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December 07, 2009, 07:48:41 AM
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THIS Deck really has style but is also pretty strong...
« on: December 07, 2009, 07:48:41 AM »
Seen a 5 colored Rainbow Deck with just 14 lands and 5 creatures? Even if you did, just take a look at this masterpiece:


Creatures (5):

1x Suncrusher
1x Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1x Bringer of the Blue Dawn
1x Bringer of the Green Dawn
1x Bringer of the Red Dawn

Planeswalkers (1):

1x Chandra Nalaar

Artifacts (20):

3x Boros Signet
3x Dimir Signet
2x Golgari Signet
2x Azorius Signet
2x Talisman of Indulgence
1x Talisman of Impulse
1x Talisman of Progress
1x Kaleidostone
4x Chromatic Sphere
2x Chromatic Star

Other Spells (20):

1x Violent Ultimatum
3x Kiss of the Amesha
2x Solar Tide
2x Culling Sun
1x Hideous Laughter
3x Pyroclasm
3x Favor of the Mighty
4x Castigate

Lands (14):

4x Zoetic Cavern
3x Quicksand
3x Swamp
2x Plains
2x Mountain

Total: 60 Cards

This deck works with a pretty fast Artifact engine, and I'll show you the strategies:
Favor of the Mighty+any creature in this Deck=>ouch! (and with Bringers in play during the 4th round..)
Many (10) monster Removals give you enough time and make Aggro Decks suffer really hard..
With castige during the first or second or third turn, remove non-Creature cards cus' you can get rid of all these Creatures with removals.
Why am I playing thesestrange Lands?
Cus' they are really useful in the lategame too. With Signets and Talismans, you will always have enough Mana, so you can use the Caverns as Creatures for the lategame and the Quicksand as protection.
Kiss of the Amesha is pretty expensive, but that's not the point in this Deck. It gives you 2 New Cards and a little life boost, so when you were in trouble (what never happened to me before) it gives you all you nedd: New Cards and Life points.
It was really difficult to find balance for this Deck, but now, it's nearly perfect. It's evident that I could use better Lands, but thats exactly the point I want to show you. Even if it seems that the mana base is really stupid, the Deck works. This Deck shows you that you don't need Fetch or Pain Lands to win, you just need creativity and good ideas to realize.

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December 13, 2009, 12:08:13 PM
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Re: THIS Deck really has style but is also pretty strong...
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2009, 12:08:13 PM »
No Comments?
No ideas?

January 04, 2010, 04:06:38 AM
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Re: THIS Deck really has style but is also pretty strong...
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 04:06:38 AM »
I think the deck could benefit a lot from Tezzeret the Seeker, to say the least. Other than that, I think Quicksand is not good enough to warrant the deck space, Desert would be slightly better, and still not good enough. And definitely Mutavault over Zoetic Cavern for the same purpose. Quicksands could be Mishra's Factory. I don't like culling sun a lot, I'd rather just play another Wrath effect, like Damnation or Day of Judgment. I don't really like the artifact acceleration theme, I'd just rather have a more stable manabase (even perhaps using Reflecting Pools and Vivid Lands or Trilands) and leave room for more utility cards (after all, the deck could work on 24 lands, leaving room for 10 more cards, perhaps Obelisk of Alara for the time it can buy you). And also, I don't like Chandra one bit in this one, she's just too subpar. You could play Tidehollow Sculler, Mesmeric Fiend, Kitchen Finks and other utility/disruption creatures, and just páck 1-2 Demonfires for finishers.

January 04, 2010, 09:06:07 AM
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2010, 09:06:07 AM »
This Deck shows you that you don't need Fetch or Pain Lands to win, you just need creativity and good ideas to realize.

Actually, this deck is a lttle stupid, but what I said above is most important. This Deck really works, I newer took a Mulligan in about 20 games cus' you always have something.
Another point is, that this Deck is built from the cards I don't use in my other decks (which are about 30-40, I think) and so, I use I tried to use all these rares like Culling Sun, which are pretty useless in most cases, aren't they?

I don't really like the artifact acceleration theme, I'd just rather have a more stable manabase (even perhaps using Reflecting Pools and Vivid Lands or Trilands) and leave room for more utility cards (after all, the deck could work on 24 lands, leaving room for 10 more cards, perhaps Obelisk of Alara for the time it can buy you).

I mean, this is so funny about his Deck. Look at my other Green Forest Deck, it has a very stabilizied Mana Base, but that's not the point. I mean, did you ever see a Rainbow Deck with just 14 lands (and 4x Zoetic Cavern, 3x Quicksand are actually useless in Rainbow Decks) working? I know that 20 slots are too much, but itßs just about surprising/shocking your opponent and kill him with cards he would mostly never use...

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