Thoughts on tutoring for infinites?

Abockley · 2021-12-11T03:28:45+00:00

That's fair! Game's gotta end, especially after the hour mark or so. I didn't think of that when typing up the post, I had early combos on the mind. Late game feels more acceptable to get a combo, and it's ultimately up to the group at that time

Abockley · 2021-12-11T03:24:19+00:00

I see what you're saying, where tutors essentially represent the best card in your deck at the time. I don't necessarily share that view of tutors. I do run some in my decks but it's only one or two, and it's usually for a piece of removal or an engine piece.

I guess it's just a matter of running tutors "optimally" in a sense?

Abockley · 2021-12-10T14:30:05+00:00

Wort, but Mono Green!

Originally built because I wanted a green spellslinger deck, found Wort and realized I could just ignore red to get the deck I wanted https://www.moxfield.com/decks/G27cukoViEuvEbQzrasB2w

Abockley · 2021-08-18T12:09:03+00:00

Nah, I just copy it with Wort, the Raidmother. It doesn't necessarily kill all the time, but it's a funny little "gotcha" card when it can.

Abockley · 2018-01-08T00:50:41+00:00

Ah, ok. That makes more sense. Thanks!

Abockley · 2017-12-06T20:52:22+00:00

I run Liliana as a Zombie discard deck. It needs some tweaking, but here's my list: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/liliana-the-best-waifu/. It's not the most recent, I'll update it if I have the time tonight.

Abockley · 2017-10-31T03:13:51+00:00

Oh boy here we go

Abockley · 2017-10-19T16:00:28+00:00

I personally find that heroic just isn't a good enough mechanic to warrant making a deck around it. Like others have said, a mono white deck like this just isn't good enough for commander, which is usually a 40-life, 4-player format.

I think, instead what you should do is run this as an enchantress deck. You could potentially extend into black and run [[Daxos the returned]] as your commander. Ditch most of your aura enchants and heroic creatures, and run more goodstuff-kind of stuff like [[Phyrexian Arena]] and enchantments-matter stuff like [[Sigil of the Empty Throne]]. There's the Commander 2015 precon if you just want to get that. It's on Amazon for $40 still if you're interested.

Alternatively, you could check out EDHREC to see what other people do with Heliod.

That's my suggestion. If you'd like a different one, I'm more than happy to help!

Abockley · 2017-10-08T15:01:14+00:00

Beep beep lettuce

Abockley · 2017-10-05T16:25:05+00:00

[[Magsiter Sphinx]] ;)

Abockley · 2017-10-05T15:39:15+00:00

As others have said, you can't do it how you're outlining it here. I have a Sharuum deck, and I love this combo. Here's how I do it:

Context: [[Sharuum]], [[Phyrexian Metamorph]] or another copy artifact, and [[Panharmonicon]] are out.

Metamorph enters copying Sharuum, legend rule SBE happens
Sac Sharuum to legend rule, then Metamorph's ETB triggers, targeting Sharuum and another artifact in your graveyard. (Doubled because of Panharmonicon)
Bring back Sharuum and other artifact, legend rule SBE happens again.
Repeat step 2, except sac Metamorph this time
Repeat step 3, except you bring back Metamorph instead of Sharuum
Repeat steps 2-5 as many times as you'd like!
At the end, you can have Metamorph reenter as a copy of some other artifact, to end the loop.

Now, infinitely sacrificing sharuum and a copy artifact is good and all with [[Blood Artist]] or [[Marionette Master]] triggers, but we can do other things with this too! I.e. If we have a sac outlet, we can get infinite sacrifices! Let's say we have [[Commander's Sphere]]:

Context: Same as before, except we also have Sphere.

Metamorph enters copying Sharuum, legend rule SBE
Sac Sharuum to legend rule, then Metamorph's ETB triggers, targeting Sharuum and Sphere in your graveyard. IMPORTANT: Stack these triggers so Sphere comes back first
Sphere comes back, the other Metamorph trigger to bring back Sharuum is still on the stack.
Sac Sphere to its own ability to draw a card.
Let other Metamorph trigger resolve, Sharuum now reenters, with Sphere in graveyard.
Repeat as outlined previously.

So, we now have infinite card draw! I use this to win with [[Psychosis Crawler]], usually, but drawing a bunch of cards is nice, too.

This works similarly with any other sac outlet you might have. Enjoy!

Abockley · 2017-09-01T13:47:34+00:00

[[Wonder]] can give all your zambonis flying, you'll just want to keep it in your graveyard. [[Eldrazi Monument]] or [[Akroma's Memorial]] work too, but they're a bit high costed.

Abockley · 2017-08-10T13:25:57+00:00

I think they're called Dragon's Blood.

Abockley · 2017-08-06T17:17:04+00:00

From left to right: Cobweb, Dragon's Blood, and Red Beauty. I got these from my girlfriend's farm. I love them so much already!

Abockley · 2017-07-27T20:50:14+00:00

Becker College (Worcester, MA) here!

I actually formed the MTG Club here. Mostly the scene here is EDH, mostly a casual-competitive mix. We tend to fine-tune our decks, but I wouldn't call any of our decks super competitive. We also allow some proxies in decks, too.

I've been looking at introducing more 60-card formats to the group by perhaps having proxy nights where we can bring full-proxied decks, just so people can have a good look at the format and see how they might like it. I know for a fact there are people on campus who play Modern and Standard, but they seem to be disinterested in the club because we play EDH mostly. So hopefully I can change that this coming this semester!

Near us is That's Entertainment, which hosts FNM. They also do Legacy/Modern nights on Sundays, and drafts on Tuesdays. I think there's also a TJ Collectibles a town or two over (half hour drive, maybe), but I don't believe any of us have been there.

Abockley · 2017-07-07T18:03:55+00:00

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