[EDH] Memnarch

[Davran]

I was bored last night and looking for something to do with Staff of Domination...so I threw this together.

General:
Memnarch

Creatures:
Etherium Sculptor
Myr Retriever
Burnished Hart
Grand Architect
Shimmer Myr
Treasure Mage
Trinket Mage
Arcbound Reclaimer
Filigree Sages
Master Transmuter
Phyrexian Metamorph
Solemn Simulacrum
Kuldotha Forgemaster
Duplicant
Sharding Sphinx
Steel Hellkite
Wurmcoil Engine

Instants:
Mystical Tutor
Counterspell
Cyclonic Rift
Impulse
Muddle the Mixture
Hinder
Long-Term Plans
Spell Crumple
Thirst for Knowledge
Fact or Fiction
Turnabout
Evacuation

Sorcery:
Curse of the Swine
Fabricate
Argivian Restoration
Deep Analysis
Rite of Replication
Thoughtcast

Artifacts:
Claws of Gix
Mox Opal
Expedition Map
Sol Ring
Voltaic Key
Wayfarer's Bauble
Coldsteel Heart
Lightning Greaves
Sky Diamond
Swiftfoot Boots
Basalt Monolith
Crucible of Worlds
Darksteel Plate
Oblivion Stone
Rings of Brighthearth
Sculpting Steel
Staff of Domination
Vedalken Shackles
Trading Post
Unwinding Clock
Spine of Ish Sah
Darksteel Forge

Enchantments:
Training Grounds
Power Artifact
Rhystic Study

Tezzeret:
Tezzeret the Seeker

Lands:
Academy Ruins
Blinkmoth Nexus
Buried Ruin
Darksteel Citadel
Inkmoth Nexus
26 Island
Phyrexia's Core
Seat of the Synod
Tectonic Edge
Temple of the False God
Terrain Generator
Thespian's Stage
Tolaria West

Wishlist:
All Is Dust
Grim Monolith
Transmute Artifact
Cloud Key

Maybeboard:
Myr Battlesphere
Blightsteel Colossus
Colossus of Akros
Platinum Emperion

Wish it Wasn't Banned Board:
Metalworker
Tolarian Academy

[Ace/Homebrew]

How many decks do you have?
I count 12 in the first 4 pages here.
Do you lug them all around or just bring the ones you feel like using that night?

I'm pretty sure Pili-Pala combos with Grand Architect to make infinite mana for your staff and Memnarch to abuse.

[Davran]

How many decks do you have?
I count 12 in the first 4 pages here.
Do you lug them all around or just bring the ones you feel like using that night?

I'm pretty sure Pili-Pala combos with Grand Architect to make infinite mana for your staff and Memnarch to abuse.

That depends on what you mean by "have". What I actually have is ADD when it comes to this format. I keep Wort and Saffi (which I don't think is posted here) together all the time and lug them around to events and such. I also throw things together when I'm in the mood to brew and/or get bored. Often times I'll build a deck, play it once or twice, and decide it's not really my thing...from there, it's on to the next thing. I do like the feedback though, it helps when the mood to brew next strikes.

Pili-Pala is an infinite mana combo with Grand Architect...except it's so terrible on its own. I'm not sure it's really worth it.

[Offler]

I see Cloud key on wishlist, Etherium sculptor in deck.

I would recommend Helm of Awakening with Sensei's Divining Top and Future sight/Magus of the Future. Does not matter if you also include Brain freeze or not.

[Davran]

I see Cloud key on wishlist, Etherium sculptor in deck.

I would recommend Helm of Awakening with Sensei's Divining Top and Future sight/Magus of the Future. Does not matter if you also include Brain freeze or not.

Top should be in here regardless, so I'll find some room. Can't believe I forgot that one...

Helm of Awakening could be good given that the deck is mostly colorless (combo with Top not withstanding). As for Future Sight/Magus of the Future, I'm not sure if that crosses the line into "that guy" territory or not. It does make me want to play the Mind's Desire I keep thumbing past every time I build something new...

I guess the "Top Combo" is a lot like the Mycosynth Lattice I also didn't include. It just seems too easy, you know?

[Offler]

When I was testing Memnarch in my monoblue I used a lot of blue infinite mana combos such as with Palinchron. Most of them are quite complicated and consist of 3 separate cards.

Even when game ended up in a manner when I collected every permanent in the game i never was "that guy". The reasons why:

a) Memnarch
* "Its an artifact creature. Anything you can imagine can kill him."
* "Mycosynth lattice is an useless card. It does nothing. Playing it in a 2 card combo does not fix that"

b) Infinite mana combos I had at that time
* "Its very low probability that you collect 3 cards for a combo

Honestly, there was but one game when oponnent had complants on Memnarch. When I included Top/Future sight/Sculptor combo for the first time nobody ever considered it to be broken. Again the reason like "you require too many cards".

Now I mostly play with one playgroup. Combos are OK, and everybody knows what is going to happen when some cards hit the table. Previous playgroups were not fans of combos, and barely were able to understand why are some cards good even if the CMC was 4+.

[Davran]

When I was testing Memnarch in my monoblue I used a lot of blue infinite mana combos such as with Palinchron. Most of them are quite complicated and consist of 3 separate cards.

Even when game ended up in a manner when I collected every permanent in the game i never was "that guy". The reasons why:

a) Memnarch
* "Its an artifact creature. Anything you can imagine can kill him."
* "Mycosynth lattice is an useless card. It does nothing. Playing it in a 2 card combo does not fix that"

b) Infinite mana combos I had at that time
* "Its very low probability that you collect 3 cards for a combo

Honestly, there was but one game when opponent had complaints on Memnarch. When I included Top/Future sight/Sculptor combo for the first time nobody ever considered it to be broken. Again the reason like "you require too many cards".

Now I mostly play with one playgroup. Combos are OK, and everybody knows what is going to happen when some cards hit the table. Previous playgroups were not fans of combos, and barely were able to understand why are some cards good even if the CMC was 4+.

We'll see how this list goes. If it needs some more punch in the mid/late game, I'll take the combo route.

[Offler]

What about Eye of Ugin? It does not search only for eldrazi...

[Davran]

What about Eye of Ugin? It does not search only for eldrazi...

Eye should be in here for sure - for some reason I forgot that it existed.

[jcsy]

High Tide or Phantasmal Image with Palinchron?

[Davran]

High Tide or Phantasmal Image with Palinchron?

High Tide should probably be in here I guess. I've never really been a fan of Palinchron because it just seems so obvious. If that's your jam though, go for it. I have to imagine it would be pretty decent in the deck.