[EDH] Numot 2010

[LegacyDan]

So, after after getting booted from another site I took a break from EDH. Last week, after a two year nap, I am back having fun using my old four star general friend Numot. This is the current list I am tweaking for a local tourney, but I want to put some finishing touches on it before I start to spend cash and store credit.

Creatures
Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Aven Mindsensor
Azorious Guildmage
Bogardan Hellkite
Darksteel Colossus
Dwarven Blastminer
Dwarven Miner
Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
Flametongue Kavu
Iona, Shield of Emeria
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Sanctum Plowbeast
Serra Avatar
Solemn Simulacrum
Stonehewer Giant
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
Trinket Mage
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Venser, Shaper Savant

Artifacts/Enchantments
Aether Spellbomb
Crystal Shard
Darksteel Ingot
Gilded Lotus
Khalni Gem
Luminarch Ascension
Marshal's Anthem
Rhystic Study
Sensei's Divining Top
Sol Ring
Sunforger
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Light and Shadow
Thran Dynamo
Treachery
Umezawa's Jitte

Sorceries/Instants
Acquire
Bribery
Capsize
Conqueror's Pledge
Decree of Justice
Desertion
Enlightened Tutor
Fabricate
Hinder
Idyllic Tutor
Martial Coup
Mystical Tutor
Sunder
Time Spiral
Timetwister
Tunnel Vision

Planeswalkers
Ajani Goldmane
Ajani Vengeant
Elspeth, Knight Errant
Jace Beleren
Jace, the Mind Scultor
Tezzeret the Seeker

Land
Ancient Den
Arid Mesa
Celestial Colonnade
Darksteel Citadel
Flagstones of Trokair
Flooded Strand
Great Furnace
Hallowed Fountain
6 Island
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
6 Mountain
6 Plains
Plateau
Reliquary Tower
Sacred Foundry
Scalding Tarn
Seat of the Synod
Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
Steam Vents
Strip Mine
Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
Tectonic Edge
Temple of the False God
Tolaria West
Tundra
Volcanic Island
Wasteland

Any comments, suggestions, ideas, interpretive dances are welcome.

[Dilettante]

Cutting Edge:
Sanctum Plowbeast
Darksteel Citadel
Decree of Justice
Jace Beleren
Tunnel Vision
Conqueror's Pledge (Storm Herd works better IMO)
Sunforger
Khalni Gem

Possible Additions:
Rite of Replication
Recurring Insight
Fact or Fiction
Brainstorm
Vicious Shadows
Crucible of Worlds
Land Tax
All is Dust
Mana Crypt
Hamletback Goliath
Auratouched Mage
Eldrazi Conscription
Condemn
Proteus Staff
Everflowing Chalice
Coalition Relic
Izzet, Boros, and Azorius Signets
Expedition Map
Academy Ruins
Tolaria West
Tolarian Academy
Mana Crypt
Grim Monolith
Voltaic Key
Remand
Fireshrieker

Of these, I'd put priority on Crucible of Worlds, Land Tax, Mana Crypt, Rite of Replication, Recurring Insight, and Proteus Staff. The artifacts may bend you in a direction you don't want to if you deal with too much artifact hate without that much recovery. If you do go in that direction, cards like Open the Vaults become more valuable to you.

[LegacyDan]

Interesting. I am running it on MWS to see what I want to take out, and some of those will be making their way into the deck. Thanks.

[Dilettante]

Well, from the looks of the cards you have, it seems to be very good at playing off of Numot's advantages in being a flyer, but flying is a staple for almost all beaters in the format save Eldrazi. Granted, I personally do insane (i.e. stupid) things like run Sun Quan, Lord of Wu to go Kool Aid Man through defenses on top of quietly going for a combo. You may want to have a stealth combo. Tunnel Vision just doesn't work anymore... due to too many Eldrazi around, and your only real mech to abuse that is Hinder, anyway. You need a bit more passive card advantage or other players will just sit back and drop bombs on you that you aren't prepared to respond to while your hand is less pertinent reactive card advantage... so engines to improve your card quality/quantity rather than simple effect can be needed. You do have one 'gib all' combo that I see (Emrakul + Crystal Shard), but a few more can't hurt, as long as you can lay low before they go off. When I play, I tend to try to get other players to concentrate on who is showing the most obvious 'gib all'. This makes Erayo players, for example, the first target.

To add to possible cards:
Wheel of Fortune
Time Stretch
Tidings
Mindslaver (only with Academy Ruins)
Academy Rector
Jokulhaups (float mana and play it like old school Upheaval/Tog with a beater or something like Luminarch Ascension)

Compact 'gib one' effects
Goblin Charbelcher + Mana Severance
Stuffy Doll+Guilty Conscience

Compact 'gib everyone' effects
Beacon of Tomorrows + Planar Portal
Hunted Dragon and/or Hunted Phantasm + Vicious Shadows + Wrath Effects
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Pestermite (makes Reveillark more useful to you)