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Title: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Thorn on June 09, 2012, 06:46:45 PM
I will think up a name for these A.S.A.P.
Untill then...

So here is another cool idea I came up with. It is very fun but I do not know how competetive this would be (not very).
I wanted to make a deck around {Chalice of Life} it seems like a win condition if you can flip it but doing that is the problem.
Sooo... here we go...

Creatures-
4x {Armored Skaab}
4x {Shreeching Skaab}
4x {Ambush Viper}
4x {Splinterfright}
4x {Boneyard Worm}

Spells-
4x {Chalice of Life}
4x {Gnaw to the Bone}
4x {Archangel's Light}
2x {Arcane Mele}
2x {Feelings of Dread}

So the idea is to mill yourself, play {Chalice of Life}, play {Archangel's Light or {Gnaw to the Bone}, gain a bunch of life and kill them with the chalice. If you do not draw what you need you can alternately win with {Splinterfright}.
So let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Thorn
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:47:23 PM
Looks fun but why post it here?
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Thorn on June 09, 2012, 06:47:23 PM
I'll let people work out their own land bases from now on.
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Thorn on June 09, 2012, 06:48:00 PM
Quote from: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:47:23 PM
Looks fun but why post it here?
??? Where else do I post this?
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:48:21 PM
Casual decks?
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Thorn on June 09, 2012, 06:48:46 PM
Quote from: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:48:21 PM
Casual decks?
Its standard
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Kuberr on June 09, 2012, 06:48:56 PM
Quote from: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:48:21 PM
Casual decks?

Yup
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:49:33 PM
Then post it in standard
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Thorn on June 09, 2012, 06:50:02 PM
Quote from: Kuberr on June 09, 2012, 06:48:56 PM
Quote from: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:48:21 PM
Casual decks?

Yup
It's STANDARD!!!
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Kuberr on June 09, 2012, 06:53:07 PM
So? It's still casual. Just because it's standard doesn't make it not casual. Lol.

Either way, it doesn't belong here.
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:54:52 PM
Kub and I are the dream team mods
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: scarsabrex on June 09, 2012, 08:35:35 PM
Quote from: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:54:52 PM
Kub and I are the dream team TROLLS

Sorry, I know for a fact you guys aren't mods. I liked the deck idea thorn but its too slow and it nothing warrants 4 copies of
evangels light.
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Thorn on June 09, 2012, 09:36:55 PM
Quote from: scarsabrex on June 09, 2012, 08:35:35 PM
Quote from: Milo109 on June 09, 2012, 06:54:52 PM
Kub and I are the dream team TROLLS

Sorry, I know for a fact you guys aren't mods. I liked the deck idea thorn but its too slow and it nothing warrants 4 copies of
evangels light.

I know but I just wanted to see if I could make it plausible.
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Silent1236 on June 09, 2012, 10:07:44 PM
I think something cheap to give you a boost to life gain (I.e. {Soul Warden}) would be better because that'll give you a bonus to life gain with a much much lower CMC.  The Gnaws would probably work fine with their flashback.
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Dudecore on June 09, 2012, 11:34:09 PM
Or a {Suture Priest} while it's still legal.
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Silent1236 on June 10, 2012, 12:30:31 AM
Whoops, yeah, not {Soul Warden}.  Not really sure why I thought she was still in standard :-\
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Thorn on June 10, 2012, 08:06:19 AM
This is not a competetive deck. It is just a way to use all of your {Archangel's Lights} and {Arcane Meles}
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Silent1236 on June 10, 2012, 11:38:21 AM
Either way, it would still be fun to see your opponents face when they get destroyed by some cups :)
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Thorn on June 10, 2012, 11:50:27 AM
Well thank you.
My main idea with these posts is to help new players make budget friendly decks and let seasoned players do something new with their cards.
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Desolatus on June 10, 2012, 02:58:47 PM
Thorn, I think that this could be semi competitive with some alterations, but who cares? It doesn't have to be competitive in standard. My decks aren't very competitive, but I enjoy playing them. So what if it won't win at FNM? It's still fun to play with friends. If you wanted to make the deck a tad more plausible, you could run {Cathedral Sanctifier}, the bouncing angels (whatever they're called) with the land that gives you life when an angel enters the battle field, {cloudshift} and all that jazz. I say build it! I'd like to see how it works for you.
Title: Re: Helpful Post Version 2
Post by: Thorn on June 10, 2012, 05:51:19 PM
Thank you for saying that^^.
I'm actually getting (buying/trading) the cards for it right now.