hi im pell
#The Pumpkin Plunderer!
weary cypress
Hey pell hows it going
deep vessel
[[Brainsurge]]
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weary cypress
ooh nice
deep vessel
over Compulsive Research
weary cypress
gotcha fixed it
deep vessel
also, are we purposefully not running all the Changelings that are good?
deep vessel
ok
weary cypress
Mind suggesting a few
deep vessel
workin on it
weary cypress
gotcha
deep vessel
[[Chameleon Colossus]] is a personal favorite
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Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Protection from black
: Chameleon Colossus gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is its power.
4/4
weary cypress
ok which do i replace then
deep vessel
[[Taurean Mauler]] is one that is incredibly good in EH
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deep vessel
gimme a sec 
im suggestin
weary cypress
sorry gotcha
deep vessel
[[Realmwalker]], another great one
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[[Masked Vandal]]
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weary cypress
yhea
deep vessel
[[Irregular Cohort]] is probably better than Chameleon Colossus
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weary cypress
ok gotcha fixed it
deep vessel
also you're running Jhoira, so [[Universal Automaton]]
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artifact creature for jhoira and any other artifact synergy you have
jhoira cares about historic
weary cypress
eh fair
deep vessel
if you dont want him dont run em
deep vessel
i got 1 more suggestion and then i'll go through things with you
weary cypress
sure
deep vessel
[[Unsettled Mariner]]
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Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its controller pays 
.
The call of the sea shapes many souls.
2/2
deep vessel
this card rules
this card is so good that it was played in both modern humans AND modern merfolk, making merfolk splash a color they didnt want or need
weary cypress
ok added
deep vessel
okay
last thing i would consider is Black Market Connections if you don't have a budget
weary cypress
[[Black Market Connections]]
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deep vessel
it's just a good card, it's extra mana, it's card draw, AND for your deck it is extra good because it makes you scarecrows
weary cypress
yhea im fine i got a budget
weary cypress
thats expensive
deep vessel
yes it is, that's why i prefaced it 
weary cypress
Fair
deep vessel
first thing i'd remove is Jousting Dummy
weary cypress
why
deep vessel
it's one of the worst 3 scarecrows you have
and you just put 3 scarecrows in your deck
weary cypress
Ok gotcha
deep vessel
next one i'd drop is Tatterkite
deep vessel
and then i gotta find it but you have a scarecrow that cares about green creatures
but you do not have a singular green creature in the deck
other than the commander
weary cypress
yhea
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Hoof Skullkin
weary cypress
removed it
weary cypress
are you sure this is a good deck now?
deep vessel
it's definitely more powerful than it was, good is kind of subjective
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it really depends on what kinda table you're at
weary cypress
ok
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you dont want good to me 
my decks are frequently 50x the current price
weary cypress
Like would this do well in edh
deep vessel
this would probably do fine into a lower power table or even precons
i'd seek out games at that level with this
weary cypress
oh i need a high power deck then
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deep vessel
i don't know how to do that there is probably someone who does but they aren't me
it's going to involve trimming a lot of the scarecrows that are less powerful in exchange for more changelings, some lords
weary cypress
ok gotcha like what cards
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[[Master of the Pearl Trident]]
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weary cypress
ok
deep vessel
maskwood nexus is going to be key, as is [[Mirror Entity]]
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Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X and gain all creature types.
Unaware of Lorwyn's diversity, it sees only itself, reflected a thousand times over.
1/1
deep vessel
and you'd probably want 1 combo in the deck, good news your archetype includes one
weary cypress
oh what is the combo
deep vessel
it's an oldie but a goodie, it's Pili Pala combo
lemme find the actual combo piece that goes with it
weary cypress
Ok gotcha
deep vessel
but basically, there's a creature that lets you tap an artifact creature for 
weary cypress
Oh i like that
deep vessel
and then pili pala uses that 2 to untap itself and generate 1 mana of any color
and you repeat this, it's infinite mana
weary cypress
Nice
deep vessel
you're also going to want a number of tutors but those are frequently expensive, good news though you're in 5 colors and are a creature-heavy deck
weary cypress
Ok gotcha
deep vessel
so things like [[Eladamri's Call]] and [[Finale of Devastation]] are really nice for you
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idk current price of finale
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well, as a cheaper tutor, there's always [[Gamble]]
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deep vessel
i think gamble's like $4.50 right now
weary cypress
ok
deep vessel
does your playgroup allow gold border cards
weary cypress
Are they banned?
deep vessel
if so, [[City of Brass]] is great
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Land
Whenever City of Brass becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
: Add one mana of any color.
