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Flavour wise it is not reanimating. It is more like creating a constructed copy of the blueprint laying dead in the graveyard. The image kind of reminds me to i-robot :-/
copying a permanent is a blue ability
copy artifact
clone
phyrexian metamorph
cleaver impersonator
copying a spell is a red ability
fork
Chandra, the Firebrand
Pyromancer Ascension
of the red cards that do copy creatures three are maybe 3
heat shimmer
kiki jiki
splinter twin
none of which involve graveyard. In fact only one card comes to mind when thinking about graveyard, and red, and that is past in flame, but that only applies to instant / sorcery.
The point I'm trying to make is that red is getting access to something it never has previously been able to do.
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Legacy: Dark Depths
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Currently Brewing: [Deck] Sadistic Sacrament / Chalice NO Eldrazi
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Toys from the war? I am interested in where this all goes. As for his effect, from memory he stripped the stone from his creation and let it rest. It's flavourful and true to his character but against much of the pie. Also he should have been Red/White. I dislike that the solid coloured set idea.
@Apple: Does it even matter anymore? How many competitive mono-colored decks exist? Death & Taxes is one... Even elves (and goblins, back when it was good) is multicolor nowadays. The only deck that can afford to run 1 color besides Death & Taxes is perhaps a high tide variant since true control long departed from mono-colors. People place too much emphasis on spilling the color pie; as if dual lands and fetch have yet to be invented. Also, the effect may be new in the sense that red can interact with non-artifact creatures in the graveyard, but it's not that distant from some of its other cards. It's not like red can't recur its stuff or interact with the graveyard...
Artifacts.
Trash for Treasure
Goblin Welder
Slag Fiend
But also on instants and sorceries.
Recoup
Past in Flames
What about burn?
Hammer of Bogardan
Punishing Fire
Or recurring phoenixes, a theme that's been around since legends?
Firestorm Phoenix
Ashcloud Phoenix
Chandra's Phoenix
Firewing Phoenix
Kuldotha Phoenix
Magma Phoenix
Shard Phoenix
Shivan Phoenix
Worldheart Phoenix
People complain about red pseudo-reanimation? Really?
Feldon is certainly more in line with the color pie than TNN, even when several abilities are just mashed up together.
My Legacy Decks of choice: Pox, Miracles, D&T or Lands.
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I've been eye-balling cavern of souls on artificer for quiet a while now. I really wish this card was more competitive, especially given its importance to magic history..
I've had my eyes on it ever since Stoneforge Mystic, Goblin Welder, Arcum Dagsson.
Recent artificers include the new Feldon Muzzio, Visionary Architect, Flamewright, Splicers & Smiths, Master Transmuter, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy, Shattergang Brothers, Sydri, Galvanic Genius.
Unfortunately, these are all just not competitive enough. I like Mishra, Artificer Prodigy though. It's a great engine with Sensei's Divining Top (Play SDT, put an extra SDT into play; tap both SDTs to draw a card + SDT, replay SDT; rinse repeat. Also ignores Counterspells for all your artifacts since the effect goes on the stack regardless of SDT resolving. This allows you to grab the countered SDT straight from your graveyard. Essentially it reads 1: Draw a card, artifacts cannot be countered.)
Using Feldon to copy Arcum Dagsson or Goblin Welder seems like it could be cute, probably not that great though.
I've actually been experimenting with an Arcum list (mono-U and UR with Dack Fayden). I like the subtle interaction of Feldon with Arcum Daggson.
Feldon copy a countered Arcum Daggson, making him haste & artifact.
Arcum Daggson sacrifices itself for Possessed Portal.
Following turn: Feldon reanimates Arcum again. Arcum Daggson sacrifices itself for Spine of Ish-Sah
Following turn: Spine of Ish-Sah sacrifices itself to Possessed Portal, returns to hand. Feldon reanimates Arcum again. Grabs a threat, or something to feed Portal.
Following turn: Spine of Ish-Sah is hardcast or discards itself to Possessed Portal if not enough mana. Feldon reanimates Arcum again. Grabs a threat, or something to feed Portal.
