Dec 24 2009

EDH Angels

dastels @ 10:44 pm

I just got this sleeved up and am ready to test it.

My plan was to call it “Holier Than Thou”, but at least over the holidays, I’ve dubbed it “Angels We Have Heard On High”.

The Curve looks good. Lots of life gain & damage prevention in the 1-4 slots, heavy at 4. Then the angels start showing up.. plenty at 5, a few at six and a showing at 7, 8, & 9.

I picked Reya Dawnbringer for the general, mainly for her recurring resurrection effect. Sure she costs 9 to play (the first time) but you likely won’t have many angels in the graveyard until turn 10 anyway.

I built the deck using plains from Urza’s Saga, 8 of each art. The images of Serra’s Realm are a natural fit for the theme of the deck.

The approach is simple: early game fog and life-gain effects. Sweepers to control the board. Angels to beat with, and a few ways to resurrect them. A bit of pump thrown in for good measure.

Just a note. The deck looks way nicer than is shown above. As I said, I used Urza’s Saga plains. Also, all cards are original printings (except for the WoG)… it just a sweet looking deck.

Merry Christmas, y’all.

Dec 13 2009

EDH Artifacts

dastels @ 5:54 pm

Here’s a fun deck I’ve just gotten into good shape.

General (1)
Land (39)
Mana Artifacts (7)
Creatures (16)
Equipment (18)
Artifacts (19)

The main core idea is to get some creatures out, slap a pile of equipment on them and bash.

Karn can make extra, beefy attackers. I’ve used an animated Gilded Lotus as a 5/5 attacker when I didn’t need those 3 mana.

Arena of the Ancients is especially handy to lock down your opponent’s general, as you seldom want to attack with karn. It does duty as a 3/3 attacker as well.

Nov 28 2009

EDH Slivers

dastels @ 3:19 am

I started working on this deck after last Christmas. I’ve finally gotten it in pretty good shape.

General (1)
Basic Lands (8)
Lands (32)
Creatures (53)
Artifacts (2)
Enchantments (1)
Sorceries (3)

The mana is incredibly strong and stable: a couple ‘any color’ lands, 10 fetches, 10 shocklands, and 10 oldschool duals, with a few basics to take the total up 40. It’s not uncommon to be able to being the Overlord in on turn 5 or 6. The collection of slivers gives you a literal toolbox at your displosal once the Overlord or Homing Sliver is in play. Wild Pair gives another way to pull out more slivers.

Jul 31 2009

EDH: Epic Dragon Hijinx?

dastels @ 12:14 am

I spent a couple hours with @power9pro Wed night introducing him to Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH). He played my 5C Sliver deck (Sliver Queen as general), and I piloted my BR Dragon reanimation deck (commanded by Bladewing the Risen in all his vault-foily splendor.. er.. um.. gruesomeness).

My deck actively worked against me in our first game… giving me land, a Blistering Firecat and a few reanimation spells.

The second game went long. with damage flying (thanks to Pulmonic Sliver) in both directions. And so we get the the penultimate turn. He goes all in with his half dozen or so slivers, dealing 7 and taking me to (iirc) 4… well within range of lethal on his next attack. Over to me. He’s at 15 life. I have Bladewing in play, along with a Crucible of Fire. So 7 power. All his guys are sideways, and all his mana is tapped (I forget exactly why… some sliver abilities I think).

So.. I have 7 power in the air.. no blockers. That leaves him at 8. oh.. my land… Blood Crypt, Badlands, Shizo, Death’s Storehouse, 5 Swamps, 4 Mountains, and Rishadan Port. In hand I have a Mountain and a Dragonspeaker Shaman. With that I can pump Bladewing by 6/6 for a 13 damage. Two points short of lethal. Then he’s lethal after untapping. I need a miracle.. I need some shinanigans.

I draw.

I look at the card.

I chuckle.

I laugh.

I tap my 5 Swamps, floating BBBBB. I tap Shizo for B. I tap the 2 duals for BB. That’s 8 black. I drop the Mountain that’s in my hand. I tap the 5 Mountains to float RRRRR. I tap the Port for 1. “Using a red & 2 for…” and I drop the card I drew… Seething Song for RRRRR, which gives me 8 black & 8 red floating… into Bladewing to pump him to 15/15. FTMFW. Epic. Dragon. Hijinx. Oh ya. That’s what I’m talkin’ about.

EDH. if you aren’t playing it… it’s time to start. Tell your friends.