"There is much to learn here, but few can endure the ringing of the spires." —Nulakam the Archivist
deep vessel
they're just not legal copies of the card, they were in world championship decks
but they're the same as the legal card, just with a different card back and gold border
most groups allow them but i dont know offhand about yours
weary cypress
oh yhea should be fine
deep vessel
well, City of Brass is great for 5 color decks
weary cypress
i see
deep vessel
the vivid lands can also be upgraded to the painlands, lemme get you a site that will help
weary cypress
any other high power changelings?
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it's probably fine, but i'd have to test it
[[Graveshifter]] is also going to be quite helpful
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weary cypress
ok that one is added
deep vessel
clones are also pretty useful
Phantasmal Image, Glasspool Mimic
Spark Double
these are mostly for stealing other peoples' threats
hidden crystal
Hi.
weary cypress
Hello
deep vessel
but if you have maskwood nexus and any lord effect, like Master of the Pearl Trident or the illusion lord, you can do a lot with just cloning someone else's commander
hidden crystal
This goober was an absolute menace when my group got into the format back in like 2012.
deep vessel
this site will help you a lot
if you scroll down, you'll find Pain Lands
which are almost all very cheap and also very good for you since most of your creatures cost just generic
vivids are also absolutely fine here
weary cypress
Why?
deep vessel
because a lot of decks are not $70
hidden crystal
My decks just usually cost 4 kidneys to buy.
hidden crystal
Yo.
weary cypress
do you know how to power up this deck
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Artifact
Lands you control have ": Add one mana of any color."
: Add one mana of any color.
Dimir mages put the lanterns to good use, creating shapeshifters and sleeper agents from mana foreign to them.
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This
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that'll help, yeah
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[[$Chromatic Lantern]]
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weary cypress
ok added it
hidden crystal
Yeah I'd toss this in, it's pretty budget friendly.
Will help your mana base A LOT.
deep vessel
being in 5 colors means manabase stuff is hard
weary cypress
btw do you know of a card that alows you to tap artifacts for 2 colorless
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Creature — Vedalken Artificer
Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn.
Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add 
. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
1/3
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you pay 1 blue into him, turn pili pala blue
and then tap untap repeatedly
also, [[Careful Cultivation]], although i personally don't like that one as much here
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Enchantment — Aura
Enchant artifact or creature
As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+3 and has reach and ": Add ."
Channel — , Discard Careful Cultivation: Create a 1/1 green Human Monk creature token with ": Add ."
weary cypress
ok gotcha
hidden crystal
[[$Mystic Remora]]
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weary cypress
changelings are everycolor right
hidden crystal
They're every creature type, not every color.
deep vessel
^
deep vessel
it has an activated ability that turns pili pala blue
weary cypress
i see its other ability
ok i see
So what else would make this deck good
for a high power deck
deep vessel
man high power is hard for this without going $
because a lot of high power stuff is $$
getting up to like a medium power is reasonable
weary cypress
ok then medium
deep vessel
oh
then past what we've said, fixing the manabase and adding some interaction would do it
weary cypress
ok gotcha
deep vessel
you dont want a lot of interaction because you're supposed to be aggressive but
you do want good interaction that is versatile
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Yhea
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stuff like [[Get Lost]] or [[Beast Within]]
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Instant
Destroy target creature, enchantment, or planeswalker. Its controller creates two Map tokens. (They're artifacts with ", , Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
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and even stuff like [[Culling Ritual]]
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Sorcery
Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value 2 or less. Add 
or for each permanent destroyed this way.
