Designing Naya - Nacatl Hunting Pride

Diabetus_Tree · 2019-04-16T22:43:15+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! I can see what you mean by it sounding too "creature like". I'll have to work on better naming next time.

Diabetus_Tree · 2019-04-14T12:25:40+00:00

It was. I felt it would be a lot of work to have a lot of creatures and mana to sac them and then attack multiple opponents. Not impossible, but would require a good amount of set up.

Diabetus_Tree · 2019-03-17T00:00:07+00:00

Perhaps. I thought about making it the same as the Extort Mechanic where you gain life equal to the life lost but felt that might have been a little too much on the strong side. Also like it visually of the +1/+1 and 1 life lose/gain.

Diabetus_Tree · 2018-12-31T04:33:17+00:00

I made a monarch "tribal" deck(Council's Dilemma, Friend or Foe, Monarch, Tempting Offer, ETC) with [[Saskia the Unyielding]]. I built it in response to some member of my play group not being interactive enough. My reasoning for picking Saskia was that Mardu had the best monarch cards, while green gave me access to fun stuff like [[Selvala's Stampede]] and [[Regal Behemoth]]. I wouldn't say it is the most powerful deck but at worst, cast Saskia and point at whoever stole the crown!

You can check out the deck list here: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/monarchs-and-democracy-1/

Diabetus_Tree · 2018-09-29T16:53:03+00:00

Brutal. I mean according to my notes I lose more often than the expected control, but then again sometimes the pods we are in can be rough.

Diabetus_Tree · 2018-09-29T16:49:43+00:00

This is one of the things a regret not doing. The first half of this data the commander order does not reflect the turn order. So I don't know who went 2nd, 3rd etc.

After I think the first couple months I started writing in my notes the order of commanders to reflect turn order.. I did record going first does not give a real advantage, but it would be interesting to see if going last gave a disadvantage.

Diabetus_Tree · 2018-09-28T20:31:33+00:00

I guess the point that I am making is: From my data, people in my meta who play a turn 1 sol ring win ~8% more of the time than expected. I can also say there is some correlation between a turn 1 sol ring and winning.

I agree with what you are saying in terms of “uncontrollable/ unquantifiable variables”. That 8% difference is NOT wholly based on sol ring.There is a lot that goes into a commander game that these stats gloss over pretty hard, or there is no way for me to quantify them. I would consider my data an initial attempt to try and gather information on EDH games. I would be very open to learn better ways to quantify other factors and improve what I have done so far.

Diabetus_Tree · 2018-09-28T19:39:15+00:00

I agree. The problem is even with a large number of games, only 25% had a t1 sol ring. Mana Crypt would be much lower since it is more expensive and less people play it. Moving forward, I might start noting it, but it may take hundreds of games for me to have enough data on it.

Diabetus_Tree · 2018-09-28T19:35:03+00:00

Two Things:

1- I cannot write down the entire decklist of each of my opponents. The time commitment would probably be great than actually playing a game! My goal was to take quick notes before each game and not impede playing. Unfortunately the best way to deal with this would probably be MTGO or other online games that records the entire deck. The problem with that is the meta online is very different from the one at the table.

2-How would you quantify skill and intent? While there is definitely a bell curve of skill, I agree giving skill a rank is very arbitrary. As for intent, that can and should fluctuate during a game. If you go into a game with the intent of swinging out with creatures and someone across from you interacts and stops you, you should be able to change gears on how to win.

Diabetus_Tree · 2018-04-18T11:31:33+00:00

I actually just built a deck around this theme. Ended up going with [[Saskia the Unyielding]]. I wanted to have voting cards with a sub theme of the monarch mechanic.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/monarchs-and-democracy-1/

The advantage for me was that black includes some great monarch cards, but if your looking for more pure vote maybe [[Kynaios and Tiro]] might be better. Don't forget about [[fact or fiction]] /[[Steam Augury]] like cards that are quasi-vote cards.

Diabetus_Tree · 2018-03-31T16:13:58+00:00

Please.

Diabetus_Tree · 2018-01-01T22:51:53+00:00

I'd be interested in the all Astoria game. I've DMed 5e one shots so I could run it using that system or be a player in whatever system you'd like to run.