I'd try something along these lines
ARCUM SLAVER
Bombs 3
1x Spine of Ish Sah
1x Possessed Portal
1x Wurmcoil Engine
Planeswalkers 3
3x Dack Fayden
Tinkers 5
3x Arcum Dagsson
2x Feldon of the Third Path
Creatures 10
3x Phyrexian Revoker
4x Baleful Strix
2x Snapcaster Mage
1x Vendilion Clique
Disruption 2
1x Chains of Mephistopheles
1x Liquimetal Coating
Draw 4
4x Brainstorm
Permisson 8
2x Pyroblast
3x Force of Will
3x Thoughtseize
Removal 4
3x Lightning Bolt
1x Sudden Shock
Total 39
Land
3x Polluted Delta
3x Scalding Tarn
3x Volcanic Island
3x Underground Sea
4x Cavern of Souls
3x Mishra’s Factory
1x Academy Ruins
1x Island
Total Land 21
Sideboard:
1 Electrickery
2 Sudden Shock
1 Darksteel Forge or Mycosynth Lattice or another bomb
1 Flusterstorm
1 Chains of Mephistopheles
2 Pyroblast / Red Elemental Blast
2 Spell Pierce
2 Dreadbore
3 Blood Moon
SCD
- Chains of Mephistopheles shuts down Treasure Cruises and Brainstorms. It turns Dack Fayden into +1 Hymn to Tourach. These two reasons warrant its inclusion imo. It could also be replaced for Notion Thief, depending on how you like your curve and if you want to live the dream of blowing out your opponent's treasure cruises or turning Dack Fayden into a Night's Whisper + Hymn to Tourach.
- Vendilion Clique in the graveyard can lock out your opponent's draws with Feldon.
- Baleful Strix is a powerful role-player. It cantrips, defends Dack Fayden, tinkers with Arcum and copies, and defends and provides card advantage with Feldon.
- Snapcaster Mage with Feldon allow you to flashback your value spells such as Pyroblasts and Lightning Bolts.
- Feldon can protect Dack Fayden by throwing a dude in front of Dack. Back Fayden's +1 fuels Feldon.
- Wurmcoil Engine can be copied with Feldon but also tinkered away with Arcum 3 times, grabbing spine. The life gain can be relevant. Not 100% sure about Wurmcoil Engine though.
- Cavern of Souls + Mishra's Factory allow you to cast Arcum Daggson through counters, tinkering the uncounterable artifact creature Mishra's Factory.
- Phyrexian Revoker is there too combat Deathrite Shaman, Sensei's Divining Top, Grindstone, Grim Lavamancer etcetera. Also likes to get tinkered.
- Liquimetal Coating turns Dack Fayden into a thief. It also turns Arcum Daggson into a murderer.
- Sudden Shock is there for Delver of Secrets, but Lightning Bolt is still more versatile hence the 3-1 split.
- Thoughtseize clears the way and provides further safety with Snapcaster Mage.
Last edited by bruizar; 10-25-2014 at 01:17 PM.
I think playing a bunch of 'enters the battlefield' creatures like Ravenous Rats/Corrupt Court Official might work better. Of course Balthor the Defiled is probably a better fit for that.
Glad someone mentioned Trash for Treasure.
Felton in Red kind of reminds me of Red homelands Legenda which I feel is appropriate. Reanimation aside, red had been the next closest color, besides blue, to have control over artifacts. I approve.
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I'm not one for screwing up the color wheel as a means to an end, but I fail to see any issue with Feldon.
Everything about it is an aspect of something Red could already do anyway; it can dig artifacts out of the yard, it can play creatures for a significant discount if they are to be exiled/sacrificed at end of turn... Feldon is the half-way point between Sneak Attack and Goblin Welder, and arguably far less easy to abuse barring a multi-card combo. So what is the problem?
This dude is fantastic. Maybe not as potent as the aforementioned cards, but uniquely capable as a one-card reanimator deck. Would love to throw Nicol Bolas at the opponent once a turn every turn, but that's kid shit - clearly it needs to be one of the big hitters, even if it requires a stack trick or something to toss out there (for example, Emrakul - its shuffling trigger is not a replacement effect, it doesn't say "instead", meaning it can be responded to).
In fact, it's kind of a funny follow-up to a Sneak Attack, right - as if it weren't enough to throw a huge beater at the opponent the one time, Feldon would let you attack with a copy of the sacrificed dude again and again. I like it.
If nothing else it will probably find a home in my Sedris EDH deck. Because I will definitely be trying to Nicol Bolas all the faces.
Lion's Eye Diamond totally loves this card if you can give Feldon haste reliably. Hall of the Bandit Lord & Cavern of Souls perhaps.
New Planeswalker:
I'm really liking the -2 ability to make Demons, even if it does cost 5 to cast.
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