"Your own frailty is your undoing. I am merely the one to expose it."
weary cypress
culling would be good as a last resort
deep vessel
it's a good board wipe and will frequently get you enough mana to cast your commander
deep vessel
pain lands, city of brass
so basically we go down on basic lands and add in stuff that taps for colors we care about
currently, your deck is overwhelmingly blue, so the blue/x pain lands are a great start
weary cypress
ok so get rid of 1 of each basic land and replace with pain
deep vessel
yeah you'd drop basic lands, probably starting with islands
and I'd keep an extra basic forest
deep vessel
actually, you needed a cut for city of brass, too
so yeah going down to 4 of each is fine
deep vessel
nonono
weary cypress
ok adding pain
deep vessel
yeah, mostly just the blue/x ones
those are the ones you care about because your deck is mostly colorless but also very heavily blue
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?
deep vessel
myriad landscape is probably fine ramp for you yeah
wait wym gives 2 mana
are you talkin about [[Saprazzan Skerry]] or something
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Saprazzan Skerry enters the battlefield tapped with two depletion counters on it.
, Remove a depletion counter from Saprazzan Skerry: Add . If there are no depletion counters on Saprazzan Skerry, sacrifice it.
deep vessel
ah
deep vessel
another great land for you: forbidden orchard
weary cypress
ok
deep vessel
sure you give someone a 1/1 spirit but it's totally worth it
deep vessel
without dumping a ton of $ into it i think it's about as good as it's gonna get
weary cypress
ok gotcha so what do i remove now
deep vessel
well, let's go through and get rid of creatures that don't do anything for your gameplan
weary cypress
ok gotcha
hidden crystal
Wait
weary cypress
what
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Two things this deck wants
weary cypress
what?
hidden crystal
[[Universal Automaton]]
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[[Changeling Outcast]]
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deep vessel
hi i mentioned him
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and changeling outcast, similarly, very good
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Reasoning is that, when Reaper King is out, they both blow up a permanent for 1 mana.
deep vessel
^
weary cypress
oh
deep vessel
and permanent includes lands
hidden crystal
Yeah. Really dirty.
deep vessel
which means you can keep pace
weary cypress
ok gotcha
deep vessel
also with universal, you're running jhoira anyway
deep vessel
well, let's look at what your worst creatures are
weary cypress
ok
weary cypress
ok
deep vessel
harvest hand only gives humans menace on the back side, which you dont run very many of
weary cypress
but changeling
weary cypress
ok i see thouse
hidden crystal
I kinda like scorn effigy, is that weird?
deep vessel
its fine? not what i'd call great
hidden crystal
Being able to foretell it early game and then 0 mana blow something up as soon as the king is out is cool.
hidden crystal
Fair.
deep vessel
that's a good point though, you can foretell it early, and then on the turn you play reaper king cast it for free
weary cypress
ok removed them
hidden crystal
that's a good point though, you can foretell it early, and then on the turn you ...
Yeah.
I agree with the other two cuts though.
but idk this is tough.
weary cypress
i kept the hand
hidden crystal
Do we need Maskwood Nexus?
deep vessel
it's important if we're gonna run lords
hidden crystal
Hm, fair.
deep vessel
if we aren't, then no
deep vessel
turning everything into a scarecrow is nice though for reaper king's purposes
weary cypress
its fun
deep vessel
scarecrow guide is not very good here
weary cypress
Am i running lords though?
hidden crystal
Hm.
deep vessel
you probably should be running good lords
hidden crystal
Scarecrow Guide filters which is fineeeee.
weary cypress
cause i dont understand what you mean by lords
hidden crystal
but eh, we do need cuts i suppose
hidden crystal
cause i dont understand what you mean by lords
Lords refer to creatures that buff creatures of a tribe in some way.
