Lockout

Started by Kaylesh, July 27, 2015, 04:02:29 PM

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Kaylesh


Lockout

100 cards, 0 sideboard


1 {Nekusar, the Mindrazer}
1 {Akoum Refuge}
1 {Blackcleave Cliffs}
1 {Bloodfell Caves}
1 {Cascade Bluffs}
1 {Crosis's Catacombs}
1 {Crumbling Necropolis}
1 {Darkslick Shores}
1 {Dismal Backwater}
1 {Dragonskull Summit}
1 {Dreadship Reef}
1 {Graven Cairns}
9 {Island}
1 {Jwar Isle Refuge}
3 {Mountain}
1 {Reliquary Tower}
1 {Sulfur Falls}
1 {Sunken Ruins}
4 {Swamp}
1 {Swiftwater Cliffs}
1 {Tainted Isle}
1 {Tainted Peak}

34 lands


1 {Adamaro, First to Desire}
1 {Aeon Chronicler}
1 {Consuming Aberration}
1 {Entropic Specter}
1 {Fate Unraveler}
1 {Jace's Archivist}
1 {Kaervek the Merciless}
1 {Laboratory Maniac}
1 {Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker}
1 {Mortivore}
1 {Psychosis Crawler}
1 {Slag Fiend}
1 {Soramaro, First to Dream}
1 {Sturmgeist}
1 {Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir}
1 {Viseling}

16 creatures


1 {Alhammarret's Archive}
1 {Archive Trap}
1 {Archmage Ascension}
1 {Black Vise}
1 {Bloodchief Ascension}
1 {Burning Inquiry}
1 {Cruel Ultimatum}
1 {Dark Deal}
1 {Demonic Tutor}
1 {Dictate of Kruphix}
1 {Elixir of Immortality}
1 {Energy Field}
1 {Enter the Infinite}
1 {Fascination}
1 {Font of Mythos}
1 {Forced Fruition}
1 {Grim Tutor}
1 {Grisly Spectacle}
1 {Hive Mind}
1 {Hoarder's Greed}
1 {Howling Mine}
1 {Incendiary Command}
1 {Isochron Scepter}
1 {Jace Beleren}
1 {Knowledge Pool}
1 {Liliana Vess}
1 {Liliana's Caress}
1 {Megrim}
1 {Memory Erosion}
1 {Mind Funeral}
1 {Mystical Tutor}
1 {Neurok Stealthsuit}
1 {Orbs of Warding}
1 {Painful Quandary}
1 {Personal Tutor}
1 {Price of Knowledge}
1 {Propaganda}
1 {Recurring Insight}
1 {Rhystic Study}
1 {Soul Barrier}
1 {Spelltwine}
1 {Standstill}
1 {Talent of the Telepath}
1 {Twisted Justice}
1 {Vampiric Tutor}
1 {Venser's Journal}
1 {Wheel and Deal}
1 {Wheel of Fate}
1 {Yawgmoth's Agenda}

49 other spells


Sideboard

Kaylesh

Inspired by the lockout combo of {knowledge pool} + {Teferi, Mage of zhalfir}
If your opponents can't cast spells, loads of draw won't kill you.

But then I decided I can hurt you in more ways then just for drawing the card, for those lifegain decks. I decided to be the government and let you pay for acquiring, owning, and getting rid of cards.
For acquiring we have our commander, {Nekusar the mind razer}.
As we are a greedy government we will speed up your acquiring as well. Next to Nekusar, we have {howling mine} and {font of mythos} for a solid 5 cards drawn each turn.
Since we wouldn't want that consumism to go to waste, we add {price of knowledge}.
And don't think you can do with your fancy spells as you please: should the combo above fail, there is always our couple {kaervek, the merciless} with {forced fruitation} who will demand tribute for even trying to cast a spell.

Tutors will make sure that our tax system will go as we wish.

Then, I had some leftover card slots. I figured to toss in the golden gluttony wincon: {hive mind} + {enter the infinite}.
If Teferi and price are on the field, that's death by upkeep. (Unless you had twice as much life as cards left in your library).
For a win on the spot, we can even resort to {laboratory maniac} + {alhamarets archive} before casting infinite, or Maniac + any wheel effect.
You don't want Maniac? Fine, as long as my graveyard contains more cards then my hand, we can sac {elixir of immortality} and then give {jace's archivist} a spin...
Options, options, options.

To make things extra redundant I also put in a minor mill/discard theme, for the people running {venser's journal}.
Once the yards fill up, we can let loose our lhurgoyfs: {mortivore} and {slag fiend} for example. With the right amount of wipes these things can become huge.
Should the populace rebel and all else fails, there's shields to hide behind.
{energy field} locks out every damage, until a card hits my yard. Let's make sure THAT doesn't happen, with {yawghmoth's agenda}.

Hope you enjoyed it!

LinkCelestrial

{Fate Unraveler} is nice. {Waste Not} + wheel effects is great.

Kaylesh

Quote from: LinkCelestrial on July 27, 2015, 04:33:28 PM
{Fate Unraveler} is nice. {Waste Not} + wheel effects is great.
How could I have forgotten {fate unraveler}...

{waste not} is nice, however not entirely in theme with this one.
I try to let the other players keep the cards and punish for that. Should that not work, phase two just kicks in with {megrim} and {liliana's caress}. I think that kills hard. With either one, or a triggered ascension, you are pretty much dead with 20 cards. Likely less with all the other tax hitting you.

EDIT: {lightning greaves} out, {fate unraveler} in. I still have {neurok stealth suit} for instant shroud, and not too much benefit from haste.
EDIT2: {blood chief ascension} should have been an auto-include. For now {diabolic tutor} went out. Not set on that yet, though.