deadlock
02-24-2009, 08:52 AM
Dont know if it's appropriate to post this here. If not feel free to move it to the casual section.
Anyway i always liked Avatar of Will as a finisher in my casual UB control deck, but i wonder if he could do more.
Its a decent sized body with evasion that can handle both Tombstalker and Tarmogoyf.
Ofcourse the biggest obstacle to overcome, is to empty the opponents hand reliable.
So a standard discard suit containing
4 Thoughtseize
4 Hymn to Tourach
+ 4 Hypnotic Specter
could do the job. Specter requires Dark Ritual, which may look dead later on, but could be used to power out Tombstalkers and Fact or Fiction (a janky idea that i'll comment later).
In order to support FoW i added the following cards:
4 FoW
4 BS
4 Fact or Fiction
3 Spell Snare
+2 Avatar of Will
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17 cards, still a little low. Remaining slots could be filled with Daze / Ponder / Bounce / 3rd Avatar, maybe EE.
So to sum up, a sample Avatar of Will deck could look like this:
4 Tombstalker
4 Hypnotic Specter
2 Avatar of Will
4 Thoughtseize
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Dark Ritual
4 FoW
4 BS
4 Fact or Fiction
3 Spell Snare
20 Land
+3 open slots
The idea behind Fact was that it obviously is another way to generate CA, it can be cast of an otherwise useless Dark Ritual early and it puts a lot of cards in the graveyard for Tombstalker. Needs to be tested a could easily become Ponder.
This deck has difficulties to answer already resolved threats, only plan is Thoughtseize and put down big dudes currently.
Feel free to comment on just the card Avatar of Will and/or the sample deck i posted.
Anyway i always liked Avatar of Will as a finisher in my casual UB control deck, but i wonder if he could do more.
Its a decent sized body with evasion that can handle both Tombstalker and Tarmogoyf.
Ofcourse the biggest obstacle to overcome, is to empty the opponents hand reliable.
So a standard discard suit containing
4 Thoughtseize
4 Hymn to Tourach
+ 4 Hypnotic Specter
could do the job. Specter requires Dark Ritual, which may look dead later on, but could be used to power out Tombstalkers and Fact or Fiction (a janky idea that i'll comment later).
In order to support FoW i added the following cards:
4 FoW
4 BS
4 Fact or Fiction
3 Spell Snare
+2 Avatar of Will
---
17 cards, still a little low. Remaining slots could be filled with Daze / Ponder / Bounce / 3rd Avatar, maybe EE.
So to sum up, a sample Avatar of Will deck could look like this:
4 Tombstalker
4 Hypnotic Specter
2 Avatar of Will
4 Thoughtseize
4 Hymn to Tourach
4 Dark Ritual
4 FoW
4 BS
4 Fact or Fiction
3 Spell Snare
20 Land
+3 open slots
The idea behind Fact was that it obviously is another way to generate CA, it can be cast of an otherwise useless Dark Ritual early and it puts a lot of cards in the graveyard for Tombstalker. Needs to be tested a could easily become Ponder.
This deck has difficulties to answer already resolved threats, only plan is Thoughtseize and put down big dudes currently.
Feel free to comment on just the card Avatar of Will and/or the sample deck i posted.