SilverGreen
03-02-2008, 12:13 PM
The little Johnny devil over my left shoulder told me that it would be fun to build a deck around Mesmeric Orb and Battlefield Scrounger. The Scrounger didn't stand for long, but the idea remains:
4 Mesmeric Orb
3 Stifle
4 Brainstorm
2 Damnation
3 Thoughtseize
3 Propaganda
2 Intuition
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Krosan Grip
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Life from the Loam
3 Mox Diamond
1 Genesis
3 Eternal Witness
3 Tarmogoyf
4 Polluted Delta
2 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
3 Bayou
4 Tropical Island
2 Swamp
2 Island
1 Forest
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Barren Moor
SB: 1 Krosan Grip
SB: 1 Thoughtseize
SB: 2 Pernicious Deed
SB: 1 Grave-Shell Scarab
SB: 1 Gigapede
SB: 3 Ground Seal
SB: 3 Counterbalance
SB: 3 Sensei's Divining Top
I played this list half a dozen times on MWS against some "player" players and it looks fine (at least, the combo works). It isn't enough, for sure, I need to test it against some real strategies yet, to better realize the deck's weaknesses. But before I can do that, I would like to discuss the list with you in theory. I feel it suffers with so many inconcistencies yet.
There's some card interactions I think are very interesting and worth of note:
Mesmeric Orb + Leyline of the Void
It's the deck's MVP. The combo may come online as soon as turn 1, with a little help from Mox Diamond. And LotV as a MD combo piece is a powerful way to neutralize a possible Thresh or Dread capitalization on Orb.
Mesmeric Orb + Propaganda
Propaganda serves double purpose here: protect you against hordes of small and quick creatures, and maximize Orb's triggers.
Intuition + Gaea's Blessing
Remember a Blessing ocasionally put into your graveyard via Intuition will trigger as normal (it's put directly into graveyard from library during Intuition's resolution).
Genesis + Eternal Witness + Gaea's Blessing
It's a fine (yet mana-intensive) way to prevent yourself from decking. The combination is far more powerful in this deck than the lone Battlefield Scrounger I used to play.
Tarmogoyf + the rest
Well, the deck runs Tarmogoyf, so I has its victory possibilities. :P
Mesmeric Orb feeds Tarmogoyf quickly with a variety of artifacts (moxen and Orb itself), creatures (Witness, Genesis), enchantments (Leyline, Propaganda), instants (Intuition, Brainstorm), sorceries (Thoughtseize, Life from the Loam) and lands. Perhaps we could include some Garruks and Bitterblossons to help a little... ;)
Your thoughts will be much appreciated. =]
4 Mesmeric Orb
3 Stifle
4 Brainstorm
2 Damnation
3 Thoughtseize
3 Propaganda
2 Intuition
4 Leyline of the Void
1 Krosan Grip
1 Gaea's Blessing
1 Life from the Loam
3 Mox Diamond
1 Genesis
3 Eternal Witness
3 Tarmogoyf
4 Polluted Delta
2 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
3 Bayou
4 Tropical Island
2 Swamp
2 Island
1 Forest
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Barren Moor
SB: 1 Krosan Grip
SB: 1 Thoughtseize
SB: 2 Pernicious Deed
SB: 1 Grave-Shell Scarab
SB: 1 Gigapede
SB: 3 Ground Seal
SB: 3 Counterbalance
SB: 3 Sensei's Divining Top
I played this list half a dozen times on MWS against some "player" players and it looks fine (at least, the combo works). It isn't enough, for sure, I need to test it against some real strategies yet, to better realize the deck's weaknesses. But before I can do that, I would like to discuss the list with you in theory. I feel it suffers with so many inconcistencies yet.
There's some card interactions I think are very interesting and worth of note:
Mesmeric Orb + Leyline of the Void
It's the deck's MVP. The combo may come online as soon as turn 1, with a little help from Mox Diamond. And LotV as a MD combo piece is a powerful way to neutralize a possible Thresh or Dread capitalization on Orb.
Mesmeric Orb + Propaganda
Propaganda serves double purpose here: protect you against hordes of small and quick creatures, and maximize Orb's triggers.
Intuition + Gaea's Blessing
Remember a Blessing ocasionally put into your graveyard via Intuition will trigger as normal (it's put directly into graveyard from library during Intuition's resolution).
Genesis + Eternal Witness + Gaea's Blessing
It's a fine (yet mana-intensive) way to prevent yourself from decking. The combination is far more powerful in this deck than the lone Battlefield Scrounger I used to play.
Tarmogoyf + the rest
Well, the deck runs Tarmogoyf, so I has its victory possibilities. :P
Mesmeric Orb feeds Tarmogoyf quickly with a variety of artifacts (moxen and Orb itself), creatures (Witness, Genesis), enchantments (Leyline, Propaganda), instants (Intuition, Brainstorm), sorceries (Thoughtseize, Life from the Loam) and lands. Perhaps we could include some Garruks and Bitterblossons to help a little... ;)
Your thoughts will be much appreciated. =]