Someone gave me the idea to try a 100 card highlander deck. I mostly played standard before, but I had a ton of one-of's of old cards that would never see play, so I liked the idea. :)
Anyone have some cool ideas to help me out here? I'm afraid I don't have a goyf or any of the old expensive lands. I just want to make a strong, fun, aggressive deck. Thanks!
// Lands
1 Underground River
9 Forest
3 Island
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 River of Tears
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Vivid Creek
1 Vivid Grove
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Pendelhaven
1 City of Brass
3 Swamp
4 Snow-Covered Island
3 Snow-Covered Swamp
// Creatures
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Shriekmaw
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Phyrexian Rager
1 Keening Banshee
1 Mulldrifter
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
1 Epochrasite
1 Steel Wall
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Thornweald Archer
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Boreal Druid
1 Wall of Roots
1 Devoted Druid
1 Deadwood Treefolk
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Eternal Witness
1 Ana Battlemage
1 Citanul Woodreaders
1 Masked Admirers
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Mirri the Cursed
1 Dusk Urchins
// Spells
1 Profane Command
1 Repeal
1 Dark Ritual
1 Thoughtseize
1 Duress
1 Terror
1 Beseech the Queen
1 Chromatic Star
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Cream of the Crop
1 Mystic Speculation
1 Prismatic Omen
1 Harmonize
1 Primal Command
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Portent
1 Ponder
1 Serum Visions
1 Unsummon
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Disperse
1 Brainstorm
1 Remove Soul
1 Mana Leak
1 Counterspell
1 Condescend
1 Telling Time
1 Boomerang
1 Rushing River
1 Diabolic Edict
1 AEther Vial
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Cruel Edict
1 Tainted Pact
What do you think about following changes:
+ Impulse - Disperse
+ Bone Splitter - Loxodon Warhammer
+ Troll Ascetic - Murderous Redcap
+ Winter Orb - Mystic Speculations
+ Trygon Predator - Ana Battlemage
+ Animate Dead - Primal Command
+ Viridian Zealot - Deadwood Treefolk
+ Giant Solifuge - Steel Wall
+ Blastoderm - Beseech the Queen
+ Call of the Herd - Thornweald Archer#
+ Phantom Centaur - Oona's Prowler
+ Wasteland - Swamp
Thanks for your reply, and your suggestions as well! I will immediately be getting an Impulse, Troll Ascetic, Animate Dead, Blastoderm, Trygon Predator, and Wasteland.
Winter Orb: Well, I need the lands myself. With this deck I should be planting new cards on the field every turn.
Giant Solifuge: Its decently expensive in mana cost for a one-shot kind of creature.
Viridian Zealot: Its GG mana cost makes it hard to cast early game and I haven't seen too many deadly artifacts around. Mind you, my metagame here is tiny like that, and I'm sure there are reasons to have it in. As soon as I see one, I'll switch it in.
Phantom Centaur: If it blocks or is blocked (maybe twice), it dies.
If you have any suggestions or reasons I should take the others, please say so.
I've forgotten Rancor of course. It's clearly far better than Bonesplitter.
Ravenous Baloth is another nice option to replace Phantom Centaur.
What about Sakura-Tribe Elder and/or Wood Elves?
Winter Orb is quite nice in your deck because you play alot Mana-Elves, Mana-Atrifacts and with a low average CC. Give it a chance :)
Quote from: Vazdru on 12-07-2008, 03:48:45 AM
I've forgotten Rancor of course. It's clearly far better than Bonesplitter.
Ravenous Baloth is another nice option to replace Phantom Centaur.
What about Sakura-Tribe Elder and/or Wood Elves?
Winter Orb is quite nice in your deck because you play alot Mana-Elves, Mana-Atrifacts and with a low average CC. Give it a chance :)
trust vazdru, winter orb is killer card, if you happen to have a superior board position, the orb will benefit you, specially if you play low CMC and mana-artefacts/creatures.
The baloth looks like a wonderful card indeed. A cheap 4/4 that gains you life after a bit? Also, I took your suggestion and played winter orb once. Waiting till he tapped out for something and then playing the orb produced very satisfying results. Hehe! :)
As for the elders; I like the idea. What should I replace though?
Quote from: Wyko on 13-07-2008, 04:24:41 AM
The baloth looks like a wonderful card indeed. A cheap 4/4 that gains you life after a bit? Also, I took your suggestion and played winter orb once. Waiting till he tapped out for something and then playing the orb produced very satisfying results. Hehe! :)
As for the elders; I like the idea. What should I replace though?
yeap, the orb is a though card. ;)
as for the elder you could replace by some of the card vazdru wrote in the early post..
This is what I have now. Some cards are still coming in the mail... any comments?
// Lands
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Watery Grave
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Pendelhaven
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
1 Breeding Pool
1 Vivid Creek
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Vivid Grove
3 Island
1 Strip Mine
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Underground River
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Mishra's Factory
3 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Swamp
7 Forest
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 River of Tears
1 City of Brass
// Creatures
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Epochrasite
1 Shriekmaw
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Liliana Vess
1 Keening Banshee
1 Mirri the Cursed
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Dusk Urchins
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Ana Battlemage
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Masked Admirers
1 Thornweald Archer
1 Ohran Viper
1 Blastoderm
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Wall of Roots
1 Eternal Witness
1 Chameleon Colossus
1 Utopia Tree
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
1 Trygon Predator
1 Mulldrifter
// Spells
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 AEther Vial
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Mind Stone
1 Dark Ritual
1 Profane Command
1 Terror
1 Thoughtseize
1 Tainted Pact
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Damnation
1 Animate Dead
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Sylvan Library
1 Harmonize
1 Cream of the Crop
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Recoil
1 Putrefy
1 Mana Leak
1 Condescend
1 Sleight of Hand
1 Serum Visions
1 Unsummon
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Rushing River
1 Remove Soul
1 Counterspell
1 Boomerang
1 Ponder
1 Brainstorm
1 Portent
1 Telling Time
1 Impulse
its a better build than before, but u should cut the strip mine since is banned (by our Banned list.. dont konw if you´re going with this list or a similar one... if not you should add jitte :P), cut strip mine add wasteland. also no volraths stronghold??
also there are some sub-optimal cards there:
keening banshee, portent...
where's the worldly tutor? rancor?
edited: here´s the link to the banned list: http://www.highlandermagic.info/index.php?id=bannedlist