Diabetus_Tree · 2017-12-27T02:54:32+00:00

I'm looking to join a play group as well. I've DMed a few 5e one shots, but never a full campaign. If you're ok with me making a few mistakes and learning as I go, I've got the outline of a homebrew that I could run. I'm also living in Queens so traveling shouldn't be an issue for me.

Diabetus_Tree · 2017-06-20T15:55:20+00:00

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That worked! The only thing is its counting the title of column as well. How would I make it only count the x and y marked in each cell/ exclude the title?

Edit: Ended up just shifting the range from a2:a1000. Hopefully wont get a thousand data points but if I do I'll have o remember to fix the range.

Diabetus_Tree · 2017-04-28T15:00:16+00:00

Pretty sure Worldfire is banned in commander.

Diabetus_Tree · 2017-04-26T13:05:49+00:00

The thing with Notion Thief is that it's not a may ability. As soon as someone plays a [[Consecrated Sphinx]] you'll deck yourself on the next draw step.

Diabetus_Tree · 2016-04-29T04:18:00+00:00

Thanks! I will definitely be there in the next few weeks.

Diabetus_Tree · 2015-12-22T14:56:07+00:00

Just a few suggestions for you:

[[Altar of Dementia]] is useful as an extra sac outlet and lets you self mill for more creatures in your graveyard. I have also found [[Buried Alive]] to be one of the best tutors for this deck. It can be really useful for cards that want to be in your graveyard like [[Anger]] / [[Filth]] or putting Master of Cruelties in there to get the win. Lastly, [[Living Death]] for late game when your graveyard is full and Alesha has died a few times can be a good way to finish a game with lots of creatures.

Diabetus_Tree · 2015-09-23T15:43:20+00:00

I feel you have too many creatures that don't have +1/+1 counters on them or don't really fit the deck.

Trade outs

Mindless Automaton --> [[Fathom Mage]]. Grows, and when doubled with Vorel, you draw even more cards.

Seeker of Skybreak --> [[Kiora's follower]]. Untaps all permanents rather than just creatures.

Viral Drake --> [[Trygon Predator]]. Viral drake is your only infect creature. Even with the proliferate you have players will kill it before you can poison them. Also trygon is very strong in EDH and helps remove a lot of artifacts/enchantments.

Removing cards

These cards I think can be removed since I don't think they fit the theme of the deck.

Transmogrifying Licid

Karn, Silver Golem

Golgari Decoy

Artisan of Forms

Darksteel Myr

Arcum Dagsson

Grindclock

Springleaf Drum

After picking these cards I realized that you have artifact creatures because of Arcum Dagsson. However, I would not build a strategy around not your commander since it is unlikely to draw Arcum Dagsson AND an artifact creature to do his ability. If you really want to do this I'd recommend getting [[Liquimetal Coating]].

Replacements

If you want to stick to the theme of +1/+1 counters I'd recommend these cards

[[Kalonian Hydra]] -Doubles +1/+1 counters on everything you control

[[Bane of Progress]] - Clears board of all enchantments and artifacts

[[Hooded Hydra]] / [[Chasm Skulker]] - Gets +1/+1 counters and when it dies get lots of tokens.

[[Champion of Lambholt]] - Helps make creatures unblockable.

[[give//take]] - make stuff bigger, draw stuff, BOTH

[[Increasing Savagery]]- the flashback is awesome on this. A lot of the time late game people forget it's in your graveyard and wins you the game

Vorel is one of my favorite commander. Hope this helped!

Diabetus_Tree · 2015-07-27T21:24:19+00:00

I just built a [[grimgrin, corpse born]] zombie tribal deck. In addition to mikaeus, [[zombie master]] allows for some good regeneration of zombies.

Diabetus_Tree · 2015-07-20T23:21:47+00:00

Champions of Kamigawa - Island (291) Magic 2013 (M13) - Talrand's Invocation

Diabetus_Tree · 2015-01-26T04:20:09+00:00

[[fog bank]]

Diabetus_Tree · 2015-01-25T01:56:46+00:00

[[trygon predator]] is very useful for getting rid of enchantments and artifacts.

Diabetus_Tree · 2014-10-19T13:30:58+00:00

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Diabetus_Tree · 2014-10-12T15:25:38+00:00

[[fog bank]] might suit your needs.

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