's:
Displacer Kitten
Sakashima the Impostor
Sheoldred the Apocalypse
Talion the Kindly Lord
Thassa Deep-dwelling
Gyruda Doom of Depths
Hullbreaker Horror

#

I should probably also be running something that doesnt cost 4

marble pasture
#

mayhaps

#

there's that new draw card

chilly void
#

ledger shredder for sure

#

i was also looking at uhhhhhhhh

#

what's the one from asscreed

#

[[basim ibn ishaq]]

quiet furnaceBOT
#

Legendary Creature — Human Assassin
Whenever you cast a historic spell, draw a card. Basim Ibn Ishaq can't be blocked this turn. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Whenever Basim Ibn Ishaq deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Haunted by memories he never had, of a family that was never his.
2/2

chilly void
#

i dont know if this is actually that good

marble pasture
#

[[pollywog prodigy]] that's the boi

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

yeah, im just concerned about my ability to get it to a power that it matters

#

with so few creatures

marble pasture
#

oh right, none of y'all play free spells

#

uhhhh

#

maybe a pass on that one then

chilly void
#

ledger shredder's good though

marble pasture
#

notion thief?

chilly void
#

also costs 4 but i guess fair

#

i dont wheel other people so they might be fine with it

marble pasture
#

blue creatures outside of clones are hard

chilly void
#

oh

marble pasture
#

black too, since you don't wanna oppo or pew pew bowmasters

chilly void
#

psychic frog

#

i'm running bowmasters i think

#

i own one, might as well

marble pasture
#

ayyyy

chilly void
#

oppo though is probably not happening

marble pasture
#

:/

chilly void
#

[[psychic frog]] seems good here

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

since i can get lands out of my graveyard before i shuffle

#

also, i can discard my hand to pump it in response to clock trigger

marble pasture
#

true

chilly void
#

other lower-cmc creatures in my colors are hard

#

like faerie mastermind is a 2 mana 2/1 flyer

#

and nothing else in most of my games

#

people really do not be drawing cards

marble pasture
#

uhhhh

#

gilded drake?

#

that new one that uses energy?

#

spellskite?

chilly void
#

volatile stormdrake is a solid one, if only for removal

marble pasture
#

you could also play like, thada adel

chilly void
#

i could, yeah

marble pasture
#

or malevolent hermit

chilly void
#

maybe psychosis crawler?

#

i fucking hate that it costs 5 though

#

but it does certifiably ping everyone for 7 every time a clock goes off

marble pasture
#

i would say you probably have enough expensive stuff

#

but ymmv

chilly void
#

yeah

#

is Baral worth it, maybe?

marble pasture
#

ehhhhhh

#

probably not?

reef estuary
#

What deck is this? Rusko still?

chilly void
#

yeah rusko

#

im rebuilding again

reef estuary
#

What’s the move

chilly void
#

cant quite find a build i like

reef estuary
#

Also I still don’t recommend pollywog

#

I mean tbh, I think turbo flicker could be very fun

#

Just lotsa mana

#

Your hand will always be full

chilly void
#

yeah but the problem is how do i actually win

reef estuary
#

You’re casting noncreature spells

chilly void
#

i like doing cool value stuff but i also dont wanna hold 3 players hostage

reef estuary
#

I mean you can set up some flicker combos

chilly void
#

but yes, pollywog is not in the deck

reef estuary
#

Flicker combos are instant wins with rusko

chilly void
#

well, as long as they cast

#

oh speaking of cast

#

isorev

reef estuary
#

Isorev does it too

chilly void
#

current working rebuild

reef estuary
#

Control is good too

#

Especially if you can flicker rusko at least sometimes

#

Because your hand will always be full

chilly void
#

yeah

#

that was the idea

reef estuary
#

And you’re using the same counterspells over and over

#

Pretty smart!

chilly void
#

kinda how he sees play on MTGA except we have different options

#

like in Historic Brawl, they have Pengine

reef estuary
#

Ooh

chilly void
#

and so he's a Pengine deck

reef estuary
#

Displacer kitten still nasty

#

Okay I’m into this

chilly void
#

but here we can abuse flicker effects to give us stuff that helps with our control gameplan

reef estuary
#

Would [[dispersal shield]] be good?

quiet furnaceBOT
reef estuary
#

Ah dangit 2 mana

#

I thought it was 1 for some reason

chilly void
#

i mean it's probably still fine

#

2 mana counter target spell cmc3 or less is still fine

reef estuary
#

I’d rather run, like, [[stern scolding]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

some flicker spells that were seeing play in Gyruda here (this is why i looked them up first)

#

Planar Incision

#

[[planar incision]]

quiet furnaceBOT
reef estuary
#

You can also set up the archaeomancer flicker combos

chilly void
#

yeah

reef estuary
#

That’s also good just to make more clocks until you hit the combo

chilly void
#

ghostly flicker isn't exactly the one i want but

#

there's one that was, can't think of the name

#

illusionist's gambit?

#

[[illusionist's gambit]] ?

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

no wrong one

reef estuary
#

[[illusionist stratagem]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

yeah this one

#

similarly, [[Blur]] ?

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

those don't hit artifacts, which is a little concerning

reef estuary
#

Hmmm, i mean we don’t care thaaat much about that

#

Your clocks are fine getting exiled if you’re getting another one

chilly void
#

sure but i can flicker them in response to the trigger to get them back and still get the draw

reef estuary
#

Right

chilly void
#

so ideally i can do that

#

but is that worth so much that im willing to pay 2 more mana?

reef estuary
#

I just mean don’t discount ones that can’t hit artifacts

#

Even single target ones are literally free

chilly void
#

i mean maybe ghostly flicker is fine

#

yeah the 1 mana ones are literally free

reef estuary
#

Ghostly flicker goes in 100%

#

That’s for the combo

chilly void
#

[[lillysplash portal]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

ah

#

i do run a singular frog in this deck

#

weirdly enough

reef estuary
#

Lmao

chilly void
#

[[psychic frog]]

quiet furnaceBOT
chilly void
#

ideally im never flickering it

#

but it is a frog that is in the deck

#

there's also one for spirits