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  1. #381

    Re: [Deck] Vaka Pox

    Quote Originally Posted by MrFrowny_ View Post
    Do you not like the Flagstones synergy or do you think it's too much?
    Oh, good point, I did actually play 2 Flagstones at the time. One is probably more appropriate. Also Karakas is good somewhere in the 75 as it a low cost addition because you can actually use the mana.

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    Re: [Deck] Vaka Pox

    So I’ve been playing Mono Black Pox for a while now and it’s missing a lot of power in the current meta. Vaka Pox seems to have a route that I have been looking for. I think I’ll start play testing soon.

  3. #383

    Re: [Deck] Vaka Pox

    I was told that the below deck is a Pox deck and of all the pox lists Ive found, this comes the closest....

    14 B/w Land
    4 Wasteland
    2 Castle Lochwain
    1 Agadeem's Awakening
    1 Volrath's Stronghold
    1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    4 Dark Ritual
    2 Cling to Dust
    2 Bloodchief's Thirst
    2 Sinkhole
    2 Smallpox
    4 Thoughtseize
    4 Hymn to Tourach
    4 Bitterblossom
    4 Dark Confidant
    4 Stoneforge Mystic
    4 Vindicate
    2 Opposition Agent
    2 Nighthawk Scavenger
    2 Rotting Regisaur
    2 Liliana of the Veil
    1 Liliana the Last Hope
    1 Reanimate
    1 Phyrexian Revoker
    1 Eliminate
    1 Pox
    1 Murderous Rider
    1 Nullpriest of Oblivion
    1 Plague Engineer
    1 Jitte
    1 Sword of FI
    1 Batterskull

    Sideboard
    1 Damping Sphere
    2 Sorcerous Spyglass
    4 Leyline of the Void
    2 Chains of Mephistopheles
    4 Chalice of the Void
    1 Trinisphere
    1 Surgical Extraction

    Just cut any 13 cards from the maindeck above (based on the local meta you face or based on your own personal experience with the cards) and you're golden. Obviously, you would want to cut the more mana hungry cards if you opt to keep the Smallpox/Pox in, and if you opt to take those out, you would want to cut a few lands and some Bitterblossoms as well.

    Vindicate is better than ever in this age of Planeswalkers.

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    Re: [Deck] Vaka Pox

    It looks like a hybrid deck to me, but mostly just a mid-range Stone-blade deck splashing a total of 3 pox cards (Smallpox, Pox.) I would quantify this as Deadguy Ale, but whatever. It definitely has a more prison-like approach, but that doesn't make it a Pox deck. Just my opinion!

    As far as the deck goes, it looks really powerful. I wonder if the copy of Pox should just be another Sinkhole, and find a way to get all 4 copies in. With so many creatures Smallpox seems to do the job so much better than actual Pox, especially seeing that actual Pox decks don't use that card anymore. At 3 mana you can control your interaction better with Vindicate, Engineer, Agent, Rider, or Lilianas.
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  5. #385

    Re: [Deck] Vaka Pox

    Love the updated list.

    Opposition Agent works so well with Wasteland/Sinkhole/Vindicate (able to blow up basics) that it breathes new life into this strategy. Almost every deck is multicolor and runs fetchlands these days.

    Dark Ritual into Opposition Agent (Or Thoughtseize+Hymn/Confidant) is amazing. Not sure that Stoneforge Mystic is needed. I would cut the whole Stoneforge 7 card package and make room for a full playset of Opposition Agent and possibly even something like Field of Ruin.

    Vindicate Pox = Vaka Pox so it fits here. Would find room for a full playset of Sinkhole and possibly Smallpox and cut the Pox echoing Mr. Safety’s feedback.
    Last edited by Clark Kant; 01-12-2021 at 01:23 PM.

  6. #386

    Re: [Deck] Vaka Pox

    Vindicate is no longer the powerhouse in legacy that it once was.

    However, it got printed into Modern a few months ago alongside Mishra’s Factory and this made me want to port Vaka Pox into modern. More importantly, between Sheoldred's Edict, Vindicate and Bloodchief’s Thirst, there are finally enough flexible maindeckable answers to Wrenn and Six in Modern.

    This is what I’m thinking…

    Modern Vaka Pox

    4 Marsh Flats
    4 Mishra's Factory
    3 Swamp
    3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
    3 Flagstones of Trokair
    2 Godless Shrine
    2 Urza's Saga
    2 Ghost Quarter
    1 Field of Ruin
    1 Castle Locthwain
    1 Ifnir Deadlands
    1 Plains

    3 Bloodchief’s Thirst
    4 Sheoldred's Edict
    4 Thoughtseize
    4 Smallpox
    4 Vindicate

    1 Crucible of Worlds
    1 Nihil Spellbomb
    1 Relic of Progenitus
    1 Ensnaring Bridge
    1 Karn's Sylex

    1 Cling to Dust
    1 Ghostly Prison
    1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    1 Liliana the Last Hope
    4 Liliana of the Veil
    3 Karn, the Great Creator

    Sideboard:
    1 Tormod's Crypt
    1 Pithing Needle
    1 Damping Sphere
    1 Liquimetal Coating
    1 Void Mirror
    1 Ensnaring Bridge
    1 Crucible of Worlds
    1 Surgical Extraction
    1 Ghostly Prison
    1 Plague Engineer
    1 Tourach, Dread Cantor
    2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    2 Dauthi Voidwalker

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