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Kuma
11-29-2008, 12:49 PM
The deck is mostly a Survival-esque deck built around using the graveyard and recurring creatures with powerful comes into play/leaves play effects. Lots of countermagic and the Full English Breakfast combo for lolz. All suggestions welcome.

// General
1 [SHM] Reaper King

// Lands (39)
1 [AN] City of Brass
1 [A] Scrubland
1 [A] Underground Sea
1 [A] Tropical Island
1 [A] Savannah
1 [RAV] Golgari Rot Farm
1 [RAV] Dimir Aqueduct
1 [CHK] Forbidden Orchard
1 [DIS] Simic Growth Chamber
8 [UNH] Island
2 [UNH] Swamp
5 [UNH] Forest
1 [UNH] Plains
1 [A] Tundra
1 [A] Bayou
1 [DIS] Breeding Pool
1 [RAV] Watery Grave
1 [RAV] Overgrown Tomb
1 [DIS] Azorius Chancery
1 [LRW] Vivid Creek
1 [LRW] Vivid Grove
1 [B] Volcanic Island
1 [ALA] Crumbling Necropolis
1 [ALA] Seaside Citadel
1 [TSP] Dreadship Reef
1 [ALA] Savage Lands
1 [LRW] Shimmering Grotto

// Mana Acceleration/Fixing
1 [A] Birds of Paradise
1 [FD] Joiner Adept
1 [CHK] Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 [SHM] Pili-Pala
1 [SHM] Mana Reflection
1 [MR] Gilded Lotus
1 [A] Sol Ring

//The Powaaa!!!
1 [MM] Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 [JU] Genesis
1 [EX] Survival of the Fittest
1 [SC] Carrion Feeder
1 [SH] Tortured Existence

//Abusable Creatures
1 [LRW] Mulldrifter
1 [FD] Eternal Witness
1 [SHM] Heap Doll
1 [TSB] Voidmage Prodigy
1 [CHK] Keiga, the Tide Star
1 [FD] Bringer of the Black Dawn
1 [PY] Spore Frog
1 [ON] Doomed Necromancer
1 [EVE] Scarecrone
1 [DS] Sundering Titan
1 [AP] Mystic Snake
1 [EVE] Glen Elendra Archmage

//Full English Breakfast Combo
1 [RAV] Dimir Doppelganger
1 [LE] Phage the Untouchable
1 [SH] Volrath's Shapeshifter

//Tutors
1 [RAV] Dimir Infiltrator
1 [LRW] Liliana Vess
1 [MI] Enlightened Tutor
1 [VI] Vampiric Tutor
1 [A] Demonic Tutor
1 [SHM] Beseech the Queen
1 [RAV] Muddle the Mixture
1 [OD] Diabolic Tutor
1 [TE] Intuition
1 [CHK] Gifts Ungiven
1 [MOR] Idyllic Tutor

//Counterspells
1 [EX] Ertai, Wizard Adept
1 [DS] Vex
1 [TE] Dismiss
1 [MI] Dissipate
1 [AL] Arcane Denial
1 [MOR] Negate
1 [CHK] Hinder
1 [TSP] Cancel
1 [A] Counterspell
1 [FUT] Pact of Negation
1 [EVE] Dream Fracture
1 [ALA] Bant Charm
1 [VI] Desertion
1 [DIS] Voidslime

//Random Powerful EDH Stuff
1 [CHK] Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1 [DIS] Tidespout Tyrant
1 [PY] Rhystic Study
1 [UL] Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
1 [SHM] Vexing Shusher
1 [A] Regrowth
1 [RAV] Recollect
1 [TE] Living Death

yawg07
11-29-2008, 01:12 PM
UH OH!!!!!
Combo, you better prepare to get attacked when you play that around here! :laugh:

In all seriousness, it looks like a blast to play, but you REALLY have to watch Mindslaver when playing with some of this stuff.
Also, in my opinion, Multani is too much of a liability. In our group, he just never kills anyone unless someone grants him trample.
Gruber's MULTANI DECK was good at that, but normally he'll get chumped by all sorts of stuff

Personal changes, based on your collection ...

-1 Vex
-1 Dimir Infiltrator
-1 Multani

+1 Cryptic Command
+1 Grim Tutor
+1 Mindslaver

That should up your power level to the next bracket.
You also run TWO Scarecrows, but they can trigger Reaper King over and over, so that is fair.
I hate the decks that NEVER use their general. We play EDH, not normal Highlander.
I'll just say, when the rest of the group sees the heaps of countermagic and hints of combo, you better make friends to defend you.

Also, the game last night ended with me winning :D
Gruber tried to cheat in Cruel Ultimatum, so I let him and bent the rules to Imp's Mischief it back at him. I HOPE HE READS THIS!
Then I proceeded to use Sharuum to recur my Sundering Titan and Mindslaver.
They blew Slaver, but Titan died and came back again, clearing out lots of their land.
The final play was my Yawg Will. Got back a land, then Etherium Sculptor, then my Voltaic Key, Sol Ring, and Top were free.
I cast more mana artifacts and was able to attain Mistmeadow Witch/Sharuum Slaver lock on Shrock. (rhyme every time)

Kuma
11-29-2008, 05:52 PM
Well, I can do tricks with Multani like swing with Shapeshifter/Doppleganger and discard him after damage. But you're right that playing him usually makes you lots of enemies.

Cryptic is better than Vex, but the only one I have is a sealed promo that I want to trade, which makes it difficult to play with. Vex kinda sucks, but it makes people a little less mad about having their spell countered. I should probably find a better counterspell.

Dimir Infiltratror is awesome for the transmute and for making Shapeshifters unblockable before discarding Phage/Multani/etc. I also need to keep the creature count up for Survival. I'd use the Grim Tutor, but it's probably getting traded soon. If not, I'll probably cut Idyllic Tutor or Diabolic Tutor for it.

I should probably fit my Mindslaver in here somewhere...

Reaper King only comes out to abuse Heap Doll, Pili-Pala, and Scarecrone. And he's pretty awesome at it too, but it's not my prime mode of attack, i.e. Don't Fear the Reaper. So I do use him, but not as much as some other EDH decks.

Yeah, I expect to get targeted a lot, which is why I need to find some friend making cards.

LOL at EDH shenanigans, I can't wait to get my deck back together and join in full force. We're such cheaters :)