Rad_Fishy
05-16-2014, 02:25 PM
I just picked up a set of foil Noble Hierarchs so I've been looking into different ways to use them. Turns out there are a lot of great humans in legacy and after writing down a lot of my favorite it started to look like a possible deck. The first idea was to play Mayor of Avabruck to pump humans. From there, adding Standstill seems like a good idea since having an active Mayor forces people to break your Standstill. Next Shardless Agent was added, UG, human, and a source of card advantage. From my understanding, Shardless Agent can cascade into Standstill and since Shardless Agent has already been cast it won't cause the Standstill to trigger (correct me if I'm wrong).
From here there was a few different thoughts. Shardless Agent seems perfect but doesn't work well with cheap counters. Snapcaster Mage is human but sucks to cascade into unless you have spare mana. Delver of Secrets is a human before he flips. Ninja of the Deep Hours is a human but requires reliable attackers. Sage of Epityr is weak but repeatable with Ninja of the Deep Hours. Aether Vial can be used to get under Standstill but doesn't trigger Shardless Agent's cascade.
For spells, there's the obvious Brainstorm, Force of Will, etc. Lists without Shardless Agent could use Spell Pierce/Daze. Lists with Standstill could use Snap. Turn 2 Snap their Deathrite Shaman into Standstill seems strong. There are a lot of different routes to go so I've listed some topics below.
Discussion Topics
Cavern of Souls vs Mutavaults.
Aether Vial or no?
Adding Black gives access to Dark Confidant and Abrupt Decay.
Adding White gives Mother of Runes, Knight of the Reliquiry, Thalia, Ethersworn Cannonist, and Swords to Plowshares.
Adding Red gives Young Pyromancer, Grim Lavamancer, Imperial Recruiter, and Lightning Bolt.
Thanks in advance for any comments.
From here there was a few different thoughts. Shardless Agent seems perfect but doesn't work well with cheap counters. Snapcaster Mage is human but sucks to cascade into unless you have spare mana. Delver of Secrets is a human before he flips. Ninja of the Deep Hours is a human but requires reliable attackers. Sage of Epityr is weak but repeatable with Ninja of the Deep Hours. Aether Vial can be used to get under Standstill but doesn't trigger Shardless Agent's cascade.
For spells, there's the obvious Brainstorm, Force of Will, etc. Lists without Shardless Agent could use Spell Pierce/Daze. Lists with Standstill could use Snap. Turn 2 Snap their Deathrite Shaman into Standstill seems strong. There are a lot of different routes to go so I've listed some topics below.
Discussion Topics
Cavern of Souls vs Mutavaults.
Aether Vial or no?
Adding Black gives access to Dark Confidant and Abrupt Decay.
Adding White gives Mother of Runes, Knight of the Reliquiry, Thalia, Ethersworn Cannonist, and Swords to Plowshares.
Adding Red gives Young Pyromancer, Grim Lavamancer, Imperial Recruiter, and Lightning Bolt.
Thanks in advance for any comments.