Hello again everybody, and welcome to another edition of Wacky Wednesday! We are coming down the homestrech. Next week we finish up our series of “you win the game” deck! However, before we atart worrying about next week, there is the small matter of THIS week’s deck. This week we need to go big. I mean, really, really big.
Hmm, so a 20/20, that could be kind of rough. There are dozen of ways to get there. We could go with some fatties pumped by Auras and Equipment, but that would take a lot of cards to achieve. We could use the card as designed and just let it pump our guys until they hit 20, but that is going to take a long, long time. A serviceable option is to use something like Ivy Elemental and an infinite mana combo, however we just had an infinite mana combo a few weeks back, so I don’t want to go that route again so soon. So what are we to do? There are not creatures printed that are 20/20 (unless you wanna count BFM from Unglued, but Un cards are a whole other article.) No, whilst there are no creatures printed at 20/20, there are single cards that can get there. Serra Avatar or the Avatar token Ajani Goldmane makes are options, but slow and fragile ones. We need something faster and more resilient. hmmmm…
A 20/20 flying and indestructible token? Hells yeah! Now, we just need to generate 30 mana to make it…oh, wait, no we don’t. We have the mondo combo that defined Extended prior to it be cut down a few weeks back.
Alright, so now we have our three key cards, so how about that decklist?
Lands
4 Dark Depths
4 Vivid Crag
4 Vivid Marsh
4 Reflecting Pool
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
3 Vivid Grove
4 Vivid Meadow
Creatures
4 Vampire Hexmage
4 Dark Confidant
4 Bloodbraid Elf
Spells
4 Mayael’s Aria
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Lightning Helix
4 Demonic Tutor
2 Nature’s Claim
2 Amulet of Vigor
4 Sensei’s Divining Top
Manabase
Now, this deck is pretty color intensive. Double black for Hexmage, and RGW for Aria. We need to get those colors as soon as possible, these best way to do that in my opinions is the classic Vivid Lands + Reflecting Pool manabase. Throw in the singelton Urborg and give us the possible turn 2 Marit Lage and we are set!
Removal Package
Swords is the premier targetd creature removal spell. All white decks should run it if possible. Lightning Helix is another solid piece of removal, against both dudes and Planeswalkers. And Nature’s Claim, in my opinion the best Art/Ench removal spell ever.
Card Advantage
I went over how awesome Dark Confidant is last week. Throw him in long with his best buddy, Sensei’s Diving Top, and he becomes even more awesome. Even without DC Top is still awesome. Top also fixes your Cascade of Bloodbraid Elf. ohhhh yeah. And of course, Demonic Tutor is just awesome.
Amulet of Vigor
Just a nifty card. Get your Vivd lands into play untapped. Pretty sweet.
Well that is all for this week folks, join me next week for the long awaited finale!
