ETB effects (casual)

[grizzledmage]

ETB is, of course, short for Comes into Play I mean Enters the Battlefield. The idea is to abuse various creatures' CIP/ETB effects. Five-color so far but I could undoubtedly be talked into reducing to 3 or 4 colors.

Lands (39)
    1 Steam Vents
    1 Blood Crypt
    1 Vivid Creek
    1 Marsh Flats
    1 Vivid Meadow
    1 Overgrown Tomb
    1 Arcane Sanctum
    1 Watery Grave
    1 Evolving Wilds
    1 Plains
    1 Tropical Island
    1 Godless Shrine
    1 Crumbling Necropolis
    1 Mountain
    1 Hallowed Fountain
    1 Misty Rainforest
    1 Arid Mesa
    1 Mishra's Factory
    1 Seaside Citadel
    1 Vivid Crag
    1 Sacred Foundry
    1 Forest
    1 Scalding Tarn
    1 Swamp
    1 Jungle Shrine
    1 Stomping Ground
    1 Vivid Marsh
    1 Mutavault
    1 Vivid Grove
    1 Dust Bowl
    1 Island
    1 Bayou
    1 Plateau
    1 Rupture Spire
    1 Reflecting Pool
    1 Verdant Catacombs
    1 Savage Lands
    1 Wasteland
    1 Temple Garden

Creatures with ETB effects:

    1 Broodmate Dragon
    1 Blind Hunter
    1 Acidic Slime
    1 Avenger of Zendikar
    1 Augury Owl
    1 Angel of Despair
    1 AEther Adept
    1 Triskelion
    1 Shriekmaw
    1 Karmic Guide
    1 Gravedigger
    1 Mnemonic Wall
    1 Woodfall Primus
    1 Nekrataal
    1 Eternal Witness
    1 Sage of Epityr
    1 Man-o'-War
    1 Harmonic Sliver
    1 Riftwing Cloudskate
    1 Flametongue Kavu
    1 Siege-Gang Commander
    1 Ogre Arsonist
    1 Llanowar Empath
    1 Venser, Shaper Savant
    1 Ravaging Horde
    1 Kitchen Finks
    1 Duplicant
    1 Nevermaker (well, leave-play effect but okay)
    1 Skinrender
    1 Mulldrifter
    1 Wall of Omens
    1 Murderous Redcap
    1 Indrik Stomphowler
    1 Grave Titan

Bounce/Blink effects

    1 Galepowder Mage
    1 Kor Skyfisher
    1 Stonecloaker
    1 Glimmerpoint Stag
    1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
    1 Snap
    1 Crystal Shard
    1 Momentary Blink
    1 Seal of Removal
    1 Into the Roil
    1 Cloudstone Curio
    1 Venser, the Sojourner
    1 Echoing Truth
    1 Sunken Hope
    1 Flickerwisp

Other general utility

    1 Genesis
    1 Aura Shards
    1 Demonic Tutor
    1 Swords to Plowshares
    1 Wrath of God
    1 Darksteel Ingot
    1 Day of Judgment
    1 Coldsteel Heart
    1 Putrefy
    1 Sensei's Divining Top
    1 Mortify
    1 Damnation

Feedback greatly appreciated...

[Kristian]

I'm currently playing a WUBG control/combo deck that's based on ETB creatures. Have you tried Recurring Nightmare? It's awesome! Will find the decklist for you later, need to sleep right now .

My deck:
Manaramp:
Noble Hierarch
Birds of Paradise
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Wood Elves
Yavimaya Elder
Yavimaya Dryad
Solemn Simulacrum

Stuff for ETB/graveyard abuse:
Regrowth
Eternal Witness
Momentary Blink
Qasali Pridemage
Acidic Slime
Venser, Shaper Savant
Glen Elendra Archmage
Recurring Nightmare

Aggrostopper/Speed bumps:
Wall of Omens
Wall of Blossoms
Aven Riftwatcher
Kitchen Finks
Obstinate Baloth
Loxodon Hierarch
Sower of Temptation
Baneslayer Angel
Mulldrifter

Tutor/Card selection:
Sensei's Divining Top
Demonic Tutor
Intuition
Gifts Ungiven
Fact or Fiction

Removal:
Swords to Plowshares
Path to Exile
Putrefy
Mortify
Sudden Death
Vindicate
Maelstrom Pulse
Oblivion Ring
Faith's Fetters
Pernicious Deed
Day of Judgment
Wrath of God
Damnation

Counterspells:
Muddle the Mixture
Bant Charm
Dromar's Charm
Voidslime
Cryptic Command
Syncopate
Counterspell
Mana Drain
Hinder
Dissipate

Planeswalkers:
Jace Beleren
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Venser the Sojourner
Liliana Vess
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Elspeth Tirel
Garruk Wildspeaker
Gideon Jura
Sorin Markov

Random:
Shred Memory

Lands:
Urza's Factory
Wasteland
Volrath's Stronghold
Reflecting Pool
3 Plains
2 Swamp
3 Island
3 Forest
Misty Rainforest
Tropical Island
Breeding Pool
Polluted Delta
Underground Sea
Watery Grave
Verdant Catacombs
Bayou
Overgrown Tomb
Windswept Heath
Savannah
Temple Garden
Marsh Flats
Scrubland
Godless Shrine
Flooded Strand
Tundra
Hallowed Fountain
Bloodstained Mire
Arid Mesa
Scalding Tarn
Wooded Foothills
Krosan Verge

I have considered playing Reveillark but for some reason, it feels out of place in this deck :O

[grizzledmage]

Interesting! Your deck has a significantly different feel and flow than what I have envisioned, although it looks very effective. A couple of your ETB creatures I did consider (Sower, Obstinate, a few more) I did consider but they did not make the current list.... which does not preclude them from a future improvement!

(edit) Recurring Nightmare WOULD be awesome, but I don't have any and I am not prepared to go chasing after one right now 

More playtesting tonight...

[Kristian]

Well, to be honest, there's a few of the cards that I've proxied (Gideon Jura, Wall of Blossoms and Sower of Temptation). Though Sower of Temptation is the only one that I don't have incoming at the moment. Recurring Nightmare is a devastating card at times and it's usually only vulnerable to discard/counterspells/graveyard hate thanks to the mechanics of how you pay for abilities.

My deck has a somewhat dificult time against control decks but it works quite well against aggro, though I'm not sure of how to improve the control matchup.

[grizzledmage]

So far this deck does in fact seem kind of slow, but if I can stay in the game until maybe 5-6 lands are out then it appears to start coming together very effectively. But, yeah, in that kind of time frame it will have troubles against control/permission; I have no doubt.

I am expecting some friends tonight and I'll try to get a better idea of how it plays against actual decks... will try to let you know!

(Anybody have a Recurring Nightmare that he might be prepared to trade for??)

[grizzledmage]

A few tweaks from my original build...

-Avenger of Zendikar
-Ravaging Horde
-Snap
-Seal of Removal
-Genesis

+Loxodon Hierarch
+Amulet of Vigor
+Mimic Vat
+Oblivion Stone
+Familiar's Ruse

[grizzledmage]

What the heck... more updates...

-Dust Bowl
-Woodfall Primus
-Aura Shards
-Coldsteel heart

+Worldly Tutor
+Ghostway
+Sphere of the Suns
+Phyrexian Furnace