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lords are any creature that gives all creatures of a type a stat buff and/or keywords
weary cypress
oh ok
hidden crystal
Like Reaper King could be called a Scarecrow Lord.
weary cypress
then yhea its good
deep vessel
comes from [[Lord of Atlantis]] i think
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Ye
deep vessel
they used to just have creature type lord
deep vessel
we dont need a ton of lords, but things that buff stuff we're already running are helpful
ok
weary cypress
fair
deep vessel
chainbreaker?
weary cypress
ok
deep vessel
i know im cutting a lot of scarecrows 
deep vessel
also with maskwood nexus out you can distant melody name gamer
which i think is worth running maskwood nexus
weary cypress
Touch'e
hidden crystal
It sucks cause the dittos tend to be better than the actual scarecrows.
deep vessel
yeah
weary cypress
yhea
hidden crystal
Also can I just say, I am smeckledorfed that there hasn't been a Scarecrow precon yet.
weary cypress
But we still got jack
hidden crystal
Like the fact we got a 5c Eldrazi precon before Scarecrow precon is nuts.
weary cypress
The fact that eldrazi got one at all is shocking
hidden crystal
I mean they had a colorless one last year. I'm just dumbfounded that they got a 2nd precon so soon.
weary cypress
ok
deep vessel
farmstead gleaner is an option, although it is a big/big with Grand Architect in play
hidden crystal
Maybe Bonder's Ornament? Not sure if you need THAT many 3 drop ramp artifacts.
deep vessel
its just a second combo piece with grand architect
weary cypress
ok so remove farmstead and bonders
deep vessel
actual answer here: dragon throne of tarkir
i would keep the gleaner off to the side bendy because you might find that you actually want an infinitely large creature sometimes
deep vessel
yeah, dragon throne can go
hidden crystal
Dragon Throne of Tarkir on Reaper King is hilarious.
deep vessel
even though it's VERY funny
hidden crystal
Imagine Sarkhan leaving for a bit and coming home to see the plane ruled by Scarecrows.
deep vessel
honestly worth keeping just because it's funny
weary cypress
ok then it is staying
deep vessel
we can go down a couple of basic lands
hidden crystal
It is a way to win in this lower power level. Turning Reaper King sideways to swing out with like a bunch of big scarecrows is funny.
weary cypress
really?
hidden crystal
I think we can comfortably do 35 lands.
deep vessel
your curve tops out at 5
weary cypress
ok
hidden crystal
Hm
weary cypress
3 more
deep vessel
thinkin
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[[$Glasspool Mimic]]
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glasspool gaming
weary cypress
its good
weary cypress
this is a cheap deck
hidden crystal
I like mdfc lands. But yeah, i think it can stay out for now.
weary cypress
which one?
deep vessel
glasspool mimic
hidden crystal
Oh ignore me, was just talking about glasspool
deep vessel
[[Glasspool Mimic]]
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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
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Glasspool Shore
Land
Glasspool Shore enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
"Past and possibility come together in the vastness of infinite reflection." —Ashen Wal, Akoum Expeditionary House
weary cypress
ok
weary cypress
Didint we remove that
deep vessel
its still on the list on moxfield
there's a bunch of skullkin so you might be mistaking it for another one
weary cypress
are you talking about jawbone?
deep vessel
no
deep vessel
i like jawbone being around, he makes red dudes have haste, extremely based of him
hidden crystal
I thought we murdered Harvest Hand.
deep vessel
we didnt, but we probably should at this point
deep vessel
just -1 more card?
weary cypress
yhea
deep vessel
oh yeah no that'd be fantastic
i would not be cutting cards that gave blanket menace
weary cypress
ok done
removed the theorist
but thats not just a theory
and the deck is DONE
So how does it look now?
Thank you though for the help
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much better
deep vessel
for sure, remember to be realistic though
not gonna win every game but i think this is going to be much more dangerous at the table than before
personally i'd also consider, in the future, including [[Wicker Picker]] for the sticker kicker
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Creature spells you cast have sticker kicker . (You may pay an additional as you cast a creature spell. If you do, you get 
, then you may put a sticker on it.)
"Unless you're quicker, I wouldn't snicker."
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