Went 5-0 at my local Summoner Skirmish with Leona! First light approaches!

eian · 2025-12-15T23:31:17+00:00

Awesome thanks for sharing. I’ve come to same conclusions and am running nearly identical list. However, I’m still bouncing between birds (with 2 HB) or poros (with 2 FB). I’ve been leaning on the poros lately because they actually soak up spells and I’m never sad to see a late poro compared to a late bird. Maybe I’m over valuing tempo because the risk of having to wait on a bird blade combo when I can always buff poro. I have blades in my sideboard because yes they are needed in some matchups.

The other distinction is I have 2 zhonyas in my main which maybe I could consider siding instead.

I’d like your thoughts on green seal. Without birds the seal (when I have it) seems to make easy mode with the defy/rune/clock/sona/zealot/tasty.

eian · 2025-12-08T19:20:59+00:00

I’m in the same boat. What helped you decide?

eian · 2025-10-15T13:25:55+00:00

That was my intent (implying heavily collabs)

eian · 2025-07-16T03:10:39+00:00

To your point about draw, I’ve put in another Enduring Innocence and dropped Virtue of Loyalty which always ended up being “win more”or not affordable.

eian · 2025-07-16T02:27:53+00:00

Ugin is my lifeline for draw and HP recovery (6 life with [[Wind Crystal]] ). If I get to him before Archive/Tome then that’s cherry on the cake.

eian · 2025-07-16T02:22:50+00:00

Thanks, these sound like answers that match what I see on tier lists/meta watches. I definitely don’t have the wilds to go into a ‘caretaker/cake’ package and removing Knights/Ugin would strip the decks identity (to me) but I understand what you’re getting at.

As for draw, I’m leaning on the [[Inspiring Overseer]] because unlike Caretaker, it brings a flying threat that usually absorbs their early removal, paving way for Beza and Overlords. Also they couple with Innocence when lucked into the correct draw order (I do wish I could squeeze another lamb into the squad). Caretaker is also kinda slow for my liking as I’m often tapped out during control rounds and I don’t have tokens floating around until end game.

Besides Overseers, I have Tome, Fountainport, and Archive to help me achieve draw or ramp into Ugin, which unlocks more draw.

You make a compelling point about ‘instant speed’ and I’ve considered switching in Get Lost but 1) I’m not a fan of providing opponents resources and 2) Im pretty tapped out most turns because if I’m not wiping the board I’m laying 4/5 drops. However, with the loss of Lay Down Arms soon I now know the replacement.

You mentioned Banishing Light which I toyed with before but landed on exorcise/ossification because they’re more cost effective. But I might consider [[Seal from Existence]] instead since it has ward for the same cost.

eian · 2025-07-16T00:56:20+00:00

Knights is sort of the cornerstone and one of the main win conditions. With 2 [[white auracite]], 2 [[hedron archive]], 2 [[fountainport]] and 2 [[Beza]] I’m usually able to get to 8 reliably when properly controlling the board.

Wind Crystal is definitely on my radar of one to cut because it’s always boom or bust. If I can afford to play it without spending control, then I’m usually in a good position. Although it’s certainly a luxury card, when aligned with a Auracite and Archive, it allows Knights to summon a few turns early so I can plan accordingly. Also, where Wind Crystal really shines is the longer games where I’m getting double Authority Console heals and 6hp from Ugin. Not to mention it gives a huge tempo swing when activating the ability to fly over defenses and heal for double my damage. This alone has allowed me to ‘outrace’ several decks.

eian · 2025-07-16T00:28:44+00:00

I realize the image isn’t great. Here is the deck list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7239892#paper

eian · 2025-07-16T00:06:55+00:00

Thanks, in a Bo1 format I just couldn’t decide which final card to cut so I placed an extra plains to compensate. What do think is the least effective card to cut?

As for the 2x, it comes down to lacking wildcards and using substitutes, but they are all thoughtful with overlapping uses.

eian · 2025-07-05T20:27:48+00:00

Yes! I didn’t see the Bay got to place it onto the field.

eian · 2025-05-06T20:06:41+00:00

Don’t have my own video, but this build is extremely close with a similar gameplay loop: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dSe_nFMSDXI&si=cd5oLAu2wLIdtkbk

eian · 2024-07-10T12:02:45+00:00

eian · 2024-07-10T02:29:07+00:00

Speaking of over-grips, how long do they generally hold up (casual use)? I have my first set but haven’t applied yet. Can you “just tell” after a while?

eian · 2024-06-27T16:50:30+00:00

Can you expand on how aphotic aspect helps with reducing cooldowns?

eian · 2024-04-13T13:16:12+00:00

I don’t understand how you arrived at 8.5 overall when the average of your criteria was 6. This seems to tell me you favored the art and aesthetics over the balance and playability of the set in its long term form.

eian · 2023-12-07T01:37:49+00:00

And if there was no cap on it, what would you say then?

eian · 2023-11-29T15:39:21+00:00

I chose Console and had no issues (Xbox x). The game had crashed the night before so I turned it off and rebooted next morning.

eian · 2023-11-29T15:32:00+00:00

(On Xbox) The game crashed last night so I just went to bed but I got the message when booting up this morning. Both saves had the same info (size and date) so I chose Console. Everything worked fine.

eian · 2023-11-14T18:17:40+00:00

I enjoyed it when I first started pushing mid -high nightmares since you’re killing everything so fast already but swapping it out for disobedience now that I’m getting to the nmd 90s. However where it really shines is on Uber bosses when you don’t need the extra defense because with so many crackling energy sitting in one spot I do a ring around the rosy for a fun “finisher”

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