Hi my girlfriend has this really annoying angel life gain deck that's green white, and I can't beat it. I'm looking for some ways to try to beat it something that I am thinking of is destroying her lands. I already know my selenaya Agro doesn't work please reply
maybe beat fire with fire
maybe im wrong though
try red and white burn and life gain
add angles for defense and get a few {Chalice of Life} {Chalice of Death}
{Havoc Festival} plus some quick aggro... :)
I built a {B}{R} wither deck with {Stigma Lasher} in it, it tore life gain decks apart. Another option is to burn them fast enough before their life gain can really do much.
{Evelasting Torment}
{False Cure} can be pretty wicked too.
Quote from: Keyeto on January 09, 2013, 09:34:01 PM
I built a {B}{R} wither deck with {Stigma Lasher} in it, it tore life gain decks apart. Another option is to burn them fast enough before their life gain can really do much.
maybe add chalice of life \ death with this?
Quote from: Malachiracer on January 09, 2013, 09:38:56 PM
Quote from: Keyeto on January 09, 2013, 09:34:01 PM
I built a {B}{R} wither deck with {Stigma Lasher} in it, it tore life gain decks apart. Another option is to burn them fast enough before their life gain can really do much.
maybe add chalice of life \ death with this?
Not a bad idea, but beware of relying on artifacts when facing green. My wither deck didn't run any, and Stigma Lasher combined with the speed of the deck quickly became too much for life gain to handle. The chalice could work out though, I've just never tried it. It also didn't exist when I made the deck lol.
Poison?
Infect or mill decks are the most effective against life gain, coz they really don't care :D
I couldn't remember infect.
They should make a card were if target opponent has more than N life, they lose. Maybe it could do that by taking there life force and using it to bear down on the body untill it can't take the pressure anymore and breaks. That could be the top down concept anyway...what color would that be in?
Actually. Since life gain is primarily in white and green. It would probably be in black. The logic behind it...black is selfish and manipulative. And it seems like a dirty trick as well. Plus black is about instant death
Edit: a card like this would make alms beast insane. And turn it into a win condition
{havoc festival} {flames of the blood hand}
I think your best bet is to make a infect deck. Assuming that her deck doesn't really get alot of blockers until turn 3 or 4 u could have her dead by then. The best part is to make a good aggro infect deck is really inexpencive. I think I built mine for a total of about 10 bucks.
Quote from: Rtace88 on January 10, 2013, 11:01:17 AM
I think your best bet is to make a infect deck. Assuming that her deck doesn't really get alot of blockers until turn 3 or 4 u could have her dead by then. The best part is to make a good aggro infect deck is really inexpencive. I think I built mine for a total of about 10 bucks.
Infect would be insane in simic. Moving +1/+1 counters onto your infect cards...are there cards that give infect to a creature? Give it to an evolving creature
Ya infect is definitely the way to go. If she has a lot of blocker go with either
A) {artful dodge} as a staple
B) {blighted agent} as a staple
Ooor
C) {livewire lash}-based infect
Good cards for all 3 options are {apostle's blessing} {mutagenic growth} {groundswell} and {might of old krosa}
Just go life gain yourself and throw a {Felidar Sovereign} in!
Infect plus proliferate to speed it up.
Ooh, now I want to build an infect deck. I was tardy for the party when infect was in standard, so I didn't bother toying with it. Now I want to try it out.
Proliferate is awful in infect.. Way too slow, but ya try it out im sittin on turn 3-4 wins literally every game
As a {Johnny, Combo Player}, I have to recommend infinite combos to beat life gain decks.
Doesn't matter if they have 600 life if you have {Kiki Jiki, Mirror Breaker} and any of {Restoration Angel}, {Deciever Exarch}, {Pestermite}, {Zealous Conscripts}, {Village Bell-Ringer}, etc...
Or just throw down {Exquisite Blood} + {Sanguine Bond}. Or any of the other wonderful combos out there.
{Leyline of Punishment}, {Skullcrack}
I still say mill them. I can't remember the last lifegain deck that played {Laboratory Maniac} :/
I believe the most effective is {leyline of punishment}, yeah you go ahead and turn 1. {cathedral sanctifier} for 0 life gain :)
Quote from: Gorzo on January 10, 2013, 02:06:02 PM
As a {Johnny, Combo Player}, I have to recommend infinite combos to beat life gain decks.
Doesn't matter if they have 600 life if you have {Kiki Jiki, Mirror Breaker} and any of {Restoration Angel}, {Deciever Exarch}, {Pestermite}, {Zealous Conscripts}, {Village Bell-Ringer}, etc...
Or just throw down {Exquisite Blood} + {Sanguine Bond}. Or any of the other wonderful combos out there.
The combo with {Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker} kills be every time in modern, grr
I would go for {Exquisite Blood} + {Sanguine Bond}. Or bloodcrank combo {Bloodchief Ascension}+ {mindcrank}